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Ekiti, Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), State News
Friday, November 28th, 2014
Ayo FayoseThe Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, flayed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for allegedly criticising Jonathan’s administration on corruption and insecurity. Fayose, who spoke at a summit in Ife, said that Obasanjo had no moral justification to criticise Jonathan’s administration because the former President’s government was far more corrupt than the one he criticised. […]
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Edo, Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole and his Ekiti State counterpart, Governor Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday exchanged hot words over the state of the legislature in their respective states. While Oshiomhole told Fayose not to drag his (Oshiomhole) name into the “political gangsterism that has become peculiar with the Ekiti State Governor,” the Ekiti governor said […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
In a twist to the unfolding events in Ekiti State, the Peoples Democratic Party’s lawmakers in the state House of Assembly on Thursday impeached the Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin. The Minority Leader, Mr. Samuel Ajibola, who is now the Leader of Government Business, had told journalists on Wednesday that Omirin remained the Speaker and that […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Friday, October 31st, 2014
Ayo Fayose Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said he patronises drinking joints every Friday in order to get close to the ‘common man’ in the state. The governor said this in Abuja on Thursday while defending the concept of “stomach infrastructure” introduced by his government. He told journalists that it would […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Saturday, October 25th, 2014
-Punch Hundreds of supporters of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, on Friday trooped to the streets, protesting alleged plan by members of the state House of Assembly to impeach the governor. The protesters, under the aegis of Positive Minds Club for Teachers, converged on Fajuyi Park in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, with placards […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 16th, 2014
By Gbenga Ariyibi/ Dapo Akinrefon After weeks of uncertainties,Ekiti State Governor-elect ,Mr Ayodele Fayose was finally inaugurated as the new governor of the state along with his Deputy,Dr Kolapo Olubunmi Olusola by the Chief Judge of the state,Justice Ayodeji Daramola with a vow to use his God given talent to give a rapid development to […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 16th, 2014
1,000 clerics to ‘cleanse’ Govt House As Fayemi scores his administration high, lifts curfew By Gbenga Ariyibi Ado-Ekiti—Arrangements were in top gear yesterday for the inauguration of the governor-elect, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose, which is expected to take place at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti. Dignitaries from all walks of life […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News, Wole Soyinka
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the loss of the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the June 21 governorship election as a mystery which the All Progressives Congress must unravel. He said with the various programmes and legacy projects put in place by Fayemi, his successor must continue on the […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Mr. Ayodele Fayose The Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, has tabled before the National Judicial Council ahead of the council’s meeting scheduled for Thursday, a petition accusing the state’s Governor-elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, and the police of complicity in the attack on judges and court workers in the state last week. A […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Saturday, September 27th, 2014
Fayemi and Fayose Politicians in Ekiti State are worried that more assassinations might take place in the state following the killing of a former Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Omolafe Aderiye, on Thursday. Aderiye, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party and a supporter of the state’s incoming governor, Ayo Fayose, […]
