The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Tuesday granted a request by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Segun Oni, to be allowed…
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The residents of Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Tuesday appealed to the governor-elect, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, to improve healthcare services by employing health workers at both basic and comprehensive health centres…
The Ekiti Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, says the state recorded 74 new cases of COVID-19. The commissioner disclosed this in a statement he released on…
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Ekiti Election: SERAP Sues Nigerian Electoral Commission, INEC For Failing To Prosecute Vote-buyers
by James Davies
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for “failing to prosecute those suspected of vote-buying and electoral bribery during the…
The Ekiti State Government has reintroduced the use of face mask, handwashing, and sanitisation, as 74 persons were isolated during the week due to the infection. The state government also…
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Ekiti Election: Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Detains Pregnant Woman, Nursing Mother, Others Over Vote-buying, Gives Stringent Bail Conditions, Officials Demand Money
by James Davies
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been accused of detaining a six-month-old pregnant woman, a nursing mother and five others for days without trial and on stringent bail…
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EXCLUSIVE: APC Chieftains Mount Pressure On Anti-graft Agency, EFCC To Release, Not Charge Ruling Party Members Arrested With Cash During Ekiti Election
by James Davies
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has come under pressure to release some agents of the ruling All Progressives Congress engaging in vote-buying during Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti…
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Ekiti Election: Prosecute Vote-buyers Within 7 Days Or Face Legal Action, SERAP Tells Electoral Commission, INEC
by James Davies
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to “gather information about reports of vote-buying, undue…
Abiodun Oyebanji, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, has emerged the winner of the 2022 Ekiti governorship election. Oyebanji was announced as the winner by Kayode Adebowale, returning officer for…
Vote-buying has always taken the forefront in every election in Nigeria, and the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State was no different. Interestingly, it was taken a notch higher in…