The Police Command in Ekiti on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of alleged masterminds of cult clashes, and 15 others in connection with different crimes across the state. Addressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the Commissioner of Police, Ogundare Dare, said the arrested suspects included kidnappers, robbers, rapists and notorious cultists, among...
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An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court remanded an 80-year-old man, Lucas Ateniola, at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday over alleged murder and attempted murder. Police prosecutor, Insp Caleb Leramo, had earlier told the court that Ateniola murdered one Elizabeth Nwamaka and attempted to murder a 20-year-old, Alice Bodunride...
The Ekiti Government has threatened to sanction filling stations that reject Point-of-Sale (POS) transactions owing to the current cash scarcity in the country. The Special Adviser to the State Governor on Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Omotayo Adeola, gave the warning at a meeting with the State Petroleum Task...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) inaugurated its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Ekiti on Tuesday, with a call for massive votes for the party’s candidates all over the country in the 2023 general elections. Inaugurating the council in Ado-Ekiti, Mr Eddy Olafeso, the Former Zonal chairman, South West PDP,...
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced a 38-year-old man, Oladimeji Ayodele, to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict was arraigned before Justice Monisola Abodunde on Sept. 9, 2021 on a count charge of rape. According to the charge,...
A legal practitioner, Dr Kayode Ajulo has described as unconstitutional and unlawful the impeaching of Mr Gboyega Aribisogan as the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly by some members. Ekiti State Assembly impeached Aribisogan as speaker on Nov. 21 and elected Mrs Olubunmi Adelugba as his replacement. Seventeen...
A speeding truck has crushed two police officers to death in Ado Ekiti while on their way to the office. The incident happened on Monday at Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti metropolis while the policemen were on transit around Ado-Ifaki dual carriage way. The identities of the deceased officers...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ekiti State Command, has destroyed no fewer than 3.7 hectares of Hemp farmland at Ire-Ekiti Forest in Oye Local Government Area of the state. Slso, the agency had arrested eight suspects, including a woman alleged to be involved in cultivating the illegal...
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have abducted four travellers along the Irele Ekiti-Oke Ako Highway in Ajoni Local Council Development Area(LCDA) of Ekiti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the latest abduction is one in a series of abductions on the highway in which some victims were killed. Local...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the Government and people of Ekiti State in mourning the passing of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, who died on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, aged 66 years. President Buhari in condolence message issued...
The Ekiti branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) is lamenting the mass exodus of doctors from the state in search of greener pasture. The chairman, Dr Babatunde Rosiji, decried the rate on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti when he paid a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ secretariat....
Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, says the newly inaugurated Ekiti Airport will open up the state to partake actively in global commerce and tourism, if fully harnessed and managed. Sirika, who performed the official inauguration of the airport, was among the personalities on board of the aircraft,...
Accreditation of voters began early in most polling units in Ado-Ekiti for Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondent who monitored the exercise, reports that election materials and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived early in readiness for the...
As the June 18 Governorship election draws near in Ekiti State, Persons With Disabilities, (PWDs) have threatened to sue INEC if they are not included in the electoral process. They are also demanding that INEC and other stakeholders create accessible voting points and necessary facilities that would ensure their...
The Police Command in Ekiti state, on Saturday paraded no fewer than 37 suspects arrested at different locations in the state for offences ranging from alleged armed robbery, cattle rustling, theft and cultism between March and May. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, parading the suspects...
Pastor Ade Abraham of Christ High Commission Ministry, also known as Royal Christ Assembly, Kaduna State, who charged his members N310,000 to make heaven has said that he got authority from God to do so. The Ekiti State police command recently revealed that it had invited Pastor Abraham, for...
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti is set to formally declare his intention to contest for president in 2023 on Wednesday in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Yinka Oyebode, Chief Press Secretary to Fayemi disclosed this in a statement made available to NAN on Tuesday in...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested no fewer than 34 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys in Ilorin, Kwara and Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti state. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Wednesday, that the 34...
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has announced a donation of N50 million to the Plateau government, to provide relief materials to communities affected by attacks in the state. The chairman of forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, made the announcement during his visit to Gov. Simon Lalong on Friday in Jos,...