Policeoli in Ekiti State have paraded one Alhaji Baboga for his alleged involvement in the killing of the two traditional rulers in the Ikole Axis of Ekiti On Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Addressing Journalists on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the Assistant Inspector General of police (AIG) in...
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The abducted schoolchildren of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, their teachers and the bus driver have been released. This newspaper learnt that the victims regained their freedom around 2.00an on Sunday. In a short video clip obtained by our correspondent, the freed pupils and their...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed more police personnel and assets to ensure comprehensive and coordinated security response to the security breaches in Ekiti and parts of Ondo States. The deployment is in response to the recent kidnapping of school children and killing of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti state, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola. Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, condemned the mindless...
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a 58-year-old herbalist, Nurudeen Ibrahim, to five years imprisonment with hard labour for fraud. Ibrahim was arraigned before the court on Aug. 2, 2022, on three count charge of conspiracy, fraud and indecent assault. Delivering judgment, the Magistrate, Mr Olatomiwa Daramola...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti- Ekiti State Police Command has recovered three vehicles and two motorcycles used by the Armed Robbers that invaded Ikere-Ekiti, killing three people during bank robberies in the town. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Ado-...
The Ekiti Govt. says it has increased its monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N650,000,000 to over one Billion Naira without increasing tax. The State Chairman, Internal Revenue Services (EKIRS), Mr Olaniran Olatona, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Ado-Ekiti. Olatona said that before his...
Scores of youths in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday night held a candle procession for the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the youths, who wore black clothes, lit candles to bid the late musician farewell. The popular Adekunle Fajuyi Park...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – The Executive Chairman of Ikole Local Government of Ekiti State, Hon. Sola Olominu has commended the State Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji over the ongoing construction of the 18km Ikole-Ara-Isinbode road. Speaking after on the spot assessment of the road construction, Hon Olominu...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 47 (forty-seven) suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects according to a statement by the EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, were arrested on June 23, 2023, at Ikere Road and...
The Ekiti State chapter of the Association of Persons with Albinism, has decried the spate of skin cancer among its members, due to absence of proper treatment and care. Mr. Johnson Oniya, Chairman of the association in the state, said this while speaking with newsmen in Ado Ekiti on...
The Police Command in Ekiti State has arrested eight suspects alleged to be involved in several bank robberies in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ogundare Dare, told newsmen on Friday in Ado-Ekiti that four suspects were also arrested for receiving stolen properties, and four...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the party’s Ebonyi and Ekiti State executive committees with immediate effect. Mr Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement in Abuja. Ologunagba said that...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State Command, has arrested one Sogo Onilearo who allegedly defiled his 7-year-old step daughter. NSCDC spokesman, Mr Tolu Afolabi, said said in a statement on Friday the 29-year-old suspect allegedly raped the girl in Aisegba Ekiti. Afolabi...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised residents of Ekiti to take precautionary measures to avert the flooding predicted to occur in the state later this year. The NEMA Head of Operations in Ekiti and Ondo States, Mr Kadiri Olanrewaju, gave the warning during a sensitisation rally at...
Let me start by saying that I am not an indigene of Ekiti State but Oluwafunmilola, my beloved wife, is from the famous Awosusi family in Aramoko-Ekiti, which, by the by, is only a stone’s throw from Ijebu-Jesa, my Native Nazareth in Osun State. So, apart from being a...
The Police Command in Ekiti on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of alleged masterminds of cult clashes, and 15 others in connection with different crimes across the state. Addressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the Commissioner of Police, Ogundare Dare, said the arrested suspects included kidnappers, robbers, rapists and notorious cultists, among...
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court remanded an 80-year-old man, Lucas Ateniola, at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday over alleged murder and attempted murder. Police prosecutor, Insp Caleb Leramo, had earlier told the court that Ateniola murdered one Elizabeth Nwamaka and attempted to murder a 20-year-old, Alice Bodunride...
The Ekiti Government has threatened to sanction filling stations that reject Point-of-Sale (POS) transactions owing to the current cash scarcity in the country. The Special Adviser to the State Governor on Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Omotayo Adeola, gave the warning at a meeting with the State Petroleum Task...