Ekiti State

The Ekiti Sate Government and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has signed a peace pact after clarifying certain grey areas in the enforcement of the Anti-Grazing Law in the state.

The Yoruba socio-political association, commonly referred to as the ‘Afenifere Renewal Group’, has condemned the statements attributed to the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, over the recently-inaugurated Anti-Grazing Enforcement Marshals in Ekiti State.

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has condemned Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State over the introduction of the Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshals, EGEM, a vigilante group whose job is to ‘arrest’ cows that were allegedly damaging farms in the state.

The Ekiti State Government has budgeted N1.9bn for the construction of a new governor’s office and a high court complex in Ado-Ekiti.

Four officials of the World Bank have reportedly drowned at Egbe Dam in Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

A huge protest broke out in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Thursday, as excited crowds of residents shut down business and commercial activities, declaring their support for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC's probe of Governor Ayodele Fayose.

The Ekiti State House of Assembly held its plenary session on Wednesday in the middle of the road in protest of the freezing of the account of Governor Ayodele Fayose by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Adewale Omirin, has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of freezing the bank accounts of the state...