The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has declared Tuesday, January 24, 2023 a work- free day in the State. This is to enable eligible voters collect their Permanent Voters Cards ( PVC) at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s designated centres. The Governor urges all …
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Tension In Ekiti As Police Take Over Assembly
The police in Ekiti State, on Wednesday, took over the state House of Assembly complex in a bid to forestall an alleged planned invasion of the legislative building. This came less than 24 hours after the Assembly elected its former Leader of Government Business, Gboyega Aribisogan, as the new …
Read More »ASUU Strike: EKSU Orders Students Back To Campus
The Management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti has directed the resumption of full academic activities with effect from tomorrow, Thursday, 22nd September, 2022. Accordingly, round-off lectures for the second semester of the 2020/2021 academic session have been scheduled to hold between Thursday, 22nd September and Friday, 21st October 2022. The …
Read More »Prophet Jailed For Defiling Teenage Girl In Ekiti
One Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso has been remanded in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly defiling a teenager. An order to remand the 45-year-old man was granted by Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti. According to the charge, Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso was reasonably suspected to have committed …
Read More »Ekiti Guber Poll: Voter Alleges APC Thugs Beat Him Up, Slapped His Mum Over Vote-Buying
The voter, Bayo Omole (not real name), has alleged that suspected thugs of the All Progressives Congress beat him up and also slapped his 58-year-old mother when he challenged them over vote-buying in his polling unit at Ward 01, Idofin, Odo-Ado, Ado-Ekiti. Speaking with PUNCH in a telephone interview, Omole …
Read More »Woman gets three years for stealing one-month-old baby
For stealing a one-month-old baby in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, a 39-year-old woman, Mercy Momoh, was on Monday sentenced to three-year imprisonment. Momoh was tried and convicted by an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on a count of stealing a baby. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Samson Osobu, told the …
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