Ekiti State News Bulletin

Ekiti State Government has officially licensed 14 Electricity Vendors as part of efforts aimed at ensuring adequate electricity generation, distribution as well as provision of electricity meters to electricity consumers in the State. Addressing electricity investors and other Stakeholders at the ceremony in Ado-Ekiti, the State Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Prof Mobolaji Aluko said that the Ekiti State.. Read more

Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Ebenezer Boluwade, has warned pig farmers to beware of the African Swine fever that could cause an increase in the mortality rate of pigs and adversely affect their piggery farms. The Commissioner who gave the warning in an advisory made available to farmers and stakeholders in Ado-Ekiti charged farmers to take.. Read more

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has called on the citizens of his native town, Ikogosi Ekiti, at home and in the diaspora to embrace cooperation and peace as essential tools for meaningful and sustainable development of the community. Governor Oyebanji, who made the call at Ikogosi Ekiti on Friday night during an interactive session with leaders of the community.. Read more

The Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission has suspended the Principal of Ekiti Baptist High School, Igede Ekiti, Mrs Veronica Yemisi Ilesanmi indefinitely for unauthorized release of the school’s playing ground for a social engagement. A release from the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Mr Michael Boluwade made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, said the principal was sanctioned.. Read more

Ekiti State Government has warned that anybody apprehended engaging in unauthorized activities and encroachment of any of the tourist sites in the State will henceforth be prosecuted in accordance with the State’s tourism law. The State Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun, in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, raised alarm over reports of “unlawful activities.. Read more

The Special Adviser to the Ekiti State Governor on Social Investment Programmes (SIP), Hon. Yemisi Ayokunle has stressed the commitment of the Oyebanji Administration to Programmes and policies that will further alleviate poverty and reduce economic inequality in the State. Hon Ayokunle who made the assertion in Ado-Ekiti while featuring on Ekiti Loni/Ekiti Today, a live audience participation programme on.. Read more