Weeks after the Ekiti warned that it might cancel the current relaxed lockdown, the State Government has directed worship centres in the state to resume services from Friday July 17. According to multiple reports, the new order is n line with the agreement reached by the state government and leaders of religious organisations in the state. Worshippers and religious leaders were urged…
12 new coronavirus cases has been confirmed by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 151. Announcing this in a tweet on Wednesday, it said the new cases are spread across Edo, Osun and Ekiti states. Osun recorded nine new cases, Edo two, and Ekiti one. Of the…
Nigeria has recorded 25 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 135. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in new tweets on Tuesday afternoon after reporting 4 cases on Monday night and 20 fresh ones today. The new cases are spread across Lagos, Kaduna, Oyo and…
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to 81. This was revealed on Friday night. Confirming 11 new cases, NCDC said eight of the cases were discovered in Lagos, while two were discovered in Enugu and one in Edo State. Of the…
Sen. Bode Ola, a lawmaker in the 6th Assembly and Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti has urged President Muhammad Buhari to order the immediate release of the June 12,1993 election results annulled by the military government. The party chieftain, who represented Ekiti Central Senatorial District disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, during…
Governor Fayose Ayodele has caused unease in Ekiti State over his purchase of a 2018 Lexus LX 570 Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) valued at N75 million as his parting gift. He got his Lexus during August ahead of the change of government on October 16. It was gathered that a memo for the purchase of…
Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Governor, on the 20th of August said that he would complete and inaugurate all unfinished capital projects before handing over to the Governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi, in October. According to NAN, Fayose said there is no known law in the country that says a sitting governor must stop performing the functions attached to…
The police in Ekiti on 21st of August announced the arrest of a mentally challenged person who allegedly stabbed the traditional ruler of the community, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin to death. The State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police Caleb Ikechukwu made this known in Ado Ekiti. “I can confirm to you that…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has declared that he would contest the 2018 gubernatorial election of the state so that he could complete his first term in office which was truncated in 2006. Fayose was impeached from office about seven months to the end of his first term in 2006 but the action was…
The House of Representatives on Thursday, resolved to probe issues surrounding bailout funds given to states by the Federal Government. It said that it would set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the terms and conditions of disbursement of the funds. The ad hoc committee, according to the lawmakers, will investigate utilization of…