Ekiti State

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has said that the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the All Progressive Congress Party (APC) was not done to undermine the influence or relevance of Christians in the country. Mr Yinka Oyebode, the Chief…

Biodun Oyebanji, governor-elect of Ekiti State, has stated that he did not see any vote buying in the state's governorship election on Saturday. At the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday, June 20, President Muhammadu Buhari…

The uploading of election results on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) viewing portal for the governorship election in Ekiti has commenced. Uploading of election results started on Saturday, June 18, shortly after…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that it is prepared to hold a successful governorship election in Ekiti State. Festus Okoye, Chairman of INEC's Information and Voter Education Committee, said the…

Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State and a presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that Nigeria's security, power, and job issues require immediate action. Fayemi made the remarks while speaking…

One of Nigeria’s first four Architecture graduates, Fola Alade, has passed away at 87 in Ekiti state. According to NAN, family sources said he died on Saturday in Aramoko-Ekiti, Ekiti state. Architectural masterpieces bearing his…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Wednesday announced fixed dates to conduct the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, made this known in Abuja during a meeting Resident…

Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) in Ekiti state has suspended one of its lecturers, Dr Jonathan Mbachaga, over alleged sexual harassment of a student. Mbachaga was until his suspension, an associate professor in Department of…

Hundred students of College of Health Sciences and Technology in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti state, were on Wednesday hospitalized after reportedly inhaling chemicals used for a fumigation exercise in the institution, it has emerged. The state…

Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of one of its officer who was seen in a viral video demanding bribe from erringmotorist. The video, which went viral on social media on Saturday, had the police officer asking for a bribe…

Police in Ekiti State have on Friday confirmed that gunmen have kidnapped Oba David Oyewumi, Obadu of Ilemeso in Oye Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The spokesman for the police in Ekiti, ASP Sunday Abutu, confirmed the…

Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, his deputy, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi and some frontline health workers have on Wednesday received AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The Governor received a dose of the vaccine which was administered by…

Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 27-year-old man, Samuel Farotimi, to life imprisonment for conspiring with two others to gang-rape a 14-year-old girl. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,…

Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti state has on Thursday ordered the remand of a 29-year-old man, Olaleye Jimoh, at the Correctional Centre in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly raping a 50-year-old woman. The defendant is standing trial…

Prominent petroleum dealer, Suleiman Akinbami, who was recently abducted in Ekiti state, has been released by his abductors after spending eight days in captivity. Akinbami was whisked away by unknown gunmen last Sunday at one of his…