Desist from arbitrary selling of farmlands – Ekiti Govt warns communities
Sequel to cases of fierce battles being fought in some towns over land dispute, the Ekiti State Government has warned…
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Rural development: No community in Ekiti will suffer neglect – Oyebanji
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has declared that his government deliberately adopted a unique Rural Development Policy to unlock the…
Minimum wage: Ekiti to commence payment November
Ekiti State Government has approved the immediate implementation of N70,000 minimum wage with consequential benefits for workers in the state…
Ekiti State inaugurates World Bank-powered women empowerment programme
The government of Ekiti State inaugurated a multisectoral programme tagged “Nigeria For Women Programme Scale-Up,” NFWP-SU, in Ado Ekiti, the…
Ekiti Govt warns pig farmers against African swine fever
Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Ebenezer Boluwade, has warned pig farmers to beware of the African…
Amotekun apprehends man accused of rape in Ekiti
The Ekiti State Amotekun Corps has confirmed the arrest of a 32-year-old man, Oluwatoyin Sunday, who has been accused of…
Ekiti suspends principal over release of school premises for social events
The Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission has indefinitely suspended the Principal of Ekiti Baptist High School, Igede Ekiti, Mrs. Veronica…
Ekiti govt pays N300m compensation to 377 land owners for Airport construction
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday, paid the sum of N300 million to 377 land owners, whose properties…
84-year-old man missing in Ekiti State
The Ekiti State Police Command has declared an 84-year-old man, Adeyemi Yisa Agboola of No. 26, Similoluwa Area, Ado-Ekiti, missing.…
Ekiti lawyers drag Nwite to NJC over alleged controversial rulings
Scores of lawyers under the aegis of Ekiti Lawyers Vanguard for Transparency have petitioned the Chairman of the National Judicial…
Ekiti to screen 200, 000 patients for hypertension, diabetes
Disturbed by the rise in the number of hypertension and diabetes patients in Ekiti State, Governor Biodun Oyebanji has expressed…
Residents thrown into darkness as rainstorm damages electricity poles in Ekiti communities
Residents of many neighborhoods in Ado Ekiti and other towns in Ekiti State have been thrown into darkness as electric…
Breast cancer: Ekiti First Lady offers free breast scan for 200 women
The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji, has selected 200 women from various local governments in the state…
Budget implementation: Group tasks Ekiti Govt on accountability, inclusivity
A non-governmental organization, Environmental Development and Family Health Organization (EDFHO), has tasked the Ekiti State Government with accountability and inclusivity…
Ekiti Govt commences allocation of 6-month rent-free market stalls to traders
The Ekiti State Government has announced the allocation of six-month rent-free stalls and shops for itinerant and street traders at…
Ekiti Amotekun corps uncovers decaying bodies of two girls in Aramoko
The Ekiti State Amotekun Corps has discovered the remains of two young girls in the bush of Aramoko-Ekiti during its…
Man supplying food to bandits arrested in Ekiti
A man by name Musa Abdulai, suspected to be an agent of the bandits in Ekiti State and supplying food…
Ekiti: Gov Oyebanji appoints over 300 board chairmen, members
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has approved the appointment of chairmen and members for various boards of government agencies and…
Dr Kunle Olajide at 80: Oyebanji praises statesman’s impact on Ekiti’s growth
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has extended his heartfelt congratulations to the former Secretary General of the Yoruba Council of…
Stop assault on environmental health officers – Ekiti govt warns residents
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Erelu Tosin Aluko-Ajisafe, has warned residents of the state to refrain…
Ekiti Gov, Oyebanji congratulates Okpebholo, Edo governor-elect
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has congratulated Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC on his emergence…
Ekiti: Court orders arrest of Venerable Oke Olarewaju
The Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered the arrest of a cleric, Venerable Oke Olarewaju,…
Man lands in police net for assaulting 4-year-old son in Ekiti
Ekiti State Police Command has arrested one Kunle Ogunnusi, a resident of Oke-Ila, Ado-Ekiti, who allegedly inflicted injuries on his…
Ekiti: Court sentences four to life imprisonment for kidnapping, conspiracy
The High Court of Ekiti State, presided over by Hon. Justice A.L. Ogunmoye, on Monday convicted and sentenced four persons…
Ewi-in-Council disbands dubious market associations, slashes prices of food in Ekiti
The Ewi-in-Council, has cancelled various associations in markets and warned traders against inflating prices of goods. The council gave the…
Adedara dumps Ekiti United for Beninoise club, Ayema FC
George Adedara has joined Benin Premier League side, Ayema FC. DAILY POST reports that Adedara signed a two-year contract with…
Governor Oyebanji thanks Ekiti people for embracing peace amid nationwide protest
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has thanked the people of Ekiti State for their peaceful conduct during the ongoing…
Protest flops in Ekiti as residents stay at home
The first day of the much publicised nationwide protest in Ekiti was generally uneventful, as many residents adopted a sit-at…
Black Sunday in Ekiti as man stabs ex-wife to death, kills himself
A yet to be identified man has reportedly stabbed his former wife to death in Igede-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The woman,…
NSCDC nabs 23-year-old man who allegedly drugged, raped woman in Ekiti
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State Command, on Friday paraded a man, Samuel Balogun, 23, accused of…
Fear as gunmen shoot another woman dead in Ekiti State
Currently, there is fear and apprehension among residents of Ado-Ekiti as dare-devil gunmen, again, shoot dead a middle-aged woman, Saturday…
Ekiti: Police warns against use of unauthorized number plates, siren, tinted glasses, others
The Ekiti State Police Command has warned residents against the use of unauthorized use of number plates, siren, tinted glasses,…
No approval for planned two-month outage in Ondo, Ekiti – TCN
Transmission Company of Nigeria has said it did not approve the planned two-month outage in Ondo and Ekiti states. TCN…
BEDC announces 2 months power outage in Ondo, Ekiti
Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, has announced a two-month power outage in Ondo and Ekiti states. BEDC, which disclosed this…
Ekiti: Police arrest culprits involved in last week’s killings
The Ekiti State Police Command said it has arrested some of the suspects involved in last week’s serial killings in…
Police parade notorious jailbreaker, 20 others in Ekiti
Ekiti State Police Command has paraded a notorious jailbreaker, Temitope Omotuyi, popularly called Tope Jinadu, who was arrested in 2012…
NiMET Flood Advisory: Ekiti govt initiates plans to cushion adverse weather conditions
The Ekiti State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has announced proactive measures to safeguard the lives of residents and…
Three in court over alleged possession of explosives in Ekiti
Three men, Adamu Abdullahi, 46, Haruna Musa, 57, and Sanni Garba, 26, were, on Friday, arraigned in an Ado-Ekiti Chief…
Again, gunmen kill POS agent in Ekiti, cart away money
Gunmen have again struck at the teaching hospital road area of Ado Ekiti, killing a Point of Sale agent popularly…
Court sentences man to life imprisonment for raping minor In Ekiti
A High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has sentenced Ayegbusi Ojo to life imprisonment over the rape of a…
Gunmen kill Okada man in Ekiti
A middle-aged man was allegedly shot dead by unknown gunmen around Okesa Roundabout in Ado Ekiti. The man, who was…
Ekiti: Be focused, shun petty politics – Oyebanji tells BTA
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has urged the Body of Technical Advisors to stay focused on delivering his 6-point agenda…
Subsidy removal announcement hastily done – Ex-Ekiti gov, Fayemi
Former governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi l, has said that the announcement of petrol subsidy removal was “a little…
Four convicted of armed robbery, murder, sentenced to death by hanging in Ekiti
The High Court of Ekiti State, sitting in Ado-Ekiti presided over by Justice L.O. Ogundana, has convicted and sentenced to…
Democracy Day: Nothing to celebrate – Ekiti State PDP
The Ekiti State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the June 12 Celebration and the Democracy Day as…
Ekiti govt warns against indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainages, waterways
Ekiti State Government has again warned residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainages and waterways to avert flooding and…
Ekiti LG officials urged to demonstrate high standard of morality in govt business
Ekiti State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Folorunso Olabode has called on public officers in the local government system in…
Ekiti: Anxious customers storm Heritage Bank, demand refund of deposits
Customers of the defunct Heritage Bank in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday converged at the bank to demand the…
Minimum Wage strike paralyzes govt, business activities in Ekiti
The nationwide strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress, (TUC), on Monday, paralysed office and…
Ekiti Police trains personnel on professionalism, crime prevention
The Ekiti State Police Command has commenced a training and reorientation programme for selected officers and men drawn from the…