Index to Nigerian Newspapers

Ekiti State governor, Mr.  Biodun Oyebanji, has charged the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to devise more innovative ways to create profitable jobs for Nigerian youths. He gave the charge yesterday in Ado Ekiti while interacting with the leadership of the NDE at the governor’s office.

The All Progressives Congress has chosen Biodun Abayomi as their candidate for governor in the upcoming election for the position of governor of Ekiti State. Abayomi gathered a total of... It's loading the AI Video Player. Having received the most votes overall, the Hon. was announced as the APC's candidate for the governorship race. 183560 APC members were enrolled in the state, according to Governor Badaru, 107877 voters were recognised, and 104 983 votes were counted. Five wards, three wards, and the destruction of an automobile were the affected locations.

Ekiti State governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has congratulated Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central) on his emergence as Senate leader of the 10th assembly, describing him as a fit and proper person to occupy such an exalted position. Governor Oyebanji thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the leadership of the National Assembly for the honour done to the Southwest and Ekiti State in particular with the choice of Bamidele.

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, Oyebanji said he was confident Bamidele would discharge his duties as Senate leader effectively and bring additional value to the legislative and oversight functions of the upper legislative chamber, as well as the good governance agenda of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.

Segun Oni, a Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for governor, was attacked yesterday in Efon Alaaye in the Efon Local Government Area of Ekiti State by thugs who were allegedly connected to a political party in the state. According to a news release from Jackson Adebayo, Director of Media and Publicity for the Segun Oni Campaign Organisation (SOCO), the attack took place at 3:30 pm. He claimed that shortly after the SDP candidate's supporters and members gathered to welcome him, the thugs began firing at them and hitting them with sticks and cutlasses.