What Akeredolu, Fayemi, Amosun Told Tinubu About His 2023 Presidential Ambition

  The visits to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, in London, United Kingdom, by South-West governors, Rotimi Akeredolu and Kayode Fayemi, among others were to “make amends” with the ailing party leader. SaharaReporters learnt that the governors also by the visit tried to convince Tinubu that he needed to “rest” from his much sought after 2023 presidential ambition due to his health condition. SaharaReporters had on August 26 reported that Akeredolu of Ondo State and his Ekiti State counterpart, Fayemi, visited Tinubu in London. The two governors among other

Fayemi, Ekiti and the spirit of YEAA

  The Governor of Ekiti State, John Kayode Fayemi was again celebrated in faraway Lagos on Saturday, 17th July, 2021, where he was honoured with the Governor of the Year Award by Vanguard Communication. It was no doubt a deserving award. Although, I am not one of his fans but I am highly impressed with the way he is managing our commonwealth in Ekiti State and staying afloat, while our bigger and more buoyant neighbouring States are gasping for breath. He is said to be making use of his huge network to better Ekiti State and for this purpose I

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Fayemi, Ojudu feud: El-Rufai c;ttee yet to act, 1 month after

The crisis in the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has remained unresolved despite the constitution and inauguration of a reconciliation committee headed by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State. The el-Rufai-led peace panel was inaugurated on September 28, 2020, to resolve the feud between the state governor, Kayode Fayemi and the Political Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, alongside 11 other aggrieved party stalwarts. Sources in the party told Daily Trust that one month after its inauguration, the el-Rufai committee has achieved no significant milestone in its assigned task. The Ekiti State chapter of

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South West governors plan network on security –Fayemi

EKITI State Governor Kayode Fayemi said on Friday that South West governors were planning a western Nigeria security network in an effort to tackle security challenges in the country. Fielding questions from newsmen on the sideline of the first Governors’ Lecture Series of the Mass Communication Department of the University of Lagos in conjunction with the university’s Multi Media Centre of Excellence, Fayemi said details of the security network would be unveiled in due course. The lecture is an annual communication in governance agenda setting initiative. “For us in South West, we deliberated on this over the last couple of

By |August 24th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Fayemi’s election

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola-Eleka challenging the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi. Affirming Fayemi’s election, the five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad unanimously held that the appeal challenging the outcome of the poll lacked merit. Justice John Okoro, who read the lead judgment, affirmed the judgments of both the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal and the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, which had both dismissed the petition challenging the

By |May 24th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Olusola-Eleka vs Fayemi: Supreme Court Delivers Judgement May 24

The Supreme Court on Thursday heard and fixed May 24 for judgment on the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola-Eleka challenging the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi. A five-man panel of the apex court which heard the appeal was led the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad. The appeal sought to overturn the concurrent judgments of the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal and the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal which had both upheld Fayemi’s election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. The Independent National

By |May 16th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Fayemi sacks 2000 workers recruited by Fayose

Ekiti State Government has declared as null and void, the appointment of over 2000 workers employed into the state workforce by former Governor Ayodele Fayose after the July 2018 Ekiti Governorship Election. Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua, who said the state government decision which sacked the workers followed submission of the Report of the Committee set up by the state government to review the irregular appointments made into the Public Service between 2014 and 2018. The over 2000 workers were employed after Fayose’s Peoples Democratic Party lost the governorship election to the All Progressives Congress. Olumilua, who addressed journalists on

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PDP Vs APC In Ekiti: Kolapo, Fayemi Shift Battle To Supreme Court

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14, 2018 governorship election in Ekiti State, Professor Kolapo Olusola, has served Governor Kayode Fayemi the Notice of Appeal, Records of Appeal and the Appellate brief of argument through substituted means at the state Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Daily Post reports that the service followed the Interim Order of service granted the appellant by the Supreme Court on Monday, May 6, a copy of which was obtained by GISTOK in Ado Ekiti. The order granted by Justice Olabode Rhodes – Vivour was that the processes could

By |May 8th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |1 Comment

Tribunal: Fayemi Panicking For Hiring 35 Lawyers To Defend Victory –Group

The newly formed sociopolitical group in Ekiti State, Bring Back Our Mandate,(BBOM) has reacted to the news of APC latest response to the petition filed by Professor Kolapo Olusola Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the victory of Dr Kayode Fayemi in the just concluded July 14, 2018, governorship election at the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal. The group , through a statement made available to Starnews by its convener, Mr Gbenga Ogedengbe, described the hiring of 35 lawyers by Fayemi and his party, APC, to defend election victory as a sign of panick. "A situation where APC and

By |August 30th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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