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Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti The son of the former Ondo State Governor, Mr. Muyiwa Olumilua, has predicted that the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose’s continuity agenda will fail on the strength that the governor has not performed satisfactorily to merit such feat. Fayose has endorsed his...

Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Reverend Felix Femi Ajakaye, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to call governorship aspirants in Ekiti State to order, saying they were already campaigning before the legally approved time. Hide quoted text Bishop Ajakaye...

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has criticised the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi for trying to proffer solution to corruption in Nigeria. The governor also faulted the choice of Fayemi as chairman of the Inter Agency Task Team (IATT) programme to commemorate the...

A five-year-old girl remains hospitalised Omu Ijelu Ekiti, in Oye council area of Ekiti, after her aunt inserted heated metal into her vagina for sharing her daughter’s food. The woman, Esther Agbundu, a native of Gwer council area of Benue, had earlier sprayed pepper on her niece’s private...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said one of his greatest wishes on his 57th birthday was to have woken up in the morning to receive a congratulatory message from President Muhammadu Buhari or read such message in the media. He said he expected the president as the father of the nation...

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose stated, “Within the last one month, Nigerians have been confronted with messy revelations that gave credence to my earlier position that President Buhari is the life patron of corruption in Nigeria.” During this statement, the South-West Governor...

Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has reacted to his being called out by a former governor of the state and a governorship aspirant in 2018, Chief Segun Oni, saying he was ready with his party to defeat Chief Oni or any other candidate presented by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose on Friday said that President Muhammadu Buhari was at his “diminishing return.” Fayose made the remark while delivering the convocation lecture of the Benson Idahosa University (BIU) in Benin. “You can only give your best at your best. Our president is at...

Governor Ayodele Fayose has ripped into the DSS for attempting to arrest Apostle Johnson Suleiman in the middle of the night on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti. The DSS agents had reportedly stormed Apostle Suleiman's hotel with the aim of arresting him but were prevented by the governor. Fayose said...

Governor Ayodele Fayose will on Thursday inaugurate the Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshalls, EGEM, which will enforce the anti grazing law in the state. The move is aimed at ending attacks by Fulani herdsmen in Ekiti.

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has described himself as “the real change.” ‘Change’ was the slogan used by the All Progressives Congress, APC in the build up to the 2015 general election, which is believed to have contributed to the party clinching victory at the polls. The Peoples...

Four World Bank consultants have drowned in Egbe River in Egbe community, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The four were said to be working on a World Bank assessment mission to the river and had commenced work on Tuesday night. See photos below:

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of allegedly using the state’s fund to finance his legal matters with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in statement in Ado-Ekiti...

Aide to Governor Ayodele Fayose's of Ekiti State, Lere olayinka has expressed his delight in the latest move of President Buhari on the order of probe into the case of late Chief Bola Ige and Chief Aminosari Dokubo but he has more people that should be on the list. Read below: Dear...

Bode George, the former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has spoken in defense of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on the leadership crisis in the PDP, George said the rule of law will prevail in the matter between Governor...

Governor Ayodele Ayodele of Ekiti state has described the purported banned on him and other south south government by the federal government as an executive rascality. Governor Fayose said this in an exclusive interview with AIT this afternoon. He said: “the present federal government...

Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose has described the absence of President Buhari at the launch of Ogoni Clean up yesterday as embarrassing. According to a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said it was ‘embarrassing’ that...

As captured in the 2016 Appropriation budget, below is the list of Capital projects and costs in the South West with every state covered in Power, Works, Housing & Railways. ------- LAGOS: Nigerian Railway Modernization Project: Lagos - Calabar Standard Gauge Rail Line Project: 60,000,000,000...

Elder statesman, and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Ebenezer Babatope has described the suffering of Nigerians under the leader of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government as very unbearable. Babatope who spoke with Vanguard said, although, the APC-led government was trying...

Pius Adesanmi, a public affairs commentator has written on why Nigerians should not castigate Governor Ayo Fayose's traditional use of guns to combat the rampaging herdsmen in contrast to his Lagos state counterpart, Akinwunmi Ambode. READ Full Text Below: ------ Nigeria being Nigeria, the...