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…
PDP, APC bicker over Fayemi’s performance
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State, yesterday, engaged in verbal war over the third-anniversary administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi. While the PDP scored the Fayemi administration low on all fronts, it said…
Governors mourn as Nigeria buries Army Chief, others
The Nigeria Governors Forum on Saturday expressed shock and disbelief over the death of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a plane crash along with other senior military officers, in Kaduna, on Friday. Chairman…
The politics of 2023 and the Tinubu factor – Ehi Braimah
As the political permutations and momentum gathers steam for 2023, the presidential field is expanding as usual and it is being speculated that we may have the following politicians vying for the top prize: Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State;…
Fayemi tests positive for COVID-19
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has tested positive for Covid-19. Fayemi had been previously tested twice with the results coming out negative. However, the governor has delegated his deputy, Bisi Egbeyemi, to act in his absence, as he is…
Ekiti threatens to jail parents who don’t enrol children in school (Punch)
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Monday said parents who keep their school-age children out of school run the risk of being prosecuted. Speaking in Eporo during an enrolment sensitisation campaign, Fayemi called on all parents and guardians to…
Only herders with travel documents should cross borders –Fayemi (Punch)
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said only persons with valid travel documents should cross borders with their livestock, adding that people from outside the country must respect state legislations that regulate grazing. Fayemi, who is also the…
7-year-old Daniel Olutope emerges one-day Ekiti governor (Guardian)
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, Thursday stepped aside for a seven-year-old Daniel Olutope to emerge as one-day governor for the state. Daniel, a student of St. Michael’s African Primary School, Ado-Ekiti, got the opportunity to become the state’s governor after…
Fayemi, Tambuwal clinch Nigeria Governors Forum top posts (Guardian)
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has elected Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State as its new chairman. The Forum also elected Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto as the vice chairman. both men are expected to serve in those capacities…