•Oba Adebayo Fatoba The Alara of Ara in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba Adebayo Fatoba, has recounted his escape from a recent attack by gunmen that resulted in the tragic deaths of two of his colleagues last Monday. On January 29, Fatoba escaped after gunmen killed two monarchs: the Onimojo of […]
•Governor Oyebanji pays visit to rescued pupils at hospital Despite warnings by the federal government against crowd-funding for ransoms, the practice has continued to gain ground with the abductees and their families raising funds from relatives, friends, and social media to secure the release of kidnapped victims. Families of abductees told ...
•Some of the kidnapped school children The pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Montessori School in Emure Ekiti kidnapped on January 29 have regained their freedom. The schoolchildren were released earlier today. However, the driver, who was also among the abductees, was killed and burnt by the assailants, reports Channels TV. Efforts t...
•Bandits Parents and relatives of the kidnapped pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, have cried out for government to help in rescuing the victims being held hostage by gunmen. The gunmen had on Monday ambushed the school bus conveying the pupils and staff to Eporo-Ekiti, a suburb of […]...
•Suspected kidnappers arrested by Amotekun in Ondo State Kidnappers of five pupils and four staff of the Apostolic Faith Church Primary and Secondary School in Emure, headquarter of Emure Council of Ekiti State have reportedly reduced their demand from N100m to N15million. The school bus conveying the pupils and their teachers, including the d...
•Late Oba Babatun Ogunsakin Mrs Yetunde Ogunsakin, the widow of the slain traditional ruler of Esun Ekiti in Ajoni Local Government Area of Ekiti State Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin, has disclosed his husband’s last request before he was gunned down by his assailants. Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday killed two Ekiti State monarchs on [&h...
•Gunmen The killing of two traditional rulers and the abduction of six primary school pupils in Ekiti have drawn outrage from Nigerians, who are battling to cope with escalating insecurity in the country. The monarchs were murdered on Monday in the Oke-Ako Community in the Ikole Local Government Area of the state, reports The Nation. […...
•Gunmen The Ekiti State Government has confirmed the abduction of students, teachers, and a driver in the Emure-Ekiti area of the state but vowed to ensure the victims are rescued. The Frontier had earlier this afternoon reported that gunmen had abducted six pupils and three teachers of a private school and their bus driver while […]
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed two traditional rulers travelling through a community in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. It was gathered that the two traditional rulers, the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin and the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olushola, were ambushed and kille...
•Ekiti Governor Oyebanji Ekiti governor, Biodun Oyebanji has declared three days of mourning for Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, the late Governor of Ondo State who passed away on Wednesday December 27. Akeredolu was until his death the Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum and South West Governors Forum. Governor Oyebanji, in a statement by his Spe...
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