Fẹ́mi Akínṣọlá Àwọn àgbà bọ̀ wọ́n ní kúusẹ́ ní ín mórí oníṣẹ́ yá. Bẹ́ẹ̀, aríse ni aríkà,  aríkà ni baba  ìrègún, n  ló díá fún kí gómìnà ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀yọ́, Onímọ̀ ẹ̀rọ Ṣèyí Mákindé bó  ṣe ń ṣàlàyé àṣeyọrí rẹ̀ ní ààrin ọdún kan, bí ó se ṣọ pé àbọ̀ tọ́ sáwọn èèyàn rere ìpínlẹ̀ tó rán òun níṣẹ́. Mákindé, nígbà tó ń kópa lórí àkànṣe ètò tó ń sàmì ọdún kan ìjọba rẹ lórí àlééfa, ṣọ pé, ìjọba òun ti parí àpapọ̀ iṣẹ́ àkànṣe ojilenigba ó dínkan t'íjọba àná fi sílẹ̀ ni ẹka ètò ẹ̀kọ́. Bákan náà ló fikún un  pé, ìjọba òun tún ti dáwọ́ lé  àkànṣe iṣẹ́ míràn ní ẹ̀ka náà tó tó méjìdínláàdọ́rin pẹ̀lú àfikún pé òun lo àǹfààní  àjàkálẹ̀ àrùn apinni léèmí Kofi-19 láti ṣe àgbéga ẹ̀ka ètò ìlera nípìńlẹ̀ Ọ̀yọ́ ni. "Ó ti pé ọdún kan tí mo gba àkóso ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀yọ́, àsìkò ká ṣeré yàtọ̀,  bẹ́ẹ̀ àsìkò ìjíyìn iṣẹ́ ìríjú ẹni  yàtọ̀ pẹ̀lú, ọdún 2023 sì ni màá jíyìn iṣẹ́ ìríjú mi ní ẹ̀kúnrẹ́rẹ́, ṣùgbọ́n kó tó di ìgbà náà, ó yẹ ká mọ ibi tí a ti ń bọ̀, ká le...

• Says building undergoing reconstruction, as he berates ex-governor Fayose Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has denied claims that his government has sold off the Ekiti State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja. Governor Fayemi said that his government was just carrying out reconstruction of the building located at the Federal Capital Territory, having been allegedly abandoned throughout the four years of the administration of former Governor Ayodele Fayose. The PDP had in a statement in Ado-Ekiti signed by the Publicity Secretary of the PDP Caretaker Committee in Ekiti, Diran Odeyemi, accused the governor of selling off the building to an unnamed investor, an action he described as an act of financial recklessness and misgovernance. But in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications to the Governor, Segun Dipe, on Saturday, Fayemi described the allegation as spurious, saying the reconstruction of the sprawling edifice was captured on the 2020 budgets and...

The arrest of a police officer who allegedly shot a 16-year-old girl dead in the Iyana-Oworo area of Lagos state on Wednesday, May 27 has been confirmed by the Spokesperson of Lagos State Police Command, Bala Elkana. It was learnt that the trigger-happy policeman was trying to arrest a bus driver for violating the nationwide curfew and allegedly shot the bus conductor dead as well as young Tina during the process. After the unfortunate incident, Nigerians took to social media using the hashtag #JusticeofTina to demand the arrest and prosecution of the erring police officer. Reacting to the sad development, the spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana this afternoon announced via his Twitter handle that the erring police officer has been arrested and will be made to face the full weight of the law. ”The killer cop is identified, arrested and detained at the Headquarters. He will face the full weight of the law. Justice will surely prevail. Members of the Publi...

The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Garba Shehu has said that Buhari trusts women more than men. Disclosing this when he played host in an NTA programme on Friday, Shehu, said; “Let me say this, I hope I don’t get myself into trouble. “He is more trusted of women than men, because he has given this country… all these years, all the country’s money is in the hands of women and they kept it safely. And they are doing well.” Recall that Kemi Adeosun was Buhari’s first finance minister, before, Zainab Ahmed. Both are women of exceptional qualities. Adeosun resigned on September 15, 2018, following allegations that she used a forged certificate to avoid the country’s mandatory one-year youth service scheme, NYSC. In her defense, Kemi said she was issued with a certificate that she thought was genuine. She however, resigned honorably. In her words, “This has come as a shock to me and I believe that in line with this administrat...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured  Nigerians that the mandate for change remains relevant and will be steadily followed to improve livelihoods. This was contained in a statement signed yesterday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu On the first year anniversary of his second term in office. According to him: "The campaign had been hard fought; yet the mandate the people of this country gave him was decisive. He won that election with a distance of nearly four million votes or 15 per cent of the total votes cast over his closest opponent. "It was then - and is today - a mandate for change. For many years Nigerians have yearned for something different: less of the corruption and immoral greed of those who once governed; more decency in public life and fairness, and a chance to succeed. "Nigerians yearned for improved security and end to terrorist bombings and for long-delayed infrastructure. Day by day, step by step, the P...

Fẹ́mi Akínṣọlá Mínísítà kékeré fún ètò ẹ̀kọ́ ní Nàìjíríà, Emeka Nwajiuba, sọ pé Orílẹ̀ yìí kò setán láti fi ìlera àwọn ọmọdé sínú ewu nítorí pé wọ́n fẹ́ ṣí iléèwé padà. Ọ̀gbẹ́ni Nwajiuba ti kò sọ pàtó ọjọ́ tí àwọn ọmọ yóó wọlé padà, sọ pé "Ó di ìgbà tí a bá tó ó ní ìdánilójú pé àwọn ọmọdé lè lọ síléèwé, padà sílé lálàáfíà, láì kó arun Kofi-19 padà sílé, la tó ó setán". Mínísítà sọ ọ̀rọ̀ yìí lásìkò tí ìgbìmọ̀ tó ń mójútó ìtànkálẹ̀ àrùn Kofi-19 ń bá àwọn akọròyìn sọ̀rọ̀ lọ́jọ́rú, ọjọ́ kẹtadínlọ́gbọ̀n, oṣù Kẹta. Ọ̀rọ̀ tó sọ yìí wáyé gẹ́gẹ́ bí èsì fún àwọn òbí kan ní Nàìjíríà, tó ń bèèrè pé nígbàwo ni ìjọba yóó ṣí iléèwé padà. Ọ̀gbẹ́ni Nwajiuba sọ pé iléeṣẹ́ ètò ẹ̀kọ́ yóó gbé ìlànà jáde lórí bí nǹkan yóó ṣe lọ, tí àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ bá padà síléèwé. "Fún àwọn iléèwé girama, àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ wọn lè padà síléèwé, láti lè parí ìdánwò wọn, kí wọ́n ó sì tún padà lọ̀ ọ́ jókòó sílé. "Bákan náà ni aó mú àdínkù bá iye akẹ́kọ̀ọ́  tí yóó wà ní kíláàsì kọ̀ọ̀kan. Èy...

_"Do not answer a fool according to his folly or you yourself will be just like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes." -Proverbs 26:4-5._ When we saw the criticism desperately, frustratingly, but wrongly unleashed on the public regarding the Ekiti State Lodge in Abuja, FCT and the construction work going on there, the initial thought was to let it pass as the ranting of an inconsequential ant. On a second thought, we considered the mindset of both the propagandists and their gullible audience who know next to nothing about good governance and decided to give them the biblical treatment as recommended above, especially with the Press quoting Diran Odeyemi from Osun State as the inordinate signee of the statement. Diran knows next to nothing about Ekiti government business and, at best, he is a meddlesome interloper. How desperate and frustrated can an opposition be to show it is still licking the wounds it sustained when it ...

 -  Former Oyo State Governor; Senator Rashidi Ladoja Everybody knew that between me and Baba (late Chief Lamidi Adedibu), we had a sort of good rapport. If Baba had views on six issues and I was able to take Baba out of the groove, by the time he came back, Baba might drop five for me. That was how close we were. During the campaign, the major crisis we had was the popular opinion that ‘Ladoja is good but will Adedibu allow him work?’ I used to say, I am a father and a grandfather. I have built my life, if I am elected, the buck stops on my table. You see, even if Baba was good, what about the people that surrounded Baba? On inauguration day, they went to pull down Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s statue in front of Government House; that was the first crisis we had. They took it to Baba’s place the same day. There was a finance board in Bodija, and the agreement was that the contractor would collect toll until their money was paid before they would turn it over to the governme...

Fẹ́mi Akínṣọlá Èèyàn tó kú bọ́ lọ́wọ́ ọ làásìgbò ayé la gbọ́njú mọ̀. À mọ́, kò jọ pé ọ̀rọ̀ rí bẹ́ẹ̀ mọ́ o láwùjọ tá a wà yìí, tí ìwà  ọ̀dájú kàn ń fojoojúmọ́ ayé gbilẹ̀ bí ọ̀wàrà òjò. Àgbọ́sọgbánù ìròyìn yìí ló ń fìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ pé ọwọ́  ṣìkún àwọn ọlọ́pàá ìpínlẹ̀ Òǹdó ti tẹ àwọn mẹ́rin kan tí wọ́n ká orí èèyàn mọ́ lọ́wọ́ nílùú Àkúrẹ́. Agbẹnusọ iléeṣẹ́ ọlọ́pàá ìpínlẹ̀ náà, Tee-Leo Ikoro ló fìdí ọ̀rọ̀ náà múlẹ̀ fún akọ̀ròyìn . Àwọn afurasí ọ̀hún tó jẹ́ Agbẹ́bojì ní ilẹ̀ ìsìnkú tó jẹ ti ìjọba ìbílẹ̀ Gúúsù Àkúrẹ́ ni ọwọ́ pálábá wọn ṣégi níbi tí wọ́n ti ń gbìyànjú láti gé orí òkú kan tí wọ́n ṣẹ̀sẹ̀  Ẹni ti ọ̀rọ̀ náà ṣojú rẹ̀ sọ pé àwọn mọ̀lẹ́bí olóògbé ọ̀hún padà wá sí ilẹ̀ ìsìnkú náà láti mọ odi  lé ibojì rẹ̀, ni wọ́n bá ká àwọn kọ̀lọ̀rànsí ọ̀daràn  ọ̀hún,mẹ́rin níye tí wọ́n ń làágùn yọ̀bọ̀, ní bi tí wọ́n ti ń gbìyànjú láti mú ìlérí èṣù sẹ nípa gígé orí òkú olókùú tí wọ́n sin ní wákàtí díẹ̀ sẹ́yìn. "Lẹ́yìn tí ọwọ́ tẹ̀ wọ́n tán, ni a fi ...

Fẹ́mi Akínṣọlá Ṣé àwọn àgbà bọ̀ wọ́n ní, ìlú tí kò sófin, ẹ̀sẹ̀ kò sí níbẹ̀, gẹ́lẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀rọ̀ Orílẹ̀ yìí dà báyìí, bí Ìjọba àpapọ̀ se ni ìwé ìdádúró ni òun yóò fún ẹnikẹ́ni tí aje ìwà ìbàjẹ́ gbígbé ìwé àti àṣírí ìjọba síta lórí ayélujára lọ́nà àìtọ́ bá sí mọ́ lórí. Ó ní ìwé ìjọba kan tó fara hàn lórí ayélujára láìpẹ́ yìí níbi tí o ti fi ìwé wá wí tẹnu ù rẹ sọwọ́ sí akọ̀wé ilé iṣẹ́ àpapọ̀ kan jẹ́ èyí tó tini lójú gidigidi. Olórí òṣìṣẹ́ ìjọba àpapọ̀ Ọ̀mọ̀wé Folashade Yemi-Esan ló fi ìpè náà síta pé ẹnikẹ́ni tí ìjọba ba mú yóò fẹnu fẹ́ra bí abẹ̀bẹ̀. Ìkìlọ̀ yìí kò sẹ̀yìn ìwé ìkìlọ̀ tí wọ́n fun akọ̀wé àgbà ilé iṣẹ́ tó ń rí sí ìmọ̀ sáyẹ́nsì Mohammed Bello Umar fún ríra ilé tí wọn ò kọ́ tán ní bílíọ́nù méje náírà fún ilé iṣẹ́ tó ń rí sí nǹkan ọ̀gbìn bó ṣe lu síta lórí ayélujára. Olórí òṣìṣẹ́ ìjọba àpapọ̀ ní Umar ló mójú tó ìdúnadúrà náà lásìkò tó jẹ́ akọ̀wé ilé iṣẹ́ nǹkan ọ̀gbìn Bákan náà ló ní akọ̀wé ọ̀un tún gbé iṣẹ́ ẹ  gbígbẹ́ kànga ìgbàlódé méje síta ní bílíọ́nù...

Gani Salau  The Ewi Of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe Aladesanmi 111 has denied the ill-health rumour making round particularly in the social media that he is in sound health.  The referred traditional ruler made this known today in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital that "I, Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe Aladesanmi the 3rd is hale and hearty and in sound health together with my family contrary to the my ill-health rumour going round and there is nothing like that ". Oba Adejugbe Aladesanmi used the occasion to thank the people and well wishers particularly the people of Ado Ekiti for their calls, messages and enquiries on the ill-health rumoure and their concern assuring them that he is in the stool of his forefathers.  It would be recalled that the ill-health rumour of Oba Rufus Adejugbe Aladesanmi the 3rd went viral on the various social media some days ago which is alleged to have been linked to the closure of various market in Ado Ekiti ...

The Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Hakeem Jamiu has congratulated Muslim faithfuls in Ekiti state and beyond on the celebration of the Eid-el-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fasting period. Jamiu in a press Statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti charged Muslims not to see the end of Ramadan fasting as feast and merry making time, but to also see it as a period for seeking God’s forgiveness and spiritual rebirth. He called on all Muslims across the country to sustain their new state of spiritual rebirth and solicit almighty Allah’s intervention in order that he (Allah)may continue to shower his grace on Nigeria and wipe out every pandemic bedeviling the Nation . The Deputy Speaker who regretted that this year, eld-el-fitir celebration is coming at the crucial time in the nation history, as COVID-19 is ravaging the world wants Muslim faithful to strictly comply with the all laid down rules of physical distancing, hand washing with al...

When we talk of a virtuous woman in the real sense of it, it is the former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof Modupe Adelabu. This assessment was made today by the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Funminiyi Afuye in his goodwill message to mark the 70th birthday of the Ado Ekiti-born princess. Afuye in a press Statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akogun Tai Oguntayo, described the Chairman of the National Board for Technical Education as "an erudite scholar, a tolerant leader and humility personified." Afuye opined that Professor Modupe Adelabu is a rare gem who has done Ekiti proud both in the academic field and in political circle." Explaining his experience  as the former Commissioner while Professor Adelabu was the Deputy Governor, Afuye said; "she always played a very loyal and supportive role to the government of Dr Kayode Fayemi through her quality advice as at when necessary." The Speaker described age 70 as a...

Fẹ́mi Akínṣọlá Ṣè bí a ṣèyí ó wù Ú ni Ọba Ọlọ́run, kò wá ku èèyàn tí yóó bíi pé kín ló dé. Òṣùpá lé, ẹ ní kò gún, ó ku ẹni tí yóó gòkè tún un se. Bí Ọlọ́run ṣe fi àjùlọ  Rẹ̀ hàn lọ́dún yìí ló bí kí Ìjọba orílẹ̀-èdè Saudi Arabia ó ṣàlàyé ní kíkún ìdí tí wọn kò fi ṣe ìtúnu ààwẹ̀ Ramadan ti ọdún yìí ni àná ọjọ́ Àbámẹ́ta 23/5/2020. Wọ́n ní òní ọjọ́ kẹrìnlélógún, oṣù karùn ún, ọjọ́ Àìkú ni   ìtúnu ààwẹ̀ Ramadan ti ọdún yìí bọ́sí. Ìjọba Saudi ṣàlàyé pé àwọn onímọ̀ ojú ọjọ́  kò rí oṣù èyí tí ó ṣe pàtàkì láti fi fòpin sí ààwẹ̀ Ramadan gbígbà nínú ẹ̀sìn àwọn mùsùlùmí. Ṣaájú ni ọ̀pọ̀ mùsùlùmí ti rò pé  ọjọ́ Ẹtì ni ààwẹ̀ lámúláánà yóó wa s'ópin, tí wọ́n yóó sì túnu ní  ọjọ́ Àbámẹ́ta Oṣù wíwò láti ara bí ojú ọjọ́ ṣe rí ṣe pàtàkì kí ààwẹ̀ Ramadan tó bẹ̀rẹ̀ tàbí parí nínú ẹ̀sìn àwọn mùsùlùmí. Lọ́jọ́ Ẹtì ni àwọn onímọ̀ ojú ọjọ́ ní Saudi Arabia ti sọ pé àwọn kò rí oṣù tó yẹ ki ó fòpin sí  ààwẹ̀ ọdún yìí. Ọ̀pọ̀ ìgbà ni ààwẹ̀ Ramadan máa ń jẹ́ mọ́kàndínlọ́...

When we talk of a virtuous woman in the real sense of it, it is the former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof Modupe Adelabu. This assessment was made today by the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Funminiyi Afuye in his goodwill message to mark the 70th birthday of the Ado Ekiti-born princess. Afuye in a press Statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akogun Tai Oguntayo, described the Chairman of the National Board for Technical Education as "an erudite scholar, a tolerant leader and humility personified." Afuye opined that Professor Modupe Adelabu is a rare gem who has done Ekiti proud both in the academic field and in political circle." Explaining his experience  as the former Commissioner while Professor Adelabu was the Deputy Governor, Afuye said; "she always played a very loyal and supportive role to the government of Dr Kayode Fayemi through her quality advice as at when necessary." The Speaker described age 70 as a...

Yesterday, my governor, Senator Ben Ayade cried AGAIN while launching the anti-taxation agency in Calabar. The agency is meant to ensure low income earners do not pay taxes in Cross River state. His tears actually touched a soft chord in the minds of many people across the country and several of them have circulated the video back to me. One person who is  not even in Cross River state said, their earlier scheduled meeting started with the video where governor Ayade was crying and most people in the meeting also started crying along with the governor whom they concluded is a lover of the poor and this is very impressive. But if tears were a true measure of our pain, even Hitler's drops would be preserved in the alabaster bottle. That is the irony and the double edged nature of that readily available liquid. Once emotions are evoked, in no direction essentially, tears can start flowing and oftentimes, the person whose tears flow down the cheeks, doesn't even know why they ...

The baby girl is so beautiful. With her eyes closed and a blanket keeping her warm, she looks like an angel. I was asked to give her a name. I named her Anuoluwa – God’s Mercy. Mercy. That is what she has received. Anyone staring at this lovely bundle of joy would never have imagined what she looked like the week before. She had been found not more than a few hours old, with her umbilical cord still attached. She was covered in blood and dirt. She had been left as naked as she had been born, with nothing to cover her. Mercy. That is the only thing that stood between her being eaten by stray dogs or rodents who would have been attracted by the smell of blood. The desperate soul who abandoned her baby has not been found. People rained all kinds of curses on the mother who abandoned her. Efforts were made to find her to no avail. I pointed out that perhaps it was for the best. The mother could have strangled her first before abandoning her. By leaving her alive, in her own way, she ...

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has felicitated with Muslim faithful in the state and in the country on the celebration of Eid-el-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The Governor in his Eid-el-Fitri message, in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, congratulated the Muslim faithful on the completion of the 30-day fast, stressing that the spiritual exercise had drawn them closer to Allah. Dr. Fayemi who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum admonished Muslims to put the teachings of the holy month to good use in all undertakings. He urged Muslims and adherents of other religions to live in love, peace and harmony with one another as brothers and sisters. While noting that Ramadan was a season of discipline and sacrifice, the governor urged them to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr with modesty in view of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic which has disrupted socio- economic and religious activities globally. He stressed that prayers by the faithful are needed more...

The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, has commended Muslims across Ekiti State for their peaceful conduct during the Ramadan fasting which has come to an end. The Speaker in a Statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akogun Tai Oguntayo, noted that the Muslims in the State observed the rules of social distancing all the protocols during the fasting. This, he said, showed that "Islam is truly a religion of peace and discipline". He congratulated them for successfully completing the fasting and urged them never to allow the lessons of the fasting to go without any meaningful impacts on their lives. Rt. Hon. Afuye who observed that "Ekiti is a State where Muslims and Christians coexist peacefully", opined that the State House of Assembly would always make laws that give credence to religious tolerance in the State. It will be recalled that 30 days ago, Muslims started their Ramadan fasting during which the Speaker ...

Fẹ́mi Akínṣọlá Ṣé wọ́n ní bá a se é se nílẹ̀ yìí, èèwọ̀ ibòmíìn ni , ìdálùú ǹ   ṣèlú, eégún ní ín gbowó o bodè níbìkan ló díá fún bí ilé ẹjọ́ tó ń gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ tó ní se pẹ̀lú ìdílé ní ìlú Akure ti pinwọ́ọ Ààfáà tó ìgbìyànjú àti fẹ́ ọmọ ọdún mẹ́rindinlógún sílé  bí ìyàwó rẹ̀ kẹsàn án . Ìgbìmọ̀ ẹlẹ́ni mẹ́ta tó gbédájọ́ náà, ti adájọ́ Aderemi Adegoroye darí rẹ̀ kalẹ̀ ti pàṣẹ pé kí wọ́n dá ọmọ ọ̀hún padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn òbí rẹ̀. Ọdún 2019 ni Ààfáà náà, Yusuf lateef ti kọ́ gbìyànjú láti fẹ́ ọmọdé ọ̀hún nígbà tó ṣì wà nílé ẹ̀kọ́ girama, ṣùgbọ́n ìgbìyànjú rẹ̀ bọ́rẹ́lẹ̀  . Kò pẹ́ sí i tí ọmọ náà pé ẹni ọdún mẹ́rindinlógún tí Ààfáà ọ̀hún mú ọjọ́ ìgbéyàwó pẹ̀lú u màjèsìn tí à n ṣọ̀rọ̀ ṣùgbọ́n pẹ̀lú ìfọwọ́sowọ́pọ̀ ẹ̀gbọ́n rẹ̀, ọmọ ọ̀hún ṣá kúrò nílé ṣaájú ọjọ́ ìgbéyàwó náà. Lẹ́yìn ọ̀ rẹyìn, iléeṣẹ́ Ìjọba ìpínlẹ̀ Òǹdó tó ń rí sí ọ̀rọ̀ àwọn obìnrin dá sí ọ̀rọ̀   Ìléeṣẹ́ náà pé àwọn òbí ọmọ náà àti Ààfáà tó fẹ́ gbé e níyàwó lẹ́jọ́, ilé ẹjọ́ náà fẹ̀sùn kàn wọ́n pé wọ́n t...

Imo state Governor Hope Uzodinma has assented to a bill repealing the law that created pension allowances and gratuities for former governors, deputy governors, assembly speakers and deputy speakers. Signing the bill into law in Owerri on Friday, the governor noted that the erstwhile law runs contrary to the 1999 constitution as amended, which stipulates that a pensioner must have worked for at least 10 years and must be up to 45 years of age. He regretted a situation where some of the beneficiaries of such payments also get huge amount of money as salaries and allowances in other positions they occupied such as serving as senators or members of the House of Representatives. “Apart from the inconsistency of such a law to the provisions of the ground norm, which is the Constitution of 1999 (as amended), this has led for a very long time a precedence that does not encourage diligence and prudence in service delivery,” the governor said. He, however thanked the State House ...

O’tayo Noel Oluwadami The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated a former Deputy Governor of the State, Prof. Modupe Adelabu on her 70th birthday. Prof. Adelabu, who is currently the Chair of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), was Deputy Governor of Ekiti State between May 8, 2013 and October 15, 2014. The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, said Prof. Adelabu's attainment of the age of seventy in good health and fulfilment was a special grace and rare privilege from her Creator. Dr. Fayemi said Prof. Adelabu's tenure as Deputy Governor was short but remarkable, adding that she contributed immensely to governance and handled all assignments given her with passion and unwavering touch of excellence. The Governor described Prof. Adelabu as an exemplar, seasoned scholar, teacher of teachers, and  a very loyal and dependable deputy. He also described the NBTE boss as an amazing woman of substance,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law an Executive Order to grant financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary at the state level. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, who made the disclosure on Friday in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abuja, said the Executive Order No. 10 of 2020, made it mandatory that all States of the Federation should include the allocations of both the Legislature and the Judiciary in their Appropriation Laws. According to the AGF, a Presidential Implementation Committee was constituted to fashion out strategies and modalities for the implementation of financial autonomy for the State Legislature and State Judiciary in compliance with section 121(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended). He also said consideration was given to all other applicable laws, instruments, conventions and regulations that provided for financial autonomy ...

Fẹ́mi Akínṣọlá A kìí gbélé ẹni ká fi ọrùn rọ́ ni a ti ń gbọ́ tipẹ́ tipẹ́, sùgbọ́n kín wá ni ká ti pe tirúfẹ́ ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ ajániláyà yìí tó wáyé ní ààfin Ọọ̀nirìṣà Ọba Adéyẹyè Ògúnwùsì,ní alẹ́ ọjọ́ Ìṣẹ́gun níbi tí àwọn èèyàn ìlú Ilé Ifẹ̀ ni àwọn ti ń gbọ́ ìró ìbọn ní kíkàn kíkan ní ilé Oòduà tíí ṣe ààfin Ọọ̀nirìṣà Ilé Ifẹ̀, Ọba Adéyẹyè Ògúnwùsì . Eléyìí ló ṣì mú kí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àwọn èèyàn ìlú  ìṣèǹbáyé náà ó máa kó àyà sókè lórí àlàáfíà Ọọ̀nirìṣà Adéyẹyè Ògúnwùsì. Nígbà tí gbogbo rẹ̀ yóó fi rọlẹ̀ ni ìròyìn jáde pé àwọn èèyàn mẹ́ta kan gbìyànjú láti fi ipá wọ ààfin nínú ọkọ̀ ayọ́kẹ́lẹ́ kan. Nígbà tí wọ́n dé ìloro àkọ́kọ́ ní ààfin Ọọ̀nirìṣà ní àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ bèèrè ohun tí wọ́n wá ṣe, tí méjì nínú wọn sì bẹ́ sílẹ̀ nínú mọ́tò tí wọ́n sì fi ẹsẹ̀ fẹ́ ẹ. Ẹnì kẹta wọn tó wa ọkọ̀ náà ni wọ́n ní ó fi ọkọ̀ náà já ìloro kínní àti ìkejì pẹ̀lú èròńgbà láti wọ ìloro kẹta níbi tí Kábíyèysí àrólé Oòduà, Ọọ̀nirìṣà Ọba Ògúnwùsì ń gbé, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn agbófinró tó ń ṣọ́ ààfin náà bá ya bò ó. Gẹ́gẹ́...