A Magistrate’s Court in Ekiti State, Nigeria, has ordered the pre-trial detention of a 25-year-old man, Babuga Lede, for his alleged involvement in the murders of...
Pupils and staff of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti who were abducted by kidnappers have regained their freedom. They were said to have been...
Police operatives in Ekiti have arrested five suspected kidnappers in connection with the killing of two traditional rulers in the state. The monarchs – Elesun of...
The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, on Tuesday condemned the killing of two monarchs by suspected kidnappers in...
Alarm bells are ringing in Ekiti State after armed bandits kidnapped several pupils of Apostolic Faith School in Emure, Ekiti State The chilling incident, which occurred...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday evening shot two traditional rulers in Ekiti State. The monarchs – Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Ogunsakin, and Onimojo...
Police in Ekiti on Friday arraigned two men, Oribamise Emmanuel and Mohammed Tijani at the Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft of N84,700. The defendants were...
In Ekiti State, farmers face losses as they are unable to move their produce from their farms to the markets, as a result of the unmotorable...
Police in Ekiti State on Tuesday arraigned a 35-year-old man, Kolawole Omotayo, at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged indecent assault. The police prosecutor, Insp....
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has revealed that the state’s sports council failed to provide appropriate kits for the athletes of the state for national...
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 10 suspects over the death of a 200-level nursing student of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Atanda Modupe Deborah....
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has appointed Mr. Sunday Komolafe as the new Head of Service in the state. He takes over from Bamidele Agbede...
A former member of the House of Representatives from Eliti, Bimbola Daramola, has returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Daramola dumped the...
The South-West security outfit, Amotekun Corps, has arrested an 80-year-old man identified as Pa Michael for allegedly vandalising the equipment of Ekiti State Water Corporation in...
Gunmen on Saturday kidnapped the chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Mr. Paul Omotisho, on Saturday. The party’s Publicity Secretary in the...
The Ekiti State government on Wednesday dismissed the kiss-a-thon being planned by a group in the state as immoral and unhealthy. A group in the state...
Police on Friday arraigned three children at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti for allegedly killing a peacock. The defendants were arraigned for malicious damage....
Seated amidst a colourful array of fruits, 75-year-old Mrs. Meg Ayodeji watched the world go by as cars whizzed past in a blur of motion. Ever...
Police operatives in Ekiti have arrested two notorious kidnappers terrorising communities in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ogundare Dare disclosed this while briefing journalists...
The organised labour in Ekiti State have asked the Federal Government to increase the workers’ minimum wage to N100,000 if it removes fuel subsidy. The federal...
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, and presided over by Saka Afunso, has ordered the remand of one Lucas Ateniola, to a correctional centre over...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Atiku writes INEC, demands access to election materials Atiku Abubakar, a candidate for the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come under a heavy barrage of attacks from Nigerians after one if its portals mistakenly uploaded the image of...
Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, adjourned further hearing in the trial of a former governor of Ekiti...
The Peoples Democratic Party has lifted the suspension slammed on two of its members in Ekiti State. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, who confirmed...
Justice Adeniyi Familoni of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced a 24-year-old man, Segun Iwaetan, to death by hanging for membership of...
Police operatives in Ekiti have arrested two suspected kidnappers of a farmer, Segun Adams, in the state. Adams was abducted on his farm at Kajola in...
Justice Monisola Abodunde of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced two men, Deji Owolabi and Opeyemi Oluwakomolafe to death by hanging for...
Two yet-to-be-identified policemen have been reportedly crushed to death by a truck in Olawuwo area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Monday. It was gathered...
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday, presented the 2023 budget proposal of N113.5 billion to the state House of Assembly. The budget, according to...
Gunmen on Sunday abducted four travellers along the Irele Ekiti-Oke Ako highway in Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State. Residents of the community told...
The Ekiti House of Assembly has declared a seven-day mourning period at the parliament to honour the death of the speaker, Funminiyi Afuye. Mr Afuye died...
Police on Wednesday arraigned four persons at the Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti State for allegedly stealing 52 cows valued at N10 million. The defendants –...
A 62-year-old landlord in Ekiti State, Daudu Jimoh, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti after he was found guilty...
Ahead of the 2023 elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence in a fair process needed to ensure the smooth transition of democracy as his administration...
The Ekiti State government led by the incumbent Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday announced the dissolution of the State Executive Council. Fayemi announced that the cabinet...
The Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Ojo Adebayo, to life Imprisonment for child defilement. The defendant was arraigned...
Gunmen on Saturday evening killed a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer in Ekiti State. Eyewitnesses told journalists the gunmen waylaid the deceased along...
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday that Imo and Ekiti States have the lowest number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. The...
Gunmen on Thursday shot dead a commercial motorcyclist, Abejide Ojo, along Ilemeso-Isan- Ekiti road in Ekiti State. An eyewitness told journalists that the deceased was accosted...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has appointed secretaries for the 16 Local Government Areas and 19 newly created Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the...
The state’s Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti. He said the new cases of...
The Ekiti State High Court, Ado-Ekiti, on Monday sentenced four men to death for armed robbery and murder in the state. The convicts – Babangida Amodu,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated Biodun Oyebanji on his victory in the just-concluded gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. Oyebanji emerged the governor-elect with a total...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday charged officials and staff of the commission on professionalism and ethical behaviour...
Co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls Movement, Aisha Yesufu and political activist, Deji Adeyanju, have ripped into Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, over his trip to...
Ahead of the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has discovered 47,633 double voter registrations on its portal. The...
Justice Olukayode Ogundana of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Thursday sentenced a 42-year-old man, Ademola Omoniyi to death by hanging for the murder...
Police operatives have arrested nine suspected kidnappers in Ekiti State. The spokesman for the state police command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the development in a statement...
Justice Lekan Ogunmoye of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Monday sentenced one Hussein Isah to life imprisonment for defiling two underage girls in...
