The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has allegedly been given a 2018 Lexus LX 570 Sport Utility Vehicle valued at N75 million as a “parting gift”, The Nation is reporting.
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COURT REMANDS DRIVER OVER ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO MURDER FAYOSE
An Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a driver, Ahamed Kolo, 35, in prison over an alleged attempt to murder Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.
Continue reading »OKADA RIDER DROWNS IN EKITI FLOOD
The body of yet to be identified commercial motorcyclist has been found, on Tuesday morning, after he was swept away by flood along with his motorbike, late on Monday evening.
Continue reading »EKITI PETROL CRISIS ESCALATES
The petrol scarcity rocking Ekiti State has reached a crisis state as black marketers have hijacked the process and now engage in open hawking of the product.
Continue reading »EKITI YOUTHS THREATEN ‘MASS ACTION’ OVER FUEL SUPPLY BY MARKETERS
A coalition of youths in Ekiti has threatened mass action against petroleum marketers in the state for cutting off the fuel supply to residents.
Continue reading »FRSC, POLICE TO TACKLE MASKED COMMERCIAL MOTORCYCLISTS IN EKITI
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has expressed worries over the activities of commercial motorcyclists in Ekiti State saying, allowing them to mask their faces during operation could pose serious threat to security in the state.
Continue reading »FAYOSE INAUGURATES ROAD, SEEKS MORE SUPPORT
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said he would never take the love and support the people of the state are showing to him for granted. The governor, who said it was not in his character to repay good with evil, added that this had always prompted him to give his best to the people despite the economic rating and […]
Continue reading »EKITI STATE GOVT ISSUES STATEMENT ON BOAT ACCIDENT, LIST NAMES OF VICTIMS
The Ekiti State Government says the four persons who died during the week after their boat capsized at Egbe Dam in Gbonyin Local Government Area of the state were neither World Bank officials nor workers of the state government. It had been reported earlier that four World Bank Consultants drowned in Egbe River on Tuesday night.
Continue reading »FOUR WORLD BANK CONSULTANTS DIES IN EKITI BOAT ACCIDENT
Four World Bank consultants have drowned in Egbe River in Egbe community of Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The four were said to be workers on a World Bank assessment mission to the river and had commenced work on Tuesday night. They were said to have come from the Development Dams and Irrigation Schemes, Kaduna State and had […]
Continue reading »EKITI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CRASH UPDATE: STUDENT’S LEG AMPUTATED
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has declared a three-day state-wide prayer for the repose of the souls of the six students of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, who died on Monday night in an auto accident. The accident occurred around 7.30 pm in front of the main gate of the institution when a Lexus car rammed into a […]
Continue reading »SIX EKITI VARSITY STUDENTS DIE IN AUTO CRASH (GRAPHIC PICTURES)
No fewer than six students of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, are feared dead in an auto crash involving a car and a commercial bus on Monday. The accident occurred around 7.30pm in front of the institution’s main gate. An eyewitness account said that six persons died from the impact of an head-on collision of the two vehicles.
Continue reading »BUTCHER FELL FROM AN OKADA, CRUSHED BY TRUCK IN ADO-EKITI
In an accident reminiscent of the one that happened in Ibadan a few weeks ago, a commercial truck on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, crushed a butcher to death in an early morning road disaster. The accident, which happened at Mojere Market area of Adebayo, caused a gridlock as passers-by rushed to the scene.
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