Ekiti
Report: Ekiti Governor Oyebanji Exceeds Assembly’s Approval By N8Billion For Uncompleted Airport Inaugurated By Ex-Gov Fayemi; Spends N2.5Billion On Four Tractors
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, approved over N9.4 billion between January and September 2024 for the construction of an airport in the state, a copy of the state budget performance report obtained by SaharaReporters has revealed. The report was posted on the state government website, https://ekitistate.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/BPR_Q3.pdf. The document shows that the Oyebanji’s administration in the last […]
Ekiti Chief Judge, Adeyeye reportedly dead
The Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye is reportedly dead. Recalled that a section of the High Court building in Ekiti State, collapsed on the Chief Judge barely a year ago while he was in his office. It was gathered that since his discharge from the hospital, the Chief Judge has been struggling […]
Ekiti gov hails Oluyede’s appointment as acting COAS
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has congratulated Major-General Olufemi Oluyede on his appointment as the acting Chief of Army Staff by President Bola Tinubu. The governor also thanked the President for finding the Ikere-Ekiti-born General Oluyede worthy of the appointment. The president had on Wednesday appointed Oluyede as acting COAS pending the return of the […]
84-year-old man missing in Ekiti State
The Ekiti State Police Command has declared an 84-year-old man, Adeyemi Yisa Agboola of No. 26, Similoluwa Area, Ado-Ekiti, missing. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Abutu Sunday, the man left home to an unknown destination on October 18, 2024, at 1 pm and has never returned since then. […]
Ekiti PDP recommends expulsion of Fayose to disciplinary committee
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has officially recommended the expulsion of former governor Ayodele Fayose over allegations of working against the interests of the party in the state. Dare Adeleke, the state chairman of the PDP Caretaker Committee, disclosed this while addressing journalists over the weekend in Ado-Ekiti. He stated that Fayose’s […]
Oyebanji To Pay New Minimum Wage
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has assured of his administration’s readiness to implement the new minimum wage of N70,000. The governor assured Ado Ekiti during the weekend’s distribution of gratuity cheques totalling N3.5 billion to retirees in the state. Speaking at the event, which coincided with this year’s edition of Pensioners’ Day, he described […]
Flights of fancy: Govs slammed for wasting N160bn on unviable airports
Six state governments including Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Yobe, Nasarawa, and Bayelsa have spent about N160bn on airport projects that opposition politicians and aviation professionals classified as unviable. Stakeholders say the huge public funds expended on the facilities have amounted to waste. They condemned the state governors and asked Nigerians to hold them responsible for the […]
Ekiti urges LGs to prioritise grassroots needs
The Ekiti State Government has charged local council authorities to ensure fiscal discipline and judicious allocation of resources to better the lots of the grassroots. The Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Folorunso Olabode, gave the charge at a one-day workshop on the preparation of the 2025-2027 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework for relevant officers of Local Governments […]
Ekiti monarch bans traders’ unions to regulate prices
The Ogoga of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Adejimi Adu-Alagbado, has expressed concern over the arbitrary hike in prices of goods and services occasioned by the dictates of various traders’ associations in the community and the attendant suffering of residents. Adu-Alagbado, therefore, announced a ban on all traders’ associations within the community, thus liberalising commercial activities in […]
Herdsman granted N800,000 bail for destroying Ekiti farm
The Ekiti State Police Command said it had arraigned a 20-year-old cattle rearer, Mohamadu Bello, before an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly destroying farm produce valued at N3.8m belonging to four individuals. The police prosecutor, Inspector Elijah Adejare, told the court on Thursday that the defendant committed the offence on August 10 at […]