Tag: Ekiti State
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Ekiti residents protest as gunmen again kidnap 4 persons
Ekiti residents protest as gunmen again kidnap 4 persons
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Ekiti Assembly amends State Electoral Law
Ekiti Assembly amends State Electoral Law
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JSS1 student drags Ekiti Govt to court, seeks N15m damages
Miss Gift Agenoisa, a JSS1 female student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School , Ado- Ekiti, has dragged the Ekiti Government, before a state High Court, seeking N15 million in damages for breach of fundamental rights. In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to, at the Ado-Ekiti High Court, on her behalf by Mrs Odunayo Agenoisa,…
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Assembly passes Ekiti Local Govt Joint Account Bill
The Ekiti House of Assembly has passed the state’s Joint Local Government Account and Allocation of Revenue (Amendment) 2021 Bill. The bill was passed at Tuesday’s plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye, in Ado-Ekiti. Contributing during the debate, the Deputy Leader of the House, Mr Tajudeen Akingbolu, said the bill would empower…
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65-year-old man rapes 85-year-old step mother in Ekiti State
The Police Command in Ekiti on Thursday said it has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his stepmother. A statement by the command’s Spokesperson, Mr Sunday Abutu, in Ado-Ekiti, said Ogundele was apprehended by the Ido-Osi Divisional Headquarters of the command on Wednesday at in Ido-Osi, after committing the…
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INEC fixes dates for 2022 Ekiti, Osun governorship polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed June 18, 2022 for Ekiti governorship election and July 16, 2022 for same exercise in Osun state. The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Wednesday at the Commission’s meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja. Yakubu, said that commencement date of campaign and…
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Ekiti Govt. to embark on Rice pyramid project, targets one million tonnes
The Ekiti State Government on Sunday said it intends to produce of over one million metrics tonnes of rice within the next couple of years. Mr Olabode Adetoyi, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, made this known in Ado Ekiti at a news conference ahead of the official launch of the ” Ekiti Rice Pyramid…
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Ekiti Govt wades into Odo-Ora Ekiti community crisis
The Ekiti Government has intervened in the crisis rocking Odo Ora in Ido/Osi Local Government Area, where indigenes locked their Monarch out of his palace. Speaking at a meeting in the Ado-Ekiti, the Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, said the state government will organise a seminar for traditional chiefs as part of efforts to promote…
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Ekiti cult killings: Police arrest 35 more suspects
The Police Command in Ekiti State on Monday arrested 35 more suspects in connection with the bloody cult clash in Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area on Sunday. The clash which left six persons dead and several others sustaining various degrees of gun and machete injuries began Saturday night and lasted through the early hours…
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Ekiti holds grand reception for ex-Chief of Defence Staff
A grand state reception and dinner was held on Saturday night by the Ekiti Government in honour of the erstwhile Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin. The former CDS hails from Ode-Ekiti in Gboyin Local Government Area of the state. A statement on Sunday by Mr Olayinka Oyebode, the Chief Press Secretary to…