Ekiti

Amaechi, NAMA bicker over aircraft grounding

by Isi Esene There are conflicting reports regarding the grounding of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s Bombardier aircraft at the Akure Airport on Friday. Amaechi was said to have been delayed for about two hours while trying to make his return trip back to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital after attending the burial of the Ekiti... Read More

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On lockdown: Governor Amaechi stranded at Akure airport

by Isi Esene Governor Rotimi Amaechi was on Friday stranded at the Akure Airport after attending the burial of the Ekiti Deputy Governor, Olufunmilayo Olayinka who recently died of cancer. Reports say Amaechi’s Bombardier Jet was prevented from leaving Akure, the Ondo state capital on the orders of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). No... Read More

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Akintunde Oyebode: A weekend at Ikogosi (Y! FrontPage)

As Maya Angelou said, “a bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” The words of Rosalynn Carter echoed in my head as... Read More

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How Osun deputy governor disguised to pray with Ekiti’s Funmi Olayinka few hours before her death

Reports say the Osun state deputy governor, Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori visited and prayed with the late Ekiti state deputy governor, Olufunmilayo Olayinka a few hours before she gave up the ghost. Laoye-Tomori was said to have disguised herself and went to the hospital without her security detail to pray with late Olayinka with some of... Read More

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Abubakar Usman: Governor Amaechi and his false impression of a revolution

by Abubakar Usman If we are pushed to the wall, we shall revolt and that revolution shall consume them all. If you have ever wondered why our so called leaders treat us with so much disdain and neglect, the statement credited to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of River state at a public function recently should give... Read More

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Michael Orodare: #TFASymposium – Time for change is now (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare To prove that we are not cowards like Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state has described us, more of our strengths should be vested into inculcating and educating fellow youths… There is no better time to start the discussion and movement on how we want the 2015 elections to be than now.... Read More

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Ife Adebayo: Nigeria – 2015 and youth participation (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber – Plato I’ll start today’s article with two quotes, the first by Winston Churchill “Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once,... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: #TFASymposium thoughts – Our common debt and Nigeria (Y! FrontPage)

I believe without an iota of doubt that the young people present at The Future Awards Symposium are enough to change the destiny of this country in its entirety; politics, economy, socio-cultural and all. There are people who will be justified if they don’t care what happens to Nigeria, they will not be breaking any... Read More

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Photo of the Day: Are all Nigerian businessmen corrupt? Govs. Amaechi and Fayemi answer Tonye Cole

by Isi Esene No, the question wasn’t, “Who wants Ice-cream.” This photo shows what happened at The Future Awards Symposium in Ekiti when businessman, and Managing Director of Sahara Energy, Tonye Cole, asked the audience to indicate by a show of hands if they believe businessman (like him) are corrupt. Many people raised their hands... Read More

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Opinion: What I could not tell the Minister at the The Future Awards Symposium in Ekiti

by Kingsley Iweka “By 2030, boys will become men, ideas will become industries; yet seeds not sown will not yield harvest.” It is hard to convince the common Nigerian that we are a great nation, harder even to prove that we are headed for greatness. But does that mean we are not great, or not... Read More

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“Wrong information sounds more sexy” – Ngozi Okonjo-Iwela speaks at The Future Awards Symposium

by Isi Esene The second day of the Future Awards Symposium which took place on April 7 at the Ikogosi Warm Springs, Ekiti state was an opportunity for constructive discussion. The panel which featured several discussants including Salihu Tanko Yakasai and Dada Olusegun of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC); Atom Lim; Ife Adebayo a... Read More

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You are all cowards, me too – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Rewriting the history books is what #DSPAlams is doing now, and getting people to believe his side of the story. The Rivers state governor is a very interesting character. Like I said in an earlier newsletter, he is funny, and he proved it again last Saturday when he stood in front of... Read More

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Forget it! “Nigerians are not ready for a revolution” – Rotimi Amaechi

by Isi Esene The Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has expressed his doubts that a bloody revolution can happen in Nigeria. Amaechi who was speaking on Saturday in Ekiti at The Future Awards Symposium which took place at the Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort said the only thing that we can hope for are reforms, not... Read More

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“Kayode, where is Funmi… your deputy?” – Olayinka’s mother asks Fayemi

by Isi Esene The governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi could not control his emotions yesterday when he and his wife, Bisi visited the family of the late deputy governor of the state, Funmilayo Olayinka at the Isato area of Ado Ekiti. The deputy governor’s parents, Festus Famuagun, and her wife, Grace, were still... Read More

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Ekiti deputy governor, Funmilayo Olayinka dies of cancer at 52

There are reports that the Ekiti state deputy governor, Funmilayo Olayinka has died in a Lagos medical facility. Olayinka who ran for office alongside Gov. Kayode Fayemi on the platform of the ACN resigned from Eco Bank Plc to join politics, before Eco Bank, she was head of External Affairs, UBA Plc. The 52-year-old deputy... Read More

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Michael Orodare: Between Alamieyeseigha and NANS president (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare It’s so unfortunate that NANS today has degenerated to a state where its annual convention can pass for nothing else but a political party convention, with unimaginable acts which student unionism should not be identified with and lack of vision for the students interest. I never expected so much outrage on the... Read More

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Just terrible: Policemen tied my son’s hands to his back, tortured, and shot him dead – Grieving mother

From when he cried into the world about 28 years ago, till he took his final breath just two weeks ago, Seyi Fasere lived a hard life full of struggles and unfulfilled aspirations. He was born into the poor family of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fasere of Ilupeju Ekiti, Ekiti State but he determined to... Read More

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N2.02 billion: Ekiti awards contract for 2nd phase of new governor’s office

The Ekiti State Government has awarded the construction of the second phase of the new Governor’s Office for N2.02bn. The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Tayo Ekundayo, said this in an interview with journalists in Ado Ekiti on Friday. The commissioner explained that the contract was approved during the State Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. He... Read More

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Opinion: The progress in West Africa is visible, but uneven

From The Economist The day that Nigeria works properly, the battle for Africa’s future will have been won. Leaving the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan, at 7am, you run straight into what is known as the civil-servant rush hour. The president has decreed that administrators must be at their desks by 7.30am, and most are. A... Read More

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N5 million largesse: “He has no right…” – Church members threaten to sue bishop

by Isi Esene Some members of the St. Paul Millennium Church, Odo Owa Ekiti, yesterday threatened to sue Bishop of Ekiti West Anglican Diocese, Most Rev. Oludare Oke over the N5m largesse donated to the church by the Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi. The members are upset with the Bishop for demoting the Vicar who... Read More

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February 10, 2013

Cold: Ekiti hospital detains woman and her twins for 45 days over N100,000

An indigent mother of a newly born set of twins, Mrs. Toyin Adebayo, was detained by the management of a private hospital in Ado Ekiti for 45 days after failing to offset the hospital bill for a Caesarean section. Our correspondent gathered on Friday that the woman was rushed to the hospital on December 23... Read More

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January 17, 2013

Michael Orodare: Why Fayemi will surely lose an Ekiti re-election (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare Fayemi has failed the teachers, the entire state workforce, the students and even the artisans, so who else is left in the state to give him the votes he needs for his second term ambition. I am not a prophet. I didn’t write this to proclaim what God has not told me,... Read More

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January 17, 2013

Justice: Man sentenced to death by hanging for raping and killing grandma

A High Court in Ekiti State has condemned a 27-year-old man to death by hanging for raping and killing a 63-year-old woman. The accused person, Mr. Emmanuel Tometin, who hails from Ekore Village in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, was reported to have raped and killed Mrs. Ikubolaje on August 17, 2006... Read More

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December 30, 2012

Tunde Fagbenle: Setting the record straight on Ekiti

by Tunde Fagbenle Last week’s column on my visit to Ekiti State and the good job Governor Kayode Fayemi is doing raised a few eyebrows and drew the ire of one professor aburoof mine abroad, who was virulent in his attack. But the good thing is that an overwhelming majority of readers shared my views... Read More

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December 23, 2012

Tunde Fagbenle: Something is happening in Ekiti – for real!

by Tunde Fagbenle I think what stands Fayemi in good stead are his frugality, integrity, intellectual base, and his vast international connections and credibility, all of which have been deployed in the race to making Ekiti a positive example in Nigeria, nay Africa. Something is happening in Ekiti State that needs to be told. And... Read More

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December 20, 2012

15 polytechnic students arrested for armed robbery

by Akan Ido The Ekiti State police command have announced the arrest of 15 students of a polytechnic in Kwara State for armed robbery. According to the police spokesman, Victor Babayemi, the students allegedly attacked two filling stations in Otun-Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area and dispossessed the attendants of the sales proceeds for that... Read More

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December 11, 2012

My husband is coming back as governor in 2014 – Fayose’s wife

Wife of a former governor of Ekiti State, Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose, on Monday predicted that her husband, Ayo, would return to the Ekiti State Government House as the elected governor in 2014. The former governor’s wife said this in Ado-Ekiti during a meeting she had with the women wing of the Peoples Democratic Party in... Read More

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December 10, 2012

Police arrest couple for dumping day-old-baby in the bush

by Isi Esene A couple in Ekiti State, Dada Ojo, and his wife, Adejoke, were on Friday arrested for allegedly dumping their new born baby in the bush. Adejoke, 26, was said to have delivered the baby at home on Wednesday without any medical assistance because she could not afford hospital bills. She reportedly dumped... Read More

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