A group, Movement for the Advancement of Democracy in Nigeria has said the Supreme Court ought to have ordered a re-election in Imo State, instead of declaring Senator Hope Uzodinma as governor. The group claimed that neither Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nor Senator Uzodinma met the criterion of geo-electoral spread as … Read more
Houses of Assembly in the six Southwest states will on Monday simultaneously conduct public hearings on the Operation Amotekun Bill. Speakers Mudashiru Obasa (Lagos); Kunle Oluomo (Ogun); Adebo Ogundoyin (Oyo); Bamidele Oleyelogun (Ondo); Timothy Owoeye (Osun) and Funminiyi Afuye (Ekiti), made the next line of action on Operation Amotekun known at a meeting in Ibadan … Read more
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has called on the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate David Lyon, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva and opposition parties in the state to support his administration. Diri on Sunday at a thanksgiving service at Gloryland Chapel in Government House Yenagoa, said he needed their support and that … Read more
No fewer than 22 persons in the convoy a newly wedded lady heading to her husband’s home perished on Saturday evening in an automobile accident along Kankia-Danja Road, Katsina State. Seventeen others were seriously injured in the accident in which the bride escaped unhurt. The crash, which was said to have occurred near Kafur town, … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Monday, February 17th, 2020 1. Sanwo-Olu, Other Dignitaries To Speak On Freedom Online Third Lecture Freedom Online will hold its third annual lecture in Lagos to discuss Nigeria: Foundation, Fundamentals, Future. READ MORE 2. Police Arrest Car Snatcher, Recover 2 Stolen Vehicles Police operatives … Read more
The Osun State Government on Sunday declared readiness to negotiate ‘divorce’ with Oyo State and disengage the joint ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. The Chairman of the Osun Reconciliation Committee on LAUTECH, Prof. Olu Aina, said Oyo State Government had refused to respond to a letter informing it of Osun’s readiness … Read more
The immediate past chairman of the All Progressive Congress in Ondo State, Mr Isaac Kekemeke, on Sunday said he was preparing to be the next governor of the state. He also debunked a report that he joined the governorship race in order to become the deputy governorship candidate of the party should the incumbent deputy … Read more
Crisis rocking the Ibadan traditional institution took a new turn on Sunday as the embattled members of the Olubadan-in-Council accused the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, of monetizing traditional titles. They also claimed that the authority that conferred the title of Imperial Majesty on the Olubadan was the same authority that conferred on them … Read more
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has denied a news story that he was caught up in a gun attack in Kaduna on Sunday night. Daily Nigerian reported that the minister and hundreds of train passengers escaped naarrowly Sunday night after suspected kidnappers opened fire on their vehicles as they left the Rigasa station in Kaduna. … Read more
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and hundreds of train passengers escaped by their whiskers Sunday night after suspected kidnappers opened fire on their vehicles as they left the Rigasa station in Kaduna. According to Daily Nigerian, the gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, opened fire from their ambush position in Mando on the cavalcade of vehicles … Read more
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said one person was crushed to death and 4 others were hurt by a truck on Sunday at Kugbo along Nyanya road, Abuja. The Corps Public Education Police Officer (CPEO), Mr Bisi Kazeem that verified this stated the crash took place at around 2pm. “At about 1400 humans resources, … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest round of attacks on farmers by bandits in Damkal andTsanwa villages in Batsari local government area of Katsina state. He said killing people in the name of revenge is not acceptable as no one in the country has right to take laws into his hands by the way of … Read more
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the Presidency has no power to stop any peaceful protest by aggrieved Nigerians who are calling for the replacement of the service chiefs. Mr Falana, while responding to a statement credited to a presidential spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, on Sunday, said Nigerians have the fundamental … Read more
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Sunday suggested compulsory psychiatric test for the operatives of Ekiti State Security Network Agency, Amotekun. The Ekiti State House of Bill passed the bill on Amotekun last week. The NBA Chairman, Ado Ekiti Branch, Barr. Olakanmi Falade, said in a statement that making psychiatric test one of the prerequisites … Read more
1,050 graduate trainees have been employed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation during the 2019/2020 employment exercise. In a statement by the corporation’s Managing Director, Mele Kyari, the Human Resources Division of NNPC has since commenced the issuance of provisional offers of employment to the 1,050 fresh employees. While describing the recruitment as a very … Read more
Borno Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has met with over 120,000 refuges in Niger Republic displaced by Boko Haram insurgency. The refugees, who consist of men, women and children fled from different communities from the northern part of the State, trekked to neighbouring Niger at the heat of the crisis in 2014. Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa … Read more
The drama in Bayelsa State is not yet over. Barely few hours after he emerged as the new governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri faces another battle, which may threaten his mandate. He has a new date with his arch-rival, Timi Alaibe, who has asked a Federal High Court to declare him as the … Read more
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to “disclose within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of our Freedom of Information requests the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha and details of spending of about $5 billion recovered loot since the … Read more
The Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola SAN has disclosed that his Ministry is working in partnership with contractors and States’ government on a new strategy to check bad spots on federal roads during the raining season. The Minister who was on inspection tour of federal roads and Housing projects in Cross River State … Read more
The United States Government has warned that it will recover the over $308million looted and stashed abroad by former Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha, if it is re-stolen in Nigeria. The threat followed a February 4 repatriation pact the Federal Government signed with the Americans and the government of Jersey to return … Read more