Taofeek Sirdiq Ekiti State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of 14 suspected drug dealer. The suspects were said to have apprehended by the operatives  of the command in Atikankan area of Ado-Ekiti for allegedly engaging in illegal drug dealing and usage. Giving details analysis of how the […]

Taofeek Surdiq Tragedy strucked in  Oda road, Akure, the Ondo State capital following the death of a 54-year-old  Civil Servant, Mrs Funmilayo Adelayi who was stabbed to death by  her 17-year-old adopted child. The lifeless body of the late Ondo Civil Servant was discovered in her home in Oda town, in the suburb of Akure, […]

Taofeek Surdiq The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Iliyasu Garba and Joseph Ude before Justice K.O. Ogundare of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for offences bordering on counterfeiting and possession of counterfeit currency. They were arraigned alongside […]

By Editor Respite at the weekend came to the family of the late driver of the Apostolic Faith  Group of School, Emure-Ekiti,  following the discovery of the decomposed body of the late driver of the school bus The late driver whose name was given as Taiwo Adebayo, was kidnapped with the pupils and teachers of […]

  By Editor A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)  Emmanuel Orekoya, has been drafted  before an Ikeja Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for allegedly raping and impregnating his 17- year-old daughter. The cleric is facing two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and sexual assault preferred against him by […]

By Editor Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) Ekiti State Leasing Office, has confirmed the arrest of two persons over their involvement in buying and selling of a three months old baby in Ilupeju -Ekiti, Oye local government area of the State. The  Head of NAPTIP Ekiti Liason […]

By Editor Suspected gunmen on Wednesday attacked and killed the traditional ruler of the Elepe, Ohi-Ogidi, in Ijumu local government area of Kogi State, Oba Ojo Olayinka. The traditional ruler was working  on his farmland when he was murdered by yet to be identified gunmen numbering about four. It was learnt that the corpse of […]

A First Class Traditional Ruler in Ekiti State and Elemure of Emure Ekiti, Oba Emmanuel Adebayo, has commended Governor Biodun Oyebanji for being diligent in securing the release of pupils and teachers of The Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School, abducted by gunmen in his kingdom last week Monday. The Monarch praised Oyebanji for instantly […]

By Editor Sspected gunmen numbering about six on Thursday invaded the palace of Onikoro of Koro town, Oba Segun Aremu-Cole in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State, killing the traditional ruler before abducting his wife to unknown destination. This development is coming just few days after gunmen killed two traditional rulers in Ekiti State. […]

By: Ewatomilola Emiola-Owoeye The time is ripe again for them to exhibit their practised and obligatory speeches of condolences, stage the script of soberness and mourn more than the bereaved. The emotion-laden speeches by our government and legislators, obviously bereft of concrete and implicit remedy, would also get needless airplay while the magic bullet meant […]

Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers on Wednesday made a fresh demand on the recent killings of two of their members. In a communique issue at the end of the meeting between the Governor and Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers on the State of Insecurity in Ekiti State on January 31, 2024. The Communique […]

Pandemonium broke out on Monday in Emure-Ekiti, headquarters of Emure local government of Ekiti State following the abduction of unspecified numbers of pupils in one of the private Nursery and Primary Schools in the area. Six pupils of a private school in Emure-Ekiti, three teachers and the bus driver were abducted while returning to Eporo- […]

Pandemonium broke out on Monday in Emure-Ekiti, headquarters of Emure local government of Ekiti State following the abduction of unspecified numbers of pupils in one of the private Nursery and Primary  Schools in the area. Six pupils of a private school in Emure-Ekiti, three teachers and the bus driver were abducted while returning to Eporo- […]

Tragedy  strucked on Monday in Ekiti State following the death of two prominent traditional ruler in the State who were said to have shut dead by yet to be identified gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. The sad incident which has thrown the entire state into serious mourning occured along Oke-Ako/ Ipao-Ekiti axis in Ajoni […]

Akinjagunla area of Ondo town, was on Sunday thrown into confusion following the death of a middle-aged man who was said to have slumped and  died after allegedly involved in a sex romp with a woman friend in a popular  hotel located in the street.  It was gathered that the deceased said to be a […]

  Taofeek Surdiq The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has directed security agencies in the state to fish out the perpetrators of Wednesday’s bank robbery in Ikere- Ekiti and bring them to book. The Governor who described the armed robbery incidence, which claimed three lives, as senseless and disheartening, said no stoned would […]