Tag: ekiti
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Civil servants resume duties in Ekiti as Fayemi eases COVID-19 lockdown
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has relaxed the state’s lockdown to allow residents to pursue their businesses from Mondays through Fridays from 6am to 8pm. Fayemi, who stated this in a broadcast yesterday evening, added that public officers on Grade Level 8 and above are to resume for duty. Those on Grade Level 7 and…
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Fayose rented out own apartment to Ekiti, collected N120m – Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has alleged that his immediate predecessor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose leased his personal apartment in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to the state and collected N120 million for a period of four years. Fayemi, Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), also alleged that Fayose illegally sold the official land acquired by…
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Body of missing seven-year-old girl found in co-tenant’s car
A seven-year-old girl, Olagoke Morire, who was declared missing on Thursday in Ado Ekiti, was found dead inside a cotenant’s vehicle. The mother of the deceased, Kehinde Ajayi, while narrating her ordeal on Friday, said the deceased was discovered to be missing at about 1:15 pm on Thursday after she was said to have gone…
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Kidnapped Ekiti Commissioner regains freedom
Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Olabode Folorunso, who was abducted by unknown gunmen last week has regained his freedom from his abductors. He was released a few hours ago unhurt and has since rejoined his family. A statement issued by Aare Muyiwa Olumilua, Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, said government was grateful for…
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Olujimi declares inauguration of Fayose’s Loyalists as Ekiti PDP Ward Excos Illegal
A section of the Ekiti State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party loyal to Senator Biodun Olujimi has faulted the inauguration of the ward executives of the party in the state without following due process. Olujimi said the state leadership of the party has taken definite position on the controversy surrounding the conduct of the…
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Fayemi names governing board for Ekiti Amotekun
Ekiti Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of members of the Governing Board of the Ekiti Security Network Agency, popularly known as “Amotekun Corps”. Chief Press to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, in a statement in Ado Ekiti, made available to newsmen on Sunday, said the appointment came in a bid to ensure effective…
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COVID-19: Fayemi reacts to viral video of retired FRSC official who denied son entry into his house after returning from Lagos
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has hailed a retired official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Femi Adeoye, for denying his son, who just arrived from Lagos, access to the house without confirming his COVID-19 status. Dr. Fayemi, in a statement in released in Ado-Ekiti by the Information Commissioner Muyiwa Olumilua said Adeoye’s actions…
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Ekiti Commissioner’s kidnappers reduce ransom to N15milllion
The kidnappers of the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, have slashed the ransom demanded from N30 million to N15 million. The abductors had on Monday contacted his family and demanded a sum of N30 million ransom to secure the commissioner’s release. Olabode and one other whose identity was still unknown were kidnapped by…
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Panic in Ekiti as 59-year-old woman slumps, dies while urinating
Palpable tension engulfed Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Wednesday when a 59-year-old unmarried woman, Victoria Yemisi Omoare, reportedly slumped and died while urinating. According to a report by The Nation, the incident occurred at about 9:45 am at Ilokun area close to Abattoir, along the busy Ado-Iworoko road. Narrating the incident, the driver of…