Tag: Ekiti

  • Abduction: Joint security team arrests 4 suspects in Ekiti

    The Ekiti police command says a joint security team, comprising of the military, police, civil defense, Amotekun and local hunters, have arrested four suspects in connection with a recent abduction in the state. ASP Sunday Abutu, the command’s Spokesperson, who confirmed the arrests in a statement on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, said the efforts of the…

  • FG’s conditional Cash-transfer: Ekiti beneficiaries commend President Buhari

    Ekiti Government on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the Federal Government’s empowerment programme tagged: “Household Uplifting Conditional Cash-Transfer” (HUP-CCT) in the last four years. Mr Victor Kolade, the Special Adviser on Social Investment Programme (SIP) to Gov. Kayode Fayemi, gave the commendation in Ado-Ekiti. Kolade said that no less than N1.4 billion of the…

  • Curfew: Police ban protests in Ekiti

    Curfew: Police ban protests in Ekiti

    Following the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on the residents of Ekiti by the Ekiti State Government, the Police Command there on Tuesday announced ban on all forms of protest in the state. The command in a statement signed by Mr Sunday Abutu, its Public Relations Officer, said that the ban was sequel to the…

  • Minimum wage: Ekiti workers begin 3-day warning strike Monday

    The organised labour in Ekiti state, on Friday, said that there was no going back on its planned commencement of a three-day warning strike from Aug. 3. The strike, according to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), is to compel the state government to pay the…