L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; acknowledging cheers from workers, during the 2014 Centenary May Day Celebration, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has challenged all candidates in the forthcoming election to declare their assets and stop peddling lies that he owns a university somewhere. The Governor who made the challenge in Ado Ekiti at the 2014 May Day celebration said rather than spread rumours which are baseless, the opponents should come out and publicly declare their assets before Ekiti people like he voluntarily did when he became governor. Dr Fayemi who stressed that he has not…
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L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Ekiti State, Chief Jide Awe; Governor Kayode Fayemi; former Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Yemi Adaramodu, during the Fayemi Re-Election campaign tour at Iyin-Ekiti, in Irepodun/Ifelodun LGA. A former Ekiti State Governor, Otunba Niyi Adebayo has said he decided to back Governor Kayode Fayemi for a second term because of his impressive performance and in deference to the laid down rotational order . Similarly, Adebayo said he refused to support the governorship aspiration his towns man and…
L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Governor Kayode Fayemi; Afro Juju Musician, Sir Sina Peters; and member, Federal House of Representatives, Ekiti South Constituency 2, Hon. Bamidele Faparusi, during the Feyemi Re-Election campaign tour of Ode-Ekiti, Gbonyin LGA. The Onijan of Ijan in Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba Samuel Oyewole Fadahunsi, has denied exonerating former Governor Ayo Fayose of complicity in the murder of an illustrious son of the town, Dr. Ayodeji Daramola. The monarch made the clarification on Wednesday when he received the State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, in his palace as part of…
L-R: Wives of Governors: Mrs. Olufunso Amosun (Ogun); Dame Abimbola Fashola (Lagos); Mrs. Florence Ajimobi (Oyo); Mrs. Sherifat Aregbesola (Osun); Hajia Salamatu Al-Makura (Nasarawa ); Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Governor Kayode Fayemi; and his Wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, during the inauguration of Ekiti State’s Women Wing of the All Progressives Congress and Obinrin Kete, in Ado-Ekiti, More than seven thousand women across Ekiti State on Tuesday thronged the Oluyemi Kayode stadium for the inauguration of the Women Wing of the All Progressives Congress and ObinrinKete, a political cum social movement. The colourful event was witnessed by the…
The people living in rural areas in Ekiti State are to enjoy more dividends of democracy as Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday promised to empower more people at the grassroots to boost the local economy. The governor, who noted that most of the rural areas are far from urban life, said if rural dwellers are well-empowered, they would be self-dependent enough to cater to their needs and the needs of their families. Fayemi spoke during his campaign tour to four communities in Gbonyin Local Government area of the state. Communities visited by the Governor’s campaign train include Iro,…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has commiserated with Vice President Namadi Sambo on the death of his younger brother, Captain Yusuf Sambo (rtd), who died in an auto crash last Sunday. Fayemi, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, described the death of Yusuf , 58, as tragic and heart-rending. The Governor noted that the deceased, who was a retired pilot, was one of the best professionals in the aviation industry where he served meritoriously for about two decades. He urged the Vice President and the entire Sambo family to take solace in the fact…
THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is on the right path in the exercise of its mandate, with its findings and recommendations on human rights abuses in the country. The commission, in a report to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) recommended various alleged election offenders for prosecution. Among the 41 indicted persons and institutions are a former Governor of Edo State, Professor Oserhiemen Osunbor, a former Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Clarence Olafemi, a former Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ekiti State, Mrs Ayooka Adebayo, and an Assistant Superintendent of Police,…
Ekiti State University( EKSU) is set to establish a new Institute of Medical Technology in its Ifaki-Ekiti Campus. Medical Technology discipline is a paramedical field where trained and certified Medical Technologists can build careers as Ultrasound Technician, Radiologist, Health Informatics, and Cardiovascular Technician. The Medical Technology programme is globally relevant with good job availability in clinical laboratory, academic research, public health, teaching and the pharmaceutical industry. The new programme whicwould be highly subscribed will attract over 2,000students. They would be joining about 2,000 other students who are already in the Science Laboratory Technology and the Pre-Degree programmes. In addition to…
Ekiti State Governor and Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi with some elderly citizens during the Re-Elect JKF campaign rally in Igbara- Odo Ekiti in Ekiti South West. Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Friday said he is sure of a landslide victory at the June 21 governorship election in the state. Fayemi who is running on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), declared this in Ilawe Ekiti during his campaign tour to communities in Ekiti South West Local Government Area, adding that all his opponents would labour in vain in their bid to unseat…
It was an evening of excellence and recognition recently at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, for Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti State, when he was decorated as Champions Newspapers Governor of the Year Award. The event, which provided yet another opportunity for eminent Nigerians to celebrate the man reputed to have, in the last three and a half years, brought about the transformation of Ekiti State, also had other eminent Nigerians receive awards in various categories. They include renowned industrialist and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Champion’s 2013 Man of the Year), Mr.…