Barring a last-minute change in plan, the Ekiti State government will today stage the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Ekiti Cargo Airport project already valued at N20 billion.

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, appealed to workers to shelve their planned nation-wide strike to protest against the non-implementation of the new national minimum wage, saying such action would amount to an effort in futility.

The Ekiti State Government has urged the state House of Assembly to rework the Gender-Based Violence Law (GBV) to carry more stringent capital punishment such as medical castration of rapists and defilers.

The disclosure by the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu that the commission is currently involved in over 1,600 court cases arising from the February/March 2019 general elections has attracted scathing remarks from some Nigerians.

No fewer than 2,000 unemployed persons are to be empowered with skills and start-up capital by Ekiti State government at its maiden entrepreneurship week starting Thursday this week.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ekiti State Chapter, has alleged that Governor Kayode Fayemi’s absence from the state at almost all times was negatively impacting on governance and development in the state.

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ekiti State Chapter, yesterday, postponed the Local Government primary elections in Ado and Ikole councils over alleged security concerns. The party’s spokesperson, Ade Ajayi in a phone chat with newsmen, said a new date would be communicated to all stakeholders soon.

The Bridgewater Foundation has said it would spend N300m to build five robotic and innovation laboratories across Ekiti State to empower 20,000 youths in artificial intelligence, animation, and blockchain, among others.

The Ekiti State Government has urged privileged indigenes within and outside the country to key into the ongoing reforms in the education sector and help in repositioning it.

A 45-year-old mother and her two children have died in Odo-Ayedun Ekiti, Ikole local government area after eating yam flour, popularly known as amala. Her husband, who is in his 50’s, is also in a critical condition at the Federal Teaching Hospital...

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Tuesday said that the workers in the state civil service were currently being owed N57billion as arrears of unpaid salaries and emoluments.

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said the state government has invested a staggering N4.5 billion to shore up school enrolment in the last eleven months.