Nigerian Gazette

Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka has challenged the Minister for Steel and Minerals Resources Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi to walk the streets of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital without security men and see whether he won’t be stoned by angry people of Ekiti State whose money he looted during his tenure as governor. Olayinka said; “As governor, Fayemi failed Ekiti people and as a minister, he is also failing Ekiti people because up till today, he cannot point to one benefit Ekiti has derived from having him as minister of Mines and Steel Development despite the numerous solid minerals in the State.” While reacting to comment by Fayemi that the public should wait and see who will go to jail between him and Fayose, and that he had have been out of office and still moving free, but Fayose won’t be able to walk free on the streets after losing immunity, Olayinka challenged Fayemi to subject himself to the court of...

From all indications, there will be a bumper Christmas and New Year celebrations for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State as a whooping sum of N350 million was said to have be given to the Minister for Steel and Minerals Resources Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi to buy gifts and share in cash to members of the party and some notable traditional rulers in the State. In preparing ground for Fayemi’s declaration to contest the 2018 governorship election, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi were said to have mobilized N350 million for him (Fayemi) to procure 10,000 bags of rice, 500 cows, 1000 rams among other gifts. A close aide of Fayemi was said to have boasted that “by the time we bombard Ekiti with rice and cash gifts during the Christmas and New Year, the only name you will be hearing as the preferred APC candidate will be Dr John Kayode Fayemi.” A source quoted the aide as disclosing that rice was projec...

The Ikere Ekiti Youths Vanguard has cautioned politicians against attempt to make political capital out of the alleged murder case against the Olukere of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin. According to the youths spokesperson, Bayo Ogunleye, the attack on Olukere's hotel had no political link, it was a business disagreement between a lodger in the hotel and the management. They said there was no how anyone can defend the Olukere's leading "boys" from Ikere Ekiti to Ado Ekiti on Christmas day to carry out a reprisal attacks on those who attacked his hotel. It is demeaning for a holder of a traditional office like the Olukere to have led thugs all the way from Ikere to Ado Ekiti, not to talk of supervising attacks on anyone. The youths said further that since armed men of the State Anti Robbery Squad were said to be present,  it should not have been the duty of Olukere and boys to take any action at the scene of the attacks that led to the death of one per...

28th December, 2017 Alonge Olufemi Alonso "Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real"- Thomas Merton. As I was pondering on the reasons my town, Ilogbo-Ekiti, was sidelined again in the present political permutation in our local government, I was imbued with a lot of ideas on the humility and loyalty of Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Professor Kolapo Olusola. Just like Mignon McLaughlin said; " The proud man can learn from humility, but he will be proud of it". Thus, I am presenting this piece as my Christmas gift to our young people around and to those who are fond of boasting about their material and educational feats to learn from the gentility of a professor who is 100% loyal to his boss. No doubt, Ekiti values education but if formal education alone is the yardstick to measure who should be in power, Ekiti State would have been governed by at least two or three professors since the state was carved out of Ondo State in 1996. Let me say if ...

As the main opposition party in Ekiti are imitating the good gesture of Gov. Ayodele Fayose by distributing rice to their members for yuletide, the Special Assistant to Gov. Ayodele on Stomach Infrastructure and General Administration, Mr. Sunshine Anifowose took the stomach infrastructure train of the governor to Ijero and Ido/Osi Local Government areas to distribute Xmas gifts to the people. The towns visited today in Ijero Local Government were Ijero, Iloro, Ijunrin ,Ikoro and Ipoti-Ekiti while the towns visited in Ido/ Osi Local Government were Ayetoro, Usi, Ilogbo, Ido-Ekiti and Afao Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local government Rice, money and vegetable oil were amongst the items distributed to the people by Mr. Anifowose. On the entourage with Mr. Anifowose were two members of Ekiti House of Assembly, Hon. Dayo Maxima who represents Ijero Constituency and Hon. Samuel Jeje who represents the people of Ido/Osi Constituency 11.

Members of the Kwara South Unity Forum in Kwara State have initiated a recall process against the senator representing the Kwara South Senatorial District, Dr. Rafiu Ibrahim. According to a photocopy of the acknowledged copy of the petition, made available to journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Sunday, the petition had been sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission and the office of the President of the Senate. The letter, dated November 13, was received and acknowledged at INEC on November 14 and the office of the President of the Senate on November 17. The public notification of the recall process, however, did not come without a drama. While the group was about addressing journalists at Ofa on the recall process, hoodlums and thugs stormed the venue and disrupted the media briefing. The General Secretary of the Kwara South Unity Forum, Mr. Ahmed Akorede, alleged that the invaders also made away with some valuables, adding that members of the ...

A group of patriots and elder statesmen  in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, this evening at 1600 hours formed a splinter party they have named as Advanced All Progressives Congress, AAPC. Speaking at a well attended press briefing in Abuja, protem chairman of the new party, Otunba Ajakaiye Indiorumbe, said they decided to go their separate way after attempts to make the APC organise a National convention and constitute a board of trustees for the party failed. Present at the briefing were such notable APC leaders  like, Alhaji Dambata Maikudi (Natl Sec ), Olorogun Omotejokwo Anababa (Publicity Secretary ) and Ogbuefi Nwashiegokama Onyoshishi among others.

BREAKING: Crisis Hits APC, Splinter Group AAPC Emerges.  A group of patriots and elder statesmen  in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, this evening at 1600 hours formed a splinter party they have named as Advanced All Progressives Congress, AAPC. Speaking at a well attended press briefing in Abuja, protem chairman of the new party, Otunba Ajakaiye Indiorumbe, said they decided to go their separate way after attempts to make the APC organise a National convention and constitute a board of trustees for the party failed. Present at the briefing were such notable APC leaders  like, Alhaji Dambata Maikudi (Natl Sec ), Olorogun Omotejokwo Anababa (Publicity Secretary ) and Ogbuefi Nwashiegokama Onyoshishi among others.

I greet you my people at home. A ku Odun, A Ku iyedun, emi wa a se pupo. I thank you all for the opportunity given me to serve you. If I had the money, I would have visited every home as a father Christmas. Making me happy is the best way to impress my mother, little kids cherish this gesture, my reason for reaching out to about 100,000 kids in Ekiti is to make their mothers happy. From Wednesday, my people in the stomach infrastructure office will be moving round town to give some of our people Xmas rice. All these are in a bid to make our people happy. In my first term, I pay workers' salary on the 2nd of every month, I left #10.4 billion in the coffers of Ekiti when I left, I came back in 2014 to a deluge of indebtedness. Between October 2011 and September 2013, Fayemi got #46b from the excess crude account. I have not borrowed a kobo in the name of Ekiti since I took over. Those lying that I borrowed #56b are only suffering from epilepsy. I have received #4.7...

6th December, 2017 Bola Agboola Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has reiterated his desire to continue to make life more comfortable for farmers in Ekiti State. Mr. Fayose said in spite of financial challenges being encountered by his administration, necessary support aimed at making farming business more lucrative will be given. Interfacing with farmers at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, Fayose summoned the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Kehinde Odebunmi and the leadership of Ekiti Chapter of All Farmers' Association of Nigeria(AFAN) to a meeting with him on Monday 11th December 2017. Agenda of the meeting, the governor said is to get all necessary papers signed for loans that will benefit the farmers. Welcoming the Ekiti State governor and his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola to the interactive session, Chairman, Ekiti State Chapter of AFAN, Barr. Ademola Okeya thanked governor Fayose for his support for the association in time...

5th December, 2017 Bola Agboola Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Tuesday at the hallowed chamber of the Ekiti State House of Assembly presented a #98.6b budget to the assembly members. Tagged Budget of Accomplishment, the budget which is 6% above that of 2017 has 32.1% allocation to capital and 67.9% to recurrent expenditure. Highlighting his achievements in the outgoing year, Mr. Fayose said his government ensured Ekiti was not plunged into further indebtedness through loans and other unnecessary commitments. He boasted that his government has been able to improve teachers' performance without harassing them. Lamenting that executive arm of government since creation of the state has not deemed it fit to provide an official quarter for Speaker of the House, Fayose promised to hand over to the legislature a Speaker's Residence within the next three months. The governor used occasion of the budget presentation to state precisely when ongoing projects...

5th December, 2017 Alonge Olufemi Alonso It will just be a waste of time and energy if I go to Dr. Samuel Omotosho of Ekiti State House of Assembly to intimate him on the ill- condition of our brother from Kogi State. Alternatively, I have been thinking of what I can do to persuade a non partisan and a respected physician, Dr. Adeoye Olusegun to come to the aids of this brother. This young man is seriously in need of help and from my end; the only thing I can do to assist him at this crucial stage is to seek for a medical doctor who will assist him in regaining his lost brain. Being a Director of New Media of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the administration of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, a lot has been heard about Prince Deji Adeyanju before I met him for the first time in May 2016 at Port Harcourt during the aborted national convention of PDP. Then, he was contesting for the position of the Deputy National Publicity Secretary. Then, he was still with his sens...

Olufemi Alonso A member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Princess Titilayo Owolabi Akerele who is the Secretary General, Conference of Female Parliamentarians in the 36 States of Nigeria has said all women, especially in Ekiti experiencing political violence and in need of help should leave a message via her WhatsApp group wall for possible assistance or linkage with the national response situation office This was disclosed during the recently attended three in one meeting and workshop of Female Parliamentarians in the 36 States of Nigeria at the Transcorp Hilton Hotels, Abuja between 26th -30th Nov. 2017. At the workshop and meeting; several topics were discussed amongst which were; Unbundling the barriers to inclusive democracy. The meeting with the United Nations Women representatives with Women in Parliament dwelled on action plans on how to increase the number of women in politics in 2019 and identification of various types of pre- election, election day and ...