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Pantami had been quoted as saying that he was always happy when infidels were massacred Nigerians on popular social media platform, Twitter, have initiated an online campaign demanding the resignation of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over alleged links with terrorist groups. The social media users are contending that the minister … Read more
Tsola, whose mother is of Yoruba heritage, may not have emerged as the next Olu without the solidarity and fellowship of the Yoruba nation. This past year, Nigeria has witnessed the passing of a number of its first class monarchs, and what has characteristically trailed these events has been controversies surrounding the line of succession … Read more
There is no doubt that Lagos is full of employment opportunities for both educated and uneducated people. The population in Lagos keep on increasing everyday and the city becomes congested. Due to the over population in Lagos, there is always traffic on the road which makes the city stressful to live. When going to work or coming … Read more
Reactions have continued to trail the highly anticipated Presidential candidacy of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose recent actions have suggested that the former Lagos State Governor may soon throw his hat into the ring ahead of the 2023 Presidential Election. EKO HOT BLOG had reported earlier that … Read more
By abiodun KOMOLAFE ‘Abiodun, stop crying; the storm is over!’ Those were the exact words of Peter Oluyinka Odumakin to me at Saint James’ Anglican Church, Aramoko-Ekiti in Ekiti State, on November 5, 2009. It was on the occasion of my wedding to the-then Miss Oluwafunmilola Awosusi. For obvious reasons, it was to be a … Read more
Gunmen had attacked the Nigerian Correctional Facility in Imo State freeing score of inmates Following a comment made by Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, that members of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) movement are not responsible for the attacks on police and correctional facilities in the state on Monday, social media have begun buzzing … Read more
Funny how they sound as if they are right next door, when they are really half a world away Internet fraudsters may have found a more convincing way to fleece unsuspecting victims of their monies through romance scams. Many agencies and websites have outlined signs and tips online daters should look out for to avoid … Read more
The National Association of Seadogs famously known as the Pyrates Confraternity (Cult Group) was founded in 1952 by seven University of Ibadan undergraduates namely; (1.) Wole Soyinka (2.) Ralph Opara (3.) Pius Oleghe (4.) Ikpehare Aig- Imoukhuede (5.) Nathaniel Oyelola (6.) Olumuyiwa Awe (7.) Sylvanus U. Egbuche The group was headed by renowned Nobel Prize … Read more
By: Adémólá Òrúnbon Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, popularly called BAT, is a master strategist, generalissimo, who has dominated the politics of Nigeria’s commercial capital for over two decades, Tinubu, has long been overdue and expected to make a run for the country’s top job–his formidable political network, propensity for deal-making and substantial personal wealth give … Read more
By Afolabi Hakim Rain started in Lagos last year with a greater intensity which resulted in floodings, with many homes damaged across the state, especially in suburbs like Ikorodu, Makoko, Bariga, Ayobo to mention few. In March last year, at a news conference on the 2020 seasonal rainfall predictions and prevention of flooding in Lagos, … Read more
The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments – Henry Clay If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which … Read more
Nigeria Immigration Service has introduced a new travel document which is Nigeria Temporary Passport for Nigerians abroad that need to travel back home but does not have standard passport at hand. Nigeria Immigration Service said that the Nigeria Temporary Passport meets International Civil Aviation Organization standards and will allow citizens abroad to return to the country without problem in … Read more
When national, state, or local governments make a concerted effort to solicit input from citizens and provide services to all of their constituents equally, they sow the seeds of stability and growth. When this is done within a framework of political and legal accountability, citizens increasingly trust state institutions to support and to treat all … Read more
A Twitter user, @fomax112, on Friday, posted a 2015 video of President Muhammadu Buhari saying that his government may not include areas where he got 5 percent votes as against areas where he got 95 percent of votes cast. The video, captioned “Buhari is a failure long time ago…”, was posted in reaction to a … Read more
It is in view and scrutiny of the socio-political happenings in Nigerian democracy that I deem it pertinent to come up with a piece of writing bearing this title. In the state of nature, human beings lived in a condition clearly described by Thomas Hobbes as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”. Human beings were endowed with certain … Read more
When we think of fitness, the first thing that comes to a lot of people’s minds is either doing bicep curls in the gym or running on a treadmill. While these exercises have their place, they tend to not be transferable to everyday living, or in other words, they aren’t functional. Functional exercising is a … Read more
By Femi Akintunde-Johnson This piece was inspired by my mother…a woman whose mastery of the English Language was no more than adequate to communicate with her diverse customers at her petty-trading shop in Iponri, Lagos. My mother was tough, hardworking, thrifty and distrustful of haughty, loudmouthed smooth talkers. She would not condone my truancy or … Read more
By Olamide Francis The call by many Nigerians for the presidency to proscribe bandits as terrorists are gratuitous. The presidency is upstanding to turn deaf ears to this reverberating call except that it has failed to treat these vicious murderers, the plunder of resources and architects of national bewilderment for what they really are — … Read more
Until intentional and deliberate laws and policies are made, the Education Sector in Nigeria will continue to be in retardation or even crash. The trio, Western education, Islamic education and the Traditional education system has suffered neglect and conspiracy against common citizens. Year on Year, #Billions are siphoned through this neglected sector. No proper projection … Read more
By Femi Akintunde-Johnson Have you been seeing some online videos where all sorts of activists anarchists make calm and confident threats to ‘take our nation’ back from their rudderless kinsmen in leadership positions who are accused of being in cahoots with the ruling ‘oligarchs’? Well, we hope others are taking those videos in public domain … Read more