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  • BREAKING: Tribunal Upholds Ekiti Governor, Oyebanji’s Election

    . BREAKING: Tribunal Upholds Ekiti Governor, Oyebanji’s Election

     The victory of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Biodun Oyebanji, in the just concluded Ekiti State election, has been upheld by the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Ado Ekiti. Oyebanji had polled a total of 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest challengers, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party and Bisi K
  • Seven Suspected Burglars Land In Police Net In Ekiti

    . Seven Suspected Burglars Land In Police Net In Ekiti

     Ekiti State Police Command has paraded seven suspected burglars after breaking into a warehouse in Ado Ekiti.A statement by the spokesman for the command, DSP Sunday Abutu said, “The Command received a credible information that a warehouse at Km 4, Iworoko road, Ado-Ekiti was being burgled by unknown thieves“Upon receipt of the report, the Com
  • Woman, Timilehin Owoeye Arraigned For Assaulting Police Officer In Ekiti

    . Woman, Timilehin Owoeye Arraigned For Assaulting Police Officer In Ekiti

     A 23-year-old woman, Timilehin Owoeye, was yesterday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a police officer.The police prosecutor, Insp Caleb Leramo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Dec.12 at about 01:00 pm in Ado-Ekiti.Leramo alleged that the defendant assaulted and obstructe
  • 2 Kidnappers K!ll Ekiti Farmer After Payment of N1.5m Ransom Because he Recognized One of Them (VID)

    .. 2 Kidnappers K!ll Ekiti Farmer After Payment of N1.5m Ransom Because he Recognized One of Them (VID)

     Two notorious kidnappers have confessed to k!lling a farmer, Segun Adams, in Ekiti State after collecting N1.5m ransom.The culprits, Ojo Jubril and Job Mathew, kidnapped the victim in his farm at Kajola, a farmstead in Ado Ekiti. The duo was arrested during an expanded forest combing operation undertaken by operatives of the State Police Command a
  • Ekiti Court Sentence 2 Persons To Death By For Armed Robbery

    . Ekiti Court Sentence 2 Persons To Death By For Armed Robbery

    An Ado-Ekiti High Court yesterday sentenced two persons, Deji Owolabi (30) and Opeyemi Oluwakomolafe (22) to death by hanging for armed robbery.The court also sentenced them to seven years imprisonment each for conspiracy and for escaping from lawful custody at the Ado- Ekiti Prison.Prosecution had earlier told the court that the duo escaped from
  • Ex-Gov Kayode Fayemi’s Loyalist, Bunmi Adelugba, Emerged Ekiti New Assembly Speaker

    . Ex-Gov Kayode Fayemi’s Loyalist, Bunmi Adelugba, Emerged Ekiti New Assembly Speaker

     Bunmi Adelugba was on Monday, elected the new Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly.This followed the impeachment and indefinite suspension of the former speaker, Gboyega Aribisogan by members of the assembly.Adelugba is a loyalist of the immediate past governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi.Seventeen out of the 25 members impeached Aribisoga
  • How Police Foiled Attempt by Hoodlums to Burn Down Ekiti Assembly Complex

    . How Police Foiled Attempt by Hoodlums to Burn Down Ekiti Assembly Complex

     An attempt by hoodlums to burn down Ekiti Assembly complex, was stopped on Friday November 18, by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State Police Command.The Nation reported that the incident happened around 4am when the hoodlums were said to have scaled the fence and made spirited efforts to raze a section of the complex.Th
  • Police Shut Down Ekiti Assembly Complex Over Security Threat Barely 24hr Of Elected New Speaker

    . Police Shut Down Ekiti Assembly Complex Over Security Threat Barely 24hr Of Elected New Speaker

     Ekiti State House of Assembly complex has been shut down by the police barely 24 hours after a new speaker was elected.Speaking to Channels Television, Police Public Relations Officer in the state Sunday Abutu said the decision was taken after they received an intelligence report of a possible attack on the hallowed chamber by criminal elements.Th
  • BREAKING: Ekiti Assembly Elects New Speaker, Gboyega Aribisogan

    . BREAKING: Ekiti Assembly Elects New Speaker, Gboyega Aribisogan

     The Ekiti State House of Assembly has elected a new Speaker after the death of the former occupant of the seat, Funminiyi Afuye.66-year-old Afuye died at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital on October 19 after suffering cardiac arrest.He was a former Commissioner of the Ekiti State Ministry of Information and a two-time member of the Stat
  • Police Commission Thrown Into Sadness After Two Police Officers Were Crushed To Death in Ekiti

    . Police Commission Thrown Into Sadness After Two Police Officers Were Crushed To Death in Ekiti

     Two police officers were on Monday, November 14, crushed to death after a truck ran over them at the Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti along the Ado-Ifaki dual carriageway.The officers were on their way to work in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital when they met their untimely death,Confirming the sad incident, the spokesperson of the state police command
  • NSCDC Arrest 2 Suspected Kidnapers, Drug Peddlers In Ekiti

    . NSCDC Arrest 2 Suspected Kidnapers, Drug Peddlers In Ekiti

     Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Ekiti State command has arrested two persons at Ise-Ekiti in Ise/Orun local Government Area of Ekiti State.The suspects, Kayode Ilesanmi Fagbamigbe, 27 years and Samson Omotayo, 38 years, were arrested following a discreet investigation about kidnapping, drug peddling, cultism and armed robbery activities a
  • NDLEA Destroys 3.7 Hectares Of Hemp Farmland, Seizes 1,465 kg In Ekiti

    . NDLEA Destroys 3.7 Hectares Of Hemp Farmland, Seizes 1,465 kg In Ekiti

     The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ekiti State Command, has destroyed no fewer than 3.7 hectares of Hemp farmland at Ire-Ekiti Forest in Oye Local Government Area of the state.Slso, the agency had arrested eight suspects, including a woman alleged to be involved in cultivating the illegal crop and seized 1,465kg of substances suspec
  • 42yr Old Commercial Driver, Adewale Ilesanmi Gets Life Imprisonment For Rap!ng a Minor in Ekiti

    . 42yr Old Commercial Driver, Adewale Ilesanmi Gets Life Imprisonment For Rap!ng a Minor in Ekiti

     An Ado- Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced 42 -year -old Adewale Ilesanmi to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in Isan Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti.The police arraigned Ilesanmi who on Dec.16, 2021.Delivering judgment, Justice Monisola Abodunde, held that the crime of rape of minors was assuming a frightening dimension
  • 40Yr Od Man, Kayode Ayeni Arraign In Court For Alleged Possession Of Indian Hemp In Ekiti

    . 40Yr Od Man, Kayode Ayeni Arraign In Court For Alleged Possession Of Indian Hemp In Ekiti

     Kayode Ayeni, a 40-year-old man, has been dragged to court.He was arraigned by the police on Friday at an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged possession of Indian hemp.The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of possession of hemp, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.The prosecutor, Inspector Bamikole Ola
  • Man Sentenced To 21-years Imprisonment For Stealing Foodstuff In Ekiti

    . Man Sentenced To 21-years Imprisonment For Stealing Foodstuff In Ekiti

     A man identified as Jimoh Dele has been handed a 21-year jail term by Justice Olalekan Olatawura of an Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, for burglary. According to the charge sheet, Jimoh on May 11, 2020, broke into a building around Mobil Petrol Station, Waterworks, in the Ajilosun area of Ado Ekiti, entered into a shop belonging to one
  • Ekiti State Police Arrest Two, Segun Olamide & Olatunji Michael For Burgling 16 Houses & Shops

    .. Ekiti State Police Arrest Two, Segun Olamide & Olatunji Michael For Burgling 16 Houses & Shops

     Operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command have arrested two notorious burglars, Segun Olamide a.k.a Confidence and Olatunji Michael. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abutu Sunday, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, October 23, 2022, said the suspects burgled 16 houses and shops in Ado-Ekiti, carting away numerous valuables. "O
  • UPDATE; Ekiti Assembly Declares 7-days Mourning Over Speaker Funminiyi Afuye’s Death

    . UPDATE; Ekiti Assembly Declares 7-days Mourning Over Speaker Funminiyi Afuye’s Death

     A 7-day mourning period has been declared by the Ekiti State House of Assembly [size=13pt] over the demise of the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye. [/size]In a statement in Ado Ekiti, the chairman House Committee on media, Mrs Yemisi Ayokunle said the flag in the Assembly complex would be flown at half mast during the period.Mrs Ayokunle, who des
  • Speaker, House Of Assembly Of Ekiti State, Funminiyi Afuye Dies At 66

    . Speaker, House Of Assembly Of Ekiti State, Funminiyi Afuye Dies At 66

     The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye is dead.Funminiyi Afuye Died at the age of 66 on Wednesday.Reports say he died of cardiac arrest.A senior official disclosed the news of Afuye’s death to newsmen.Expressing shock, the official said, “This was a man who we were together on the first working day of Governor Biodun
  • ‘Reject Atiku, Obi, You Don’t Know Them’ – APC's Bola Tinubu Tells Ekiti Residents

    .. ‘Reject Atiku, Obi, You Don’t Know Them’ – APC's Bola Tinubu Tells Ekiti Residents

     The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has told the people of Ekiti to reject the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and this of the Labour Party (LP) ), Peter Obi.Tinubu stated this while speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of Abiodun Oyebanji as the governor of Ekiti State.He
  • BREAKING: Abiodun Oyebanji Sworn In As Ekiti Governor

    . BREAKING: Abiodun Oyebanji Sworn In As Ekiti Governor

     Ekiti State now has a new governor.Mr Abiodun Oyebanji has taken his oath of office as the new Ekiti State Governor.Oyebanji was sworn in by the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye, on Sunday, October 16, 2022 amidst applause from the crowd present.He took over from Governor Kayode Fayemi, who doubled as the chairman of the Nigeria
  • Ekiti DJ, Famotemi Timothy Impersonates Singer, Portable Dupes Nightclub Owner of N790,000

    . Ekiti DJ, Famotemi Timothy Impersonates Singer, Portable Dupes Nightclub Owner of N790,000

     Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an Ekiti state-based Disc Jockey, Famotemi Toluwani Timothy for allegedly impersonating singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as “Portable”.A statement on Tuesday by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the suspect was arreste
  • Former Security Guard Caught Stealing Over N600k From Church Offering Vault in Ekiti

    . Former Security Guard Caught Stealing Over N600k From Church Offering Vault in Ekiti

     A 32-year old man, Akindele Opeyemi Olufemi, was on Tuesday paraded by the Ekiti State Police Command for allegedly [email protected] into a church’s offering vault to st£al over N600,000.The suspect was arrested at a “Stop and Search Point” of the Safer Highways of the Command, according to the police.It was gathered that, Olufemi who was on a Moto
  • Hospital Delivers Mentally-challenged Woman Of Twins In Ekiti

    .. Hospital Delivers Mentally-challenged Woman Of Twins In Ekiti

     She was delivered of the babies at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti in Ido/osi Local Government Area of the state.“Iya Kamo’’ and the new babies are doing well, spokesman of the hospital, Mr Bank Akinnuoye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.He thanked the hospital’s management and the Ido/Osi Local Government Council
  • Court Sentence Okada Rider To 10 Years In Jail For R@ping 12 Year Old Girl In Ekiti

    . Court Sentence Okada Rider To 10 Years In Jail For [email protected] 12 Year Old Girl In Ekiti

     An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Thursday sentenced a commercial motorcycle rider, Akinola Odebo to ten years imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girlMr Odebo, 40, was arraigned before Bamidele Omotoso on a one-count charge of defilement on 22 November 2021.Delivering his judgement, Mr Omotoso said the offence of rape is rampant in society. “Giving
  • Ekiti State Gov., Fayemi Bows Out As NGF Chairman, Lauds Osinbajo For Leadership Skills

    . Ekiti State Gov., Fayemi Bows Out As NGF Chairman, Lauds Osinbajo For Leadership Skills

     Outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, who doubles as Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) on Thursday attended his last meeting, where he spoke glowingly of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.He described Osinbajo who also doubles as Chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC) of exemplary leadership, especially in galvaniz
  • Nurse Hailed For Helping a Pregnant Woman Who Went Into Labor On The Road in Ekiti (Photos)

    . Nurse Hailed For Helping a Pregnant Woman Who Went Into Labor On The Road in Ekiti (Photos)

     A Nigerian nurse, Oladipo Blessing, has been praised for her heroic efforts in assisting a pregnant woman who went into labor close to a bush along Ikole road, Ekiti State.The nurse who practices her profession in a government owned hospital was quick to rush to the scene when her services were required as she used her professional skills in deliv
  • BREAKING: Ekiti Varsity Calls Off ASUU Strike, Begins Academic Activities

    . BREAKING: Ekiti Varsity Calls Off ASUU Strike, Begins Academic Activities

     The management of Ekiti State University said full academic activities begins on Thursday, Sept. 22.The varsity’s spokesman, Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, stated on Wednesday, in Ado-Ekiti that round-off lectures for second semester of 2020/2021 academic session holds between Thursday, Sept. 22 and Friday, Oct. 21. “The second semester examination for
  • VID: Commuters Stranded As Portion Of Ekiti Road Caves In

    . VID: Commuters Stranded As Portion Of Ekiti Road Caves In

     Motorists have been left stranded after a portion of the Ado-Ilawe expressway in Ekiti state caved in on Wednesday, September 14.The road recently became an alternative route for commuters, including residents of the state, due to the deplorable state of the Akure-Ado expressway.The collapse of this alternative route made it impossible for vehicle
  • 30yr Old Man, Ojo Idowu Sentenced to Life Imprisonment For Rap!ing a 9yr Old Girl in Ekiti

    . 30yr Old Man, Ojo Idowu Sentenced to Life Imprisonment For Rap!ing a 9yr Old Girl in Ekiti

     A 30-year-old Okada rider, Ojo Idowu, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, for [email protected] a nine-year-old girl..The defendant was first arraigned on one charge bordering on [email protected] before Justice Olalekan Olatawura in March, 2022. The charge read; "That the defendant on October 8, 2021 at Ilogbo
  • Four Suspected Killers Of NSCDC Officer, Segun Ayegbulu Arrested By Ekiti Hunters (Photos)

    . Four Suspected Killers Of NSCDC Officer, Segun Ayegbulu Arrested By Ekiti Hunters (Photos)

     Four suspected kidnappers involved in the killing of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, Segun Ayebulu, have been arrested in Ekiti State. The suspects were arrested on Tuesday, September 13, at Irele Ekiti by local hunters and Ajoni community vigilante group, code-named Operation Eradicating Bandits at the Borders of Rural A

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