Ekiti State
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
FG has turned Nigerians into beggars through palliatives —Afe Babalola
ADO-EKITI—FOUNDER of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola, yesterday, took a swipe at the Federal Government over the distribution of palliatives, describing it as an attempt to turn Nigerians to beggars and leading them to poverty. He also threw his weight behind the Patriots’ call for a new constitution. Babalola made this known […]
Four men bag life sentence for kidnapping in Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced four men to life imprisonment for kidnapping a 75-year-old woman in Ikere Ekiti. The defendants – Adeoye Sunday, Adewusi Dare, Bamigboye Damilola and Ogunlayi Seun were also on Monday sentenced to five years imprisonment each for the offence of conspiracy. The court, however, discharged and […]
Kidnapped Ekiti varsity ex-DVC found buried in shallow grave
The former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe, who was kidnapped on July 9, has been found dead. Sources, who could not confirm whether the 79-year-old retired university teacher died as a result of weakness due to age or that he was killed by the kidnappers, told PUNCH Metro […]