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The expatriate identified as one of those supervising the construction of Ilupeju-Ire-Igbemo-Ijan road, was said to have been waylaid at Igbemo-Ekiti while driving in a Hilux Van and whisked away to unknown destination by arm-wielding attackers.

Gunmen on Tuesday night struck in Ekiti State where a Chinese expatriate was kidnapped and whisked away to an unknown destination. The man was said to

Punch Newspapers Sections Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti The police in Ekiti State said on Wednesday that they were intensifying efforts on the search for the Chinese national abducted at Igbemo Ekiti in the Irepodun Ifelodun Council area of the state. The expatriate, who was said to be one of the experts supervising the construction of Ilupeju-Ire-Igbemo-Ijan Road, was said to have been abducted at Igbemo Ekiti while driving in a van and forcibly taken away by gunmen. The Police Public Relations Offi...

Punch Newspapers Sections Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti No fewer than two persons died in a road accident that involved a commercial bus and a car along Ado Ekiti-Iworoko Road on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said that no fewer than 12 persons, who sustained varying degrees of injuries in the fatal accident, which occurred close to the gate of Ekiti State University, had been rushed to a hospital. An eyewitness said the Ado Ekiti-bound bus had a head-on collision with the car heading towards Iworoko, saying, ...

The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has urged residents in the state to put behind them the incidents that triggered the #EndSARS protests and see police as their friends and confidants for the country to have a united front in the fight the monster against insecurity.

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Ekiti State Police Command has defended the dismissal of a Police Constable, Miss Olajide Omolola, who got pregnant in alleged flagrant violation of the Police Rules and Regulations. Omolola, who was attached to the Iye Ekiti Police Station in Ilejemeje area of Ekiti State, was dismissed last week by the police authority, for getting pregnant barely a year after graduating from the police academy. Speaking with journalists in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, the Police C...

Vanguard News Ekiti CP justifies dismissal of pregnant policewoman On By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State Police Command, on Thursday, justified the dismissal of a Police Constable, Miss Olajide Omolola. It said the police authority had to wield the big stick when it discovered that the unmarried constable got pregnant in alleged flagrant violation of the Police Rules and  Regulation. Omolola, who was attached to the Iye Ekiti Police Station in Ilejemeje area of Ekiti State, wa...

Huriwa Asks Police To End Discrimination Against Women Says Dismissal Of Pregnant Unmarried Police Operative Is Unconstitutional By HURIWA Listen to article The prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group: - HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has carpeted the National Assembly for failing to expunge section 127 of the police Act which discriminates against women in the area of their relationship with the opposite sex. HURIWA wonders why single ladies in police are by the provision...

TODAY This is coming exactly eight days the victim had been in kidnappers’ den. Akinbami was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at his petrol station along Ado-Ijan road around 9pm on Sunday, January 10, and whisked away to unknown destination. The abductors had on Tuesday night, January 12, contacted his family and demanded a N60 million ransom to secure his release. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ekiti Command, ASP Sunday Abutu, said Akinbami was released around 3pm on Sunday. Abutu...

While the whereabouts of the victims are still unknown, police say no ransom was paid for the release of the businessman.