The management of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has refuted allegations of gross misconduct leveled against the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Kayode Soremekun. The University said the sponsors of the damaging report are hurting because the University is achieving growth, progress and development since it begun academic activities in the last […]
Alleged Sex for Grade: FUOYE student gets justice …as University panel discloses it’s report
Dr. Wole Balogun SA Media to VC A female student of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Miss. Ramota Olahanloye, who alleged that a lecturer of the University, Dr. Anthony Agbegbedia, had made sexual advances to her to which she declined leading to his allegedly failing her in two courses of her final year, has received […]
50 inmates regain freedom in Ado-Ekiti prison
Ekiti State Acting Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye today paid an official visit to the Federal Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti. The Chief Judge who was conducted round the facility by the Deputy Comptroller of Correctional represented by Mr. Adeyemi Olapade commended the officers for maintaining clean environment as well as their efforts in keeping the […]
Aiyedatiwa/Adelami victory, a win for all and sundry – Irepodun LCDA chair
The Chairman, Irepodun Local Council Development Area, Hon. Gbenro Akintolayo, on Monday described the victory of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa alongside with his Deputy, Dr Olayide Adelami, on Saturday gubernatorial election as a victory for the entire people of Ondo State. Akintolayo, who was the Coordinator, Aiyedatiwa/Adelami campaign organisation, Odigbo local government chapter, said the victory […]
PS CHARGES LG STAFF ON DILLIGEGENCE
Local Government staff have been charged to be diligent and outstanding to attract commendations while in active service and after retirement. The Permanent Secretary, Local Government Service Commission, Mrs Titilayo Toba-Ojo gave the charge at the signing out/pen down and retirement ceremony organised for the retiring Executive Secretary /Zonal Inspector(ES/ZI) Alhaji Ganiyu Bello. Mrs Toba-Ojo, […]
HAM Volunteer group congratulates Aiyedatiwa/Adelami over election victory
The Honourable Abiola Makinde (HAM) volunteer group has congratulated the Governor-elect, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa and his Deputy Dr Olayide Adelami over their victory on Saturday gubernatorial election in Ondo State. Governor Aiyedatiwa, who was the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16, 2024 Ondo governorship election, was declared winner by […]
Congregation poll: FUOYE staff unions hail Fasina over free, fair election
By Dr. Wole Balogun S.A Media to VC Staff unions of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), have eulogized the progressive minded Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, for allowing a level playing ground for all contestants at the Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Congregation poll where the staff members freely elected their representatives at the University […]
FUOYE matriculates 8,737 students, as VC warns against cultism, examination mal-practises
By Dr. Wole Balogun S.A Media to VC The Vice-chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Abayomi Fasina has warned 8,737 fresh students of the University to eschew all acts of cultism on campus even as they become bonafide students of the University through the matriculation ceremony today, November 14, 2024. He declared that […]
Funmi Ogun challenges Oyebanji over alleged N8bn extra-budgetary spending on Ekiti airport
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Mrs Funmilayo Ogun, has challenged Governor Biodun Oyebanji to explain to Ekiti citizens his position on the allegation that he has spent over N8 billion excess fund outside approval on the ongoing Ekiti State International Agro Allied Airport. Ogun who is also the immediate […]
Certificate Forgery: Court Adjourns Alararomi of Ekiti’s Trial to January 2025
A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Akure has proposed the forgery trial of Oba Babalola Adebomi, the Alararomi of Araromi-Ekiti, to January 28, 2025. The embattled monarch is currently facing a two-count charge of certificate forgery, allegedly presented a fake University of Ibadan degree and a forged NYSC discharge certificate […]
AIYEDATIWA APPOINTS OSEMAWE AS CHANCELLOR UNIMED
The Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the appointment of the Osemawe and Paramount Ruler of Ondo Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba Dr. Victor Adesimbo Kiladejo, Jilo III, as the Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo (UNIMED). The appointment, which takes immediate effect, is one of the measures being […]
Acting Chief of Army Staff visits late General Lagbaja’s family, signs condolence registrar
By Our Reporter The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede has paid a condolence visit to Mrs Mariya Lagbaja and other family members of the late Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, at the Flag Staff House Barracks, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Lagbaja who was until his death was the Nigeria’s […]
Ekiti NSCDC seizes 500kg of cannabis sativa, discovers ten hectares plantation
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ekiti State Command has seized about 500 kilogrammes of weeds suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The command disclosed that it has uncovered over ten hectares of the cannabis plantation along Ilawe/Ikere and Igbara-Odo axis of the state and spread to neighbouring town. He said the […]
The glitz and the excite moments of the bi-annual 2024 Okemesi day celebration
The 2024 edition of the biannual Okemesi day celebration has come and gone, but the memory of the fiesta will continue to linger forever in the minds of the indegenes and those that attended the historical event, considering the communal love that characyerised the ceremony. Okemesi-Ekiti, an ancient boarder town located in Ekiti West Local […]
BOUESTI pensioners laments 31 years old unpaid gratuities arrears, urges Oyebanji intervention
Pensioners under the aegis of Association, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, BOUESTI, in Ekiti State has lamented over 41-year-old unpaid gratuities and arrears to their members. The pensioners also called on the Governor of the State Mr Biodun Oyebanji as a matter of urgency and intervene into the matter by mandating […]
Oyebanji attributes leadership style to Mother’s lessons in humility, love
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has attributed his approach to leadership to the virtues of humility, contentment, and love that his late Mother instilled in him, stressing that her emphasis on simplicity and service has been a major influence in his life and career. Governor Oyebanji, who disclosed this on Friday at Ikogosi Ekiti, […]
End Bad Governance: Yoruba group condemns unjust detention, prosecution of minors
A pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Defense for Yoruba People’s Right (DYPR) has strongly condemned what it called unjust and unlawful detention and prosecution of about 28 minors, aged between 12-15, on treason charges by the Federal Government. The group also called on the President Bola Tinubu to immediately call for the unconditional release of the […]
AFA Child Care Advocacy Foundation Condemns Unjust Detention and Prosecution of Minors
The AFA Child Care Advocacy Foundation, a leading advocate for children’s rights and welfare, has strongly condemned what it called the unjust detention and prosecution of 28 minors, aged 12-15, on treason charges. In a statement by its Digital Secretary Ayorinde Adetula, on behalf of the Founder/Convener Mr Adeyosoye Feyisola Adeniyi, said the disturbing incident […]
Ekiti Assembly, Canada’s Trip and Needless Public Diatribes
By Dr. Adeola Arifayan In the last few days, the social media have been awashed with needless and misdirected diatribes against the Ekiti State House of Assembly. The proponents were scurrilous and desperate. Their tantrums were hurled from known and unknown opposition enclaves. Some, from attention seeking social media goons against the lawmakers over […]
Recruit more hands, procure more equipments in BSES, Ekiti NUJ urges EKSG
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ekiti State Council, has urged the Ekiti State Government to embark on the recruitment of more staff and procurement of state-of-the-art equipments for the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State, BSES. The union say the move would not only ensure more efficient performance of the state-owned broadcast station, but will […]