By ‘Yomi Ayeleso Governor Biodun Oyebanji has designated 2025 as a year of accelerated growth in Ekiti State, emphasizing the state’s trajectory toward shared prosperity.In his New Year broadcast, aired on radio and television, Governor Oyebanji congratulated residents for witnessing another year despite the economic and security challenges of 2024. He expressed gratitude for the […]
High Chief, Taiwo Olatunbosun, a two-time Commissioner for Information, knows his onions in Ekiti politics. He delivers a most enviable verdict on Biodun Oyebanji’s style of governance.
The first batch of payments were made in Ado-Ekiti Flyover on Monday 18th March, 2024 to
The incumbent governor of Ekiti State, governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, is eulogised as the best governor Ekiti State has ever had.
Former Commissioner and Governorship Candidate in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria, speaks about when and how Ekiti Knowledge Zone was conceptualised.
The Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of PDP, Ekiti State, Barrister Gboyega Oguntuase, takes a look at the mid-term
Igede-Ekiti community in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria, resumes its annual cultural celebration with IGEDE DAY 2024
By Damilola Adeleke Flags Off Construction of Itawure-Okemesi Road Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday, disclosed that his administration has fulfilled over 90 percent of the promises made to Ekiti people during his election campaign. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the Itawure–Okemesi road construction, Governor Oyebanji revealed that his government has restored […]
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji wishes to express deep appreciation to Ekiti kete, political and religious leaders, traditional rulers, friends, associates, colleagues and family members for the outpouring of goodwill messages, birthday wishes, prayers as well as words of encouragement on the occasion of his 57th birthday, on Saturday, December 21, 2024. […]
While Dele Farotimi got a conditional bail at the Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court 1 on Friday 20th December, 2024, his supporters at the court premises chanted solidarity songs, calling for a “social revolution”.
By Nehru Odeh Professor Niyi Osundare easily elicits awe and reverence. The Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English at the University of New Orleans is not just a celebrated poet, writer, essayist, columnist, scholar, and public intellectual. He is also a passionate advocate for the common good. For over five decades, the farmer-born, peasant-raised Osundare has […]
By Damilola Adeleke Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has appealed to friends, associates, and the general public to refrain from organizing any celebrations or placing newspaper advertisements to mark his 57th birthday on December 21, 2024. Instead, the governor has requested that well-wishers channel their goodwill into meaningful contributions by making cash or material donations […]
By Damilola Adeleke Idris Ajetomobi was among the over 100 barbers mobilized by the Ekiti State Barbers’ Association, who benefitted from Governor Oyebanji’s empowerment program last week through the Office of Community Communications. During the event, it was discovered that Idris, despite completing his apprenticeship, had been unable to graduate and establish himself due to […]
By Damilola Adeleke The Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court was heavily secured on Friday as the Nigeria Police deployed armed operatives and an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) in anticipation of the ruling on the bail application of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Farotimi, who has been in custody at the Ekiti correctional facility since December 4, is […]
By Damilola Adeleke The Ekiti State Government has refuted claims of a ₦25,000 Christmas cash grant allegedly distributed by Governor Biodun Oyebanji, urging residents to disregard the rumor. In a statement released on Thursday, the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, labeled the information as false and warned the public against falling victim to […]
Some sympathizers of human rights activities, Barrister Dele Farotimi, have criticized Aare Afe Babalola for seeking redress in court over Farotimi’s defamatory publication. The question here is: what can be given to a man in place of his name?
Dele Farotimi has come out to deny reports that he asked anyone to plead with Afe Babalola (SAN) over the defamation lawsuit filed against him. According to Farotimi, he didn’t send anyone to beg Afe Babalola, maintaining his stance in the ongoing case. The defamation case stems from allegations made by Farotimi, which Afe Babalola’s […]
The Executive Chairman of the Ekiti State Internal Revenue Service, Pastor Olaniran Olatona, has been on the saddle for two years. In those two years, he has achieved what no one else before him had done in the history of tax collection in the state, increasing internally generated revenue from N600 million monthly before his […]
Barrister Owoseni Ajayi, former NBA Chairman and Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, is head of the legal team representing Afe Babalola in his criminal defamatory suit against the lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi. Ajayi has an appeal to Famoroti’s family….
