Ekiti State
Off-grid power supply: Ekiti Govt licenses 3 DisCos, 4 GenCos
In a pragmatic move to pull Ekiti State out of the failing national grid, the government has issued licenses to three electricity distribution...
Just in: 63-year-old Ekiti Chief Judge, Adeyeye, dies
Justice Oyewole Adeyeye, the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, has passed away. The demise of the chief judge during a brief illness was...
In Ekiti, 71-year-old rapist bags life imprisonment for 10-year-old girl’s defilement
Guilt-racked 71-year-old man, Sule Adeola, is to spend the rest of his life in jail for raping a 10-year-old girl, an Ekiti State...
“Kiss-a-thon”,72-hour world longest kissing marathon event, births in Ekiti
“The planned event tagged ‘Kiss-a-thon ‘ was capable of denigrating the image of the state” — Ekiti Govt. A wacky and bizarre event...
Who is Dele Alake? Things to know about President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy
Dele Alake’s astute political knowledge and communication strategies have earned him a place among President Bola Tinubu’s newly appointed eight Special Advisers. Alake,...
Just in: Ekiti Tribunal upholds Oyebanji’s election as governor
Mr Biodun Oyebanji, elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was on Thursday confirmed as the governor of Ekiti State...
Four days after new Ekiti Governor was sworn in, State Assembly Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, dies
Barely four days after a new governor was inaugurated in Ekiti, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Funminiyi Afuye, has...
In Ekiti State, in spite of stiff penalties for rape, an incestuous father has deflowered his 11-year-old daughter
In spite of the stiff penalties for rape and other forms of sexual violence in Ekiti State, an incestuous father has chosen to...
Rape, sexual violence: Ekiti Govt. goes tough, to confiscate hotels, houses, facilities used for the crime
In Ekiti State, the government is to henceforth confiscate any private residential apartment, facility and hotel used for the rape of a minor....
Social disconnect between government and youths, poverty cause of insecurity in Nigeria — Fayemi
Poverty, inequality, social disconnect between the leadership and the youth are causes of insecurity in the country, the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Dr...
#EndSARS arson: Southwest governors to youths: Defend our land, people against incursions
Aftermath of infiltration of #EndSARS protesters resulting in property destruction and carnage in the Southwest, the six Governors in the states are now...
Patriach of Afenifere family, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, dies at 94
Nonagenarian Senator Ayo Fasanmi, one of the oldest loyalists of the sage, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and patriarch of Afenifere, the...
Again, another Nigerian governor contracts COVID-19
Dr Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State Governor and the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum, says he has tested positive for Coronavirus. He said...
