Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has decried the removal of his cap by thugs at the Peoples Democratic Party rally in Ondo State on Wednesday. Fayose warned that what happened to the late Bola Ige, who was then the attorney general of the federation, must not happen to him after the…
Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has reportedly narrated how he gave Governor Ayodele Fayose some amount of money. His confession comes barely 24 hours after his detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to Obanikoro, the said cash was wired into the company, Sylva Mcnamara, within seven months in…
Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has instructed her lawyers to file a suit against the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. Last month, the governor claimed Aisha Buhari was the person implicated in the Halliburton corruption scandal, but the President’s wife denied being the one. She thereafter demanded an apology from Fayose or be…
According to SaharaReporters, about N4.745billion of the diverted $2.1 billion arms cash has been traced to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, by the some detectives. It was reported that the cash was sourced from the SAS Imprest Account of the Office of the National Security…
A bank account belonging to Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has been frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Fayose disclosed this development on Monday, June 20, 2016, via his official Twitter handle. The governor said the account placed embargo on by the anti-graft agency is the one he operates with Zenith Bank…
The travel ban placed on Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has been condemned by the Ekiti State House of Assembly. Members of the House on Thursday warned that the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to allegedly ban Fayose from travelling abroad throw the country into anarchy. Speaker of the House, Kola Oluwawole, disclosed that…
An embargo has been place on cattle rearing and grazing in Ekiti State by the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, Aproko247 has learnt. The governor made this move following an attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the state last week. Fayose noted that anyone interested in rearing and grazing of cattle in the state should get…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has written to the Chinese government to withdraw the $2 billion loan it promised to give to Nigeria. Fayose, in his letter addressed to the President of China, Xi Jinping, said Nigerians are totally against the loan. The letter, dated April 12, 2016, with reference number EK/GOV/28/10, noted that…
Governor Ayodele Fayose has kicked against plans by the Federal Government to increase Value Added Tax, VAT, from the current five per cent to 10 per cent, describing it as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians, who he said are suffering from the bad economic policies of the President Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress,…
The drama and intrigues in Ekiti State took a new twist on Thursday when a new Speaker emerged for the Ekiti State House of Assembly. A member of the Assembly from Ikole local council area of the state, Joseph Dele Olugbemi was announced the new Speaker of the Assembly. Olugbemi is reportedly one of the…