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By Bamidela Michael Politics and drama should not mix. But not so in Nigeria, where the political landscape often plays out like scenes from a Nollywood film.

This morning, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission re-arraigned former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose for alleged money laundering before a new judge.   The court granted his application for permission to travel abroad for treatment as he said he was sick. It followed the re-assignment of the case to Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke after the prosecution expressed loss of confidence …

A court of appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti has directed the freezing of the account of Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti state.The court allowed the appeal filed by EFCC against the judgment of Taiwo Taiwo of federal high court, Ado Ekiti division.

In politics there are no permanent realities, only permanent interests. There was some unexpected turn of events at Afao-Ekiti, the home town of Governor Ayodele Fayose on Wednesday. His brother, Ayo Oluwayose dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Action Democratic Party (ADP). The development, which occurred when ADP governorship candidate, Segun Adewale took his mobilisation tour to the town, …

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has called on Abdulrasheed Maina to expose the corrupt people in President Buhari’s government.

It was the president that went to foreign countries to de-market Nigeria by calling all Nigerians thieves and dishonest people. He was the one who created atmosphere of economic and political instability in the country by his acts of nepotism and vindictiveness? Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has said that what Nigerians are now desirous of hearing from the …

Urges voters to defend their votes Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has urged the people of Edo State to give their votes to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu on Saturday, saying “Edo people should not make the same mistake Nigerians made last year by enthroning the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has faulted the refusal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to make public the statement it has extracted from the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, in its ongoing probe of money meant for the purchase of arms and the funding of the last general elections in the country.

Counsel to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has replied the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Aisha Buhari through her counsel, Mary Ekpere & Co, saying the governor’s claim as regards her involvement in the infamous Halliburton scandal was correct and justified in law. In the letter dated July 8, 2016, Ozekhome affirmed that the …

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Friday stated that he had N300 million in one of Zenith Bank accounts with number 9013074033 and that he did not only deposit the money before he was sworn in as governor, he also declared it in his asset declaration form.