[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Opposition Knocks Governor, Fayose Supports Him. The claim by Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki that the federal government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria, printed between ₦50 and ₦60 billion to shore up the federal allocation for March to underscore the country’s “huge financial problem”, has continued to elicit reactions with some knocking…
Fayose Salutes Ekiti People Over Electoral Victory
Ekiti State governor,Ayodele Fayose, has saluted the people of the state on the first anniversary of his election and declaration as the governor-elect of the state following the June 21, 2014 gubernatorial elections. Idowu Adelusi, chief press secretary to the governor, said that the governor, in a broadcast, noted that “the resolve of the people…
Supreme Court Dismisses APC’s Case Against Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Tuesday, crossed yet another hurdle as the Supreme Court of Nigeria affirmed his victory as the duly elected governor of Ekiti in the June 21, 2014 governorship election. The apex court, in an unanimous decision by a seven-man panel led by John Fabiyi, a Supreme Court Justice, upheld…
Ex-Ekiti Government Officials Accuse Fayose of Witch-hunting
Former members of the Ekiti State executive council have alleged a plot by the Ayo Fayose-led government to clampdown on them and keep them out of circulation. They also claimed that the governor is planning to confiscate their monetized official cars purchased under the immediate past governor Kayode Fayemi. Fayemi’s government had purchased a car…
Fayose Awards N2.1bn Contract To Local Carpenters
The good times are here for members of Carpenters and Furniture Association of Ekiti State as they have secured a contract worth N2.1 billion from Ayodele Fayose, the State governor. The association on Monday evening signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the state government on the contract. Dipo Anisulowo, the chief of Staff to…
Fayose Blasts Obasanjo For Attacking Jonathan
Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Governor, on Friday attacked former President Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising President Goodluck Jonathan. Fayose, who spoke at the Yoruba Progress Summit, held at the Oduduwa Hall of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, Osun State alleged that Obasanjo shared a huge amount of money to people he did not name during…
Hoodlums Invade Court in Ekiti
Pandemonium hit the premises of the Ekiti State High Court on Monday as hoodlums invaded the place to disrupt proceedings in a case challenging the eligibility of the Governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose. The invasion happened after Olusegun Ogunyemi, the judge refused an application to set aside an order abridging the time for the Peoples Democratic Party,…
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