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Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Government yesterday denied that it sold off 666.670 million of its 1.191 billion shares in Wema Bank Plc, saying it neither partially nor wholly divested its interests from the bank. The state government clarified that it only transferred 666.670 million shares to Ekiti Fountain Holdings, a business and trading bureau the administration of Dr. Kayode Fayemi set up to effectively manage the state’s investments. The Commissioner for Information, Mr. A...

Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti The House of Representatives has disclosed that all states of the federation are under obligation to access the Universal Basic Education Funds to provide basic education. The Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education, Prof Julius Ihonvbere said this yesterday at a session with the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi in Ado Ekiti. Ihonvbere alongside members of the committee was in the state to carry out oversight functions. At the session with Fayemi, Ih...

By Victor Ogunje The ranks of aspirants that have declared interest in the Ekiti State governorship election coming up in 2022 swelled on Wednesday, as former Deputy Governor, Dr Sikiru Lawal, unveiled his intent for the coveted seat. Lawal’s posters conveying clear message of his interest in the plum seat were unveiled on social media platforms by himself and his admirers. Lawal was the deputy governor to former Governor Segun Oni between 2007 and 2010, before their removal by the Appeal Cou...

Ayodele Fayose Victor Ogunje writes that the struggle for the control of the Peoples Democratic Party structure , Ekiti chapter, has ignited a fierce battle between former Governor Ayodele Fayose and his estranged goddaughter, Senator Biodun Olujimi has sparked enmity that polarised the party into factions and culminated in a long-drawn litigation On January 24, 2021, the Ekiti State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) thought it had breathed a sigh of relief after a protracted and ...

Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday visited the families of two farmers who were killed in Isaba Ekiti, Ikole Local Government Area of the State, reiterating that the lives of Ekiti people are sacred to him and would do everything possible to protect them. The governor also sympathised with the families of the deceased, promising to ensure that the culprits are apprehended and brought to justice. The two farmers were killed in their farms last Fr...

By Victor Ogunje The Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has raised the alarm that there might be shortage of food in the state in the next planting season with the rate at which fire has been ravaging food and cash crops across the 16 local government areas of the state. The Chairman of the agency, Capt Sunday Adebomi (rtd), said the recent fire incident in the state had affected about nine local governments and destroyed food crops belonging to about 2,400 farmers, which he describ...

Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti As the gale of students’ abduction by gunmen spread across the Northern part of the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), NANS/JCC, Ekiti chapter, has revealed its readiness to partner security agencies in Ekiti State to ensure safety of students in all the campuses in the state. The new Chairman of NANS in the axis, Com. Felix Olanrewaju, said he had met with the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Babatunde Mobayo and other security outfits lik...

By Victor Ogunje in Ado-Ekiti and Bassey Inyang in Calabar No fewer than two policemen were killed yesterday and their rifles stolen by gunmen in two communities in Cross River State. A Chinese expatriate was also on Tuesday evening kidnapped by bandits in Ekiti State and his whereabouts were yet to be ascertained by security agencies as at yesterday. In the Cross River State incidents, the gunmen killed the policemen at two checkpoints at Ofatura and Onyadama in Obubra Local Government Area, i...

By Victor Ogunje The Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has lamented the destruction of over 200 hectares of land of cocoa and kola nut farms by fire in some towns it described as the cocoa belt of the state. The fire disaster occurred at Ikoro and Iloro communities in Ijero Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman of the SEMA, Capt. Sunday Adebomi (rtd), stated that other farm produce that were gutted by the fire included oranges, palm trees, plantains, pineapples, cassava...

By Victor Ogunje The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has attributed the crises confronting the country to the decay in the Nigerian education system. Babalola stated this in Ado Ekiti, yesterday when he played host simultaneously to leaders of Bursars’ Association of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology (BURSCON), and the federal government Gas Expansion Committee, who paid a courtesy call to ABUAD. The BURSCON President, Chief Adolphus O...