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Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has affirmed Dr. Wole Oluyede, as the duly nominated governorship candidate of the PDP for the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election. The three-member appellate panel, in a unanimous judgment, set aside the earlier ruling of the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, which had nullified the party’s […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of Ekiti State sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced Olatide Temitope Emmanuel to death by hanging over a two-count charge bordering on murder and impersonation. The convict, 48, was arraigned before Justice Jubril Aladejana in December 2025 on the two-count charge, and the offences are contrary to Section 316 and punishable under […]
Continue ReadingPeople living in many communities in Ekiti State are raising alarm over worsening insecurity after a middle-aged woman was reportedly abducted and raped to death by suspected kidnappers in the Ajoni LCDA area. The kidnappers demanded ₦1.5M, Canadian Loud, Cocaine, Mkpuru Mmiri, and Cartons of beer to release her corpse. The villagers rallied, raised cash […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Ekiti State Police Command have uncovered an alleged illegal baby factory located in the Ikere local government area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. Addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Joe Eribo, said the command received a tip-off and arrested one Onyechi Oluwadare, 43, alongside four other suspects behind a […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of Ekiti State, sitting at Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday sentenced three persons to death by hanging for armed robbery contrary to section 314, 312 (2) (b) and 344 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021. The condemned persons, Lasisi Afeez (33), Ilesanmi Seun (32) and Ajewole Peter (53) were arraigned before […]
Continue ReadingRuling All Progressives Congress (APC), has disqualified prominent governorship aspirant, Engr. Kayode Ojo, from its forthcoming primary election in Ekiti State, in a move party insiders say reshapes the contest in favour of the incumbent governor, Abiodun Oyebanji. The decision, taken at Thursday’s meeting of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), followed the report of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved June 20, 2026 for the conduct of the Ekiti State governorship election, while August 8, 2026 has been fixed for the Osun election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Friday in Ahuja at the swearing-in of six resident electoral commissioners (RECs). He said in line […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man identified as Olugbenga Akinola, for allegedly issuing fake university certificates to students in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo, who disclosed this while addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Thursday, April 17, 2025, said the suspect and one […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Police Command has taken into custody an officer accused of stabbing a civilian in the Ise-Ekiti area of the state after an altercation which involved his girlfriend and the victim’s son. The arrest followed the circulation of a viral video in which the victim’s daughter claimed that the officer, who was allegedly a […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced a 41-year-old defendant, one Olasunkanmi Kareem, to life imprisonment for attempting to murder his former boss by setting him ablaze. Kareem was arraigned on November 18, 2024, on a one-count charge of attempted murder, contrary to Section 241 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, […]
Continue Reading21-year-old man, Victor Lorjaal, has been arrested for allegedly macheting his mother and elder sister to death in Ekiti State. Sources told security analyst, Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. on March 25, 2025, at Aba Ele Camp, Itaji Ekiti. The suspect’s brother, David Ioyzain, reported to the police that Victor […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja signed into law two bills establishing the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State, and the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State, Tinubu stated that these specialised institutions would address the educational needs of the populace while driving research and […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has struck out the defamation case brought against human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi. The court decision followed the application and motion by the police prosecutor, Martins Akala, an officer in charge of Legal at the State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation Department, for withdrawal of the […]
Continue ReadingOba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, on Saturday, ordered the dissolution of the Sharia panel set up at the Central Mosque, Ado Ekiti in the interest of peaceful coexistence and law and order in the community. The monarch spoke in Ado Ekiti during a meeting he held with the chiefs and indigenes […]
Continue ReadingNew Commissioner of Police (CP) in Ekiti State, Joseph Eribo has assumed office, to take over from Adeniran Akinwale, who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). A statement released on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Ekiti State police command, Sunday Abutu, described Eribo […]
Continue ReadingA young woman identified as Ifeoluwa Adekalu has been killed when she was hit by an accidentally discharged bullets from the gun of a policeman at the Okela Police Station, Ado Ekiti, in the Ekiti State capital, on Thursday, January 2. The undisclosed police officer, who was on a visit to the station reportedly shot […]
Continue ReadingEventually, a magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has admitted the embattled lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi to N30 million bail. During the hearing of the bail application on Friday, Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun ruled in favour of Farotimi. In his ruling, the magistrate stated that the bail conditions included two […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has granted a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi a N50 million bail. The court’s decision was disclosed by Sahara Reporters publisher and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, via his X handle on Monday. “The first […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji has signed into law three bills including Ekiti state property protection (Anti land grabbing, second amendment law, 2024) passed by the state House of Assembly, stressing the need to regulate and sanitize land acquisition processes in the state. When fully operational, the law will prohibit forceful entry, illegal occupation […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a 22-year-old Idowu Oguntuase and abducted four other persons in Ekiti State. The gunmen abducted the four victims along Isan-Iludun Ekiti road in Ilejemeje local government area of the state on Sunday, September 22, 2024. The victims were said to be traveling along the road on Sunday evening […]
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