Tag: Ekiti

  • Fuel scarcity looms in Lagos, Abuja, Ekiti, others as petrol sells for N720/litre

    Fuel scarcity looms in Lagos, Abuja, Ekiti, others as petrol sells for N720/litre

    Fuel scarcity is gradually surfacing in Lagos and other parts of the country as private depot owners hiked the ex-depot price of petrol from N630 to N720 per litre. This came as fuel scarcity deepened in Abuja and the adjoining states on Sunday with some filling stations dispensing PMS as high as N900/litre. Our correspondents…

  • Ekiti APC Crisis : El-Rufai heads committee to reconcile Fayemi, Ojudu, others

    Ekiti APC Crisis : El-Rufai heads committee to reconcile Fayemi, Ojudu, others

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday constituted a reconciliation committee headed by the Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, to resolve the crisis in the Ekiti State chapter of the party which has been embroiled in accusations and counter accusations leading to suspension galore in the party. The state chapter of the party had…

  • Why I’m always away from Ekiti, by Fayemi

    Why I’m always away from Ekiti, by Fayemi

    Ekiti Governor Dr. Kayode Fayemi has explained the needs to make the state epicentre of development are behind his frequent absence. The People’s Democratic Party(PDP) had said the state was on autopilot, alleging Fayemi’s absence was negatively affecting governance and development. The opposition party described Fayemi as a ‘Diaspora governor’, noting germane issues affecting the…

  • Ekiti Tribunal Sacks Senate Spokesman, Adeyeye of APC, Declares Olujimi of PDP Winner

    Ekiti Tribunal Sacks Senate Spokesman, Adeyeye of APC, Declares Olujimi of PDP Winner

    The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State has nullified the election of Senator Dayo Adeyeye as the winner of the National Assembly election in Ekiti South Senatorial District Subsequently, the tribunal in a unanimous verdict, declared former Minority Leader and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Biodun…

  • Fayose’s Aide, Lere Olayinka Poses With Governor  Fayemi In Fresh Photo

    Fayose’s Aide, Lere Olayinka Poses With Governor Fayemi In Fresh Photo

    Lere Olayinka, the media aide to former governor Ayodele Fayose was spotted with Governor Kayode Fayemi this morning at Akure airport. According to a statement spotted online by Starnews, Lere was on the same flight from Abuja with the Governor. Lere even took a selfie with the Governor Fayemi. “Now, that’s a civil,decent and accomodating…

  • Olusola-Eleka vs Fayemi: Supreme Court Delivers Judgement May 24

    Olusola-Eleka vs Fayemi: Supreme Court Delivers Judgement May 24

    The Supreme Court on Thursday heard and fixed May 24 for judgment on the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola-Eleka challenging the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi. A five-man panel of the apex court which heard the appeal was led the Acting Chief Justice of…

  • Fayemi sacks 2000 workers recruited by Fayose

    Fayemi sacks 2000 workers recruited by Fayose

    Ekiti State Government has declared as null and void, the appointment of over 2000 workers employed into the state workforce by former Governor Ayodele Fayose after the July 2018 Ekiti Governorship Election. Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua, who said the state government decision which sacked the workers followed submission of the Report of the Committee…

  • Insecurity: Ekiti set to begin registration of herdsmen

    Insecurity: Ekiti set to begin registration of herdsmen

    The Ekiti State Government has said it is now ready to conduct the registration of herdsmen in its territory to ensure the safety of farmers and their produce, as well as other residents. The Coordinator of the State Anti Grazing Task Force Marshals, Sola Durodola, who spoke to journalists on Saturday in Ado Ekiti, said…

  • PDP Vs APC In Ekiti: Kolapo, Fayemi Shift Battle To Supreme Court

    PDP Vs APC In Ekiti: Kolapo, Fayemi Shift Battle To Supreme Court

    The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14, 2018 governorship election in Ekiti State, Professor Kolapo Olusola, has served Governor Kayode Fayemi the Notice of Appeal, Records of Appeal and the Appellate brief of argument through substituted means at the state Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Daily Post reports…

  • Herdsmen Kill Two Farmers, Injure 3 In Ekiti State

    Herdsmen Kill Two Farmers, Injure 3 In Ekiti State

    SUSPECTED herdsmen early yesterday attacked Eda, one of the communities under Iyemero town in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The gory incident claimed two lives and three persons were inflicted with injuries. Sources identified one of the dead as Mr. Danjuma Ali, a farmer. The identity of the second person, whose body has…