Mr Adeniran Alagbada, the Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, has urged the House Committee on Appropriation and Finance to speed up work on the 2019 Appropriation Bill passage.

Gunmen have again struck in Ekiti State killing an accounting officer with the Emure Local Government area of the state, Mr Abayomi Ajayi.

Mr Asuquo Amba, has assumed office as the new Ekiti Commissioner of Police. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that Amba replaces Mr Bello Ahmed who had since proceeded on retirement.

Members of staff of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday, organised special prayer for peaceful legislative and 2019 general elections.

The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, has urged women in the state to desist from giving birth to their babies at home, describing such practice as dangerous and life threatening.