Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Friday donated some buses to the youth and women’s wings of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the state, in a move that suggests that he might be strategising ahead of the 2014 governorship election. The governor made the donation at the ACN secretariat on Ajilosun Street in […]
Police checkpoints have returned to some major roads in Ekiti State ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations. Findings by our correspondent on Monday showed huge police presence and checkpoints on some of the roads, especially on the Ado-Ekiti-Iyin-Ekiti Road. Police sheds have also sprung up on the road, suggesting that their presence may not […]
DECEMBER 23, 2012 BY TUNDE FAGBENLE 98 COMMENTS | credits: Something is happening in Ekiti State that needs to be told. And I will, since I bear witness to it. Quite a few folks, including my good friend and brother Femi Orebe and Sam Omatseye, both columnists in The Nation newspaper, have written volubly, extolling […]
The police in Ekiti State have arrested a couple, Mr. Dada Ojo and his wife, Adejoke, for allegedly dumping their newborn baby inside a bush. Our correspondent learnt on Sunday that the woman and her husband were arrested on Friday. A source in the community said the cry of the baby in the bush attracted […]
NOVEMBER 29, 2012 BY FEMI MAKINDE 6 COMMENTS Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi | credits: Pandemonium broke out in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday when a young man, suspected to be a bomber, was arrested in front of the Ekiti State Government House. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect was dropped in front of the Government […]
BY GBENGA ARIYIBI ADO EKITI — Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has again pleaded with those he might have offended or crossed their paths while he was in the saddle as the number one citizen of the state, to forgive him. He added that he had forgiven those that offended him at […]
A gang of armed robbers yesterday stormed Ifaki-Ekiti, a town in Ido-Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State and robbed a first generation bank. The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Sotonye Wakama, who confirmed the incident disclosed that after a gun duel, the police recovered three vehicles from the armed bandits who came in large number. […]
A bureau de change operator, Ibraheem, was on Wednesday killed by armed robbers, who invaded the Somolu Central Hotel in Somolu area of Lagos State. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the incident, which occurred around 4.00p.m., created serious tension, as people feared Hausas may retaliate. It was also gathered that the robbers escaped with the money […]
THE Ekiti State government has faulted the state police command for not making any arrest in the alleged murder of a 70-year-old woman, Mrs Rebecca Adewumi, in Omuo, Ekiti East Local Government Area of the state on allegations that she was a witch. A statement by the state Ministry of Women Affairs, Social Development and […]
The Suspects THREE suspects namely: Sunday Johnson, 17; Oladipupo Kayode, 24 and Jimoh Olorunsola, are now in police net for alleged robbery and rape of a 14-year-old girl in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. They are said to be a member of a five-man gang, of which two others are at large. The […]
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