LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has won Ekiti state, the first officially declared presidential election result by Independent National Electoral Commission. In the result announced by the returning officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Buhari of the All Progressives Congress polled 219,231 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja will, on Monday, deliver judgment on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress flag bearer, Governor Kayode Fayemi, in the July 14, 2018 election. Towards this end, the…
LAGOS JANURY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State looks set for a bumpy ride as the rivalry between immediate past governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose and the Senate Minority Leader, Chief Biodun Olujimi, has taken the center stage as the state chapter of the Presidential Campaign Council…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu who stormed Osun State for Gboyega Oyetola’s inauguration alongside other APC chieftains stated that no party other than APC will rule in South-West. Tinubu who maintained that Nigeria will not return to the era of greed and selfishness, also took a swipe at the PDP who he said did nothing…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has clarified his stance on the fate of the immediate past governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose. Fayemi spoke with State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fielding questions whether he would probe his predecessor,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of going about sealing off houses belonging to innocent people in the state. He said the anti-graft agency was operating under the guise that the houses were linked to him (Fayose). The immediate past governor stated…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 24 hours after he was granted bail by Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court in Lagos by Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose is yet to regain his freedom. LEADERSHIP Friday investigation revealed that the embattled former governor…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed 11 charges against the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. PoliticsNGR has gathered that the governor will be arraigned before a Lagos state high court on Monday. The offenses border on illegal cash gotten to fund his 2014 gubernatorial campaign and benefitting…
