I spent the better part of last Tuesday, October 16, focusing on developments in Ekiti State. It was the day of John Kayode Fayemi’s return to office as governor of Ekiti State and his inauguration for a second-term, after an…
EFCC I’m Here, Fayose announces arrival at agency’s office (Punch)
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has arrived at the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Fayose entered into the EFCC office in Wuse 2 in the company of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike,…
Go to court, Presidency tells critics of travel ban on 50 Nigerians (Punch) * Police summon Kano gov candidate over alleged murder (Punch)
Go to court, Presidency tells critics of travel ban on 50 Nigerians (Punch) The Presidency on Sunday advised those who are opposed to the decision of the Federal Government to place about 50 Nigerians being investigated for corruption on travel…
Stop coercing witnesses to implicate me, Fayose tells EFCC (Punch)
The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of shopping for evidence to nail him. He alleged that the anti-graft agency had started coercing witnesses to implicate him in order to file…
EFCC sets up special team to grill Fayose over corruption charges (Punch) * Herdsmen attacks: Don’t play with people’s lives, Afenifere cautions Tinubu (Punch)
EFCC sets up special team to grill Fayose over corruption charges (Punch) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has set up a special team to interrogate Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State next week, The PUNCH can confirm. Fayose, who…
Fayose sues EFCC for N20b over security watch list (Nation)
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has made good his threat to drag the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to court for placing him on watch list. The anti-graft agency wrote an advisory to key security agencies demanding that…
EFCC responds to allegation of acting Saraki’s script
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has criticised Senator Babafemi Ojudu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Political Matters, for his statement that the commission plotted with Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to freeze Benue’s State bank accounts. Ojudu, in…
EFCC mocks Fayose, says we’re expecting you soon (Punch)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has lampooned Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State after the failure of his preferred candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, at the polls. The EFCC said in a tweet that with Fayose’s tenure ending in less…
The real price of “Changing the Change” – Garba Shehu
Top opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members have been granting press interviews and addressing zonal political rallies talking about “Changing the Change” in next year’s general elections, without defining what exactly that means. As the governing All Progressives Congress (APC)…
