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20 Mar
Ekiti State Government, yesterday, said that cattle grazing would henceforth be monitored in the state and the law regulating it strictly enforced.
19 Mar
Nigeria is at a crossroads and Nigerians are trying to find the responses to an economic crisis and currency turmoil. Of course, all manner of symptoms keep appearing! 
6 Mar
The state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Paul Omotosho is dead. It was gathered from close family sources that the Imesi-Ekiti born politician and lawyer died in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness. Omotosho, who was said to active and participated in series of political meetings early…
5 Mar
Ekiti State Government, worried by the challenges being faced by residents as a result of exodus of banks from many areas in the state, has said that it is taking financial services to all the 177 wards through agency banking.
27 Feb
Dr. Sam Olawale Anisulowo, the board chairman of Sam Anisulowo Foundation, has joined the global community on the occasion of World NGO Day, to celebrate the profound contributions of non-governmental organizations in shaping a better world. "At Sam Anisulowo Foundation, our mission is rooted in poverty alleviation and empowering marginalized communities in Ekiti State," he…
9 Feb
Disturbed by the resurgence of kidnapping activities, the Federal Government, yesterday, deployed a detachment of military personnel to Ekiti State to checkmate the activities of kidnappers, bandits and other criminals.
9 Feb
The South-West Security Stakeholders Group (SSSG) has condemned, in strong terms, the rising spate of insecurity across South-West.
6 Feb
In the last one year I must have written up to a dozen articles on the intractable problem of insecurity in the country.
4 Feb
Eight schoolchildren and teachers who were kidnapped in Ekiti state have been rescued. "The abductees are here, the parents and family members are here. I will give you details shortly," a government official said in a Punch report on Sunday. The government official said that officials of the state Ministry of Health were on the…
31 Jan
Hundred operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, were deployed to Ekiti State to rescue the pupils who were kidnapped in Emure, Ekiti. The personnel who will be complementing the efforts of their counterparts in Ekiti State were drafted to the neighbouring state on the order of Governor Lucky…
31 Jan
Five men have been arrested in Ekiti state for kidnapping less than after schoolchildren were snatched from a school by kidnappers on their way to school.
31 Jan
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has condemned the attack in Oke-Ako area in Ikole Local Council of the state that led to the gruesome killing of two traditional rulers, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola.

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