The Ekiti House of Assembly has declared a seven-day mourning period at the parliament to honour the death of the speaker, Funminiyi Afuye. Mr Afuye died...
Police on Wednesday arraigned four persons at the Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti State for allegedly stealing 52 cows valued at N10 million. The defendants –...
A 62-year-old landlord in Ekiti State, Daudu Jimoh, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti after he was found guilty...
Ahead of the 2023 elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence in a fair process needed to ensure the smooth transition of democracy as his administration...
The Ekiti State government led by the incumbent Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday announced the dissolution of the State Executive Council. Fayemi announced that the cabinet...
The Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Ojo Adebayo, to life Imprisonment for child defilement. The defendant was arraigned...
Gunmen on Saturday evening killed a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer in Ekiti State. Eyewitnesses told journalists the gunmen waylaid the deceased along...
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday that Imo and Ekiti States have the lowest number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. The...
Gunmen on Thursday shot dead a commercial motorcyclist, Abejide Ojo, along Ilemeso-Isan- Ekiti road in Ekiti State. An eyewitness told journalists that the deceased was accosted...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has appointed secretaries for the 16 Local Government Areas and 19 newly created Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the...
The state’s Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti. He said the new cases of...
The Ekiti State High Court, Ado-Ekiti, on Monday sentenced four men to death for armed robbery and murder in the state. The convicts – Babangida Amodu,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated Biodun Oyebanji on his victory in the just-concluded gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. Oyebanji emerged the governor-elect with a total...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday charged officials and staff of the commission on professionalism and ethical behaviour...
Co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls Movement, Aisha Yesufu and political activist, Deji Adeyanju, have ripped into Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, over his trip to...
Ahead of the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has discovered 47,633 double voter registrations on its portal. The...
Justice Olukayode Ogundana of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Thursday sentenced a 42-year-old man, Ademola Omoniyi to death by hanging for the murder...
Police operatives have arrested nine suspected kidnappers in Ekiti State. The spokesman for the state police command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the development in a statement...
Justice Lekan Ogunmoye of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Monday sentenced one Hussein Isah to life imprisonment for defiling two underage girls in...
The Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday sentenced a middle-aged man, Tumise Abraham, to death by hanging for murder. The convict was arraigned by...
Police operatives in Ekiti have arrested five suspected cultists in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the development in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated a 16-man reconciliation committee ahead of the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State. The spokesman for the Bisi...
The Senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Opeyemi Bamidele, said on Friday he would not challenge the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary...
The Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has announced that students across private and public schools in the state should stay at home on Thursday due...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday charged civil servants in the state to stay away from politics. The governor made the call during a...
The abducted traditional Chief in Ijan Ekiti, Gbonyin local government area of Ekiti State, Chief Emmanuel Obafemi, and two other persons have regained their freedom. The...
The Secretary to the Ekiti State Government, Biodun Oyebanji has resigned his position. This comes after the recent directive by Governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that its nomination and expression of interest forms for members aspiring to contest for the party’s ticket ahead of...
Justice Abiodun Adesodun of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sentenced a 43-year-old man, Afolabi Taiwo, to death by hanging for armed robbery....
The eight abducted residents of a community in Ekiti have regained their freedom. Gunmen had on Sunday night invaded a house at Itapaji town in Ikole...
Gunmen on Tuesday abducted persons at Itapaji Ekiti, in Ikole local government area of Ekiti State. An eyewitness told journalists on Wednesday the gunmen stormed a...
The Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Thursday sentenced three men to death by hanging for armed robbery and murder. The convicts – Oluwole Edward...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) adopted the consensus option in Saturday’s state congress in Ekiti State. In the exercise held at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in...
Gunmen on Sunday abducted a would-be couple at a community in Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Eyewitnesses told journalists on Monday the victims...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers abducted at least four persons travelling in two buses in Ekiti State on Monday. The spokesman of the state police command,...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has called on the police to fish out the killers of Mr. Olajide Sowore, younger brother of the rights...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released its timetable and schedule of activities for the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State. In a statement issued by...
Police on Wednesday arraigned a herdsman, Abdullahi Bande, at the Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti for alleged kidnapping. He was arraigned for allegedly kidnapping one Adebusuyi...
Police on Monday arraigned a 28-year-old man, Akinola Femi, at the Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court in Ekiti State over the alleged abduction of two women in...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has placed fresh restrictions on social and religious gatherings in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the...
The Ekiti State government on Saturday warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against undue politicisation of matters bordering on the security of lives and property in...
Gunmen on Friday night abducted two travellers in Ekiti State. The spokesman of the state police command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident to journalists on...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has forwarded a bill for the creation of additional 19 Local Council Development Authorities (LCDAs) to the state House of...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday abducted four farmers in Ekiti and demanded N50 million ransom for their release. Eyewitnesses told journalists on Tuesday the...
The Commander of the Ekiti State Security Network, code-named Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe, on Saturday, confirmed the kidnap of another traditional ruler, Oba Benjamin Oso, the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced dates for the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states. The Commission disclosed that the election in Ekiti...
Gunmen on Friday night abducted a farmer, Jimoh Olodan, at Iyemero Ekiti, Ikole local government area of Ekiti State. Residents of the community told journalists on...
Soldiers on Friday evening killed a Department of State Services (DSS) operative in a hotel in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. An eyewitness told journalists on Saturday that...
Ekiti State government has announced the suspension of minimum wage payment and a cut in the salaries of workers and political appointees. According to a statement...
The Ekiti government has disclosed that it will diligently investigate the hospitalisation of about 100 students of its College of Health Technology, Ijero Ekiti, Ijero Local...
