-
Ekiti Gov’s Wife Advocates Breastfeeding Facilities in Workplace
By Busuyi Ogidiolu Stakeholders in Public and Private Sectors need to make adequate breastfeeding facilities available in all workplaces to make them friendly to nursing mothers. This is to ensure that women are able to use the facilities like creche to breastfeed for as long as they wish. Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi…
-
Tipper Kills Two Policemen in Ekiti
Tragedy struck early on Monday morning in Ado Ekiti, as two persons are feared dead in a ghastly road accident around the Olawuwo area of the city. Eyewitness accounts say the two persons who were police officers were hit while on a motorcycle by a tipper lorry at a turning point around Olawuwo Filling Station,…
-
Students in High Spirits as Schools Resume in Ekiti
In Ekiti State, Public Private Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools resumed on Monday for the first term 2022/2023 academic session. As early as seven o’clock in the morning, pupils and students were seen trooping to their various schools just as some of them were seen at strategic junctions waiting for the school buses to convey…
-
Cervical Cancer: Five Thousand Ekiti Women to Enjoy Free Treatment
Five thousand women in Ekiti State are to enjoy free cervical cancer tests and treatment to reduce the mortality rate. The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi announced this in Ado Ekiti at the launch of a Cancer Control policy supported by the World Health Organization, WHO. She observed that a lot of…
-
Accident Claims Four Lives in Ado Ekiti
Tragedy struck today in Ado Ekiti as four people were feared dead and three others sustained severe injuries in an accident involving a truck and a taxi cab in Similoluwa area of the state capital. The accident threw passers-by and families of the victims in wailing and mourning. When Radio Nigeria got to the scene…
-
Court Remands Murderous Herdsman In Ado Ekiti Correctional Centre
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, today Friday, March 18, 2022, granted an order to remand one Umoru Baba, 20, in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti for 30 days. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Olubu Apata, requested for the order to allow police to complete their investigation and forward the duplicate…
-
Ekiti APC Primaries: 6 Aspirants Call For Cancellation of Process
Six out of eight aspirants jostling to be the flag bearer of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the June 18 Governorship Election in Ekiti State have called for the cancellation of the primary election over alleged manipulation of the process in favour of an aspirant. The aspirants are Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, Mr…
-
EKSAA Begins Removal of Illegal Billboards, Posters
Officials of the Ekiti State Signage and Advertisement Agency have commenced removal of posters and billboards pasted indiscriminately in Ado Ekiti particularly, the vicinity of the Governor’s Office between Fajuyi Area of the state capital and Okesha junction. The Director General of the Agency, Mr. Olasunkanmi Onipede who led the officials, said that the move…
-
Court Remands NSCDC Officer for Rape
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has granted an ex-parte application brought before it to remand one Olukayode Adebayo (37) in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti. In her ruling, Magistrate Mojisola Salau said, remanding the defendant will allow the Police to complete their investigation while the Prosecutor, Inspector Sadiq Adeniyi…
-
Suspected Killer of Minor Apprehended in Ado Ekiti
The suspected killer of a 7year old girl Demilade Falade has been apprehended in Ado Ekiti. The lady whose family claimed is insane was alleged to have murdered the teenager and ran away on Monday night. The situation led to the destruction of their house while several groups have raised agitations to demand justice for…
-
Direct Primaries will encourage the emergence of popular candidates – Former Oye LG Chairman
A one-time Chairman of Oye Local Government of Ekiti State, Mr. Bamitale Oguntoyinbo says, “The Direct Primaries Bill”, recently passed by the National Assembly will bring about the emergence of popular candidates during primary elections of various political parties when it becomes law. Speaking with newsmen in Ado Ekiti, Mr. Oguntoyinbo noted that the bill…
-
Ekiti Government Establishes Five New Secondary Schools
Ekiti State Government has established five new public secondary schools as part of efforts to improve access to standard education in the state. This followed the recent handing over of missionary secondary schools to the owners. Among the missionary schools handed over to their owners, are Christ’s Boys and Girls schools, Mary Immaculate, all in…
-
FRSC, Drivers’ Union, Charge Road Users On Safety During “Ember” Months
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ekiti State Command and the drivers’ union in the state say any of their members found wanting in the “Ember” months will be sanctioned. This formed part of the submissions of stakeholders in the transportation sector, while speaking with Radio Nigeria correspondent in Ado Ekiti. Oriola Afolabi brings the…
-
Ado Ekiti Residents want Government to Fix Township Roads
Residents of Ado Local Government want Government to fix up Ado township roads, address erosion and complete Ojaoba. These formed parts of the demands of members of Traditional Chiefs, Artisans, Market Women, NURTW, RTEAN, NARTO, farmers at a Civic Engagement held in Adetiloye Hall, Ado Ekiti. First to speak, Chief Julius Ajayi called for the…
-
Eid-el-Kabir Holiday: Light Traffic On Ado-Ekiti Roads
As the two-day holiday declared by the federal government to mark Eid-El-Kabir continues today, a visit to some streets in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital and other towns in the state shows that people are still in the mood of the celebration. Vehicular and human movement were very light along Adebayo, Okesa, old garage,…
-
See and treat public infrastructure as yours – Professor Adejuyigbe
The Nigeria Society of Engineers, NSE, in Ekiti State has called on citizens to see public infrastructure as their own property to promote easy maintenance. A guest speaker at this year’s NSE annual Dinner and Award Night, Professor Sam Adejuyigbe made the call in Ado Ekiti while delivering a lecture entitled “Management of engineering infrastructure the role…
-
362 Ghost Council Workers Uncovered In Ekiti
Ekiti State government says it is losing about 20 million Naira monthly to 362 ghost workers at the local government areas of the state. This is contained in a report of the verification committee set up by state government with a mandate to identify absentees at the councils and block financial loopholes at the third…
-
Armed Robbers Storm Bank, Cart-Away Undisclosed Amount of Cash in Ekiti
Some suspected armed robbers today raided a new generation bank at Iyin Ekiti. Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday Abutu told Radio Nigeria in Ado Ekiti that officers of the command engaged the suspected armed robbers numbering about ten in a gun battle. Mr Abutu explained that the suspects who could not withstand…
-
Speeding Vehicle Kills Woman in Ekiti
An accident has claimed the life of a woman who was trying to cross the road in front of Abattoir, along Iworoko Road in Ado Ekiti. According to witnesses, the car, a Volvo S40 saloon car, was speeding and somersaulted after hitting the woman. The impact was so much that one of the legs of…
-
Coronavirus: Ekiti State Govt. Distributes Hand Sanitisers
As part of its efforts to protect the pupils and students against Coronavirus, Ekiti State Government has commenced the distribution of hand sanitizers to the public primary and secondary schools in the state. The State Commissioner for Education, Mr Foluso Daramola, who supervised the distribution of the items to the first set of schools in Ado-Ekiti,…
-
Religious Leaders in Ekiti Charge Nigerians on Living a Life of Discipline
Challenges in 2019 should be a trigger for governments, political leaders and all Nigerians to live a life of discipline and synergize to ensure bumper harvest and peace across the country. This formed part of the messages of various religious leaders in Ekiti State at crossover services to usher in the year 2020. Radio Nigeria…
-
We will see to Quality Road Construction – Gov. Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi says road construction and rehabilitation will be accorded priority this year. Governor Fayemi who announced this in his New Year broadcast to the people of the state, promised that road across Ado Ekiti township receive. He explained that four major roads in, Oye- Ikun-Otun Erinjinyan-Ikogosi, Agbado – Isinbode- Omuo and…
-
EFCC Arrests Five Undergraduates, Twelve Others for Alleged Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Monday, October 7, 2019, arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters among whom were five who claimed to be students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti. The suspects were arrested in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, following meticulous consideration of intelligence reports detailing their alleged involvement…
-
Ekiti Recruitment: Written Exams Holds September 21st
All is now set for the conduct of the written examination for the recruitment of teachers into the public primary schools in Ekiti State. The qualifying examination comes up tomorrow (Saturday September 21) in designated centres in Ado Ekiti, Ikere, Ido, Ode, Ikole, and Ijero Ekiti. A statement in Ado-Ekiti by the Chairman, Ekiti State Universal…
-
Tenant Rapes Landlady to Death in Ado-Ekiti
Tragedy has struck at Olorunda Community in Ado Ekiti as a middle aged woman Bukola Olarewaju was allegedly raped to death by her tenant known as Abraham Tumise. According to report, the mother of three was at home alone after her husband had left for work while the children have gone for holiday coaching when the incident…
