…Adebisi said his team sent computers and volunteers to communities across Osun, Ekiti, Oyo, the South-West, North-Central and the Federal Capital Territory to train secondary school pupils. He, however, said he was eventually persuaded to take up the political challenge after concluding that his efforts outside politic…

Former Senator representing Ekiti North Senatorial District, Ayo Arise, under the All Progressives Congress, has rejected calls for Nigeria to return to the former fuel subsidy regime, describing such a proposal as economically retrogressive, warning that it could undermine the financial gains accruing to governments f…

…of them have been accused by EFCC of corruption,” he said. The younger brother of former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose also questioned the inclusion of former Zamfara State governor Bello Matawalle, who he alleged had faced corruption allegations in the past. He argued that cases involving political figures could…

…transport expenditure head. Abia, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara had the complete data. Comparable data were unavailable for Edo, Osun and River…

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Tuesday approved the appointment of Mrs Titilayo Olayinka as the new Accountant General of the state. The Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti that the appointment, which took effect immediately, came barely 24 hours after…

…System (BVAS) and transmitted results to the IReV portal, the same framework used in Ekiti State. Okwuosa flagged vote buying as the most alarming issue going into the poll, but commended Osun voters for remaining at polling units to protect their ballots.Implications for 2027The analyst said Adeleke's victory on a new…

…Kingdom, Oba Emmanuel Aladejare, has announced the conferment of chieftaincy titles on Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, and Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele. Oba Aladejare, who spoke at Efon Alaaye on Saturday during the grand finale of the 43rd Efon Alaaye Day, said Oyebanji and Bamidele were honoured in apprecia…

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the June 20 Ekiti State Governorship Election, Wole Oluyede, has urged Nigerians to make the 2027 presidential election a referendum on continuity, performance and national development rather than sentiment. The PDP chieftain, who is the Convener of the Oluyede Pro…

…and oil derivation. Lagos received N344.06bn from VAT during the period. Adamawa, Gombe, Ekiti and Ebonyi were among the states with lower receipts during the period. The increase in revenue is a departure from the allocations recorded before the subsidy removal. Between April and June 2023, FAAC distributed N655.93bn,…

…will coordinate the party’s campaign activities across Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states. The governor is expected to work with APC leaders at the national, zonal and state levels to mobilise support for Tinubu’s re-election and strengthen the party’s presence across the geopolitical zone. Sanwo-Olu served…

The Ekiti State Government has secured potential industrial and trade investments worth up to $500 million following a five-day investment mission to Egypt that attracted more than 40 Egyptian industrialists and investors. The Ekiti-Egypt Industrial Investment Mission, held in Cairo from 24 to 28 July 2026, focused on…

…fact. It should be discounted and disregarded,” he said. Meanwhile, a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, also accused Adeleke of spending not less than N40bn on the election. Fayose, while speaking with TVC journalist, Nifemi Oguntoye, in a video shared on X on Wednesday, said, “Accord party led the oppone…

…Welfare; Brig-Gen Idowu Olurin, former Military Administrator and Sole Administrator of Ekiti State; Gen Bamidele Shafa (retd.); and industrialists in cement, agriculture and logistics who have built companies employing thousands. With such a rich, diverse tapestry of human excellence drawn from every section of the st…

…Accord Party spent N40bn in Osun election Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that former Ekiti governor Ayodele Fayose made the claim in a video interview posted on August 19, 2026, pushing back on Davido's comments.Fayose alleged that over N7.5bn was distributed across local governments and wards just days before the August…

…visited Governor Biodun Oyebanji in Lagos on Thursday to discuss unity and the future of Ekiti StateOluyede pledged to personally lead grassroots campaigns across all 16 local government areas in Ekiti to deliver votes for President Tinubu in 2027The meeting was described as a return visit after Oyebanji came to see Ol…

…Adedeji Adeleke, that the APC spent about ₦60 billion on the election, while former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose reportedly alleged that Accord Party spent about ₦40 billion. He questioned what could have been achieved if such huge amounts were instead invested in education, empowerment and poverty alleviation. “So…

Isaac Fayose, younger brother of a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has lamented being abandoned by politicians he backed in past elections. He said he now felt like “a lonely voice in the wilderness” after years of personal and financial sacrifice for figures who later turned their backs on him. The businessma…

…a marginal improvement over the 82.6 per cent functionality recorded during the 2026 Ekiti governorship election but remained below the 96 per cent recorded during the 2025 Anambra governorship election. It said observers reported widespread difficulties with fingerprint recognition, leading to extensive use of facial…

…are falseThe university's Director of Communications, Dr Sunday Saanu, stated in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, condemning the claimsSaanu said Prof Joshua Ogunwole travelled to Abuja after the election for official university business, not police detentionPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng! O…

…champion, Leon Baptiste, has been jailed in Morocco, while the Federal University Oye-Ekiti denied reports that its Vice-Chancellor, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, was arrested following the Osun governorship election. 1. 2027 poll: N571bn campaign spending limit for presidential, gov candidates No fewer than 146 candidates cur…

…governorship elections will be held in 28 states in 2027, with Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Ondo and Osun excluded because they are on the off-cycle schedule. The commission had fixed January 16, 2027, for the presidential and National Assembly elections, while the governorship and State House of Assembly e…

…to observe the off-cycle governorship election, while a smaller delegation also visited Ekiti. She said IRI had been observing elections in Nigeria since the return to democratic rule in 1999, jointly with the National Democratic Institute, NDI, and would conclude its current assessment at the end of the week. Accordin…

Former Ekiti governor Ayodele Fayose praised President Tinubu for not using federal power to influence the Osun governorship election resultFayose alleged that security forces physically assaulted him and blocked his movement three days before the 2018 Ekiti electionThe former governor denied that his recent appointmen…

The Ekiti State Government has approved ₦3 billion for the construction of a new High Court Office Complex at the Ekiti State High Court of Justice premises, Ado Ekiti, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement made available in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday that the a…

Tinubu allowed free contest in Osun unlike 2018 Ekiti that was taken from me - Ayo Fayose Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has commended President Bola Tinubu for what he described as his magnanimity during the August 15 governorship election in Osun State, saying the President could have influenced the outco…