‘Immunity must be respected whether anybody likes it or not’ – Mimiko

Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko has said the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) must respect the immunity of sitting governors. The governor said section 308 of the constitution – which guarantees immunity – was put in place to allow state governors focus fully on their responsibilities and not get distracted by trials. Mimiko, the... Read More

Ayo Fayose, EFCC, immunity, Olusegun Mimiko, president buhari

June 22, 2016

Aisha Buhari deletes ‘mad dog’ tweet directed at Fayose

The President’s wife, Aisha Buhari has deleted a couple of tweets where she described Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose as a ‘mad dog’ for linking her to the bribery scandal involving U.S. Congressman, Williams Jefferson. Governor Ayodele Fayose had in statement issued on Monday alleged that the Aisha Buhari named in the scandal was President... Read More

The News Blog

Aisha buhari, Ayo Fayose, Bribery Scandal, Mad dog, Presidency, twitter., William Jeffersom

June 21, 2016

‘Fayose is an unchained mad dog’ | Has Aisha Buhari’s Twitter account been hacked?

According to the Twitter account of the President’s wife, Aisha Buhari – Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose is a ‘mad dog’ for linking her to the bribery scandal involving U.S. Congressman, Williams Jefferson. Governor Ayodele Fayose had in statement issued on Monday alleged that the Aisha Buhari named in the scandal was President Buhari’s wife. “The... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Aisha buhari, Ayo Fayose, Bribery Scandal, Ekiti State, Garba Shehu, Mad dog, Presidency, Williams Jefferson

June 21, 2016

Inibehe Effiong: The constitutional validity of freezing Fayose’s bank account

On Monday 20th June, 2016 the Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Peter Fayose, alerted the nation that his personal bank account domiciled with Zenith Bank of Nigeria Plc has been frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Fayose excoriated the anti-graft agency and the Federal Government of Nigeria for taking such “illegal”... Read More

Account, Ayo Fayose, Constitution, EFCC, frozen, law, president buhari

June 21, 2016

‘Immunity doesn’t prevent us from freezing Fayose’s account’ – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it has the liberty to freeze the accounts of any individual, including that of a state governor. The anti-graft agency made the submission to Vanguard Newspapers, while attempting to justify the freezing of the personal account of Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose. The governor had described the... Read More

The News Blog

Account, Ayo Fayose, EFCC, Ekiti Governor, freezing, Zenith bank

June 20, 2016

Buhari has frozen my personal account – Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose has alleged that his personal account in Zenith Bank has been frozen by the Federal Government. Fayose took to his Twitter account on Monday evening to blame the government of President Muhammadu Buhari for the purported embargo placed on his personal account. My personal Account of at Zenith Bank has been... Read More

Featured

Account, APC, Ayo Fayose, frozen, president buhari, twitter., Zenith bank

June 6, 2016

‘Fayose has dragged our family name in the mud’ – Brother

Oluwasegun Fayose, the eldest brother of Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, is unhappy with the way the latter has rubbished their family name. In respect to Fayose’s recent incitement of Ekiti people against Fulani herdsmen, Oluwasegun told The Nation that his brother has dragged the family name through the mud. While disagreeing with his brother’s utterances, Oluwasegun... Read More

Featured

Ayo Fayose, Ekiti, Ekiti Governor, Fulani herdsmen, leader, Oluwasegun Fayose

June 2, 2016

Opinion: Who wants our President dead?

What started as a big joke suddenly became a reality. In a desperate bid to stop the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari the heat of the 2015 presidential election, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, the Ekiti state Governor, did the unthinkable. He single-handedly placed an “obituary” of a living person on the front pages of The Punch... Read More

assassination, Ayo Fayose, Father Mbaka, NDA, Niger Delta Avengers, ogoni land, president buhari

June 2, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Travel ban on Wike, Fayose and other expensive jokes

By Jude Ndukwe When news broke out late last week that President Muhammadu Buhari had allegedly placed travel ban on two governors of the opposition party, PDP, in the persons of governors Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, an already unsettled nation became even more distressed. If the report is... Read More

Ayo Fayose, FG, nigeria, Nyesom Wike, PDP, president buhari, travel ban

May 31, 2016

Fayose’s aide resigns, says he can’t continue to ‘pretend’

Citing ‘basic developmental issues and the economic situation of Ekiti state’, the Special Assistant on Parliamentary Matters to Governor Ayodele Fayose, Samuel Ajibola, has resigned. In his letter of resignation dated May 28, Ajibola said he can no longer pretend over the issues affecting the state. “I humbly write this to formally notify you that I... Read More

The News Blog

Alexander Adeojo, Ayo Fayose, Ekiti State, PDP, resignation, Samuel Ajibola

Fayose shares his personal number on Twitter | YNaija.com

May 30, 2016

The YNaija Interview: Buhari is not yet governing Nigeria – Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose is as opinionated as he’s controversial. The man who revels in being the ‘oldest serving governor in Nigeria’ has no qualms about issuing a scathing criticism of any politician, political party or government, whenever he has to. As President Muhammadu Buhari marks one year in office, YNaija had a chat... Read More

Featured

: Hector Rene Cupich-, #TheYNaijaInterview, Ayo Fayose, Buhari, Ekiti Governor, Fulani herdsmen, government, nigeria, one year in office, president buhari, subsidy

May 29, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Buhari’s 1 year in office – An assessment

Toward the end of his inaugural address, President Muhammadu Buhari referenced Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. He said: “Our situation somehow reminds one of a passage in Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar: There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life, Is bound in shallows... Read More

Featured, More, The News Blog

Ayo Fayose, corruption, economy, Fulani herdsmen, may 28, nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar

May 28, 2016

The Explainer: Why Fayose’s war on ‘Fulani herdsmen’ is misguided

Ayodele Fayose is a man you can always trust to speak his mind. He has been one of the most vocal governors around, especially in his criticism of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, and even though he is viewed as obnoxious by many, his recent move to ban grazing by Fulani herdsmen in his state has... Read More

The News Blog

Agatu in Benue state, Ayo Fayose, Buhari, Ekiti, Fulani herdsmen, Leadership, Uzo-Uwani Local Government in Enugu State

May 24, 2016

Fayose loves attention as well as ‘beans and ponmo’ (PHOTOS)

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose is a sucker for attention, and from recent events- beans and ponmo as well. So intense is his love for ‘beans and ponmo’ that he purportedly stopped his convoy on Tuesday, while en route Oke-Ako Ekiti, to buy himself a bowl of the delicacy. Check it out. Democracy dividends, delivered.

A wanted former Governor returns to Nigeria today, Attention', Ayo Fayose, beans, Ekiti State, Governor, Ponmo

May 23, 2016

Fayose explains why he ‘betrayed’ Ali Modu Sheriff

Not too long ago, Ayo Fayose was a proponent of Ali Modu Sheriff’s candidacy for National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party – but these days, it’s a different story. While Ali-Modu Sheriff may feel betrayed by Fayose’s decision to dance to the tune of the party elders and rescind his support, the former says... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, Ayo Fayose, national chairman, north, opposition party, PDP

May 20, 2016

Chibok girls: APC says shame on Patience Jonathan

The All Progressives Congress (APC), South-East chapter, is gloating over the rescue of Amina Ali, one of the abducted Chibok school girls. The APC has in particular, ridiculed the former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan and the governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose. Spokesman of the Caucus, Osita Okechukwu, said the rescue put the pair to shame... Read More

The News Blog

abduction, APC, Ayo Fayose, Chibok girls, Patience Jonathan, rescue

May 3, 2016

‘I contributed money to buy Fayose’s campaign clothes’ – Bode George

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, says Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose is ungrateful for refusing to support his bid to become the national chairman of the party. George, a former Deputy National Chairman, also criticised Fayose for insinuating that elders in the PDP, should take a back-seat in the affairs of... Read More

Featured

Ayo Fayose, Bode George, chairmanship, PDP

April 24, 2016

Fayose responsible for fuel scarcity – APC

Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose, has been accused by the All Progressives Congress of being responsible for the fuel supply crisis in the state. A statement was released to this effect on Sunday, by Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, who said the party had ‘incontrovertible evidence’ that the governor is sabotaging the administration of President Muhammadu... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

APC, Ayo Fayose, fuel scarcity

April 19, 2016

‘Our son; Fayose is losing his senses… he needs help’ – South West APC

Spokespersons of the All Progressives Congress in the South West states have called on monarchs and royal fathers of the region to ‘fervently pray’ for Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, to regain his senses. The Publicity Secretaries of the APC said it was out of place for Fayose to write the Chinese President to reject... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

APC, Ayo Fayose, help, South West

April 18, 2016

‘Fayose is destroying himself with his mad impulses’ – Sagay

Professor Itse Sagay, a senior human rights lawyer and chairman of the Presidential Committee on Anti-Corruption, has said Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose is on a journey to destruction. In an interview with Vanguard, Sagay chastised Fayose over his letter urging the Chinese government to rescind its decision of a $2 billion loan to Nigeria.... Read More

Ayo Fayose, Itse Sagay

April 15, 2016

Photo of the day: Who exactly is Fayose ‘addressing’?

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose may be able to attract attention to his sometimes inane rants back at home but in the abroad – specifically China – he’s having to work hard for it. Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to China, the Ekiti state governor, also followed suit – by heading to Guangzhou to attend... Read More

Ayo Fayose, China

April 14, 2016

How we carried out rigging of Ekiti governorship election from ‘a hotel’ – Tope Aluko

Former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Dr. Tope Aluko, on Thursday, revealed that the plot to rig the June 21, 2014 governorship election was hatched inside a hotel – less than a week to the poll. According to Aluko, the hotel was owned by the Chief of Staff to Fayose, Chief... Read More

Ayo Fayose, Ekiti, Tope Aluko

April 13, 2016

Like Buhari, Fayose goes to China

Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose has travelled to Guangzhou, China to attend the 119th China Import and Export Fair – popularly known as the Canton Fair – which is scheduled to hold between April 14 and 19. Special Assistant to the Ekiti Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, made this known in... Read More

The News Blog

Ayo Fayose, China, president buhari

April 8, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Ayo Fayose, Tope Aluko and a weakened legal system

On the last day of January 2016, the secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Temitope Aluko regaled Nigerians with sordid revelations of how the June 2014 gubernatorial elections in the state was rigged in favour of the PDP which won the elections. His allegations also indicted former President... Read More

Featured

Ayo Fayose, Ekiti, Tope Aluko

April 4, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Of lions and warriors – The similarities between Fayose and I

People often say that my friend and brother Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state and I are giving the Buhari government a run for their money more than any other duo in the country. Though he and I come from very different backgrounds and our approach and styles, when confronting issues, are very different they... Read More

Ayo Fayose, Femi Fani-Kayode

April 4, 2016

‘He remains my boy, I am his father’ | Fayose reconciles with Tope Aluko (WATCH)

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose and the State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Tope Aluko, have reconciled. Fayose and Aluko have been involved in a public spat after the latter went on national television to accuse the former of rigging the June 2014 governorship election in Ekiti state. Aluko, apart from making damning... Read More

Ayo Fayose, Ekiti, Tope Aluko

April 1, 2016

Nigerians are suffering, yet Buhari attends a summit he knows nothing about – Fayose

Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose has called on Nigerians to implore President Muhammadu Buhari to cut back his incessant foreign trips. President Buhari is presently in the United States of America for the 4th Nuclear Security Summit. Fayose on Friday, urged the President to pay attention to the suffering of Nigerians rather than travelling... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Ayo Fayose, nuclear summit, president buhari

April 1, 2016

Why Fayose ‘regularly’ attacks Buhari – Oshiomhole’s aide

Charles Idahosa, a Political Adviser to Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday, criticised Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, over his incessant barrage of attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari. Idahosa, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, described Fayose’s nonobjective criticism as a ploy to gain public sympathy ahead of when the law would catch... Read More

Adams Oshiomhole, Ayo Fayose, Charles Idahosa, president buhari

March 31, 2016

‘Fayose is running away from his shadow… he’s a Judas’ – Tope Aluko

Dr. Tope Aluko, the Peoples Democratic Party chieftain who blew the whistle on the alleged rigging of the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State, says Governor Ayo Fayose cannot deny the allegations he’s made thus far. Aluko, the Ekiti state Secretary of the PDP, had on January 31, appeared on Channels Television, where... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

APC, Ayo Fayose, Ekiti, election, PDP, Tope Aluko

March 31, 2016

‘Chibok girls aren’t missing, it’s a political strategy’ – Ayo ‘Peter the rock’ Fayose

Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, says the abduction of over 200 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, is a ruse, which is at best, a political strategy. Fayose, while speaking on Wednesday, said he doesn’t believe that the girls were abducted in 2014 while stressing that there’s been no indication to... Read More

The News Blog

Ayo Fayose, Chibok girls, Politics

‘Immunity must be respected whether anybody likes it or not’ – Mimiko

Aisha Buhari deletes ‘mad dog’ tweet directed at Fayose

‘Fayose is an unchained mad dog’ | Has Aisha Buhari’s Twitter account been hacked?

Inibehe Effiong: The constitutional validity of freezing Fayose’s bank account

‘Immunity doesn’t prevent us from freezing Fayose’s account’ – EFCC

Buhari has frozen my personal account – Fayose

‘Fayose has dragged our family name in the mud’ – Brother

Opinion: Who wants our President dead?

Jude Ndukwe: Travel ban on Wike, Fayose and other expensive jokes

Fayose’s aide resigns, says he can’t continue to ‘pretend’

The YNaija Interview: Buhari is not yet governing Nigeria – Fayose

YNaija Editorial: Buhari’s 1 year in office – An assessment

The Explainer: Why Fayose’s war on ‘Fulani herdsmen’ is misguided

Fayose loves attention as well as ‘beans and ponmo’ (PHOTOS)

Fayose explains why he ‘betrayed’ Ali Modu Sheriff

Chibok girls: APC says shame on Patience Jonathan

‘I contributed money to buy Fayose’s campaign clothes’ – Bode George

Fayose responsible for fuel scarcity – APC

‘Our son; Fayose is losing his senses… he needs help’ – South West APC

‘Fayose is destroying himself with his mad impulses’ – Sagay

Photo of the day: Who exactly is Fayose ‘addressing’?

How we carried out rigging of Ekiti governorship election from ‘a hotel’ – Tope Aluko

Like Buhari, Fayose goes to China

YNaija Editorial: Ayo Fayose, Tope Aluko and a weakened legal system

Femi Fani-Kayode: Of lions and warriors – The similarities between Fayose and I

‘He remains my boy, I am his father’ | Fayose reconciles with Tope Aluko (WATCH)

Nigerians are suffering, yet Buhari attends a summit he knows nothing about – Fayose

Why Fayose ‘regularly’ attacks Buhari – Oshiomhole’s aide

‘Fayose is running away from his shadow… he’s a Judas’ – Tope Aluko

‘Chibok girls aren’t missing, it’s a political strategy’ – Ayo ‘Peter the rock’ Fayose

Recent Posts

Categories

Recent Comments

YNaija

Join the Newsletter