The newly elected member of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Oluwole Fatoba, has been sworn in. Fatoba, an All Progressives Congress member, was elected in the Ekiti East Constituency one bye-election which held on June 18 to fill the space vacated by Oluwajuwa Adegbuyi, who died in January 2021. The Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, who administered the oath of allegiance on the new member, prayed that the House…

There was palpable tension on Monday in the Agbo Malu Agemoowo area of Lagos-Badagry expressway as two suspected herdsmen stabbed a commercial bus driver to death. Two people said to be the herders have been arrested in connection with the incident by the police in the state. The image maker in charge of the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the death to Tribune Online but could not confirm the identity of the dead person. A commercial LT…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to extend the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise past June 30, 2022, according to a statement made by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. This was stated in an Abuja press conference by Aisha Dukku, the chairman of the House committee on electoral matters, alongside Benjamin Kalu, a spokesperson for the green chamber. Last week, a motion introduced by Kalu urged INEC to extend the voter registration deadline by an additional 60 days to give…

The governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, Wole Oluyede, on Wednesday expressed regret for joining politics, following the turn of events in the poll. Oluyede, an Australia-based medical doctor, who said he had lost hope in the electoral process in Ekiti State, said, “I am not going to run again because I think any contest now is for the highest bidder and I won’t waste my time and energy”. The ADC candidate, who came fourth…

The Kogi State House of Assembly has passed the Local Government Autonomy bill into law. The bill was passed at Wednesday’s plenary following its consideration to alter the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended which seeks to abolish the Joint Account of the State and Local Governments. The bill also seeks to create different accounts for local governments where they are expected…

The 22-kilometer Efon-Alaaye/Iwaraja/Erinmo Road, which connects Ekiti and Osun states has been officially opened by President Muhammadu Buhari. The opening ceremony held in Efon-Alaaye, headquarters of Efon Local Government Area. Buhari, represented by Minister of Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo, said his administration is irrevocably committed to fixing every sector of national life to bridge infrastructural gap. According to him, his government has been investing in road infrastructure to enhance…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the comments by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), that the group was responsible for pipeline vandalism in the country as “laughable, disgraceful and fallacious”. The secessionist group reminded the President that his Western audience already knew who the pipeline vandals are in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said for Buhari to tell the United States and other Western countries that IPOB was responsible for pipeline vandalism in…

At the end of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, the State Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Kayode Adebowale, declared Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election with 187,057 votes, while Chief Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), came distant second, polling 82,209 votes and Bisi Kolawole, the governorship candidate of the PDP coming third with 67,457 votes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ekiti has presented Certificates of Return to the Governor-elect, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji and his deputy, Mrs Mojisola Afuye. The presentation took place at the INEC headquarters in Ado — Ekiti on Wednesday. At the occasion, Oyebanji described the implementation of the Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS) as a game-changer in the nation’s electoral process and premised the Ekiti poll’s credibility on the technological advancement. Oyebanji pledged not to betray the…