Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has inaugurated the State Justice Sector Reform Committee to reposition the administration of justice in the state. Dr. Fayemi also inaugurated the State Task Force on Human Trafficking, to prove his administration’s zero tolerance for human trafficking. The deputy governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, inaugurated the two committees on behalf of…

Ekiti state government has appointed the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, as the Chancellor of the state-owned Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti. The Head, Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs in the institution, Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, on Monday confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ado Ekiti, but did not…

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has canvassed the enactment of a transition law to prevent succeeding governments from abandoning projects initiated by past administrations. The governor, who stated this in Ado-Ekiti yesterday while receiving officials of the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) who were in the state to inspect projects that were financed from the N25…

Suspected herdsmen yesterday went on the prowl again on the dreaded Ife-Ibadan expressway, killing a civil servant, Mr. Adenipekun Ademiju. Ademiju, popularly called Okere, a member of staff of Atakunmosa West Local Government Area of Osun State, boarded a private vehicle at Osu, on his way to Ibadan before the unfortunate incident occurred at Ikire.…

Eight bills have been assented to by Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti as part of activities marking the end of the fifth Assembly in the state.

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said he is not interested in a rubber-stamp House of Assembly, but one where lawmakers would engage constructively and freely air their opinions on governance. He said progress could only be achieved when the executive and legislative arms of government synergise in a very responsible manner in the…

The history of unhealthy relationship between labour and government predates the current administration in Ekiti State. It began in 2005 under the first term of former governor Ayodele Fayose, when some Secondary School teachers broke away from their parent Union, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and formed ‘the Conference of Secondary School Teachers (CSST).…

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, commissioned some “legacy” projects embarked upon by the outgoing Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The projects included the multi-billion Naira Judiciary Complex, 10,000 capacity Amphitheatre, Kemta-Itoku Adire International Market, Ogun State Television (OGTV) ultra-modern digital studio and the 250-bed multi-specialist tertiary hospital, which was near completion.…

The out-going Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, says the increasing rate of unproductive population in the country constitutes a time bomb and must be addressed. Yari, who is also the out-going governor of Zamfara, stated this during the valedictory session of the National Economic Council (NEC) held at the State…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has presented the Instrument of Appointment and Staff of Office to the new Alaaye of Oke Ayedun Ekiti, Oba Olufemi Aribisala. Performing the official presentation to the new monarch at Oke Ayedun in Ikole Local Government Area, Fayemi called on the traditional institution to partner his administration in ensuring…

The Ikole Local Government Council in Ekiti on Monday said an award of recognition would be given to hardworking tax collectors in the council. The Coordinating Director of the council, Mr Olatunbosun Fasanmi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikole-Ekiti. He said award of recognition and cash prize…

Where did the rain start to beat Segun Oni? Once considered the most influential figure in Ekiti All Progressives Congress (APC), Oni, a former governor whose tenure was terminated by the Appeal Court, which replaced him with the incumbent governor Kayode Fayemi in 2010, was the Deputy Chairman, South of the APC before bowing out to contest the primary of the party in May 2018.