The Ekiti State High Court, Ado-Ekiti, on Thursday sentenced one Owoeye Ojo to death by hanging for attempted murder and armed robbery. Ojo was arraigned on...
Police operatives in Ekiti have arrested one Victor Lorjaal for the alleged murder of his mother and elder sister in the state. The spokesman for the...
Police on Wednesday arraigned a 21-year-old woman, Anita Adeboye, at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti State for alleged fraud and impersonation. The defendant was...
In a landmark judgment, an Ekiti State High Court has sentenced two teachers, Gbenga Ajibola (43) and Ayodele Olaofe (52), to 44 years imprisonment for raping...
President Bola Tinubu has signed into law two bills establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State, and the Federal University of...
The Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Ekiti State has ordered the remand of a 52-year-old man, Ademilua Oni, in Ado-Ekiti prison over the alleged murder of...
In a shocking incident, a 34-year-old man, Oluwabunmi Anifowose, has been arrested by operatives of the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl...
A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has denied bail to embattled human rights activist, Dele Farotimi. Farotimi was arrested by the police in...
Human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi on Tuesday arrived at the Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, shortly before 10am in a police...
A report by Invictus Africa has named Ekiti, Lagos and Rivers as the states with the highest number of reported cases of gender-based violence in Nigeria....
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, said on Friday he would not sleep over the 2026 governorship election in the state. Oyebanji stated this at the...
Police on Friday arraigned two herdsmen– Musa Haruna and Saliu Sanusi – at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti State for alleged unlawful grazing. The...
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Wednesday, begged the residents of the state not to fall into the agenda of those who wreak havoc in...
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has instructed the state’s Bureau of Special Projects to conduct a thorough integrity test on all structures within the National...
The Ekiti State police command has banned any unlawful gathering in the state. This followed reports of a plan by a cult group to celebrate its...
Justice J.O. Adeyeye of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday sentenced one Ojo Ayegbusi to life imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl in the...
Justice O.I.O Ogunyemi of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado- Ekiti, on Thursday, sentenced a pastor with Winners Chapel Church, Omuo- Ekiti, Mr. Enoch Gbinyiam, to...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 27-year-old man, Ojo Afolabi, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in Ekiti State. The suspect...
The South-West Security Initiative, codenamed Amotekun Corps in Osun State, on Sunday, said it had arrested one Adegoroye Akinola on the suspicion that he defrauded nine...
A Magistrate’s Court in Ekiti State, Nigeria, has ordered the pre-trial detention of a 25-year-old man, Babuga Lede, for his alleged involvement in the murders of...
Pupils and staff of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti who were abducted by kidnappers have regained their freedom. They were said to have been...
Police operatives in Ekiti have arrested five suspected kidnappers in connection with the killing of two traditional rulers in the state. The monarchs – Elesun of...
The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, on Tuesday condemned the killing of two monarchs by suspected kidnappers in...
Alarm bells are ringing in Ekiti State after armed bandits kidnapped several pupils of Apostolic Faith School in Emure, Ekiti State The chilling incident, which occurred...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday evening shot two traditional rulers in Ekiti State. The monarchs – Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Ogunsakin, and Onimojo...
Police in Ekiti on Friday arraigned two men, Oribamise Emmanuel and Mohammed Tijani at the Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft of N84,700. The defendants were...
In Ekiti State, farmers face losses as they are unable to move their produce from their farms to the markets, as a result of the unmotorable...
Police in Ekiti State on Tuesday arraigned a 35-year-old man, Kolawole Omotayo, at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged indecent assault. The police prosecutor, Insp....
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has revealed that the state’s sports council failed to provide appropriate kits for the athletes of the state for national...
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 10 suspects over the death of a 200-level nursing student of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Atanda Modupe Deborah....
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has appointed Mr. Sunday Komolafe as the new Head of Service in the state. He takes over from Bamidele Agbede...
A former member of the House of Representatives from Eliti, Bimbola Daramola, has returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Daramola dumped the...
The South-West security outfit, Amotekun Corps, has arrested an 80-year-old man identified as Pa Michael for allegedly vandalising the equipment of Ekiti State Water Corporation in...
Gunmen on Saturday kidnapped the chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Mr. Paul Omotisho, on Saturday. The party’s Publicity Secretary in the...
The Ekiti State government on Wednesday dismissed the kiss-a-thon being planned by a group in the state as immoral and unhealthy. A group in the state...
Police on Friday arraigned three children at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti for allegedly killing a peacock. The defendants were arraigned for malicious damage....
Seated amidst a colourful array of fruits, 75-year-old Mrs. Meg Ayodeji watched the world go by as cars whizzed past in a blur of motion. Ever...
Police operatives in Ekiti have arrested two notorious kidnappers terrorising communities in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ogundare Dare disclosed this while briefing journalists...
The organised labour in Ekiti State have asked the Federal Government to increase the workers’ minimum wage to N100,000 if it removes fuel subsidy. The federal...
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, and presided over by Saka Afunso, has ordered the remand of one Lucas Ateniola, to a correctional centre over...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Atiku writes INEC, demands access to election materials Atiku Abubakar, a candidate for the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come under a heavy barrage of attacks from Nigerians after one if its portals mistakenly uploaded the image of...
Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, adjourned further hearing in the trial of a former governor of Ekiti...
The Peoples Democratic Party has lifted the suspension slammed on two of its members in Ekiti State. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, who confirmed...
Justice Adeniyi Familoni of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced a 24-year-old man, Segun Iwaetan, to death by hanging for membership of...
Police operatives in Ekiti have arrested two suspected kidnappers of a farmer, Segun Adams, in the state. Adams was abducted on his farm at Kajola in...
Justice Monisola Abodunde of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced two men, Deji Owolabi and Opeyemi Oluwakomolafe to death by hanging for...
Two yet-to-be-identified policemen have been reportedly crushed to death by a truck in Olawuwo area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Monday. It was gathered...
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday, presented the 2023 budget proposal of N113.5 billion to the state House of Assembly. The budget, according to...
Gunmen on Sunday abducted four travellers along the Irele Ekiti-Oke Ako highway in Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State. Residents of the community told...
