GRASSROOTS #ADVOCACY ON #GBV NEEDS TO STEP-UP – Dr. Zainab Shinkafi #Bagudu. @FirstGbv The advocacy on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), continues to be applicable nationwide, many governmental and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), including civil societies and groups have continued to register their willingness towards finding lasting solutions to the plague of child molestation in Nigeria. To this effect, the Wife of the Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu, in a digital Summit organized by the Movement Against Rape and Sexual Violence (MARS-V), submitted that the grassroots advocacy needs to be stepped up, in order to yield positive results. Dr. Zainab Shinkafi…
Author: Mr Abiodun Borisade
The demise of Sir Oluremi Omotoso was deeply devastating. He was a mentor, a father, and a forebear in many ways that I can’t write about him without reference to my personal odyssey. He was undoubtedly one of the most prominent indigenes of Ekiti state with global renown and impact, who has since joined the saints triumphant on Friday, June 5, 2020, and is being buried this week. Like many people from Ekiti, even before the state was created out of the old Ondo state in 1996, I grew up hearing stories from my late father about what it meant…
The Ekiti State Ministry of Justice will shortly commence the publication of judgments from traditional palace courts across the South-West states of Nigeria. The Ekiti State Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda, made this disclosure in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, Friday, 3rd July 2020. Fapohunda stated this while announcing the commencement of the compilation of Volume 2 of the Ekiti State Palace Court judgments. According to him “the Ministry of Justice has since the inception of the Fayemi administration persistently sought for a justice framework that is more accessible to the poor. In our view, the traditional justice system offers this…
The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN has appointed his Special Adviser on Health, Jibayo Adeyeye, as the state’s Acting Health Commissioner. The governor also appointed Professor Adesegun Fatusi as the new Chairman of the State Inter-ministerial Committee Against COVID-19. Fatusi is the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences, (UNIMED), Ondo. This followed the unfortunate demise of the Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro. Until his death, Dr Adegbenro was the Chairman of the State Inter-ministerial Committee where he served diligently to the admiration of all. Ojo Oyewamide, Senior Special Assistant to the…
Ekiti APC Stakeholders meet, pass vote of confidence on gov, party excos The Stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State met on Saturday 4th July 2020 in Ado Ekiti to deliberate on issues bordering on the activities of the party viz a vis that of the APC-led government in the state. The meeting which was regarded as a family affair, is the highest caucus meeting of the party. And, according to the communique duly adopted, the stakeholders decided on the following: A vote of confidence was passed on Governor John Kayode Fayemi after a review of the…
https://youtu.be/sQVGIJRlA8o OndoDecides2020: Plan To Blackmail #Akeredolu With Customized Whisky Uncovered. #Video #APC #Aketi It is with a great concern that yet another plot hatched to blackmail Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, has been uncovered. The carefully packaged plot involves the production of an imaginary Blue Label(Johnny Walker) brand of whisky, with the inscription of the Ondo State official logo on it. Also carefully imprinted is Aketi, with the ‘t’ appearing as Mr. Governor’s signature. For the avoidance of doubt, Mr Governor does not require to produce customized drinks of that nature for his re-election. Neither has he commissioned any associate,…
When the Governor of Ekiti State and Chair of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr. Kayode Fayemi said what should be regarded as a Warning Notice to the governing party, APC, early this year, not a few saw it in a bad light or at worst a needless alarm to achieve a premeditated end. A rude new year rant from someone they love to hate. But like a visionary Fayemi has proved to be on many fronts, from activism to governance, development expertise to strategic thinking, the recent culmination of the crisis in the party leading to the eventual dissolution of…
The Chief of Staff to the Plateau State Governor Noel Donjur has tested positive to COVID-19 after the test that was conducted for members of the State EXCO on 1st July, 2020 following the directive of Governor Lalong.The outcome of the tests indicate that all other members of the State EXCO tested negative except the Chief of Staff who is asymptomatic and in good condition.Accordingly, health officials have commenced treatment for him at one of the isolation centres in the State capital Jos, while members of his family and other contacts are being traced and tested.The Chief of Staff who…
A World Peace Icon and Member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNESCO) in Nigeria, Dr Olumuyiwa Babalola has lauded the initiative of Yoruba Creative Legends Awards (YCLA) which he termed as a development in all Yoruba speaking states and its environs. The Ekiti indigene disclosed this statement during the World Press Conference of YCLA at the palace of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Aremu Adetunji. He further said that the gesture, that is, recognising people to be awarded is part of humanity. Legend awards are humanity awards which are special awards of merit dedicated or given to…
Ekiti State Government is putting two state owned assets out for private operators to manage. A civic centre/mall and a new market, both in Ado. Government’s commitment to leaving enterprise to the private sector is unwavering.
