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Court Crime Local News

Ekiti: 20-Year-Old, Two Other Great Men To Die By Hanging For Robbery, Murder

VAM News October 22, 2021 0 Comment

Justice Abiodun Adesodun of Ado Ekiti High Court in Ekiti State has sentenced three men to death by hanging for armed robbery and murder. The convicts are Oluwole Edward 49, Kolawole Ojo, 39 and...

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Local News

Ekiti State Pays N7.8bn UBEC Counterpart Funding

VAM News October 20, 2021 0 Comment

Ekiti State paid N7.8 billion counterpart funding to the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in the last three years to attract projects to its public schools, deputy governor Bisi Egbeyemi has said. The money...

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Local News

Ekiti Has Higher GDP Than Gambia, Cape Verde, Seychelles Osinbajo

VAM News October 15, 2021 0 Comment

Professor Yemi Osinbajo has stated that Ekiti state has a higher gross domestic product (GDP) than Gambia and several other African nations. The vice-president also advised states in Nigeria to think like sovereign nations”...

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Local News

Gunmen Abduct Child, 3 Others In Ekiti

VAM News October 6, 2021 0 Comment

No fewer than four persons were on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen during a midnight raid at Ilasa Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government Area of the state. Eyewitnesses from the community confirmed that the gunmen...

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Local News

Ekiti: Vehicles stranded on Ado-Ikere-Akure road as commuters spend hours on 30km stretch

VAM News October 5, 2021 0 Comment

The frustrations being experienced by travellers who spend hours on the Federal roads in Ekiti area of the federation have come to the fore. On Friday, travellers were stranded along the Ado-Ikere-Akure road on...

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Local News Politics

2022 Gubernatorial Election: PDP extends sale of forms in Ekiti

VAM News September 30, 2021 0 Comment

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the sale of its expression of interest and nomination forms for the Ekiti governorship election by one week. Recalled that the closing date for the sales of...

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Crime

Ekiti: Court Jails Courier Staff For Yahoo Scam

VAM News September 30, 2021 0 Comment

A Federal High Court in Ilorin, on Wednesday, convicted a courier staff, Akinyuli Damilola, for offences bordering on internet fraud and a love scam. Akinyuli, a worker currently in the employ of Tranex Courier...

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Local News

3 New GMs, 16 Executive Secretaries installed in Ekiti

VAM News September 24, 2021 0 Comment

The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointments of three General Managers and 16 Executive Secretaries into the state civil service. A statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, on...

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Education

Fayemi okays establishment of three new model colleges in Ekiti

VAM News September 22, 2021 0 Comment

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has approved the establishment of three new model colleges in the state to accommodate the substantial increase in school enrollment. The Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education...

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Education

Ekiti To Get Federal University Of Health And Medical Sciences

VAM News September 16, 2021 0 Comment

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill for the establishment of the Federal University of Health and Medical Sciences, Iyin-Ekiti, in Irepodun/Ifelodun local government of Ekiti State. The passage followed the presentation of the...