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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

Bosnia coach Safet Susic, who started with just Dzeko up front despite saying after the opening defeat to Argentina he would play with two strikers, said that his side had been robbed of a goal by New Zealand referee Peter O’Leary. “I was told there was no offside but it’s not the first or last […]
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Ekiti, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

By Dapo Akinrefon Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been elected Governor of Ekiti state. Ayodele-FayoseThe Returning Officer for the 2014 governorship elections and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Professor Isaac Azuzu announced the results of the governorship elections in Ekiti State declaring the candidate of the […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, INEC Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said 120,000 security operatives have been deployed in Ekiti State for the governorship election holding on Saturday. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, the Head, Publicity Division, INEC Headquarters, Mr. Nick Dazang said INEC had customised all the ballot boxes and result sheets according to polling units “such […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Protests on Wednesday greeted the Federal Government’s withdrawal of the N446.3bn theft charge it instituted against Mohammed Abacha, son of a former Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha. Those who flayed the action which took place at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, were prominent Lagos lawyers – Femi Falana, Jiti Ogunye, […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate for the June 21 election in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said commercial motorcycle operation, otherwise known as Okada, will not be banned by his administration if he is elected as the governor in the coming election. He said the operators would be free to operate without fear […]
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Ekiti, General Politics, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

Ado-Ekiti – A former governor of Ekiti State, MrAyo Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria,(NAN) reports that Fayose emerged winner with 462 votes out of a total of 477 votes cast. Leader of the PDP panel which conducted the primaries Dr Peter […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 15th, 2014
• He’s a liar, says Info commissioner From Charles Adegbite, Ado-Ekiti Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Budget and Research, Hon Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday alleged that Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi got over four hundred billion naira (N400billion) in forty months, which he claimed was badly managed in view of the value of […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, December 15th, 2013
By Muyiwa Adeyemi, Ado-Ekiti WITH last weekend’s defection of Opeyemi Bamidele, a member of the House of Representatives and governorship aspirant in Ekiti State from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to the Labour Party (LP), the picture of how the battle for Oke Bareke would be fought next year is getting clearer. The national leadership […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
A staff nurse at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, was on Monday beaten up by family members of a female patient (name not given) who died in the hospital following a health complication. It was learnt that the nurse was beaten by children and relatives of the deceased who were at the […]
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Articles, Bimbo Daramola, Columnists, Ekiti, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, September 29th, 2013

By Hon. Bimbo Daramola | Abuja, Nigeria | September 29, 2013 – Ever since the unfortunate incident of penultimate Thursday, I have been inundated with calls from my constituents, colleagues, friends and associates both the political and apolitical, from within and outside of Ekiti and indeed Nigeria. This seems to confirm what I have said […]