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  • Young Student Hacks Colleague To Death After Engaging In ‘Juju’ Contest In Ekiti State

    . Young Student Hacks Colleague To Death After Engaging In ‘Juju’ Contest In Ekiti State

     Kehinde Timilehin, a 17-year-old Senior Secondary School pupil of Ado Grammar School, Ado Ekiti, reportedly hacked a fellow student, Favour Matthew, 16, to death on Thursday, Punch Metro reports. The two pupils were said to have engaged each other in ‘charms (juju) contest’ following which Mathew was said to have gone home to bring an axe and
  • Ex- Governor Of Ekiti State, Fayose Involved In Accident On Third Mainland Bridge

    . Ex- Governor Of Ekiti State, Fayose Involved In Accident On Third Mainland Bridge

     Former Ekiti governor Ayodele Fayose involved in accident today on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. The media aide of the former governor, Lere Olayinka, on his verified Twitter handle, revealed the accident, even as he said Fayose was in a stable condition and receiving medical treatment.He tweeted: Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr
  • Lawyers Protest After The Decomposing Corpse Of Kidnapped Ekiti NBA Scribe, Adeola Is Found

    . Lawyers Protest After The Decomposing Corpse Of Kidnapped Ekiti NBA Scribe, Adeola Is Found

     Nigerian lawyers have protested after the decomposing body of the Ekiti state secretary general of NBA was found. According to a report by Punch Metro, legal practitioners in Ekiti State on Monday protested against the kidnap and killing of their members, calling on security agencies to step up the security of lives and property. The lawyers, unde
  • Kidnappers Kill Ekiti Lawyer, Adeola Adebayo After Collecting N3m Ransom (Photo)

    .. Kidnappers Kill Ekiti Lawyer, Adeola Adebayo After Collecting N3m Ransom (Photo)

     Adeola Adebayo, the Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikole Ekiti Branch, who was kidnapped on Saturday, November, 17, 2018 at Erio, Ekiti State, has been found dead with many bullet wounds. Adebayo was returning from Osogbo, Osun State, with his wife and parents, where they attended an event, when he was stopped and kidnapped. A ransom o
  • SAD! Ekiti State Politician Son, Okeya Adeshina Killed Hours After He Was Called To Bar (Photos)

    .. SAD! Ekiti State Politician Son, Okeya Adeshina Killed Hours After He Was Called To Bar (Photos)

     This is quite unfortunate. A young lawyer has been killed in Abuja, just hours after he was called to Bar. The deceased named Okeya Adeshina, a law graduate of the Ekiti State University and Yola Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Adamawa, was the son of a prominent Ekiti State politician who attended his Call to Bar ceremony before the tragic
  • 49yrs Old Civil Servant Commits Suicide As He Hangs Self On The Railing Of Ekiti State Secretariat

    . 49yrs Old Civil Servant Commits Suicide As He Hangs Self On The Railing Of Ekiti State Secretariat

     49-year-old civil servant identified as Abolarinwa Olaoye, who works at the Ekiti State Civil Service, was on Tuesday evening, found hanging on a suicide rope within the state Secretariat in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. According to reports, the body of the father-of-five, who was a night guard at the Ekiti State Scholarship Board, was found hang
  • EFCC Seals Fayose’s Property In Ado-ekiti (Photo)

    . EFCC Seals Fayose’s Property In Ado-ekiti (Photo)

     The former governor, while reacting to EFCC’s action, accused the anti-graft agency of “sealing innocent people’s house.” “It is only in our country that an anti-corruption agency will first go about sealing houses before determining the ownership, which can be done so easily by visiting relevant agencies,” Fayose said. He also alleged
  • NOT AGAIN! Armed Robbers Storm Access Bank In Ekiti, Kill Over 3 Persons (Graphic Photos)

    . NOT AGAIN! Armed Robbers Storm Access Bank In Ekiti, Kill Over 3 Persons (Graphic Photos)

     There was pandemonium on Monday in Ijero-Ekiti, headquarters of Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State where a gang of armed robbers attacked a branch of Access bank.According to reports, the robbers killed two policemen, a bank worker and passersby during the attack which took place at about 4.30 pm few minutes after the bank had officially c
  • Former Governor Of Ekiti State, Fayose Celebrates 58th Birthday In A Low-Key Fashion (Photos)

    . Former Governor Of Ekiti State, Fayose Celebrates 58th Birthday In A Low-Key Fashion (Photos)

     After leaving office, the former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has held his birthday in low-key fashion.  Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose turned 58 on Thursday, November 15th (yesterday). It was gathered that the outspoken politician marked his special day in style but in a low-key manner with family and fri
  • PDP Stakeholders Sack Ayo Fayose As PDP Leader In Ekiti State

    . PDP Stakeholders Sack Ayo Fayose As PDP Leader In Ekiti State

     Stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State yesterday removed former Governor Ayo Fayose as the leader of the party in the state while affirming the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, as PDP’s new leader in Ekiti State and Southwest region. Olujimi is the party’s highest ranking political office holder in
  • Ekiti State Lawmaker, Micheal Adedeji Shot By Gunmen Has Died

    . Ekiti State Lawmaker, Micheal Adedeji Shot By Gunmen Has Died

     A member of the Ekiti state house of assembly, Micheal Adedeji who was shot in the head by gunmen on Friday, is dead. Jackson Adebayo, publicity secretary of the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, confirmed this to us on Monday. “The lawmaker died at the Federal Medical Center, Ido Ekiti, early this morning,” Adebayo told usH
  • "Fayose's Four Years In Ekiti A Waste" Anglican Bishop, Christopher Omotunde

    . "Fayose's Four Years In Ekiti A Waste" Anglican Bishop, Christopher Omotunde

     The Bishop of the Diocese of Ekiti, the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the Rt. Rev. Christopher Omotunde has described the 4 years of the administration of former governor Ayodele Fayose a waste in Ekiti State. He mentioned this during the thanksgiving for the new deputy governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi in Ado Ekiti. He described the tenure
  • Former Ekiti Governor, Ayo Fayose Fails To Meet Bail Condition; To Spend Weekend In Prison

    . Former Ekiti Governor, Ayo Fayose Fails To Meet Bail Condition; To Spend Weekend In Prison

     The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, will spend the weekend in prison as he failed to meet his bail condition before the close of work on Friday.Mr Fayose who is facing an 11-count charge of conspiracy and money laundering amounting to ₦2.2 billion was granted a N50 million bail on Wednesday by a judge of the Lagos Divisio
  • VENDETTA! Ekiti State Governor Fayemi Seals Two Houses Owned By Fayose

    . VENDETTA! Ekiti State Governor Fayemi Seals Two Houses Owned By Fayose

     Two new buildings allegedly owned by former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose have been sealed by agents of the state government.The state government through the Ministry of Housing, Urban and Physical Development, said the twin duplexes were sealed for lack of approved plan and permit.The buildings, which are adjacent the official residence of the
  • Residents Chase Ekiti King Away For Aiding His Cultist Son

    . Residents Chase Ekiti King Away For Aiding His Cultist Son

     Residents of Ilogbo-Ekiti, Ekiti State, have chased the traditional ruler, Oba Edward Ajayi and members of his family out of the town. The angry subjects accused the king of aiding and abetting cultism in the community. They alleged that many of them were attacked by suspected secret cult members allegedly led by a son of the traditional ruler, Ad
  • BREAKING! Ex-Governor Of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose Granted Bail Of N50million From EFCC Custody

    . BREAKING! Ex-Governor Of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose Granted Bail Of N50million From EFCC Custody

     The Lagos division of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi has granted a N50 million bail bond to former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose. Fayose is facing an 11-count charge bothering on receiving money illegally to fund his 2014 governorship campaign, among other allegations of benefitting from proceeds of money laundering. When he was fi
  • Jubilation As Ekiti Ex-Governor, Fayose Takes Stomach Infrastructure To EFCC, Feeds Over 150 Detainees

    . Jubilation As Ekiti Ex-Governor, Fayose Takes Stomach Infrastructure To EFCC, Feeds Over 150 Detainees

     Ekiti ex-governor, Ayodele Fayose has taken stomach infrastructure to prison custody after feeding over 150 people. The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose who is currently on trial in Lagos has taken his Stomach Infrastructure to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission office after providing food for over 150 people (detai
  • Former Ekiti Gov,. Ayo Fayose’s Trial Set To Begin As EFCC Reveals ‘How He Was Settled With N1.2b’

    . Former Ekiti Gov,. Ayo Fayose’s Trial Set To Begin As EFCC Reveals ‘How He Was Settled With N1.2b’

     All is set for the commencement of the trial of the immediate past former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose following the filing of 11 charges against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The agency is accusing Fayose of benefitting from N4.65billion slush funds allocated by the Office of National Security Adviser(O
  • Popular Chieftain And State Treasurer Of APC In Ekiti State, Moses Adeoye Assassinated By Gunmen

    . Popular Chieftain And State Treasurer Of APC In Ekiti State, Moses Adeoye Assassinated By Gunmen

     Moses Adeoye, treasurer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, has been killed by suspected gunmen at his residence. It was gathered that Adeoye was murdered Wednesday evening in Otun, Moba local government area of the state. A source said the gunmen didn’t take any of his valuables or properties. Confirming the incident, Caleb Ikechuk
  • Newly Sworn-in Governor Fayemi Declares Free Education In Ekiti

    . Newly Sworn-in Governor Fayemi Declares Free Education In Ekiti

     Fayemi is starting with a bang. The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has abolished the education development levy introduced by the government of Ayodele Fayose in all primary and secondary schools in the state.Fayemi declared that education would henceforth be free in all public primary and secondary schools across the state, saying it wa
  • The Rock Has Fallen: EFCC Detains Former Ekiti Gov. Fayose Over N4.7Billion ONSA Fraud

    . The Rock Has Fallen: EFCC Detains Former Ekiti Gov. Fayose Over N4.7Billion ONSA Fraud

     Former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose Peter The Rock has been detained by the EFCC after some mild drama that happened at the headquarter of the agency in Abuja on Tuesday.The controversial governor is being questioned over the ongoing probe of the alleged diversion N4.685billion by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).He is
  • Ex-Governor Of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose Arrives EFCC Office With His Bag Of Cloths (Video)

    . Ex-Governor Of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose Arrives EFCC Office With His Bag Of Cloths (Video)

     Ayodele Fayose, immediate past governor of Ekiti state, has arrived at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja. Fayose had earlier written a letter to the EFCC, saying he will make himself available immediately his tenure expires. He was on Tuesday accompanied to the anti-graft agency’s office by Nyesom Wike, governor o
  • Breaking News: Kayode Fayemi Sworn In As Governor Of Ekiti State (Photos)

    . Breaking News: Kayode Fayemi Sworn In As Governor Of Ekiti State (Photos)

     Kayode Fayemi, who was declared the winner of the July election in Ekiti State, has been sworn in as the Governor today in a ceremony which was held today. The immediate past Minister of Mineral Resources is a native of Isan-Ekiti in Oye Local Government of Ekiti State, and was a former governor of the state between 2010 and 2014. He was defeated
  • UPDATE! Police Apprehend Ekiti Man Who Tried To Rap3 His Teenage Daughter For Money Rituals (Photos)

    . UPDATE! Police Apprehend Ekiti Man Who Tried To Rap3 His Teenage Daughter For Money Rituals (Photos)

     A man from Ekiti state who was accused of using his daughter for money ritual after making attempts to rape her , has been finally apprehended.According to reports, the man named Rufus Kehinde Daramola, who had been on the run since after he was summoned by traditional rulers over the money ritual accusation, was nabbed yesterday with the h
  • Outgoing Ekiti Governor, Fayose Takes To The Streets To Bid Ekiti People Goodbye (Photos)

    . Outgoing Ekiti Governor, Fayose Takes To The Streets To Bid Ekiti People Goodbye (Photos)

     The outgoing governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State took to the streets of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state capital on Saturday evening to say Thank You and Goodbye to the good citizens.Meanwhile, wife of the Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, on Saturday, surprisingly visited the outgoing governor, Ayodele Fayose at the Government House.The outgo
  • Ekiti State House of Assembly Speaker, Kola Oluwawole & His Deputy, Sina Animaun Have Been Impeached

    . Ekiti State House of Assembly Speaker, Kola Oluwawole & His Deputy, Sina Animaun Have Been Impeached

     The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon Kola Oluwawole and his Deputy, Mr Sina Animaun have been impeached. The impeachment was carried out this afternoon by 14 members of the House.According to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Stephen Gbadamosi, those who carried out the ‘illegality’ were provided police cover and th
  • Ekiti Man Who Tried Defiling His Daughter 3 Times For Rituals, Absconds After Her Death (Photos)

    . Ekiti Man Who Tried Defiling His Daughter 3 Times For Rituals, Absconds After Her Death (Photos)

     This man you see in the picture is Mr Rufus Kehinde Daramola of Awo Ekiti in Irepodun Local Govt. Area, with his wife Mrs Esther Ojuolape Daramola, who is my aunt and their daughter, Taiwo whose Kehinde died at birth. The man left my aunt for a rich lady when my aunt was pregnant with the twins, then returned to apologise to my aunt and she... Rea
  • End Time! Prophet Seen Enjoying Lap Dance From A Slay Queen At A Wedding In Ekiti (Video)

    . End Time! Prophet Seen Enjoying Lap Dance From A Slay Queen At A Wedding In Ekiti (Video)

     Prophet seen trying to win a soul, in style, at a wedding, over the weekend, in Ekiti StateWatch video
  • Police Parade 18 Year Old Boy Who Raped Female Students Of Ekiti State University (Photo)

    . Police Parade 18 Year Old Boy Who Raped Female Students Of Ekiti State University (Photo)

     THE police have paraded a suspected rapist, Chidi Okoye Christian, who allegedly raped female students of Ekiti State University (EKSU). The 18-year-old Okoye has been on the wanted list of EKSU Security Unit for some time following attacks on students living off campus. The suspect, who is not a student of the university, was arrested and paraded
  • Pandemonium As Armed Robbers Attack Bank, Hold Town Hostage In Ekiti (Photos)

    . Pandemonium As Armed Robbers Attack Bank, Hold Town Hostage In Ekiti (Photos)

     Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday evening in Igede Ekiti, Ekiti state after a group of armed robbers stormed a branch of Union Bank of Nigeria and killed at least one person in the process.According to reports, the robbers who were well armed and prepared – stormed the town by 5pm and held the area hostage for over 30 minutes while shooting spo

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