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Fayose: The One and only Architect of Modern Ekiti State Alonge Olufemi (Alonso) 26th July, 2017 Where are those people saying the only thing we are doing in Ekiti State is Stomach Infrastructure? Recently, I was embroiled in a squabble with a former Students' Union Leader over his wrong notion towards Ekiti State Government. It is nauseating hearing some people say Gov. Ayodele Fayose has not done anything in Ekiti State both in his first and second term. After all, he did most of the things that makes Ado-Ekiti look like a state capital. But here I am today with the landmark achievements of the only architect of modern Ekiti State. >> The popular Fayose Market at Ajilosun known as Computer Village in Ekiti was constructed by him during his first term. >> The present Governor's Office was the initiative of Gov. Ayodele Fayose. >> Lady Jibowu Hall in Government House was built by him during his first tenure. >> The Fountain Hotel at ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the bad governance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has left the country terribly divided. Speaking during the official flag-off of the reconstruction/rehabilitation of Abuloma, Fimie, Ozuboko and Amadi -Ama community roads in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Governor Wike said: "Nigeria is divided because of the APC Leadership style". He stated: "Wherever you go today in this country, there is one problem or the other. Is that how Nigerians want it? Certainly not. We need people who will promote peace through quality leadership. " The governor said that Nigerians were deceived into voting for the APC, pointing out that in 2019 no Nigerian will be deceived by the empty promises of the party. "The change they said they are bringing is fake change. No person resident in Rivers State and sees what we are suffering from the APC Federal Government will ever support APC...

22/07/2017 I just read Egbon Femi Adesina's Epistle titled, "PMB AND THE DESCENDANTS OF SHIMEI" in which he likened Nigerians that are asking questions about the state of health of President Buhari to the descendants of the Biblical Shimei, the son of Gera. Let me bring the attention of Egbon Femi Adesina to what happened in the United States of America this week. Senator John McCain of the USA who is about same age with Buhari had brain cancer surgery this week in his country and it was made public. Americans knew what was wrong with their senator and knew what type of prayer to say for the retired army hero. It was even Senator John McCain's spokesperson that announced his state of health and the hospital where he was being treated. But here in Nigeria, Egbon Femi Adesina, a Presidential Spokesperson is describing Nigerians as descendants of Shimei for simply asking questions about the state of health of their president. APC apologists are even assisting...

21st July, 2017 Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose has been described by his deputy, Dr Kolapo Olusola as a rare leader who does not only know the way, but walks it and encourage others to walk through it. Dr Olusola made this known while addressing mammoth crowd who'd gathered at Ifaki Ekiti in Ido Osi local government to celebrate the governor and the People's Democratic party for the victory achieved at the supreme court Abuja, on the 12th of July 2017. The deputy Governor, while eulogizing his boss, governor Fayose, said no governor in the history of Ekiti has done half of what Fayose has done and still doing. "When you talk of a leader, my governor, Ayodele Fayose is a leader. My governor is a leader that knows the way, he does not only know the way, he shows the way, he does not only show the way, he walks the way and encourages others to walk through the way; that is the reason we are moving forward. This is the period we need to stand firm, if we are to talk ab...

Bola Agboola 21st July, 2017 Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has called on Nigerians to invest in the country's education sector expressing belief that a Nigerian university can one day emerge best in the world with proper funding. The governor made this remark while speaking with newsmen at the 12th Convocation Ceremony of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State. The first family was in Ota on Friday to celebrate one of their Sons, Oluwarogbayimika Fayose who is one of the "Royal Set of Eagles" released by the institution in 2017. "I won't condemn people for sending their wards to study abroad but I have always believed the best could be gotten here in Nigeria. During my first tenure as governor, I withdrew my sons from a private school(Olashore International School) to SPEB public primary school in Ekiti, an initiative of my then administration. My Sons graduated from Nigerian Universities, I want others to emulate me, we have the best her...

Scandal now rocks plateau State as group under the aegis of Concerned Plateau indigenes has accused the Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong and the former Managing Director of Plateau Investment and Development Company ( PIPC) now SSG, Ezekiel Gommos of cover up in the sales of Brewery Agro and Research Company Ltd (BARC Farm.) BARC  Farm, was a subsidiary of Jos International Brewery which in the early 1990s was under the ownership of the Plateau State government who created this through Plateau Investment and Development Company Ltd (PIPC), also owned by the government of Plateau State. The company was alleged to have been sold to a company called ILHAMA Enterprises Nigeria Ltd in 1993, a company owned by the former Governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Nyako. It was reliably gathered that due to the very dubious nature of the sale, the issue of the sale of BARC Farm continues to raise questions years after it was sold. "One of the major problems is that to date,...

Bola Agboola Monday, 17th July, 2017 Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said the most popular candidate amongst PDP aspirant in the 2018 race to Oke Ayoba governor's office will emerge as his party’s candidate assuring Ekiti people that his government will impose no one on the populace. The governor made this assertion in Ikere Ekiti while reacting to questions from journalists after he personally supervised the distribution of food items and stipend(for ingredients) in continuation of his Stomach Infrastructure Programme, Monday evening. "No two individuals are the same but God knows why he empower individuals to achieve their goals, whoever takes over after me, it is between him and God. Ours is to ensure that we are led to carefully support whoever will deliver on his words. "We are not going to impose anyone on the people, we will ensure our candidate is the collective choice of the majority. The first problem in Nigeria is internal democracy ...

The suit filed by owners of properties at the Irewolede Estate in Ado Ekiti against the Ekiti State Housing Corporation has been dismissed. In his judgment today, Justice Bamidele Omotosho of the State High Court 7, Ado Ekiti dismissed all the claims of the landlords for lack of merits. In a suit number HAD/22/2015, filed by their counsel, Rafiu Balogun, at an Ado Ekiti High Court, the Irewolede Estate Landlords through their chairman, Ayo Orebe, and 17 others had sought an order for the payment of N20 million as aggravated and exemplary damages for “trespass, humiliation, assault and degrading treatment meted out to them by the defendants”. The Attorney General of Ekiti State, the Ekiti State Housing Corporation, Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, and Ekiti State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were joined as defendants respectively. The landlords also sought a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants either by themselves or by their agents, serv...

BACKGROUND: The provision of adequate housing that is safe, secure, accessible, affordable and sanitary is a fundamental human right as enshrined in the United Nations Habitat Agenda and other International declarations and Human Right Law which regards housing as a freestanding right of man. The need for the Housing Corporation and by extension, the State Government to adhere to this and ease the Housing problems of the people gave birth to the construction of Irewolede Housing Estates, Ado Ekiti in 2007. It consists of 254 housing units made up of 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom, 4-bedroom detached bungalows extra large, Duplex and Maisonnette. These houses were allocated to different categories of people. There were those who bought on outright basis, there were those who were on direct purchase (initial payment of 20% and balance liquidated within 2years with legal undertaken). Yet, there were those who bought on Mortgage arrangement THE FEUD BETWEEN THE IREWOLEDE HOUSING ESTATES RESIDEN...

10th July, 2017 Bola Agboola The need to protect the environment from flooding and other environmental hazards took center stage on Monday at the Ekiti State Ministry of Environment as top civil servants welcomed back to office the re-instated Commissioner for Environment, Otunba Bisi Kolawole. Otunba Kolawole is one of the six commissioners directed by the Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose to resume to their duty post on Sunday 9th July 2017 after the dissolution of the State Exco, penultimate week. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment Engr Olumide Ajayi while welcomimg back the commissioner highlighted the challenges being faced by agencies in the ministry and the need for the commissioner to hit the ground running. "It's a great pleasure to have you back in our midst, the exco dissolution has indeed given room for self appraisal. We are happy the comments coming in have been satisfactory across the divide, in the civil service, political class, eve...

Published 10th July, 2017 Bola Agboola The need to protect the environment from flooding and other environmental hazards took center stage on Monday at the Ekiti State Ministry of Environment as top civil servants welcomed back to office the re-instated Commissioner for Environment, Otunba Bisi Kolawole. Otunba Kolawole is one of the six commissioners directed by the Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose to resume to their duty post on Sunday 9th July 2017 after the dissolution of the State Exco, penultimate week. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment Engr Olumide Ajayi while welcomimg back the commissioner highlighted the challenges being faced by agencies in the ministry and the need for the commissioner to hit the ground running. "It's a great pleasure to have you back in our midst, the exco dissolution has indeed given room for self appraisal. We are happy the comments coming in have been satisfactory across the divide, in the civil service, political cl...

EDUCATION AND ACTUALISATION CONVOCATION LECTURE DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, DR PETER AYODELE FAYOSE, GOVERNOR OF EKITI STATE, AT THE BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY, BENIN CITY ON FRIDAY JULY 7, 2017 Protocol. INTRODUCTION I like to start by acknowledging and commending the great vision of Dr Benson Idahosa (of blessed memory) and his wife Mrs Margaret Idahosa for the establishment of this great citadel of learning. The Benson Idahosa University (BIU), one of the first generation of private Universities in Nigeria, has justified the good intentions of its proprietors having produced high quality graduates in various disciplines who are making valuable contributions to the development of our country and themselves. I also salute the Vice Chancellor, other Principal Officers, the Management, Staff and students of the BIU on this auspicious occasion. I have chosen to speak with you today on, a vital aspect of our individual and national life upon which the yesterday, toda...

‎Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Friday revealed that the late tele-evangelist, Archbishop Benson Idahosa, got his father converted to a born again at a crusade in Ibadan, Oyo State in 1980 and that his father later sowed the family's only car to propagate evangelism. Speaking in Benin while delivering the convocation lecture of the Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Fayose said the decision of his father to give out the family's only Peugeot salon car drew the anger of his six wives and 27 children who felt bad about the decision. ‎"Archbishop Benson Idahosa came to Ibadan in 1980 for a crusade and my father attended and he was converted and after Idahosa had finished preaching he said they should donate something for God's work and since my father was converted and deeply touched, he gave out the family's only Peugeot car. "He changed the car's ownership and particulars and brought it to Idahosa that he was donating it to support evan...

‎Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Friday revealed that the late tele-evangelist, Archbishop Benson Idahosa, got his father converted to a born again at a crusade in Ibadan, Oyo State in 1980 and that his father later sowed the family's only car to propagate evangelism. Speaking in Benin while delivering the convocation lecture of the Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Fayose said the decision of his father to give out the family's only Peugeot salon car drew the anger of his six wives and 27 children who felt bad about the decision. ‎ "Archbishop Benson Idahosa came to Ibadan in 1980 for a crusade and my father attended and he was converted and after Idahosa had finished preaching he said they should donate something for God's work and since my father was converted and deeply touched, he gave out the family's only Peugeot car. "He changed the car's ownership and particulars and brought it to Idahosa that he was donating it to support e...

Ekiti State Government has accused some elements in the APC-led federal government of conniving with the Department of State Service (DSS) to implicate the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose in treasonable offence, with a view to arresting him and some top functionaries of the State government. Special Assistant of Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, made this known in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Thursday night. He alleged that some miscreants were already slated to be arrested by the DSS, after-which the DSS will claim that subversive materials were found on them and that the arrested miscreants confessed that they were being sponsored by Governor Fayose. The statement read; “Few hours ago, credible information was received as to the new plot by the APC-led federal government to rope the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose into treasonable offence. “This plot is being hatched with the active connivance of some top functionaries of the DSS. “S...

03 July, 2017 Former Ekiti State House of Assembly member and immediate former Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Bisi Kolawole has charged people of the state to support the vision and mission of Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose to achieve a clean and dirt free environment. He also stated that a support for Fayose’s continuity agenda by means of successful transfer of power to any member of the Fayose Political Family is in the best interest of the state. Hon. Kolawole stated these during a brief handing over ceremony in his office, Monday evening. The state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose had over the weekend dissolved the executive council he constituted on Dec. 03, 2014 with a directive that the former commissioners hand over to permanent secretaries in their various ministeries. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Engr. Olumide Ajayi at the event described Hon. Kolawole as a workaholic whose stay can never be forgotten in the ministry. Appreciating al...