Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has directed all gas stations across the state to start selling fuel at approved prices or risk closing indefinitely. As a result, the governor has authorized the National Petroleum Products Task Force and the state’s safety agencies to move around gas stations beginning Wednesday morning to enforce the directive. Governor Oyebanji announced the directives during a meeting with the leadership of the National Union of Oil and Gas Workers (NUPENG)…
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The EKITI state government has acquired 55,000 hectares of land for the agro-processing zone to enhance food security and create jobs across the state. In meeting with the communities and landowners in Iyemero, Esun, Odo-Oro, Itapaji, Ipao, Oke Ayedun and Oke Ako Ekiti, the government called on them to refrain from any kind of violence but work with the government to improve the state’s economy through agriculture . The involvement arose out of a letter…
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AVM Adeniyi Ojuawo (retired), technical assistant at Ekiti National Cargo International Airport, announced that commercial flight operations to and from the airport will begin in October this year. The airport, which underwent test flights on the 3.2km runway in October 2022 under the administration of former governor Dr Kayode Fayemi, has recently sparked a spate of controversies over delays in its operations. Talking to journalists at the airport site, Ojuawo explained that work by contractors…
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On Monday, Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji reiterated his government’s commitment to programs and policies to improve the quality of life of Ekiti residents, especially pensioners. The governor said this while presenting checks worth N915 million to 289 state, local government and primary retirees in the state from the Ado-Ekiti governor’s office. Oyebanji speaks at event hailed as unprecedented in stateHe said the honorarium payments were in line with his campaign promise of shared prosperity,…
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The Ekiti State High Court in Omu-Ekiti has removed Agere of Okeringun, Omuo-Oke Ekiti, Chief Jamiu Dende for failing to follow due process in his appointment. The court ruled that Oba Adebayo Otitoju, who appointed the sacked chief, did not have the authority to do so under the Ekiti state chiefs law. In 2019, Michael Akomolehin, head of the Isalu Tribe and Elerebi Tribe of Omuooke Ekiti, filed a complaint with the court seeking redress…
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A 29-year-old man, Sogo Onilearo, was arrested by agents of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Force {NSCDC} Ekiti State Command for allegedly desecrating his 7-year-old step-daughter. The suspect allegedly raped the girl in Aisegba Ekiti, according to Ekiti state NSCDC spokesman Tolu Afolabi. In a press statement on Friday, Afolabi Ado Ekitisaying Onileraro knew about the girl’s canal knowledge and hurt her private parts in the process. He further said that the command had…
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Police agents in Ekiti have arrested two notorious kidnappers terrorizing communities in the state. The state’s police chief, Ogundare Dare, revealed this while briefing reporters on the command’s activities in Ado Ekiti on Friday. He said the two suspects were arrested in cooperation with Kogi State police Order. He added that suspects Abu Hassan aka Danger and Abubakar Sodiq have been terrorizing innocent citizens around the Iyemero/Oke-Ako/Irele/Ipao-Ekiti axis. Also read: Police arrest man suspected of…
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Ekiti State High Court Ado Ekiti on Monday sentenced three men to death for conspiracy and armed robbery in the state. Defendants Deji Omotayo (23), Ifeanyin Chidiebere (25) and Bolaji Usman (28) were arraigned by the police on 21 January 2020 on four counts of conspiracy and armed robbery. Prosecution lawyer Mr Kunle-Shina Adeyemo had earlier told the court that criminals robbed residents of a hotel and took their belongings. He listed the items stolen…
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Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji called on the people of the state not to distinguish his government from that of former Governor Dr Kayode Fayemi in terms of achievements. The governor’s remarks came against the backdrop of widespread praise and evaluation of his predecessor’s tenure by stakeholders, especially social commentators, during his first seven months in office. Addressing a special stakeholder engagement event on Friday at Ido-Ekiti, the state’s Ido-Osi Local Government Area headquarters, Governor…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned six projects funded by the Higher Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in three universities in Ekiti State. In Friday’s commissioning, the President opened a N318 million Vocational Education Workshop at the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education Science and Technology Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI); a double lecture hall at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Ado-Ekiti University Health Center of Ekiti State University and medical wards worth N306 million, and N369 million Ekiti…
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