In a bid to promote sports in Ekiti State and make it a reliable sector that can enhance the capacity of  youths, Governor Kayode Fayemi has signed into law,  Ekiti State  Sports Development Trust Fund(SDTF). A statement by the General Manager, Ekiti State Sports Council on Thursday, quoted Fayemi as saying  the fund would bring more development to the sports when implemented . Fayemi said with the fund in place, there would be Public-Private partnership in the sponsorship of sporting activities and make the sector a priority of government in terms of funding .  "SDTF is strategic for the development of sports. Now that white collar jobs are not in place, there would be need for us to develop the sports sector to help in generating employments for our youths and build their skills to be able to compete locally, nationally and internationally". Speaking about the benefits of SDF, the General Manager, Ekiti State Sports Council, Mr. Deji Samo, applauded the governor for the f

  Fẹ́mi Akínṣọlá The Nigeria Society for Criminology (NSC) has described the demise of the First Nigerian Professor of Criminology and Member Presidential Advisory Council on anti-corruption, Professor Femi Odekunle as a mondo loss to the academic community. A release signed by the Secretary, Board of Trustees of NSC, Professor Hawau Evelyn Yusuf decribed the foremost criminologist as a fearless, upright and exemplary scholar whose influence in the field traverses continents of the world. Until his death Professor Odekunle was the Chairman Board of Trustees of Nigeria Society for Criminology. “With a heavy heart but with total submission to God almighty I announce the passing of Prof Femi Odekunle (1st Professor of Criminology in Nigeria and the Chairman BOT of NSC) which sad event occurred this evening. May his soul rest in peace. Our sincere condolence to us all”, the statement reads. Reacting to his death former Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan Professor Adeyinka Abide

  Dapo Ojora, a socialite and one of the sons of boardroom guru, Otunba Adekunle Ojora and his wife, Erelu Ojuolape Ojora is dead. According to sources, Dapo, a polo buff reportedly shot himself in the head Friday evening. Dapo’s strange death came as a rude shock to many who could not fathom the reason he would take his own life in such a gruesome manner. Couple of years back, Dapo mysteriously escaped death via a ghastly power bike accident, which forced him to beat a retreat from the public space. However, there are indications that his alleged suicide may not be unconnected to his marital woes with wife, Patricia, a trained lawyer and an entrepreneur. Their much celebrated marriage began having hiccups a few years ago and both decided to go their separate ways for undisclosed reasons. It was gathered that his marital woes was a huge blow to him especially because of the love he shared with his estranged wife, Patricia. Dapo was said to have tried to put up a brave face, but the sep

  Journalism as a profession is as old as human being. God used communication to create world and her existence together with the inhabitants. Though, it becomes more professional when the operations became more advanced till the present moment when one can decide to be at the comfort of his home to some extent and put up professional touch to make up news to the society.  Journalism  according to Merriam Webster's dictionary is "the activity or job of collecting, writing, and editing news stories for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio. It is also the collection and editing of news for presentation through the media" and it was first used in the year 1791.  Journalism is a tried and true source of getting accquainted with recent happenings all over the world.  In a world where things are constantly evolving and several other professions seem to be falling apart and not adapting to the new system of science and technology, journalism seems to be greatly helped. Th

  Some suspected killers of the traditional ruler of Ifon in Ose local government, Oba Israel Adegoke Adeusi, the Olufon of Ifon, have been arrested by Amotekun Corps and other security agents. Identity of the suspects was yet to be made public because of the ongoing investigation into the killing. They were arrested by a combine team of security operatives that stormed Elegbaka forest after the killing of the monarch. Oba Adeusi was killed last Thursday by suspected kidnappers between Elegbeka and Ifon while returning from a meeting in Akure. The Commander of the Ondo Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who disclosed this in Akure while parading the suspects, said four kidnapped victims were rescued during the search for killers of Oba Adeusi. Chief Adeleye said the arrested suspects were undergoing interrogations. Adeleye who debunked insinuations that his men were not in the bush said surveillance has been mounted at the farm of Chief Olu Fa

  The girl child's day  is usually celebrated November 25th of every year. It is often accompanied with an orange wear . This year event in Ekiti State was massively supported by the  State government and was referred to as "16 Days Global AC Against Gender Based Violence". One of the foremost proponents of girl child right is the wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi who has always been in support of the girl child and always doing everything to make sure the girl child is safe and secured in this unsecured environment of ours. Erelu Bisi Fayemi took to the podium to affirm that women and girl child needed special care and attention as against daily assault that commonly adorn the pages of our national dailies.  She urged stakeholders to support government drive in the protection and promotion of rights of women and girls to guarantee a better society. Also ,in order to further demonstrate the seriousness the state government have in the girl child right projec

  The National Library of Nigeria has on Wednesday 2nd December, 2020 commenced operations to provide library services in Ekiti State as part of fulfilling the mandate of the Organization to establish a Branch in each of the State Capital of the Federation. Handing over the temporary building on behalf of Ekiti state government, the Director State Library Board Mrs Adeyeye Yemisi expressed gladness for having services of the National Library of Nigeria in Ekiti state. She stated that very soon a plot of Land would also be donated to the National Library for the construction of a permanent and prototype structure, she noted that it was long over due for Ekiti state to have services of the National Library of Nigeria, she added that many a times Students and Researchers do visit the state library demanding for international standard book number (ISBN)  and  international standard serial  numbers (ISSN), she said to obtain these numbers from the National Library has been very difficult fo