Nigerian Gazette

ADO-EKITI is an ancient city, founded in the year 1310. A.D by His Royal Majesty the Ewi Awamaro the son of Ewi Apa (Biritikolu) after the defeat of King Elesun of Ilesun or Emure Kingdom and the destruction of his Empire. Ewi was not only a King , he was also supreme military Chief -General of his army and when his kingdom became extremely larger than the Original settlement in Osunle Odo (Odo-Ado), and moved to Oke-Ibon where he settled and founded Oke-Ewi the Ado mother town, the administrative and cultural demands of his office as a paramount ruler did not allow him to go on military expedition any longer. Therefore he delegated his military position to his military second in command they were IIJC3Rlords who later became the traditional war Chiefs headed by Chief Barafon. It was the duty of each war chiefs to report his military achievements to the EWI. The arrival of each successful war-chief was embraced with joy and various traditional songs. The people of Ado-Ekiti would ...

By: Adebola Akingbade Aladesanmi-Ajimudaoro Aroloye When the several children of Oduduwa were leaving Ile-Ife to found their own territories, the Oba Ado, or Elewi as he was called then was not left out of the Princely adventure. Ancient Yoruba history tells us that the Oba of Benin and Oba Ado (Ewi) were brothers born of the same mother to Oduduwa. The two of them were reported to have left Ile-Ife for a place known today as Benin City and its vicinity to settle. But the Ewi and his people pitched their camp at a place called ORUNMODI meaning 'God-fortified round wall.' The place was said to have been a fairly level ground surrounded by low hills and was situated near the present Benin City. Once settled, the smooth cordiality that existed between the two brothers began to turn sour. Frequent clashes and bloody encounters featured prominently between the people of both brothers. When the situation became intolerable, the Ewi summoned courage and led his people out of Oru...

When the several children of Oduduwa were leaving Ile-Ife to found their own territories, the Oba Ado, or Elewi as he was called then was not left out of the Princely adventure. Ancient Yoruba history tells us that the Oba of Benin and Oba Ado (Ewi) were brothers born of the same mother to Oduduwa. The two of them were reported to have left Ile-Ife for a place known today as Benin City and its vicinity to settle. But the Ewi and his people pitched their camp at a place called ORUNMODI meaning 'God-fortified round wall.'  The place was said to have been a fairly level ground surrounded by low hills and was situated near the present Benin City. Once settled, the smooth cordiality that existed between the two brothers began to turn sour. Frequent clashes and bloody encounters featured prominently between the people of both brothers.  When the situation became intolerable, the Ewi summoned courage and led his people out of Orunmodi and Journeyed with them towards the northw...

Afenifere, a socio-political group weekend condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s style of administration saying he is behaving like a dictator. The group’s Chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti said this in Akure while assessing the President’s actions so far. “President Buhari is running a one-man show. Let him appoint his cabinet and start serious business,’’ he said. Fasoranti also added that it will be a disaster if the report of the National Confab organised by the immediate past administration is dumped by the president. According to him; ”I think the President should sit down and have a package. What people are saying is very correct that he is just picking people here and there. “He seems not to have settled down to governance yet and time is flying. “Let him constitute the cabinet and start working. As it is now, Buhari is still behaving like a military dictator. Just picking on people, he should sit down to work. He is running a one man show now. Speaking on the...

In fulfilment of his promise, Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose through the Commissioner for Agric, Kehinde Odebunmi distributed agrochemicals to cocoa farmers in Ekiti state. Some months back, Governor Fayose promised to loan cocoa farmers in Ekiti state N10m to buy agrochemicals. Today, the promise has been fulfilled, as agrochemicals worth N10m were given to cocoa farmers. In the past, lack of fund to purchase agrochemicals to treat the cocoa trees/pods was one of the major factors militating against the yields of cocoa produce, but the timely intervention of Governor Fayose has eliminated the financial impediment. Cocoa farmers from all the sixteen local government of the state converged at the Seed Processing Unit of the Ministry, Matthew street, Ado Ekiti to be part of good gesture. Promise fulfilled by the Promise keeper Fayose is working.. Ekiti is progressing.. Farmers are happy...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said despite the financial challenges facing the state government, his administration will not slow down the pace of the execution of its ongoing projects. This is just as former Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ekiti State University, Professor Fashina Abayomi Sunday, commended the governor for having the fore sight to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people. The governor gave the assurance on Saturday while inspecting work on the 11-kilometre Bawa-Irewumi-Olorunsogo-Police Headquarters Road in Ado-Ekiti. In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, the governor said the determination to impact positively on the lives of the people of the state was keeping him going in the face of enormous challenges, and also appealed to the people to be alive to their responsibilities to the government and support it. He stressed that the opening up of Ado-Ekiti metropolis with access roads would help in decong...

In response to allegations of extra-marital affairs, N78 million website and his role in the National Assembly drama, Babatunde Fashola, former governor of Lagos state has released a statement to defend himself. In his statement he explained how he adopted three more kids, the reason for spending N78 million on his website and that he did not interfere in the NASS election that brought Bukola Saraki to power. Below is his full statement: #When you wrestle with a pig, the pig gets happy and you get dirty". This statement of profound wisdom informed my silence in the wake of manipulated and unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing recently being levelled against me. They started a few weeks to the end of my tenure, and have continued till date. They range from allegations of extra marital paternity of children, to mundane and phantom conspiracy in the National Assembly, a debt profile for Lagos State and lately a website upgrade contract of N78 million, which is being distorted...

Ekiti State government has debunk claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the State got a total sum of N8.5bn from the Federation Account in June, saying that the State got a total sum of N4.1bn while the 16 Local Councils got N2.7bn. Reacting to claim by the APC, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Idowu Adelusi said lying has become the first name of the APC, urging Ekiti people to ignore them as they have always done. He said; "In June, Ekiti State got net allocation of N1,958,432,714.17 and in July, the State got a sum of N2,687,536,884.88. "The breakdown for June allocation is as follows; Gross Allocation (N1,815,552,424.75), Value Added Tax (N536,678,738.75) and Exchange Rate Gains (N171,236,640.31). "The following deductions were made from the allocation, Foreign Loan (N42,260,280.19), Contractual Obligations-ISPO (N397,196,808.00), Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (N23,120,001.44) and Bond Issuance Programme 2 (N102,458,000.01), totalling N56...

Beneficiaries of Fadama III Additional Financing have received grant that will enable them cultivate 200 hectares of Cassava produce. Presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries, the governor ably represented by his deputy Dr. Kolapo Olushola admonished the farmers to judiciously use the money for the purpose for which it was granted. He advised them not to see it as opportunity to go on spending spree with societal functions. Earlier, during his welcoming address, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon Kehinde Odebunmi encouraged other groups to quickly gather themselves together and satisfy all the necessary conditions put in place in order to benefit in the next phase of the project. Odebunmi said, "As we all know that the Third National Fadama Development Project came to a close in December 31, 2013, the success recorded led to emergence of Fadama III Additional Financing with the same objective as its parent which is to sustainably increase the income of L...

The news has been making the rounds in both the conventional and internet media that President Muhammadu Buhari is to assume the position of Minister of Petroleum when he appoints ministers next month. According to the information reportedly leaked after a meeting of the president with chieftains of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja over the impending ministerial appointments, Buhari said he would take the action as part of his move to sanitise the oil sector and rid it of corruption. Ordinarily, this should be a welcome development for several reasons. Number one is that the president’s reputation as “Mr Clean” remains intact, even among his political adversaries. Number two is that the fight against corruption, especially in the cash-cow oil sector, has been a major concern of Nigerians which Buhari promised to address during his campaigns. Number three and most importantly, is that President Buhari is a veteran in the management of the sector. He spearheaded th...

The six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives members from Ekiti State have expressed their confidence in the leadership of the Chief Idowu Faleye led State Exco of the party. The House of Representatives members, Hon Kehinde Agboola (Ekiti North I), Hon Thaddeus Aina (Ekiti North II), Hon Ayo Oladimeji (Ekiti Central I), Hon Olamide Oni (Ekiti Central II), Hon Segun Adekola (Ekiti South I)  and Hon Akin Awodumila (Ekiti South II) also commended the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose for his avowed loyalty and commitment to the party. The statement made available to journalists on Tuesday, read; "We have followed with keen interest, the anti-party activities of a few members of the State Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State and we wish to state that anyone, or group working against the Chief Idowu Faleye-led Exco in the State do not enjoy our support. "We wish to state categorically that there is no faction in Ekiti State ...

The World Bank has assured that it would support the 6-cardinal agenda of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose aimed at bettering the lives of the grassroots and the less privileged. The international development partner gave the assurance on Tuesday when Governor Fayose paid a visit to the World Bank’s office in Abuja to discuss various programmes especially Governance and Capacity Building programme supported by the Bank in Ekiti State. Presenting the agenda of his government, Governor Fayose said the over-arching objective of his administration was to empower the people of the State through employment generation for the less privileged such as the artisans, motorcyclists, and farmers among other groups of citizens. The Governor said his administration was irrevocably committed to transforming the State by creating enabling environment for rapid socio-economic development. Fayose expressed the readiness of his government to collaborate with the World Bank in order to b...

Anti Graft War: We Are Not In Military Era, Abdulsalami Peace Committee Tells Buhari Woorried by the lopsided approach to his anti corruption crusade and a determined effort to paint former President Goodluck Jonathan as extremely corrupt and his administration evil, the National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections headed by former Head of State General Abdusalami Abubakar (rtd), has reminded President Muhamadu Buhari that Nigeria is now in a democracy. The committee today met behind closed doors with the President Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Addressing State House journalists later, Bishop of Sokoto Diocese Hassan Kukah (the Arch Bishop of Sokot Diocese) said the position of the committee was that Nigeria was no longer in a military regime. It is recalled that the committee had mid-wifed the signing of the peace accord between Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan ahead of the March 28 presidential election. "It (Buhari's an...

The former Minister of Police Affairs, Dr Ibrahim Yakubu Lame has advocated for the establishment of emergency powers to the President instead of following the long process that will deter the speed action when necessary. The former Minister made the remark while fielding questions yesterday from newsmen in Bauchi where he tasked Nigerians to see the emergence of President Muhammad Buhari on the leadership of the country as necessary condition for peace, development and credible change in the polity. According to him, the leadership of President Muhammad Buhari under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in which change was yearned for by Nigerians is geared to remove institutional decay, corruption and incompetence in the system that has affected so many sectors in the country, urging President Buhari to re-establish capacity, competence and integrity in national leadership at all levels including the private sector and the public sector. He advocated for the bestowment of emergency po...

On CNN’s Amanpour Live Report it was reported that Amaechi has been stacking money in different foreign accounts. According to the statement, Amanpour’s show said “the sum of over 757 million U.S. dollars was stacked by Amaechi in a foreign U.S. Bancorp/Minnesota account.” The Integrity Group, a non-governmental organization, has sent a petition to Buhari as well as the Economic Financial Crimes Commission chairman to investigate Amaechi for the over N70 billion stolen from the Rivers State government. This amount is separate from the N21 billion which the PDP claims Amaechi transferred from the Power Assets proceeds account of Access bank to the accounts of three private companies with a 25 Trans-Amadi Road, Port Harcourt address. Well, is he the one that Buhari's camp is telling us that we will be shocked when the first looter is arrested? Amaechi is in APC which is dubbed Association of Progressive Criminals.

Members of the Senate from Ekiti State, have declared support for Idowu Faleye-led State Executive Committee of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Ekiti, calling on the National Working Committee to wade into the factional crisis in the state. The Senators, Duro Faseyi, Fatimat Raji-Rasak and ABiodun Olujimi made their position known in a joint statement made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Monday. Faleye, purportedly stepped down as Acting PDP State Chairman on May 13, following pressure from members of the State Working Committee. He later refuted claims that he resigned from his position. In a counter move, he presided over a SEC meeting on July 31, which suspended the factional Acting Chairman, Mr. Tunde Olatunde; State Secretary, Tope Aluko; Auditor, Tunji Olanrewaju; Woman Leader, Busola Oyebode and Assistant Secretary, Mr Femi Esan. The senators said, “What is happening in the state chapter of the PDP is an internal party affair which should not be seen as a crack wit...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has assured members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State that more political appointments will be made very soon. Fayose, who made this known in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Political Matters, Alhaji Ademola Bello said every interests, both political, religious, ethnic and professional will be accommodated. The governor said those that are yet to get appointment should not despair. He said "even though not everyone will get appointment, but no one will be left in the cold. "Those that we cannot accommodate in the State will be accommodated at the local government level after the Council elections."

Buhari  seeks information  on  alternative sources  to buy weapons for the refusal  of United  States  to immediately  sell weapons  to his administration Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, met with the immediate past president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, at the weekend in the Presidential Villa. A source said that the meeting between both leaders held in the night and lasted for about one hour. It was gathered  that  Buhari  invited Jonathan  to give him insight into  the ways to stabilise  the  new administration, especially  in the areas of fight against Boko Haram  and the  purchase of military hardware  from alternative  sources. Villa  sources stated that  Former President  Goodluck Jonathan  also presented  detailed information  on  the additional  weapons already  paid for by his administration,  which will arrive the country  shortly. It was gathered that after the meeting, both men parted chatting and laughing. May 29, 2015, was the last time former president, Goodluck ...

Cocoa farmers in Ekiti State have been advised to have attitudinal change towards loan repayment in order to get better soft loan packages from the government. The advice was given to the farmers by the Hon Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Kehinde Odebunmi while the association was on familiarization visit to the commissioner's office in Ado Ekiti. The cocoa farmers led by the southwest President of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria CFAN, Mr Ayodele, in company of association's chairmen across the sixteen local government of the state visited to have an acquittance with the new commissioner of the ministry. Odebunmi charged the farmers to be sincere with themselves and government, saying the inability of farmers in the state to repay loan gotten from the government is a major factor militating against the revolvement of the funds. Odebunmi also frowned at the fragmentation of Cocoa farmers' Apex body in Nigeria, saying internal bickering withi...

By Bola Agboola Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose yesterday reaffirmed his determination never to ban commercial motorcyclists from Ekiti roads. Speaking to the operators in a special meeting he had with them within the governor’s office premises yesterday, Governor Fayose said "if the remaining 35 states in Nigeria decides to ban okada, Ekiti under my watch as governor will never ban Okada riders. This was part of my promise when I was campaigning, for two reasons, we have over 5/6 thousand Okada riders in the state, we cannot provide immediate employment for them, who are mostly graduates, minimally OND holders, if you cannot provide an alternative, you must not take away the only one that is available. Yorubas say Onaa ofun, Onaa Orun(food is life). Social welfare that is done abroad is only to keep crime low because an idle hand is the devil's workshop. So for me, I will continue to keep my promises and continue to protect you and I will not take away ...

THE management of the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) yesterday disclosed that the plant would begin refining of crude oil by the end of this month. The Managing Director of KRPC, Alhaji Saidu Aliyu Mohammed made the revelation while delivering an address at the opening ceremony of the Annual Energy Correspondents Workshop in Kano organized by KRPC officials, which held under the theme — “Development Communication: An Imperative for the Oil and Gas Industry.” Mohammed said: “Replacement of the weak segments of the pipeline is ongoing. The repair work is expected to be completed on August 27, 2015, and thereafter, crude oil supply to KRPC would resume.” Mohammed, who was represented by the Executive Director, Services, KRPC, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar, however, lamented that the supply of crude oil to the KRPC was grossly inadequate. He said: “It is still a major challenge to the sustenance of the plant’s operation and needs to be tackled holistically. The incessant vandalism o...

A lecturer in a tertiary institution in Osun State (name withheld), on Thursday, collapsed inside a bank located within the institution’s premises following a discrepancy in his salary. Witnesses said the lecturer fainted after discovering that his account had only been credited with N150 by the state government as 50 percent of his February salary instead of N150,000.  The lecturer, who is a post-graduate student at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), according to a witness, lamented, after being resuscitated by the bank’s officials, that the money paid by the government into his account could not even transport him to Akure, where he was billed to write an examination. The man, it was gathered, also disclosed that he had some outstanding fees to pay at the university which he had proposed to pay with the expected salary.  As of the time of this report, he was said to be in a private hospital in Osogbo where his blood pressure, which had increased as a result of th...

It is no new that Governor Ayodele Fayose,the executive governor of Ekiti State remain a man to beat any day in Ekiti State political landscape and Nigeria as a whole. Its for this singular reason, I found it more funny as to why the so called political enemies of his doesn’t sees anything good in him and whoever associates with him. Still, he remains the choice of Ekiti people from the downtrodden end above average the elites. Fayose in his first term demonstrated similar manner keen to what is doing today maybe,with little changes as a result of age and experiences accumulated over the years of been out of power. When he was illegally sent out of power, he was caught doing same several time on the street beyond personal ego but,deeply from the in born trait. On his second coming, he picked up from where he stopped. To all students of history, we dare not forget his first term and the incessant criticism from the elites. The case was like; when Fayose hired helicopters to move...

By: Adekunle Oke (EXPONENT) The new media have produced an era of abundance. There are more information, more media outlets, more mobile devices, more media content, and more communication options than ever before. But what has this increase in the quantity of media technologies done to the quality of our thinking and communication? A wide variety of analysts, from different disciplines and perspectives, have addressed this question, and many have concluded that our adoption of new media technologies is producing significantly negative social consequences; the opinion in which as a journalist-in-making I reserved my objection. Interestingly, critiques of the impact of new media on social life have come mostly from people who are at the centre of developing, studying, or using such media themselves. These are not Luddites who resist new technologies; they are mostly people who have experienced the effect of new media firsthand. New media users are these days too busy to think. Dr. Ad...

By Bola Agboola Ekiti State Governor Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose has declared every 6th of August Ekiti Artisan's day. The governor made the declaration during a meeting with Ekiti Artisans at the multipurpose hall of Dave Hotel, Adebayo, Ado Ekiti. Reacting to requests earlier made on behalf of the association by its President, Mr. Julius Oluwadare Adu, Governor Fayose assured the association of a #10,000,000(ten million) revolving loan/grant to be accessed by members, he promised to make the loan available within the next one and a half weeks(a period by which modalities for accessing the loan would have been reached by the artisans). On the association's need for a vehicle and consideration for gifts at yuletide, governor Fayose appealed to the gathering to allow him remain silent on those requests for now, he cited the state's high indebtedness as his reason for the plea. The governor who promised to help the association locate a land earlier promised them by Fayemi ad...

The Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed four out of the five petitions filed to challenge the election of Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party as the governor of the state. The only surviving petition challenging the declaration of Wike as the winner of the April 11 election is the one filed by the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate, Dr. Dakuku Peterside. Though, one of the four petitions marked EPT/RV/GOV/05/2015 was voluntarily withdrawn by the petitioner, Kemka Elenwo, who was KOWA Party’s governorship candidate in the election, the three others were dismissed on technical grounds based on the application by Wike and the PDP. The Justice Mu’azu Pindiga-led tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the fourth petition marked EPT/RV/GOV/03/2015 which was filed by Minaibim Harry of the Social Democratic Party on the grounds that the petition was incompetent. The tribunal held that it lacked the jurisdiction t...

Former Military Governor of the defunct Western State, General Adeyinka Adebayo, has urged Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, not be distracted by non-constructive criticisms, saying no matter how hard he tries, some people will still not be satisfied. The retired general said this while the governor paid him a visit at his country home in Iyin-Ekiti. General Adebayo, who expressed satisfaction with the performance of the governor, said in a complex society like Ekiti State, there was no way the governor could satisfy everybody. In a press statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, General Adebayo said, "I am proud of you Mr Governor, you have achieved some much within a short spate of time despite the lean resources available to the state. It is a great honour for me to receive you. I'm very proud of you and very proud of your achievements so far. "As a former governor, I recognise the enormity of gove...