Between 2008 and 2009, Ekiti State Government disbursement a total sum of N253,014,000.00 as scholarship to 2,031 students from the State studying in tertiary institutions both in Nigeria and foreign countries, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Mr. Wale Ojo-Lanre has disclosed.

Ojo-Lanre, who made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti  noted that the Governor Segun Oni-led administration would continue to reward  academic excellence by assisting  brilliant students in pursuance  of  their studies through the scholarship scheme.

Ekiti State Governor, Engr. Segun Oni has commiserated with legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) over the death of his mother, Madam Abigail Ajayi Babalola (nee Oshunkunle), saying; the legal luminary and his entire family should be consoled by the fact that the woman lived a fulfilled and exemplary life.

Madam Ajayi Babalola died yesterday morning at the age of 114.

IF truly the voice of men is the voice of God, the Ekiti State governor, Engr. Segun Oni may become the President of the country very soon.

An Islamic cleric, who is the Chief Imam of Offa in Kwara State, Alhaji Muhiydeen Salman, who delivered the sermon at the turbanning ceremony of Ekiti State deputy governor, Dr. Sikiru Lawal, as the first Baba Adini of Ekitiland described Governor Oni as a leader capable of holding higher offices and eventually become the President of Nigeria.