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  • Alleged witchcraft: Ekiti opposes case transfer

    Justice A. Adesodun, sitting at the Ekiti Vacation Court of the State High Court, yesterday ordered Mr Adedeji Oladele, the defence counsel in the case of alleged murder of Mrs. Rebecca Adewumi, to open a fresh application in Ado Judicial Division.

    The state counsel, Mr Femi Onipede, had averred that it is a basic condition that the prosecution decide the court where to institute and/or retain its case.

    Justice Adesodun, who was a vacation judge, said the vacation would end tomorrow and that he would be unable to entertain any new application on any case except such case is transferred to Omuo Judicial Division, where he serves.

    Oladele, who had planned to move an application for bail for the three accused, who are in prison custody, said he would prefer to open an application to transfer the case to Omuo.

    The defence counsel told the court that the alleged act was committed in Omuo and that it would be convenient for the parties to hear the case in the town.

    But Onipede averred that the case was instituted in the Ado Judicial Division by the prosecution and that it could be changed only if that is the preference of the prosecution.

    The government lawyer added that the defence lacked such legal preference.

    Abey Feranmi, Orojo Olatunbosun and Adesola Adewumi were charged with murder, conspiracy and trial by ordeal.

    They were arrested on the orders of Police Commissioner Sotonye Wakama and remanded in prison custody since 4 September.

  • Ekiti spends N238m on community development

    Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi at the weekend presented N238 million cheques to 26 communities for the development of vital projects through the state’s Community and Social Development Agency (EKSCDA).

    The governor said he would continue to ensure that all communities enjoy the dividends of democracy.
    At the ceremony in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, the governor explained that the gesture was not just a proactive measure to improve the well-being of grassroots residents but also in fulfillment of his administration’s vision of reducing poverty as enshrined in its Eight-Point Agenda.

    Fayemi explained that the 26 communities would execute a minimum of three micro projects through the Community Development Plan.

    The governor expressed optimism that the projects would further enhance the development of the communities.
    He explained that about 78 projects with direct impact on the people would be financed through the initiative.

  • 100 Ekiti eye patients get free surgery

    Over 100 patients with critical eye problems, who were referred for surgeries during the fifth phase of Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi’s Free Health Mission have undergone free surgery at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti.
    The Commissioner for Health, Prof Olusola Fasubaa, who spoke in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, at the end of the programme at the Ophthalmology Centre of EKSUTH, hailed the success of the exercise.
    The commissioner said the Free Health Mission was part of efforts by the Fayemi administration to improve healthcare delivery as enshrined in its Eight-Point Agenda.
    Fasubaa urged the beneficiaries to take drugs according to prescriptions and undergo regular medical check-ups, as directed by the doctors.
    The State Director of Hospital Services, Dr. Kola Adu, described the Free Health Mission as a continuous exercise.
    He said its sixth edition would hold before the end of the year.
    Dr. Adu hailed the workers of the EKSUTH Ophthalmology Department, led by Dr. Olufunmilayo Fadamiro, for the success of the operations.
    Mrs. Fasola Funke from Moba Local Government Area; Chief Ogundana Bamisaye, from Ilejemeje and Mrs. Falade Grace from Ikole Local Government Area, praised the Fayemi administration for solving the health challenges the residents had been facing for years.

  • Samsung to float academy in Ekiti

     Electronics Giants, Samsung is set to establishing an Engineering Academy in Ado Ekiti, the state capital as part of its partnership arrangement with the state government.

    This according to a statement, was part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the state government and the management of Samsung in Seoul, South Korea yesterday.

    Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi signed for the state government, while Mr. Seongwoo Nam, Executive Vice President (IT Solutions Business), signed on behalf of Samsung at a brief ceremony at the company’s head office in Seoul.
    Other areas of collaboration between Ekiti State and Samsung as agreed in the MoU, include e-governance, healthcare, technology park,  smart city and safe city initiatives of the Ekiti State Government.

    Governor Fayemi said the partnership with Samsung will boost the state government’s ICT plans, especially its e-school, e-payment and e-government projects.

    Samsung is one of the major partners in the state government’s Computer-per – child  initiatives (e-School project), which is designed to put a laptop computer on the desk of every student in the state’s public secondary school by 2014. Already, 33,000 laptop computers of the planned 100,000 are being distributed across the state in the first phase of the project.