London, April 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Ekiti State government has received a major international support for its agriculture and rural development programme courtesy of the World Bank’ Joyous Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode whoFayemi who disclosed this on Sunday at his Isan Ekiti country home said the programme, an initiative called Rural Access and Marketing Programme ...

London, March 28, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has dismissed a petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ekiti State governorship election, Olusola Kolapo, challenging the emergence of Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election. A three-member panel of the ...

By RAZAQ BAMIDELE London, March 18, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ekiti State Government in the western zone of Nigeria Monday announced new measures aimed at curbing sexual violence, especially child defilement and rape in the state. The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Wale Fapounda at a press conference to announce the new measures disclosed that ...

London, March 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-In a bid to further position the administration for effective service delivery, the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has approved the appointment of some prominent Ekiti citizens as advisers and board members. The appointment was contained in a release by his sent to Alternativeafrica.com The appointments are as follows: ...

Rasaq Bamidele London, March 10, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Saturday said he was looking forward to a time when Nigeria would be able to conduct all her elections in one day, possibly through electronic voting. Speaking shortly after casting his vote at his country home, Isan Ekiti, the former minister said ...

London, Feb. 27, 2019 (AltAfrica)– In a bid to implement the Administration of Criminal Justice Reform in Ekiti State, the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has inaugurated an eight-man Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy. The Governor equally inaugurated a Seven-man Chieftaincy Review Commission to address the plethora of petitions, complaints and requests on chieftaincy ...

By RAZAQ BAMIDELE London, Feb. 17, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ekiti State government in the south western part of Nigeria has procured and supplied hospital equipment worth over N12 million to all its Comprehensive Health Centres across the 16 local government areas of the state. The equipment were presented by the Director of Administration and Supply in the ...

London, Feb. 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Sunday attributed his re-election as governor of the state for a second term to the grace of God, saying that brilliance and capacity could not have earned him the governorship seat. Governor Fayemi who disclosed this during a thanksgiving mass in commemoration of his ...

London, Jan. 1, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Ekiti State government has given the Onigbemo of Igbemo-Ekiti, Oba Adewumi Daramola and the Olorun of Orun-Ekiti, Oba Joshua Osalusi, a strong warning against allowing breakdown of law and order in the two neighbouring communities. Violence erupted between the two communities at the weekend over a bus-stop shed constructed by ...