An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division, has sentenced a 62-year-old man, Daudu Jimoh, to life imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl. He committed the offence in 2019 following which he was arrested and arraigned before the court on…
How Police nabbed 33-year-old man for stealing church offerings in Ekiti
Ado-Ekiti – A 33-year-old man, Akindele Olufemi, was on Tuesday, paraded by Ekiti State Police command for allegedly stealing a sum of N620,115 offering belonging to a Church in Osun State. Also paraded were three persons for alleged fake kidnapping…
2023: Our support for Tinubu is total, says OPC
A Pan-Yoruba Socio-cultural group, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) , has declared support for the presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC)Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 election. The group expressed readiness to defend the Yoruba race against aggressions…
Ekiti hunters arrest suspected killers of NSCDC operatives
Four kidnappers who allegedly killed an operative of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Segun Ayebulu last week have been arrested by local hunters. The abductors, who shot the operative along Oke-Ako/Irele road, also abducted three members of…
NSCDC officer killed, 3 family members kidnapped in Ekiti
An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti State, Segun Ayebulu, has been killed by gunmen along Oke-Ako/Ajowa Road in the Ikole Local Government Area of the state. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in Ekiti,…
Ekiti Tribunal grants Oni’s request to inspect electoral materials
The Ekiti State Election Petitions Tribunal, yesterday, granted two prayers of the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Mr. Segun Oni, who is challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, at the just…
Covid-19 is back: Nigeria records 1,332 cases in 1 week
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has again warned of a possible fifth wave of the Covid-19 virus in the country, given the resurgence in the number of confirmed cases. It disclosed that about 1,332 cases were recorded in one…
3 burnt, 2 rescued in Ekiti auto crash
Three persons were burnt to death and two were rescued when an 18-seater commercial bus plunged into a ditch and burst into flame at Ilawe-Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti South-West Local government area of the state. Daily Independent gathered that the…
Electoral Act 2022 Clause 84 (12): When 2 elephants fight -Magnus Onyibe
The most appropriate note on which to commence this dialogue on the controversial clause 84(12) of the much-debated and anticipated Electoral Act 2022 is by adopting the aphorism that when two elephants fight, the grass suffers. The reasons for applying…
The last Christmas as Governor Fayemi – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
This Christmas is the last that Governor Kayode Fayemi will spend as the helmsman of Ekiti State. He happens to be term-limited and cannot seek further re-election as governor. Some of the other outgoing governors have had recourse to retire…