Tag: EKITI STATE, News, Nigeria, NNL, SOUTHWEST, YORUBA
Police declare 19-year-old Sikiru missing in Ekiti
Ekiti State Police Command on Friday declared that a 19 year-old-boy, Azeez Sikiru, has gone missing. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State...
Ekiti, Osun 2022: Oni charges PDP to present popular candidates
A Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in the fourth coming Ekiti State Governorship election, Chief Segun Oni, has urged the PDP to learn from...
Police, hunters, Amotekun kill Ekiti suspected kidnapper, AK-47 rifle, cash recovered
Local hunters, vigilantes, Amotekun Corps operatives, policemen and soldiers on Wednesday killed one of the gunmen who allegedly kidnapped two persons at...
Ekiti PDP to screen gov candidates Monday
The Peoples Democratic Party has constituted a committee to screen aspirants for the June 18, 2022, Ekiti State governorship election. The screening...
Ekiti 2022: Lessons Fayemi must learn from Mimiko
Except for those who are not politically discerning enough, it is crystal clear to those who can smell the political tea leaves in Ekiti State that the...
43-year-old to die by hanging for armed robbery in Ekiti
An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Tuesday sentenced Afolabi Taiwo (43) to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Abiodun Adesodun, in his judgement said,...
Gunmen attack Yoruba Nation agitator, Prof Akintoye’s residence
Gunmen reportedly attacked the residence of Professor Banji Akintoye, the Coordinator of Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), in Ekiti...
Two Ekiti men bag 48 years for snatching bag, phone from traveller
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced 26-year-old Adewale Adesanmi and 24-year-old Olumide Arogundade to 21 years’ imprisonment...
Ekiti herdsman bags life imprisonment for grazing on cassava farm, shooting owner
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old herder, Muhammadu Abubakar, to life imprisonment for attempted murder....
Tinubu’s capable of leading Nigeria — South-West govs
From left—Deputy Governor Oyo State, Mr. Rauf Olaniyan; Governor Gbeyega Oyetola of Osun State; Chairman of South-West Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo...
Ekiti 2022: PDP commences sale of forms September 13
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released its timetable and schedule of activities in preparation including sale of forms for the June 18, 2022 Ekiti...
Septuagenarian, other allegedly rape nurse apprentice in Ekiti hospital
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, ordered that two men – Gesture Omolade, 72, and 42-year-old Ayodeji Adejugbe – be...
Court remands man for alleged robbery
An Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of 27-year-old Adejo Kolofo in a Nigerian Correctional Centre, for alleged robbery. He was accused...
28-year-old herdsman in court over alleged kidnap in Ekiti
A 28-year old herdsman, Abdullahi Bande, was, on Wednesday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over the alleged kidnapping of one Adebusuyi...
Ekiti community protests as bandits kidnap couple, two others, demand N10m
Angry residents of Ajebamidele area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, protested against the alleged kidnap of four residents by gunmen...
Open letter to Fayemi on recently created Lcdas
We bring communal greetings to your excellency we want to seize this medium to appreciate your good works in Ekiti State even though despite our huge...
Three killed in Ekiti accident
Three persons were killed in an accident involving two cars along Ayegbaju-Ifaki Ekiti Road on Saturday. Sources, who said the accident involved some...
Court remands four men for attempted murder
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ado Ekiti District, has ordered the remand of four persons in the custodial centre for offences ranging from...
Ekiti 2022: PDP chieftain makes case for Oni
An Ekiti State Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Opeyemi Falegan, on Monday, expressed confidence that a former governor of the state, Chief Segun...
6 Nigerian Governors who are Ph.D holders
Education qualifications are absolute requirements to occupy any political post in Nigeria. Politicians not only acquire the qualification for their...
