•Sharia panel Controversy has trailed the inauguration of the Independent Shari’ah Arbitration Panel in Ekiti State, with various groups and individuals expressing opposition to the move. The Yoruba Regional Alliance worldwide, in collaboration with other Yoruba self-determination organisations, staged a peaceful protest in Ado Ekiti, the stat...
Some travellers abducted on Emure-ile Road in Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State have regained their freedom from the kidnappers’ den. The victims, who were traveling in an 18-seater bus, were abducted on Sunday night by gunmen while returning from Onitsha in Anambra State to Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, reports The Nation. The ...
The Ekiti State Police Command has issued a directive banning unlawful gatherings, demonstrations, and the sale and use of fireworks across the state, citing concerns over public safety and security threats. In a statement signed by the state police spokesperson, Abutu Sunday, today, the command emphasized its commitment to sustaining peace an...
•Ekiti State House of Assembly The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has criticised a planned trip by members of the State House of Assembly to Canada, labelling it as “insensitive to the plight of the common man.” The spokesperson for the PDP caretaker committee in the state, Jackson Adebayo, condemned the proposed retreat [&helli...
•Police operatives The Nigerian Police Force has launched a School Protection Squad to protect schools, students, pupils, and teachers in the Ekiti state from kidnapping and other security threats. Speaking during the opening of the Strategic Stakeholders Forum on School Security and training of the Schools Protection Squad in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti...
•Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji The Special Adviser to the Ekiti State Governor on Security Matters, Brig. Gen. Ebenezer Ogundana (Rtd.), has reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to collaborating with other Southwest states to enhance security. Ogundana, speaking in Ado Ekiti today, highlighted the importance of the maiden meeti...
•A Fulani herdsman The Ekiti State Police Command said it had arraigned a 20-year-old cattle rearer, Mohamadu Bello, before an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly destroying farm produce valued at N3.8million belonging to four individuals. The police prosecutor, Inspector Elijah Adejare, told the court yesterday that the defendant...
No fewer than four leaders have signified their intentions to contest for the chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State in the forthcoming state congress of the party. It was gathered that a former acting governor of the state, Tunji Odeyemi; ex-senatorial candidate for Ekiti North in the 2023 general election, Funso...
•Gunmen The Commander of the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Hammed Abodunrin, yesterday, blamed the poor network for delayed security response during the Kaduna and Ekiti schoolchildren abductions. Abodunrin disclosed this to our correspondent yesterday, reports The PUNCH. The Safe...
•The suspects Some of the suspects allegedly involved in the recent abduction of some school children in Emure- Ekiti, and the abduction of the Chairman of the All Progrressives Congress (APC) last year in Ekiti State have been arrested by the operatives of the police command in the state. One of the suspects was killed […]
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