The multi-purpose recycling plant at the Ilokun dump site in Ado-Ekiti, needs the urgent attention of the state and federal governments. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) correspondent, who visited the site on Monday, reports that the plant is at the verge of collapse if there is no urgent attention to restore it. The multipurpose […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has won Ekiti state, the first officially declared presidential election result by Independent National Electoral Commission. In the result announced by the returning officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Buhari of the All Progressives Congress polled 219,231 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party got […]
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The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday said Ekiti State had concluded collation of results of Saturday’s elections, declaring it as first in the country to do so. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced this at a news conference at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, the National Collation Centre for the Presidential and […]
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The Director-General, Ekiti State Office of Transformation, Strategy and Delivery, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, on Thursday, reiterated the commitment of the Dr Kayode Fayemi’s administration to the revitalisation of cocoa production in the state. Aluko said Fayemi had earmarked ₦40 million to cocoa rehabilitation project in 2019 for the establishment of Cocoa Clonal Garden/Cocoa Rehabilitation in […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday in Abuja lost its bid to wrestle power from the APC-government of Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti State following the judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which pronounced the governor as duly elected. The three-man panel, in a unanimous judgement that lasted almost five hours, dismissed the PDP […]
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The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that the state will henceforth arrest parents of pupils found hawking during school hours. The governor, through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, made this known on Sunday in Ado Ekiti. The governor gave the warning while meeting with stakeholders in the education sector at […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the weekend tragic truck accident that took the lives of scores of people at Iworoko-Ekiti, in Ekiti state. In a statement issued by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity on Monday in Abuja, Buhari extended sincere condolences to the families and […]
Read More Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has flagged off the rehabilitation of Ero dam and replacement of transmission main pipelines with an expectation that the project would address water shortage and curb open defecation. Speaking at the flag off ceremony in Ikun Ekiti, Dr Fayemi expressed optimism that the $55 million project which is co-sponsored […]
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The wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Chief Bisi Fayemi, says her husband’s administration will restore long-held values of the Ekiti people, in addition to fighting poverty and moral decadence. The governor’s wife gave the assurance in Ado-Ekiti on Friday while delivering a lecture entitled: ‘Reclaiming our Land, Restoring our Values: Beyond Slogan’. The lecture […]
Read More The World Bank has indicated its intention to spend $3 Million on three government technical colleges in Ekiti State under the Bank’s Innovation and Development Effectiveness for Acquisition of Skills, IDEAS, programme. This was disclosed during a meeting of the World Bank Team with Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, yesterday, in Ado-Ekiti. The World […]
Read More Two buildings in Ado Ekiti allegedly owned by the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose , have been sealed off by the state government for lack of approved plan and permit. According to the State Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Urban Development, the erection of the buildings contravened the laws guiding […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the party is proud of its governors and the achievements recorded in their various states. Secondus made the expression in his remarks at the send-off ceremony organised by the PDP Governors Forum for the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Sunday night in […]
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