The Ekiti State Government has commenced the allocation of six-month rent-free stalls to itinerant and street traders in a strategic move aimed at boosting commerce and curbing street trading. The initiative, which offers shops at Oja Oba main market, Agric-Olope, and Awedele markets, is part of a broader effort to commemorate the second anniversary of Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s administration. This …

The Ekiti State Government has disbursed N100m as financial assistance to 105 beneficiaries for treatment of various medical conditions. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Friday while distributing cheques to the beneficiaries, said that the support from the government was to ensure they could afford their medical bills. Filani said, “The medical conditions …

The Ekiti State Government has called on local council authorities to exercise fiscal discipline and allocate resources judiciously to improve conditions at the grassroots level. The Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Folorunso Olabode, urged local governments to prioritise the needs of their communities and agriculture in their 2025 budgets to address residents’ needs and ensure food security. Olabode issued this …

Ekiti State Government has alerted farmers in the state to the outbreak of Fall Armyworm infestation in cereal production. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Ebenezer Boluwade, said that maize, one of the most important cereal crops grown in Nigeria and a major diet of millions of Nigerians, was the most infested crop by FAW in Africa. …

The Ekiti State government and a non governmental organisation, Opeyemi Falegan Foundation have disagreed over the allocation accruing to the state and the palliatives from the Federal Government to mitigate the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. While the ODF Founder alleged that the FG palliatives to the state were diverted and politicised just as the monthly allocations could not …

The former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe, who was kidnapped on 9 July, has been found dead. According to sources, the body of the 79-year-old retired university teacher was discovered in a shallow grave in a remote area. However, it remains unclear whether his death was due to natural causes related to his …

The Ekiti State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a notorious jailbreaker, Temitope Omotuyi, popularly known as Tope Jinadu, who was earlier arrested in 2012 for the offences of conspiracy and armed robbery. While parading the suspect in Ado-Ekiti, the Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Sunday Abutu said Jinadu and four other suspects were charged to court in 2012 …

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for robbing an owner of his car at gunpoint. The defendants, Akingbade David, Michael Mayowa and Ibrahim Mukaila, were charged with armed robbery and conspiracy. According to the charge sheet, they were arrested and charged to court for robbing one Gbenga Ajayi of his …

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Thursday, sentenced four persons to death by hanging for armed robbery, murder and conspiracy. The court also convicted and sentenced the defendants to life improvement for attempted murder. They are Ogunleye Sola, Adebayo Ebenezer, Lasisi Afeez and Ojo Oba. The charge read, “The defendants committed the offences on May 29, 2017, …

Two young men were mistakenly killed by a bullet from a policeman’s gun in Ekiti State. Witnesses report that the incident occurred around 10 pm on Tuesday in the Omisanjana Area of Ado Ekiti. According to reports, there was an accident in the area, and some irate youths attempted to mob the driver and set the vehicle ablaze. The police …