The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ekiti State Command, has arrested a 27-year old man, Ojo Afolabi, for allegedly defiling a four-year old girl. The suspect, who lives on Olujoda Street, Ado-Ekiti, was arrested after the mother of the girl made a formal complain at the...
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An Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced three convicts to death by hanging for armed robbery. The defendants, Bidemi Babalola, 28, Oluwaseun Akinwale 26, Sola Oyebanji a.k.a Solademmy, 31, Azeez Jimoh a.k.a. Asela, 31, and Babatunde Ogunlade, 28, were arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye. The five...
The Police Command in Ekiti has arrested a man who allegedly specialised in stealing phones from worship centres in Ayegbaju-Ekiti and Oye- Ekiti towns. Commissioner of Police, Ekiti command, Akinwale Adeniran, said that the suspect was arrested on Saturday after allegedly carting away seven phones, belonging to different...
Police in Ekiti have started investigating the stabbing to death of a woman by her husband at Ado-Ekiti over charges of infidelity. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Sunday Abutu, confirmed on Sunday at Ado-Ekiti that the murder took place on Saturday. A neighbour told newsmen that the...
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, Mr Paul Omotosho, is dead. According to a family member who pleaded anonymity, Omotosho died in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness. The APC chairman the source said attended political meetings even on Monday “He...
The Police Command in Kwara said it had rescued the wife of the late Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti and one other in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that suspected gunmen on Feb. invaded the Oba`s palace, killed...
Policeoli in Ekiti State have paraded one Alhaji Baboga for his alleged involvement in the killing of the two traditional rulers in the Ikole Axis of Ekiti On Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Addressing Journalists on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the Assistant Inspector General of police (AIG) in...
The abducted schoolchildren of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, their teachers and the bus driver have been released. This newspaper learnt that the victims regained their freedom around 2.00an on Sunday. In a short video clip obtained by our correspondent, the freed pupils and their...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed more police personnel and assets to ensure comprehensive and coordinated security response to the security breaches in Ekiti and parts of Ondo States. The deployment is in response to the recent kidnapping of school children and killing of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti state, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola. Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, condemned the mindless...
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a 58-year-old herbalist, Nurudeen Ibrahim, to five years imprisonment with hard labour for fraud. Ibrahim was arraigned before the court on Aug. 2, 2022, on three count charge of conspiracy, fraud and indecent assault. Delivering judgment, the Magistrate, Mr Olatomiwa Daramola...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti- Ekiti State Police Command has recovered three vehicles and two motorcycles used by the Armed Robbers that invaded Ikere-Ekiti, killing three people during bank robberies in the town. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Ado-...
The Ekiti Govt. says it has increased its monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N650,000,000 to over one Billion Naira without increasing tax. The State Chairman, Internal Revenue Services (EKIRS), Mr Olaniran Olatona, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Ado-Ekiti. Olatona said that before his...
Scores of youths in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday night held a candle procession for the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the youths, who wore black clothes, lit candles to bid the late musician farewell. The popular Adekunle Fajuyi Park...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – The Executive Chairman of Ikole Local Government of Ekiti State, Hon. Sola Olominu has commended the State Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji over the ongoing construction of the 18km Ikole-Ara-Isinbode road. Speaking after on the spot assessment of the road construction, Hon Olominu...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 47 (forty-seven) suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects according to a statement by the EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, were arrested on June 23, 2023, at Ikere Road and...
The Ekiti State chapter of the Association of Persons with Albinism, has decried the spate of skin cancer among its members, due to absence of proper treatment and care. Mr. Johnson Oniya, Chairman of the association in the state, said this while speaking with newsmen in Ado Ekiti on...
The Police Command in Ekiti State has arrested eight suspects alleged to be involved in several bank robberies in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ogundare Dare, told newsmen on Friday in Ado-Ekiti that four suspects were also arrested for receiving stolen properties, and four...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the party’s Ebonyi and Ekiti State executive committees with immediate effect. Mr Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement in Abuja. Ologunagba said that...