The All Progressives Congress (APC), South West chapter, has congratulated Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on his election victory at the Appeal Court. The Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal had few months ago invalidated Oyetola's victory, declaring the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, as the winner. In the judgment of the Appeal Court on Thursday where the APC candidate filed an appeal, Oyetola was declared a winner by the majority judgement of three judges, upturning the lower tribunal's majority decision.  APC's spokesman in the South West, Oladapo Karounwi, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti said Oyetola deserved victory in an election considered free and fair by local and international observers that praised the Independent National Election Commission for conducting one of the best elections in Osun State during the last governorship election. He also praised the Appeal Court judges for their meticulous consid...

By Abasi Femi Oguntayo The Paramount Ruler of Okemesi Ekiti, His Royal Majesty Oba Michael Gbadebo Adedeji, the Owa Oye of Okemesi has described Okemesi as a community that can boost the Internally Generated Revenue of the State. He made this revelation while addressing newsmen yesterday Monday, May 6, 2019 at a press briefing in His Palace in Okemesi Ekiti. He thereby call on the government at all levels to utilize the tourism potentials in the town for the benefit of mankind. "Most world class events and festival have not been able to stand the test of time because they are either not sponsor's friendly or lack the contents that attract sponsorship. But this crowd-pulling Oladunwo cultural festival in Okemesi is worth celebrating because of it's uniqueness", he said. Oba Adedeji who lammented that despite its glorious past, the town had not attracted necessary attention from the government in terms of socio-economic development,  mentioned that, the sit...

A delegation of members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly  will from 27  April – 3 May  2019 visit South Africa as part of their capacity development programme. According to the leader of delegation, the Speaker of the House, Right Honorable Adeniran  Alagbada, “We are pleased to have the opportunity to visit South Africa,  a country where Nigeria has a strong bilateral relationship. Nigeria has a  deep-rooted and broad-ranging partnership with South Africa  particularly in the areas of growing people-to-people ties, trade and investment, development and security cooperation.” He said that it was in furtherance of this relationship that the Ekiti State House of Assembly signed a Memorandum of Understanding  with the Guateng Legislature during the first tenure of the Fayemi Administration in 2013. Through this visit, the Ekiti State parliamentary delegation will gain a greater appreciation of the current political and economic issues ...

Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has won the 2018 Zik Leadership Prize for humanitarian Leadership. This was disclosed by the organisers of the annual Prize in Lagos during the week. Other winners of the 2018 Zik prize in leadership as announced by the organisers, include former Ghanaian President, John Mahama, immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie- Oyegun, who won in the political leadership category. Also the Governors of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel and his Niger State counterpart, Abubakar Sanni- Bello, emerged winners in the good governance award category. The Zik Prize in Leadership Awards was instituted 25 years ago in honour of the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first President of Nigeria.  It was set up, among other things, to encourage and nurture leadership on the African Continent and in the Diaspora. Announcing the winners at a news conference in Lagos, executive Secretary of the Public Po...

By Abasi Femi Oguntayo The All Progressives Congress In the south west zone has felicitated with the governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, on his victory at the Supreme Court of Nigeria over the eligibility suit filed against him by Segun Oni. This was contained in a release by the Zonal Publicity Secretary of the APC in the South West, Oladapo Karounwi on Wednesday. According to the release, it happened during the visit of the leadership of the APC in the South West to the governor's office, led by the Zonal Chairman, Bankole Oluwajana. The leadership however celebrated the governor over his sterling performance since he assumed office about six months ago. The Zonal leaders commended the Governor for the unprecedented electoral feat achieved during the last elections as Ekiti state came first in the south west in all the elections. The Zonal executive members were impressed with the strength and stability of All Progressives' Congress (APC) in the state. ...

By Abasi Femi Oguntayo A Chieftain of the All Progressives' Congress (APC) and Special envoy to the governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi on Regional Matters, Oladapo Karonwi has been made the Zonal Publicity Secretary of the APC in South West. The announcement was contained in a release after a  ratification was made in the South West APC Zonal Executive Committee meeting held under the leadership of the National Vice Chairman/Zone, Bankole Oluwajana in Ado-Ekiti on 17th April, 2019. In his reaction to his appointment, Karounwi said, "I wish to appreciate the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and the National leader of APC in Ekiti state, Otunba Niyi Adebayo for the trust and confidence they repose in me. The Efon Alaaye born politician started his political career at the grassroot when he was elected as a Councillor in the old Ekiti West Local Government and later pioneer Vice Chairman of Efon Alaaye Local Government in 1996 when it was created. He...

Community policing, a panacea to sustaining internal security in the rural communities. By Michael Ogungbemi  We Advocate that the State Government adopts and strengthens Community Policing as a panacea for sustainable solution to internal security of our people especially living in the rural community in the country. Community policing or community-oriented  policing, is strategy of policing that focused on building ties and working closely with members of the community. Community policing is defined as involving three key components a. Developing community partnership b. Engaging in problem solving c. Implementing community policing organisational features. Community-oriented policing involves officers and men of the Nigerian police partnering with  their communities security system (village hunters, night watchmen and vigilantee's in a strategic policing tactics and best method on 1. Information gathering (volunteer information on  suspicious c...