Ekiti State

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…

Ekiti State Government has imposed a curfew from 8.00 pm to 6.00 am and banned all gatherings of more than twenty people in the state until further notice, with effect from Monday, January 11, 2021. Commissioner for Information and…

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state has congratulated a Nigerian lady, Esther Agbaje, who was elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives on Tuesday, November 4. In a tweet shared on his handle on Thursday, Governor Fayemi…

Ekiti State government has raised an alarm that huge quantities of poisonous items, mistaken for food yet to be distributed as COVID-19 palliatives, were looted in warehouses in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. Commissioner for Information and Civic…

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has named retired Justice Cornelius Akintayo and retired Police Commissioner, Mr. Dipo Ayeni, as members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry to probe into the allegations of human rights violations leveled…

A six-man robbery gang have attacked a Wema bank branch in Iyin-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti state on Friday, October 2, carting away millions of Naira. The robbers were said to have stormed the bank around…

An Ekiti State High court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, September 29, has sentenced 29-year-old man, Gbenga Aluko, to death by hanging for being involved in cultism and killing three residents in the state. While delivering his…

Abductors of a retired United States of America Army officer, Major Jide Ijadare, have set him free after four days in captivity. The gunmen had on Tuesday invaded Ijadare’s palm oil factory along Ijan Ekiti-Ise Ekiti Road at Ijan in the…

Nollywood veteran actor, Jimoh Aliu, has passed away at 86 on Thursday, September 17. Aliu who died at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital was producing a movie expected to feature top Nollywood actors…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has announced September 21 as date for reopening of primary and secondary schools in the state. Fayemi, who disclosed this in a state-wide broadcast on Sunday evening, also directed that tertiary…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has directed a random sampling test for COVID-19 infection of students and teachers to assess their risk level ahead of resumption. The Governor expressed optimism that COVID-19 protocols would…

Ekiti State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Wale Fapohunda has tested positive for COVID-19. Fapohunda disclosed this via his twitter page @AGWalefapohunda on Sunday night. He tweeted; The result of my second…

Ekiti State governor and Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The 55-year-old announced on his Twitter account on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 that he is ‘generally…

Ekiti state government has said all worship centres in the state are to remain closed to curb the spread of coronavirus. Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, announced this at a COVID- 19 press briefing in Ado Ekiti on…