Tragedy struck in Ikere Ekiti on Wednesday evening as three men were feared killed during a robbery attack on two new-generation banks located in the ancient community. It was gathered that the armed robbers struck at about 4.30 pm, shot sporadically into the air, making the panic-stricken people of the community scamper for safety. The daredevil robbers were said to …

Ekiti and Kogi state governments have directed hospitals and medical facilities in their respective states to receive victims of gunshots for immediate treatment in their facilities even without a police report. The Commissioner for Health in Ekiti State, Dr Oyebanji Filani, said the directive followed the order of the Inspector General of Police on the treatment of gunshot victims and …

No fewer than 100 farmers whose farmlands were affected by the construction of the Ekiti Cargo Airport, on Monday, protested at the Governor’s Office in Ado Ekiti over their unpaid compensation. The placards-carrying farmers, who came from about five affected communities, such as Igbogun, Afao, Araromi Obo, Aso Ayegunle and Igbemo Ekiti, expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of the government …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has handled cheques totalling N150 million as gratuities to 64 retired local government workers and teachers. This came barely three months after the governor presented N130 million gratuity cheques to another batch of retired local government workers and primary school teachers. At the event in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Thursday, the governor …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji said on Monday that the state government needed N1 billion to reconnect some council areas that had been in darkness for 10 years and as well an agriculture processing zone to the national grid. Oyebanji said that the state’s 3.5MW Independent Power Plant project to supply light to government offices and tertiary institutions in …

The Association of Persons With Albinism, Ekiti State has raised alarm over the rising cases of skin cancer and deaths from it among members, urging the government, groups and well-meaning citizens to come to their rescue. Chairman of the association, Mr Johnson Oniya said: “Skin cancer is a deadly ailment disturbing Persons with Albinism in the sub-Saharan region of Africa …

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a former Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dele Olugbemi, and one Tajero Adebayo in the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre over cases involving fraud and attempted murder. Olugbemi, 48, and Adebayo, 42, whose addresses were not given, are facing a four-count of conspiracy, fraud, attempted murder and threat …

A middle-aged man, identified as Tunde Akindunbi, has been found dead under a mango tree in the Dallimore area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Newsmen who visited the scene gathered that the incident could have happened in the middle of the night. Although the cause of his death has not been ascertained as of the time of this report, …

Several persons have been rendered homeless after a heavy downpour destroyed more than 105 buildings in Oke-Ako, Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Friday. The downpour which started at about 3pm also destroyed some electricity facilities across the town, thereby subjecting the residents to a total blackout. While on a visit to the affected area on Saturday, the …

First they came for the socialists, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – …