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19-year-old jailed for life over aborted bike theft
An Ekiti State High Court on Monday sentenced a 19-year-old man, Oluwaseun Ademola, to life imprisonment for attempted robbery. The police...
FUOYE gets NUC’s full accreditation for 6 academic programmes
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved full accreditation for six academic programmes at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE)....
Stop politicising insecurity, Ekiti govt tells PDP
The Ekiti State Government has urged the Peoples Democratic Party in the state against undue politicisation of matters bordering on the security of lives...
Abductors of passengers demand N50m ransom
Abductors of some passengers on transit in a Lexus 330 Utility Vehicle on Friday evening between Ayetoro and Ewu-Ekiti Road in Ekiti State have demanded...
Driver killed, passengers abducted as gunmen attack travellers
Police in Ekiti on Saturday confirmed a gun attack on travellers in the state on Friday night. Police spokesman, ASP Sunday Abutu, told the News Agency of...
Insecurity in Ekiti: PDP Accuses Fayemi, of Having Accord with Bandits
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has reiterated its call on the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi to pay attention to the invasion...
One killed, scores injured as Ekiti APC congress turns bloody
The ruling All Progressives Congress ward Congress in Ekiti State was on Saturday characterised by violence and shooting as polling units across the...
Violence, protest mar APC congresses in Ogun, Ekiti, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, others
•Tinubu, Fayemi supporters clash, one killed, score injured Despite the riot act read Friday to all its chieftains in all the states across the country, violence,...
Police probing driver who escaped with passengers’ luggage at accident scene – Ekiti CP
The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti Command, Tunde Mobayo, said on Wednesday that the command was probing a driver who drove away with the luggage of his...
Ekiti pastor bearing same name with remanded alleged rapist cries out
The Presiding Pastor-in-charge of the First Baptist Church, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Dr Olukayode Ayinde, said on Saturday that he was not the person...
Winners’ Chapel sacked me, 40 others for not generating enough income, Pastor alleges
A Pastor with the Living Faith Church International aka Winners Chapel, Peter Godwin, has alleged he and 40 other pastors in Ekiti State were sacked by the...
Stop parading yourself as Oba or face prosecution, Ekiti govt warns Odo-Owa Chief
Ekiti government has warned the head of a quarter in Odo Owa-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area of the state, Chief Ayodeji Ajayi, against parading...
6 Ekiti FA members jailed 2 weeks for court contempt
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced six board members of the Ekiti Football Association (FA) for contempt of the court. Those...
Ekiti to confiscate houses, hotels used for rape
Ekiti State Government has unveiled plan to confiscate private houses, hotel accommodations and related places used for rape of a minor. A statement by...
Fayemi, Aregbesola, Ojudu meet in Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi yesterday received Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President...
Man, 23, in court over alleged stealing of plastic chairs
A 23-year-old man, Happy Balogun, was, on Monday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of plastic chairs and tents,...
Court jails 2 University students over love scam
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday, sentenced two students to Correctional Centre for love scam. The two Convict are; Adeyemi Kehinde,...
Ekiti PDP Chieftain Dismisses Report Of Flaws In 2020 Congresses
Nationnewslead reports that Ekiti PDP Chieftain Dismisses Report Of Flaws In 2020 congresses, Says “It’s not mandatory for INEC to monitor...
Ekiti 2022: Fayose won’t leave his PDP house for political rodents — PDP LG Chairmen
Local Government Chairmen of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State have said that former governor of the State, Ayodele Fayose, will not...
Gunmen kidnap 4 farmers in Ekiti, demand N50m ransom
Some suspected gunmen have kidnapped four farmers in a farm location in Ekiti, demanding N50 million ransom to secure their release. The Police Command in...
