Fountain Newsbreaker A 35-year-old woman, Sukurat Olajoke, was arrested on Saturday at about 8:30 p.m. by men of the Ogun State police command for killing her own one-month-old baby, and dumping the corpse in the Ogun River. Policemen attached to the Enugada Divisional Headquarters, Abeokuta, who were on routine patrol with the Divisional Police Officer, Baba Hamzat, had seen the woman throwing something suspicious into the river. Her suspicious behaviour after throwing the object into the river attracted the policemen who quickly apprehended her for questioning. On interrogation, Olajoke, who said she lives at Agboole Alakoye area of Igbo Ora in Oyo State, confessed that what she threw into the river was the corpse of her one-month-old baby, whom she killed out of frustration.   The DPO later engaged the service of local divers, who helped in recovering the corpse of the child, which was later deposited at the General Hospital mortuary.   According to her, the man who is responsible f

Fountain Newsbreaker  In pursuit of justice for, Miss Olajide Omolola, the unmarried police woman dismissed by the Nigeria Police Force for being pregnant in Ekiti recently, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Wale Fapohunda  personally attended court in his full legal regalia to appear before the judge. The Federal High Court, sitting at Ado Ekiti today, adjourned the matter till 14th of April, 202.    The Ekiti State Attorney-General, Olawale Fapohunda had instituted a  suit against the Inspector General of Police seeking an order of court declaring Section 127 of the Police Act and Regulations which provides for the discharge from the Police Force, women Police officers who become pregnant while unmarried unconstitutional. The suit is also seeking an order nullifying Section 127 of the Police Act and Regulations as well as an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police, the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police and the Police Service Comm

Fountain Newsbreaker In a swift reaction to the criticism trailing the speech reportedly made by one of his Special Advisers, Mr Makinde Araoye, over the age limit for presidential aspirants in 2023, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has described the comment as the latter's personal opinion. Mr Araoye is the Ekiti State Liaison Officer for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (in the rank of a Special Adviser) and was reported in the in the Blueprint Newspaper of March 26, 2021 edition, which is also being circulated across social media  with the headline; “No Room for Presidential Aspirant above 60 years- Fayemi”.   The governor in a press release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, disowned the news credited to the Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Mr. Araoye, was reported to have made the statement during a National Youth Summit and Conference organised by the Nigerian Youth Congress (NYC) in Abuja

The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Funminiyi Afuye has expressed shock about the death of the first republic minister, Dr Bode Olowoporoku.  The speaker, in a release signed by his Special Adviser on media, Akogun Tai Oguntayo, described the late Ilawe Ekiti born politician as a prominent leader of Ekiti,  nay Nigeria,  who played his role in his own way while alive. "Apart from being highly cerebral, Dr Olowoporoku was also an astute politician who contributed immensely to the creation of Ekiti State," the Speaker said. The Speaker extolled the virtues of Olowoporoku whom he described as a bold and a man of his conviction. He pursued his beliefs with doggedness and focus.  The Speaker prayed to God to grant the family of Olowoporoku and indeed the entire Ekiti, the fortitude to bear the loss.

The Governor of Ondo State and Chairman, South West Governors Forum, Arakurin Rotimi Akeredolu SAN has constituted a high-level committee from the South West Zone to review the Constitution of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The Committee which is to be chaired by Olawale Fapohunda, the Attorney General of Ekiti State comprises all the Attorneys-General, Chiefs of Staff and APC Chairpersons of Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti States. The Committee is expected to harmonize the various positions of the five south-west APC States with a view to presenting  a common position on the ongoing APC constitutional review process. It would be recalled that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced the process of reviewing its constitution ahead of the 2023 general elections.  The APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee had last week Tuesday inaugurated the party’s eight-person Committee to coordinate the party’s nationwide constitutional review process.

Gani Salau Against the backdrop of protracted insecurity in the country, the immediate past Chairman of All Progressive Congress, APC in Ekiti state, Chief Jide Awe has declared his party, the ruling party as being incapable of solving Nigeria's problem. Awe made this known today on a popular interactive program, Button Line on Cruise FM, 92.7, Ikere Ekiti over the spate of insecurity in Nigeria. He opined that Nigeria as a country presently "is unsafe to live in due to the incessant and unchecked attack of the bandits and Fulani herdsmen in the country". The APC stalwart condemned the incessant attack by the Fulani herdsmen on harmless Nigerians as unacceptable and concluded that no one was safe in this country in as much as a sitting Governor could be attacked.  Speaking on the attack on Benue state Governor, Samuel Otom over the weekend, the politician quoted the late Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo; "a community where dog killed a tigger and made away with

The Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon. Funminiyi Afuye has admonished members of   Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, (PASAN) Ekiti State Chapter to be gentle in their agitation for the implementation of financial autonomy in the legislative arm of government. Afuye in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akogun Tai Oguntayo, appealed to the leadership of the legislative staff to shelve the indefinite strike embarked upon by its members in the interest of all, stating that there is ongoing engagement  between the Conference of State Speakers, the Governors' Forum and other Stakeholders towards the resolution of the issues. PASAN should allow the process to be complete before taking position.  The Speaker, while expressing solidarity with the workers, stressed the importance of a continuous engagement with government. "No matter how good the workers' demands may be, without tact and mutual understanding, nothing can be achieved," He

By Gani Salau Editor, Fountain Newsbreaker The governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has created an inter-ministerial committee headed by the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Mr Wale Fapohunda to submit implementation plan in 3 months for the creation of the Local Council Development Authority in the State. While making the announcement today in Ado-Ekiti, the Governor stated that, “Our continued quest to meet the yearnings of our people and desire to fulfil our electoral promises informed the decision to revisit the creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from the existing Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the State. “To achieve this in concrete terms, I am today announcing the establishment of an Inter Ministerial Committee to oversee the implementation of this process.” The inter-ministerial committee which is to be chaired by the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda has tge following embers: Akintunde Oyebode, Honoura

              An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court Sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered the remand of the three suspected persons arrested in connection with violence and murder of some indigenes of Omuo-Ekiti during the By-election held on Saturday in Ekiti East State Assembly.  The three persons while at the court pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder slammed on them by the state government.  The Accused persons who were arrested and arraigned at an Ekiti State chief magistrate Court -2, sitting in Ado-Ekiti on three counts charge of conspiracy, attempted murder and murder were; Sola Adenijo, Paul Folorunsho, Adebayo Sherifat.  The case brought by police before the court was supported by an Affidavit of eight paragraphs deposed to by ASP Adio Ayuba who is in-charge of homicide section of the Nigeria Police State CIID Ado Ekiti. The Charge Sheet made available to Africannewshub marked MAD/63FK/2021 explained that the there are reasonable grounds that the defendants committed the off

The Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has vehemently denied that it ever made any allegation purporting that the Rector, Dr. Dayo Oladebeye invested One billion naira staff salary in Bitcoin. The ASUP rebuttal of the allegation which had gone viral on media platforms, came at the wake of peace meeting brokered by the paramount ruler of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, _Aladesanmi 111_ and members of the Ewi-in- Council with the Management of the Polytechnic and the local ASUP Executive. The Union, in a letter addressed to the Rector titled, "RE: ONE (1) BILLION NAIRA BITCOIN INVESTMENT ALLEGATION", totally dissociated itself from the allegation, after a two-day meeting held at the palace of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti on Monday, 8th and Tuesday, 9th March, 2021and signed by its Chairman, Comrade (Dr) O. D. Olasehinde.   ASUP in its preamble in the letter, noted that, "As a result of the intervention of His Royal Majes

Gani Salau The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti, Professor Abayomi Fashina has refuted the claim in some quarters that there was sporadic shootings at the Oye Ekiti campus of the University on Monday evening. Fashina who has just taken over the administration of the University a couple of weeks ago spoke through his Special Assistant on Media,Wole Balogun in a press release made available to the press in Oye Ekiti, Ekiti state today saying  "That the alleged unfortunate sporadic shootings did not happen on the Oye Campus of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti The statement further read ,"That it happened off Campus and thus, has nothing to do with our great Citadel of Learning where peace, tranquility and stability have been witnessed ever since, courtesy of good job by our security unit in collaboration with Federal security agencies who provide adequate security on the campus and its environs, as well as good conduct by both students and staff." Fash

Gani Salau In the interest of celebrating women and to commemorate the International Women Day that is celebrated every 8th of March, the National Association of Women Journalist ,Ekiti State chapter has  called on the  government and relevant stakeholders  on the need to properly include adequate women representation  in the proposed  Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) waiting for approval before the National Assembly. This call was made today in a press release signed by the chairperson and the secretary, Alhaja Fatima Bello and Adewumi Ademiju respectively and made available to the press in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital urged the government to make sure that more capable women are adequately represented as the National Assembly begins their constitutional duties on the Petroleum Industry Bill debate. In a theme for the year 2021 celebration is “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal future in a Covid-19 world”/ "Choose To Challenge". NAWOJ stated that proper inclusion of wome

The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, has rejoiced with women in the State on the occasion of this year's International Women's Day. The Speaker, in a release signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akogun Tai Oguntayo, noted that Ekiti women in particular and Nigeria as a whole deserve to be celebrated. "Considering the vital roles of women as our daughters, sisters, wives and mothers, the United Nation has created March 8 of every year as their day and we should, indeed, celebrate them wholeheartedly," Afuye said. He noted that Ekiti State had produced many women of virtues in the past who served meritoriously in their callings to the glory of the State. Among them, according to the Speaker, were; the first female graduate Lady Jibowu and former Deputy Governor, Adunni Olayinka whose legacies can never be forgotten even though they are no more. The Speaker particularly extolled the good virtues of the wife of the Governor of Ekiti S

Gani Salau Bashir Maru,  the Deputy Chief of staff to the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle said the military has arrested the officer supplying bandits ammunition, uniform and other logistics alongside his girlfriend, following community driven-intelligence.  He said this on Friday while addressing a press conference in Damaturu, the Zamfara state capital. “The military recently arrested an army officer and his girlfriend who were engaged in assisting bandits with military uniforms and ammunition in active connivance with other saboteurs,” he said. The Deputy Chief of Staff stated that the arrest was made possible through community-driven intelligence gathering. Maru asserted, "While we (the state government) awaits the action of the military on this, we will take on this matter and make an official statement.  “The development has further proved the position of Governor Bello Mattawale that unless the fight against banditry is cleansed of bad eggs and saboteurs, we may not

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ondo State Council, has expressed delight over the appointment of one of its members, OLABODE RICHARD OLATUNDE as the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. In a Press Statement signed by the State Secretary of the Union, Prince Leke Adegbite, Ondo NUJ said Olatunde has been a diligent, Resourceful and Reliable Journalist, who also discharged  his duty with utmost commitment when he served as the Secretary of one of our Chapels (NUJ Correspondents' Chapel). We will not forget Olatunde's bold, courageous and key roles in ensuring that Governor Akeredolu enjoyed smooth media relationships and steady publicity of government's programmes on social media platforms. We are proud of your exploits as the governor's Special Assistant on New Media in the last three and half years. Ondo NUJ therefore has no doubt that with experience of Olatunde in the profession and in the present administration in the State, he will deliv