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#PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY ASIWAJU OLUDOTUN ADETUNBERU, NATIONAL PRESIDENT, EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ON THE INAUGURATION OF DR. JOHN KAYODE FAYEMI AS EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF EKITI STATE AND VISITOR TO THE UNIVERSITY ON THURSDAY, 18TH OCTOBER, 2018 Protocols Gentlemen of the Press, It is with immense pleasure that I …

It was a glorious moment on Saturday, the 8th day of Sept, 2018 at the second EKSU ALUMNI EMINENT PERSONS’ GROUP BREAKFAST MEETING that took place at Royal Parklane hotel, Akure, Ondo State. The Association under the leadership of Asiwaju Oludotun Adetunberu recorded another milestone as Eminent members of the …

Published on July 18,2018  By Oluwatosin Sammy Ayodele  The National President of Ekiti State University Alumni Association has commended the decision of National Executive Council (NEC) to set up a committee comprising some State Governors and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) on the Urgent need to restructure the policing …

The Governor-Elect of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has filed his defence to the petition by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and outgoing Deputy Governor of Ekiti State in the July governorship election in Ekiti State, Professor Kolapo Olusola Eleka. In the 2,558-page defence with over 3,000 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has powers to prosecute allegations of vote buying by both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the recently concluded governorship election in Ekiti State but lacks the powers to arrest and investigate suspects. INEC …

No fewer than 48,000 unemployed youths on Tuesday sat for the Ekiti State Public Service recruitment examination for 2,000 available spaces. Speaking on the development, the State Head of Service Dr Olugbenga Faseluka said the recruitment exercise is aimed at filling available vacancies in the public service. Faseluka said though …

The Mr. President, in person of Asiwaju Oludotun Adetunberu exactly a year ago, your team started leading the EKSU Alumni in a constitutional journey of at least three years. Instantly you inaugurated a Committee on Financial Regulation. It worked and today is a working document for the financial operations of …

A group, Ekiti Coalition for Change in the diaspora has appealed to former Governor Segun Oni to discontinue the suit filed by former Governor Segun Oni against the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress(APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi over his eligibility to partake in the May 12 primary of the party. …

Prince Dayo Adeyeye, until last December was the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on whose platform he made a failed attempt to be the party’s candidate in the recent governorship election in Ekiti State. Following his failed bid he defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC and was …

An accused, Toyin Ajakaye, has reportedly told an Ado-Ekiti magistrates court that he killed an Okada rider, Omoniyi Are, because of disagreement over N100. Toyin told the court that he engaged the commercial cyclist to convey him to the farm where a fight allegedly ensued between them over a disagreement …

Tajudeen Bello and Luck Solomon — who allegedly murdered Mr. Bunmi Ojo, Commissioner in the Federal Character Commission, were on Monday in Ado Ekiti remanded in prison on the orders of an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused — Bello, 22, and Solomon, 32 — are facing two counts of …

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Ekiti State, Senator Ayo Arise, has unfolded his senatorial ambition in Ekiti North District. Arise represented Ekiti North in the sixth Senate between 2007 and 2011 where he served as the Chaiman of Committee on Privatisation. The politician inaugurated his ward and local …

—FORMER Chairmen of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayodeji Aluko and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Kolawole Olaiya have been barred from labour unionism for a period of 10 years for allegedly spearheading a protest where they declared an indefinite strike without authorization. The joint session of Ekiti trade unions …

Police IGP, Ibrahim Idris orders SARS operatives not to attend to civil or commercial matters again and but to strictly focus on armed robbery and kidnapping cases only.

“It’s not that I wanted to take over. I was the one that was nominated,” he said while being paraded at the Police headquarters in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. The Police had accused Ademola of stabbing the monarch to death on Monday (August 20) while he (Ogunsakin) was walking back to …

The National Broadcasting Corporation has listed the infractions committed by the Ekiti State Radio and Television stations which led to their closure during the just concluded governorship election in the state. The Director General of the commission, Ishaq Modibo-Kawu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin, the Kwara State …

Worried over last Monday’s stabbing to death of the monarch of Odo Oro Ekiti in Ikole Local Government Area of the state, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin and other traditional rulers in Ekiti State have pleaded passionately with the Ekiti state government to help them beef up security in their various palaces. …

Agbado Community Gboyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, wore a mournful look on Thursday, as a middle aged man, simply identified as Toyin was reported to have hanged another yet to be identified man in a farm settlement in the community, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. A …

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has commenced the allocation of shops in the newly constructed ultra modern Oja Oba (King’s market) in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Punch report that Fayose stated that the allocation was in fulfillment of the promise he made to the indigenes that he would …

Cracks seem to have appeared among organised labour in Ekiti State, following the declaration of an indefinite strike by council workers, beginning from Thursday. The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), had last week issued a strike notice to the state government over its failure to pay workers’ salaries, …

A murder suspect, Omoniyi Ademola, has revealed that he killed a traditional ruler in Ekiti State, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin to take over his throne. Ademola stabbed Oba Ogunsakin, the Onise of Odo Oro in Ikole Local Government Area to death with a knife on Monday. Eighty-year-old Oba Ogunsakin, who was …

The Ekiti state Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has urged the people of the state to remain law-abiding despite irregularities that marred the July 14 governorship election in the state which, according to him, culminated in the daylight perversion of the will of the people. The governor stated this while acknowledging …

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested the suspect who killed the traditional ruler of Odo Oro in Ikole Local Government Area, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin. The suspect stabbed the traditional ruler with knife on Monday and fled which prompted a manhunt for him. The king was killed shortly after chairing …

Governor of Ekiti State , Ayo Fayose has reassured the people of the state that he would complete and deliver on all projects he has embarked on during his second tenure which expires on October 16. The governor cited in particular the multi billion Naira ultra modern market that is …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the Senate President Bukola Saraki has refused to reconvene National Assembly because he is afraid of impeachment. The APC Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, in a phone interview with Daily Trust yesterday, said the Senator knew that the party had …

There was violent protest in Odo Oro Ekiti in Ikole Local Government Area (LGA) of Ekiti State monday following the killing of the Onise of Odo Oro Ekiti, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin, by a lunatic. This incident is coming as a man identified as Chinasa Nnorom has allegedly killed his wife, …

In fulfilment of the promise made by the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose on the recruitment of 1,000 teachers and another 1,000 various categories of workers into the State public service, the final process of the recruitment exercise has commenced. Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned of the dire consequence that will befall academic progress in Nigeria if authorities continue to starve the nations’ universities of funds. The Zonal Co-ordinator, ASUU Owerri Zone, Uzo Unyebinama, who stated this while addressing members of the union in Awka, Anambra …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disclosed that, contrary to the impression in some quarters, it was not in a dilemma over the high number of presidential aspirants in the party for the 2019 polls. In a chat with Daily Independent on Monday, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, …

As slain chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ekiti State, Mr. Bunmi Ojo, who was gunned down a week ago was buried yesterday, a Cleric at the Methodist Church, Ido Ekiti, Rev. Olanrewaju Komolafe has flayed incessant killings in the country, saying no effort should be spared to stem …

Apparently angered by Governor Ayodele Fayose’s alleged lukewarm attitude towards the payment of arrears of their salaries, local government workers in Ekiti State are proceeding on an indefinite strike. The local government staff expressed dismay that they are still being owed seven month arrears of salaries and no serious efforts …

The police in Ekiti on Sunday directed all Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers in the state to beef up security in their areas of jurisdiction. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Bello Ahmed, gave the directive in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by the command’s spokesman, DSP Caleb …

Barely two months to the end of his tenure, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, is set to recruit 1000 teachers and another 1000 workers of different categories into the state’s civil service. The move is currently creating angst within the camp of the governor–elect, Kayode Fayemi, who has rejected …

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Governor Ayo Fayose has claimed that the people of Ekiti state are in pain over the victory achieved by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 14 governorship election. The Nation reports that Fayose alleged that the APC stole the mandate belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) …

Ado-Ekiti— There was palpable tension in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, as members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, clashed over leadership tussle within the union. Several persons were reportedly wounded in the clash, which locked down a section of the state capital for several hours. RTEAN had been in …

…EFCC, Police, INEC, others now APC tools Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said that Nigerians, especially the youths must rise and save the country from the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of recklessness just as he asked if removal of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President will reduce …

The police in Ekiti said on Monday that they would leave no stone unturned in their efforts at tracking the killers of Mr Bunmi Ojo, a former Personal Assistant to former Gov. Segun Oni. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu told journalists in Ado Ekiti …

Barely four days after the killing of Bunmi Ojo, Personal Assistant to ex-governor Segun Oni by unknown assailants, another man was shot dead in broad daylight in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday. The identity of the latest victim of the unknown gunmen could not be ascertained at press time. Sources at the scene …

The Ekiti State Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose, yesterday, assured members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state that the mandate given to his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka will be reclaimed through the Tribunal. Fayose, who accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of stealing the people’s mandate from …

Femi Fani Kayode took to his Twitter handle today, to react to the statment made by APC that Bukola Saraki is the worst Senate President in the history of Nigeria. In the tweet he attacked Adams Oshiomole calling him a gorilla. Whilst insulting @bukolasaraki the APC had the nerve to …

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said he gained admission into the university he attended in the United States without presenting his West African School Certificate Examination result. Adeleke said this in Ede on Thursday while reacting to the dismissal of …

‘The next president of Nigeria is a youth and his name starts from ‘S’ – South African based pastor, Samuel Akinbodunse reveals South African Based Nigerian Prophet, Samuel Akinbodunse has dropped a shocking prophecy about Nigeria and 2019 election. In a live service at his South Africa Church, the Freedom …

Manchester united boss Jose Mourinho, have stated that he is happy with his current set of players despite the club’s failure to land his desired player before the elapse of the league transfer window. The club secured the services of Diogo Dalot, Fred and Lee Grant early on in the …

On Monday, August 6, 2018, a twitter handle, APC Newspaper, which claims to be a social media mouthpiece for the ruling party, All Progressive Congress announced that President Muhammdu Buhari has raised NYSC allowance to N49,800. This writer, however, tweeted at NYSC to confirm the credibility of the APC Newspaper’s …

A 32-year-old man, Lekan Adediran, has stabbed his 80-year-old father, Lawrence, to death after which he killed himself. Lekan, who is believed to be suffering from mental illness, killed his father on Monday in Efon Alaaye, headquarters of Efon Local Government Area of Ekiti. The News Agency Nigeria reports that …

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has again faulted the recent governorship election in Ekiti State won by the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Kayode Fayemi. He recalled that even international observers faulted the outcome of the election and therefore, advised the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral …

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, has granted the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and its governorship candidate for the July 14 poll, Kolapo Olusola, the leave to serve notice of petition, and other accompanying processes it filed to challenge the declaration of All Progressive Congress, …

The Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) says the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has perfected plans to remove Bukola Saraki as senate president. Shortly after Saraki defected from APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some lawmakers raised the alarm over an alleged plan to remove the senate …

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has hailed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the July 14 governorship election, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, for going to the tribunal in the resolution of the dispute arising from the Ekiti election. The Independent National Electoral Commission had …