The federal government illegally diverted $1.05 billion (N378 billion at N360 to a dollar) sourced from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dividend funds to secretly fund subsidy payment on petroleum products, PREMIUM TIMES can report today.

The Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi is doing a tour of facilities in the state, yesterday he went to Ikogosi and today, he visited Fountain Hotel to see things for himself and it was not a pretty sight. The governor had called the state of structures a “catalogue of disasters” earlier. Broken down

The Ekiti State Deputy Governor Bisi Egbeyemi has appealed to the people of Isaba Ekiti in Ikole Local Government to maintain peace over the vacant kingship stool.

The Peoples Democratic Party ’s members in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have declared their support for the Senate Minority Leader , Abiodun Olujimi, as the leader of the party in the state.

The representative of Ekiti North Senatorial District, Senator Duro Faseyi, has harped on the need for all stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state to focus on issues that will engender unity and cohesiveness of the party rather than selfish interests.