L-R: Wife of Special Adviser to Ekiti State Governor on Political Matters, Alhaja Fatimah Jinadu; President, Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria, Ekiti State chapter, Alhaja Fausat Yusuf; Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; and Wife of Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Modupe Owolabi, during the endorsement of Governor Kayode Fayemi for second term and a prayer session for the governor’s wife by the state chapter of FOMWAN, in Ado-Ekiti.. Muslim women in Ekiti State, under the aegis of the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria, have endorsed the Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for second term.…
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L-R: Interim National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande; National Leader, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; and the Gubernatorial Candidate, APC, Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, during the Presentation of Party Flag, ahead of the June 21 Governorship Election, in Ado-Ekiti. Vote Fayose and turn this distinctively unique state into a plaything for not only President Jonathan and his Niger Delta boys but also the likes of Buruji Kashamu and Bode George For ten straight weeks on this column, I have done nothing else besides predicting, from what as a trained historian ,I know of its decade and a…
Governorship Candidate, All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Kayode Fayemi; his running mate, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; and other supporters, addressing the crowd that gathered at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, during the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC, Endosement of Dr Kayode Fayemi for 2nd Term in office, in Ado-Ekiti. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Saturday endorsed the re-election bid of Ekiti State Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr Kayode Fayemi ahead of the June 21 governorship election in the state. The NLC President, Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, leading a delegation of the union’s Central…
Ordinarily, Saturday polls should be a walkover for the incumbent It’s been quite some time since I wrote on Ekiti State. Like most other Nigerians, I seemed to have gone to bed, believing that there is no reason to focus on that state, especially since it is now doing well in accordance with the aspirations of its founding fathers. But this is not the time to be silent on a state renowned for its erudite scholars, at least not with the vultures and predators now lurking around, waiting to reap where they did not sow. Before I proceed to justify…
Nigerian electoral politics has come under severe attacks since inception. Right from the First Republic where E. E. Esua held forte, to the present fad of handing over the electoral umpire office to the hands of a professoriate, electoral politics has always been a fierce battle of survival. It is even more consuming a battle now with the hopelessness that pervades the land and the Heaven’s Gate role of politics in the lives of the despondent people of the land. For politics holds the key to the gate of heaven in Nigeria. While virtually all professions and professionals are going…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi are to receive the highest honours of the Lions Club International- the Melvis Jones Award- for their selfless service to humanity. The Melvis Jones Award is bestowed on men and women of impeccable character who have lived a life of meritorious public service that have impacted positively on their immediate environment and the society at large. In a letter from the Eko Lions Club, a branch of the Lions Club International, addressed to the Governor, the body noted that it has monitored Governor Fayemi’s performance since he came…
Ekiti Doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) have expressed appreciation to the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi for giving attention to the welfare of the medical practitioners in the State. The doctors who are working with the Hospitals Management Board (HMB), Ministry of Health and the Local Government Service in a letter dated 14th May 2014, thanked Fayemi for the payment of specialist allowance to consultants and the approval of 80% Internal Revenue retention by facilities. In the letter co-signed by the State Chairman of the Association, Dr Joseph Ogunseye and…
Ekiti is a land of honour. The enduring characteristics of the people are hard work, loyalty, integrity. and fanatical opposition to any form of injustice. Their nightmare started in 2003 with PDP’s subversion of these cherished values. The coming election is therefore between forces of darkness that is determined to bring back the nightmare we experienced between 2003 and 2010, and forces of light which Fayemi’s administration represents. Let us remember where the rain started beating us. As a people who never play Brutus, Ekitis don’t betray friends and benefactors. To them honour is everything. In contemporary times, two of…
Agba o si ni ilu, ilu baje, bale le ku, ile da horo. Imado iba se bi elede a balu je, eru iba joba eeyan o bakukan.” These are two Yoruba proverbs that capture my feeling about the Ekiti forthcoming election. If there are no elders in Ekiti to speak the truth, our state will become a deserted state without a future. If we allow brutes to take over our government, then we cannot expect progress.If a slave becomes king, no free born person would remain. The Yoruba people are a culturally wise people and this is why we have…
The crowd that came to receive the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship Flag bearer, Dr Kayode Fayemi, during a campaign tour of Odo-Ayedun, Ikole LGA. Now kitted with an official car and a driver, who, probably could become maniacal on the road if need be, and a photographer to boot, courtesy of the Chief Press Secretary, YinkaOyebode, I was ready to roll. I finally had my first tete-a-tete with Governor KayodeFayemi after the day’s campaign at around 8 pm, the following day of my arrival. I shared my little campaign experience so far with the governor. He said a few…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu addressing APC women and supporters at a rally held at Imayo Street, Umugbagba, Ado-Ekiti… With her are: Wife of the governor, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi (right) and APC Women Leader in the State, Mrs. Olufunke Owoseni. Say Fayemi re-election guarantees more development Ekiti State Deputy Governor Prof. Modupe Adelabu and the wife of the governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi have launched a state-wide sensitization of voters especially women on how to cast their ballot in the June 21 governorship election. The duo took the sensitization campaign to the popular Bisi and Oja Oba Markets in…
L-R: Chief Medical Director, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Kolawole Ogundipe; and Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, when the governor’s wife presented an 18-seater bus to the centre to mark her 51st birthday, in Ado-Ekiti. Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, is pained that the country is losing some of its best brains to cancer due to late presentation, wrong diagnosis or denial. She said this when she donated an 18-seater bus to the Funmi Olayinka Diagnostic and Wellness Centre, Ado-Ekiti, to mark her 51st birthday, on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, a holy communion…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (right); with a cheering mother, Mrs. Ajoke Daniels and little daughter, Oluwatoyin, during another campaign tour of Ado-Ekiti Communities. Governor of Ekiti State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi, has continued his re-election campaign tour of Ado- Ekiti, the capital city with an assurance that he will not relent in the transformation of the city. The APC candidate who started the last leg of the Ado -Ekiti campaign at Odo- Ado, visited communities including Idege, Igimookogo, Igirigiri, Ita Eku, Olorunsogo, Ilokun, Egbewa, Ajebamidele, Moferere and Olorunda said he is…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has hailed the appointment of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oyebode congratulated the new Emir on his appointment and urged him to use his new position to expand the horizon of development of his kingdom. He explained that God has destined Sanusi for the position of emir recalling that the new monarch had always been in the right place at the right time to fulfil divine destiny for his life. Dr. Fayemi noted that…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, addressing journalists over Sunday’s attack on his convoy by mobile policemen…in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has described Sunday’s police assault on his convoy as an attempted ploy to assassinate him. The Governor while speaking to journalists in Ado- Ekiti on Monday said the deliberate attack by the men of the Mobile Police led by Gabriel Selekere which led to the death of Taiwo Akinola was an assault on the government and people of Ekiti State. Dr. Fayemi who disclosed that he was going to Abuja to take up the issue with President Goodluck…
APC members and passers by scampering for safety from rampaging policemen at the Scene of the attack in ijigbo area, Ado-Ekiti. Men of the Ekiti State Police Command, led by the state Commander of the Mobile Police Unit, Gabriel Selekere, on Sunday morning shot dead a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and injured many as they dispersed a peaceful rally held by some members of the party in Ado- Ekiti. The Police under the supervision of Selekere also held Governor Kayode Fayemi hostage for about 45 minutes at the Ejigbo junction, fired tear gas on the Governor’s car,…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has described the death of former Information Minister Prof Dora Akunyili as devastating. The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yinka Oyebode said Akunyili’s death has robbed Nigeria of a committed patriot and a selfless servant of the people. Governor Fayemi expressed deep regret that another precious jewel of the nation has been lost to the scourge of cancer. He said Akunyili will be remembered for the prominent role she played in leading the fight against fake, substandard and adulterated drugs. Mrs Akunyili, according to him, excelled in all capacities…
Governor Kayode John Fayemi is seeking another term in office to serve the people of Ekiti State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.In this interview, Fayemi, among other issues, expresses his worries for the election, how the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, can ensure the poll is devoid of irregularities and the coming on board of a former governor of the state, Mr Segun Oni, to lend support for his ambition. You have gone round the communities in the state in the course of electioneering campaigns. What has been your message to them? Basically to thank them…
But for the timely intervention of the convoy of the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, the lives of six people who were involved in a ghastly auto crash along Itawure-Okemesi road could have been lost. The accident involving a Nissan Bluebird with Osun State registration number 208 LES and a Volkswagen Golf with the number Osun 748 LRG occurred around 3:43pm a few minutes before Governor Fayemi’s convoy which was heading for Okemesi for a rally got to the scene. Governor Fayemi immediately directed the security men in his convoy to rescue the accident victims who were shouting…
Alhaji Ado Bayero Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described the death of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, as a monumental loss to Nigeria. The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, also described Bayero’s demise as the end of an era of one of the longest and most prosperous reign in the history of the traditional institution in Nigeria. According to Fayemi, the late Bayero presided over an emirate that became a rallying point for all Nigerians irrespective of their ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious backgrounds. The Governor also described the…