THE Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Ado Ekiti has upheld the victory of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Biodun Oyebanji, in the just concluded state election. Oyebanji had polled a total of 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest challengers, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic …
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Prison One Fapohunda Paul Olasunkanmi, a laundry’s man and resident of Kwara state has been sentenced to three years in prison by a High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. Olasunkanmi who hails from from Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State was handed a three years jail term over internet …
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The Okemesi community in Ekiti West Local Government, Ekiti State, has raised alarm over the looming danger following the diversion of traffic to the roads linking the town due to their poor state. The National Publicity Secretary, Federation of Okemesi Improvement Union, Abraham Adeleye, said the roads particularly those linking …
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A middle aged man identified simply as Dele was crushed to death by a lorry fully loaded with beans in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Dele was said was to have fell off a commercial motorcycle and was ran over by the on coming lorry. The incident happened on Saturday …
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At least seventy-four new cases of COVID-19 have recently been recorded in Ekiti state, after the Eld- EL- Kabir celebration. The State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani who made this known via a statement in Ado Ekiti, noted that there was a significant decline in the …
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49-year-old Akinola Ademola has been sentenced to death by hanging for offences of armed robbery and murder, of his elder brother in Ekiti State. He was arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye of Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti in December 2020. The charge reads, “that Akinola Ademola, on 19th …
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Four persons held captive by kidnappers in Ekiti State have regained their freedom on Friday after N1 million ransom was paid. The victims were kidnapped between Oke-Ako and Irele roads in Ikole Local Government Area of the State on Wednesday Police spokesperson in Ekiti, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the release of the …
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Fulani herdsman, Abashe Adamu Idris, notoriously known for kidnapping and killing his victims after demanding ransom, has been arrested by the police in Ekiti State. Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad arrested Idris alongside an accomplice, Ibrahim Mumini Toyin in Ido-Ekiti in Ido-Osi LGA of the state The state police …
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Wole Oluyede, the governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election on Wednesday expressed regret for joining politics, following the turn of events in the poll. An Australia-based medical doctor, Oluyede also stated that he had lost hope in the electoral process in Ekiti State. Oluyede …
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The Ekiti State Government has warned any traditional chief or honorary chief who parades himself in the regalia of an Oba in Ekiti State will be arrested and prosecuted by the state government. The government said the step would preserve the sanctity of the traditional institution. The deputy governor, Bisi …
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