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After residents protest, senator confirms contract award of important highway

Nigeria, March 27 -- The leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, on Tuesday disclosed that the federal government has approved the dualistion of Ado-Ekiti-Ikere-Akoko road, a 31-kilometre highway that... Read More


Group demands public apology from Fayemi over 'derogatory' remarks on Babalola

Nigeria, March 27 -- A group, the Ekiti Patriotic Consultative Forum (EPCF), on Tuesday, demanded a public apology to be published in three major national newspapers and a one-on-one apology from form... Read More


Poly staff, students, residents protest over bad road, paralysed activities in Ekiti

Nigeria, March 25 -- Travellers in and outside Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, were held down for several hours on Monday as staff and students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, as well as resident... Read More


SSANU/NASU strike causes student's death - University management

Nigeria, March 20 -- A student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), who was asthmatic, lost his life due to the ongoing industrial action by the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universiti... Read More


Fayemi, Fayose, Oni failed to develop Ekiti - Afe Babalola

Nigeria, March 18 -- The founder of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola (SAN), on Monday, lamented that previous governors of Ekiti State before Governor Biodun Oyebanji faile... Read More


Babalola, Oyebanji demand greater representation of women in governance, politics

Nigeria, March 14 -- The founder of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola (SAN), on Thursday, demanded the inclusion of 40 per cent representation of women in state Houses of As... Read More


Group seeks transparency in implementation of N1.4b budget for Ekiti airport, others

Nigeria, March 13 -- A group, under the auspices of the Ekiti Tax for Service, has demanded transparency in the implementation of the N1.4 billion earmarked for the Ekiti International Cargo Airport i... Read More


Hardship: Ekiti govt sets up eight-man committee on food security

Nigeria, March 13 -- Worried by the level of food insecurity in the country, particularly in Ekiti State, Governor Abiodun Oyebanji, has set up an eight-man committee on food security. The committee,... Read More


'How alleged negligence at EKSUTH contributed to Ekiti APC chairman's death'

Nigeria, March 7 -- The late chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ekiti State chapter, Paul Omotosho, was a victim of negligence and poor work attitude of health workers at the Ekiti State... Read More


Court remands alleged killer of Ekiti monarchs in prison

Nigeria, March 5 -- A Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, ordered one of the alleged killers of two traditional rulers in Ekiti state, Bubuga Lede, 25, to be remanded at the Correctiona... Read More