Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has mourned the death of Prof. Gabriel Afolabi Ojo, Pioneer Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria who passed on earlier in the week, aged 90 years. The Governor in his condolence message signed by his Chief Press Secretary; Mr Yinka Oyebode, said the late Prof Ojo was a distinguished Ekiti-born scholar and a leading light in the country’s education sector. Dr Fayemi said there was no doubt the late Prof Ojo was an academic of repute as he was at the frontiers of research in the academia, with over 140 books…
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The Lagos State Government has given Tank Farm Operators one week to commence the process of regularising their facilities by filling the application for Planning Permit. This directive was given by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, at a meeting with Tank Farm Operators at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja on Tuesday. The Commissioner observed that only eight out of the 41 Tank Farms existing in the State had Planning Permits authorising their establishments. According to Salako, most of the Tank Farms in the State had been operating illegally and in variance with Section 27…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Hon. Bamidele Faparusi; Consultant, Water, and Sanitation, Engr. O.J. Daramola and General Manager, Ekiti State Water Cooperation, Engr. (Mrs).Toyin Agbeyo, during the Governor’s inspection of water projects at Ureje Dam, Ado Ekiti… on Monday. The Governor stated this Tuesday evening at the end of his two-day tour of projects sites across the state.Dr Fayemi who commenced the inspection on Monday, visited the four newly constructed model schools in Ado-Ekiti, the ultramodern Oja Oba Market Complex; Ureje water dam and water treatment plant rehabilitation project at Ajilosin; JMK Rice…
Three years before Rosa Parks’ bus boycott, Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji protested against racial segregation in the southern states of America. He was part of a generation of Africans who played an important role in the fight for racial justice in the US – and continue to do so, writes the BBC’s Aaron Akinyemi. “The leaders in the 50s and 60s provide me with a great deal of inspiration,” Nigerian-American activist Opal Tometi, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, told the BBC. When Martin Luther King Jr delivered his historic I Have a Dream speech during the March on…
The Ekiti State Signage and Advertisements Agency today wednesdaycommenced removal and demolition of illegal billboards across the state. The Director General of Ekiti State Signage and Advertisements Agency,Mr Olasunkanmi Onipede gave the information while addressingJournalists in Ado Ekiti.Onipede who frowned at the illegal erection of billboards andunauthorized display of campaign posters by some businessorganizations and politicians emphasized that the Agency was ready tomove against unauthorized display of billboards as removal anddemolition of such boards would start on Wednesday 2nd September, 2020. The Director-General explained that the Agency had earlier warned alladvertising practitioners on several occasions to desist from such actstressing…
The 36 state governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will on Wednesday deliberate on the N1 billion Federal Government COVID-19 support approved for the 32 states at the 16th teleconference meeting since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Forum’s meeting which is to be chaired by NGF Chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi is also expected to consider the report on the Executive Order #10 will be given by the Vice Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, according to the invitation sent to the governors by the NGF…
environment. The newly appointed Commissioner for Environment and NaturalResources, Mrs Iyabo Fakunle-Okieimen has assumed office with a callfor support by the staff of the Ministry to enable her succeed in theherculean task ahead.The Commissioner made the plea while addressing the staff of theMinistry after she was warmly received with songs and prayers in heroffice.Mrs Fakunle enjoined the workers to always work in team and supportthe present administration so as to move the Ministry to enviable heightShe pledged to work assiduously with the support of the staff to movethe ministry forward by providing a more conducive, healthy andhygienic environment for the…
The commissioner for health and human services Dr Oyebanji Filani hascalled for total cooperation and support of all the members of EkitiState health team.Dr. Filani made this plea in his office when he officially assumedduty as the new Commissioner for Health and Human Services in Ekitistate.He said he has come to complete the good works that his predecessorhad started under the leadership of Dr. Kayode Fayemi as he promisedto operate an open door policy.He urged that all hands must be on deck to achieve the goal ofensuring quality health care services for the people of Ekiti Statehaving a mandate from…
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Hon OlabodeAdetoyi has charged the management staff of the ministry not to makecomplaints and excuses but to work at ensuring practical andtechnology-supported agribusiness that would guarantee the fulfilmentof the Governor Fayemi’s mandate of putting food on the table of Ekitipeople.The commissioner gave the charge at his maiden meeting with themanagement staff of the ministry on his assumption of office in AdoEkiti.Hon Adetoyi stressed that the governor’s marching order on foodsecurity was attainable with the cooperation and support of members ofstaff, adding that team work would guarantee food surplus and supportexportation of the excess…
The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria has commended the Federal Government for appointing Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo as Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria. Fadolapo is one of the nine Chief Executive Officers recently appointed by President Muhammad Buhari. The commendation was contained in a statement signed by AAAN Publicity Secretary, Temitope Jemerigbe. The statement quoted the AAAN President, Steve Babaeko, as describing the appointment as the right move in the right direction. According to Babaeko, Fadolapo is coming with vast experience and rich background as the Executive Director, AAAN, and member of the immediate past…
