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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Monday, October 12th, 2020
By Victor Ogunje The operatives of the Ekiti State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, have apprehended a suspected kidnapper in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ido/ Osi local government area of the state. The Amotekun corps commander, Brig. Gen Joe Komolafe (rtd) told newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Monday that the suspect who dressed in a military uniform was arrested […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, Religion, State News
Sunday, October 4th, 2020
Gunmen have killed a cleric, Mr. Kayode Ogunleye, dumping his body in a forest on the Aramoko-Ijero-Ekiti highway in Ekiti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lifeless body of the pastor, who was also a staff of the Ekiti West Local Government Area in Ekiti, was found on his farm near the […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
Ekiti State Corps Commandant of Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe (Rtd.) said that the agency will deploy ancient, local and modern security techniques to ward off kidnapping, robbery and other heinous crimes from the state. Speaking at Efon Alaaye during a sensitisation tour to Ekiti West, Komolafe averred that the neglect of traditional culture and patterns […]
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EFCC Politics, Ekiti, General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News
Friday, July 17th, 2020
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has alleged that the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, sold recovered assets under his watch to his associates. Fayose demanded that the sales of properties confiscated by the anti-graft agency under Magu be investigated. In a statement on Friday released via his […]
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Ekiti, Governors, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Presidency, State News
Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday, described President Muhammadu Buhari as an accidental president who is unconscious of happenings around him. Fayose made the comments in reaction to recent comments by the President’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina. Adesina had said the president would have dealt with Fayose and River State Governor, Nyesom Wike, […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, February 9th, 2020
By Rotimi Ojomoyela There was palpable fear in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, as a loud bang suspected to be bomb explosion rocked Ekiti state old government Secretariat. It was gathered that the explosion, which occurred around 7.05 am, ripped some of the buildings at the old government secretariat located at the Oke-Oriomi area of Ado-Ekiti, where […]
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Ekiti, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Lagos, Latest Politics, National Politics, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, South-West, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, January 25th, 2020
The Federal Government and Governors of the South West States yesterday agreed that necessary legal instruments will be put in place by each of the States to give legal backing to the initiative and address all issues concerning the regulation of the security structure on the establishment of the regional security outfit, Amotekun. Vice President […]
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Ekiti, Lagos, National Politics, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, South-West, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
The controversy about the launch of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed Operation Amotekun by the six governors of the South West was not unexpected. The initiative is novel and has attracted different interpretations from different tendencies and cultures. Reason: No geo-political zone has had such security arrangement, where local security initiatives would complement […]
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Africa & World Politics, Ekiti, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Friday, September 6th, 2019
Nigerians have been reacting to the presence of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II in South Africa, in light of the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreign nationals in the country. The Federal Government had on Wednesday announced its withdrawal from […]
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American Politics, Corruption Politics, Ekiti, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
By Emmanuel Okogba he Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has refuted allegations of being involved in fraudulent activities with a suspected internet scammer, Jerry Elo Ikogho, one of the 78 Nigerians indicted in the massive financial fraud case uncovered by the American agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI. A photo […]