The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, May 15, said that Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, will be connected to Lagos-Kano rail line just as he signed a $6.68 billion dollars contract agreement for the Ibadan-Kaduna segment with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). Amaechi said at the signing ceremony in Abuja that Ado-Ekiti would be connected with a ...
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Man in custody for ‘N350,000 land fraud’
The Nation reports that in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Chief Magistrates’ Court, has remanded a 31-year-old man, Lamidi Alaba, in prison custody for alleged N350,000 land fraud. Police prosecutor Caleb Leranmo told the court the accused committed the offence on June 23 at Ajebamidele in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged the accused obtained N350,000 from Falana John under the pretext of having a ...
Read More »Suspected land grabbers attack Ekiti varsity students
Suspected land grabbers have allegedly attacked some Ekiti State University students living in satellite towns in Iworoko-Ekiti in Irepodun-Ifelodun Local Government Area. According to Punch , a yet-to-identified female was said to have been almost strangled to death as 50 cell phones of the students were alleged to have been snatched by the hoodlums who were bent on forcefully taking over ...
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