President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to resist agents of destabilisation. He said the agents were bent on causing a breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group would be allowed to destabilise Nigeria. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina,...
Ekiti State
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, on Saturday says now is the time to rekindle the candle of a new Nigeria as the 2023 general elections draws near. Fayemi said this at a birthday symposium in honour of Mr Hamzat Lawal, Chief Executive Officer, Connected Development, in Abuja. According to...
Some yet-to-be identified ritualists on Saturday allegedly cut off a 94-year-old woman’s head in her house at Ikun-Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the body of the old woman, Mrs Ayodele Asaolu, was found in her house on Saturday...
One of the aggrieved governorship aspirants in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Jan. 27 primary in Ekiti State, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, has sheathed his sword. He said on Friday in a statement he issued in Ado-Ekiti that he was no longer interested in dragging the party or individuals to...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Aare Afe Babalola, on Thursday educated the political parties and voters on qualities to look out for before adopting or voting anyone to become the next Nigeria’s President. Babalola, in a three-page statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti,...
A 63-year-old woman, Mrs Temitope Ogundipe, has been delivered of a baby boy through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) at Olives Specialist Hospital, Ado-Ekiti. Ogundipe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ado-Ekiti that she was full of joy because of the baby. She said that faith...
Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), a gubernatorial aspirant in the just concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Ekiti has assured his supporters that he is seeking redress for “the blatant abuse” of trust during the exercise. Bamidele who stated this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday lamented...
The Segun Oni Campaign Organisation has rejected the results of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election held on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. A statement signed by Mr Yemi Arokodare, the Director-General of the Organisation, on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, alleged that members of the organisation were disenchanted...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Police operatives alongside other security outfits in Ekiti State have embarked on a rescue mission to secure the release of a popular trader, Alhaja Nusirat Saliu, who was abducted by gunmen on Saturday in Iyemero-Ekiti. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has been conferred with Honorary Doctorate of Letters (LLD), honoris causa by Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State. The University said Zulum was honoured for his “exceptional” performance since becoming Governor in 2019. The...
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state has urged Nigerians to fully harness the nation’s cultural potentials for national development. Fayemi said this at the opening ceremony of the 34th edition of the National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST) held in Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti. He said that...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said his administration had spent N16bn to develop basic education in the state by building new schools, renovating others and building capacity of teachers. Governor Fayemi added that his administration had to pay N8bn counterpart fund...