The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has called on organised labour to challenge political leaders to ensure that state resources meet the needs of workers and other Nigerians. Oshiomhole made the call in Abuja at a reception in honour of the Director-General, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Mr Guy Ryder. Oshiomhole … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, says the Federal Government’s introduced National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), has in three years, lifted no fewer than 5 million Nigerians out of extreme poverty. Programme (NSIP), has in three years, lifted no fewer than 5 million Nigerians out of extreme poverty. President Buhari said this at the opening of the Global … Read more
Bandits, cattle rustlers have been granted amnesty by governors in the north-west. This was disclosed by Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina state, who read a communiqué issued at the end of a one-day security and reconciliation meeting with security agents, vigilante, volunteer groups, herdsmen and farmers on Thursday in Katsina. Over the past few … Read more
The Nigerian Military has reacted to reports of alleged secret burial of about 1,000 of its personnel. A foreign news medium had reported that soldiers killed by terrorists in the ongoing war against Boko Haram were buried secretly in order not to discredit the federal government’s position that the sect has been crushed. Dismissing the … Read more
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III has attributed the failure of the last National Assembly to confirm the appointment of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as a way of hiding the ‘skeleton in their cupboard’. The first class monarch made the declaration in … Read more
10 people have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for operating an illegal Microfinance Bank called STAAGMART Nigeria Limited situated at D69 Oyingbo, Lagos state and recovered a sum of N961,375This was made known to Newsmen by the state’s commissioner of police, Mr. Shina Olukolu while parading these suspects at the command’s headquarters … Read more
A member of the Abia State House of Assembly, Honourable Chijioke Chukwu, is currently at war with his wife and on Thursday, August 1, begged a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, Abuja, not to grant the estranged wife, Cynthia, custody of their two children, saying “she is a drunk.” Chukwu made the allegations while defending … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the commitment of his administration to creating jobs for the youthful population of Nigeria. Speaking Thursday in Abuja during an audience with Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), President Buhari said: “In the last four years, this government prioritised Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure development. Our focus … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Friday, August 2nd, 2019 1. Shehu Sani speaks on alleged secret burials of Nigerian soldiers Senator Shehu Sani has spoken about the alleged secret burial of 1,000 soldiers killed by Boko Haram. The report which was published by highly respected international media house, Wall … Read more
An undergraduate, Victor Ajidagba, who was in 400-level at the University of Ibadan has slumped and died. It was gathered that Ajidagba died Wednesday night. Ajidagba, who until his death, a Nursing student in the institution, died at the University died at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. It was gathered that Ajidagba slumped after … Read more
The Kogi State Government has reacted to the claim by the Deputy Governor, Mr. Simon Achuba, that Governor Yahaya Bello was after the life. In a statement Thursday afternoon by the Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Mohammed, the government described the claim as bogus and an exhibition of a blind rage by an angry suckling with … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday restated the commitment of his administration to creating jobs for the youthful population of Nigeria. The president stated this during an audience with the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder, at the State House, Abuja. Mr Buhari said: “In the last four years, this government prioritised Agriculture, … Read more
The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Gill Atkinson has said Nigerians will gain from Brexit as it was an opportunity of opening its relationship with the rest of the world. She gave the advice when she paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Idris Wase in … Read more
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, during his meeting with the UK Secretary of State, has said that Nigeria can benefit from the United Kingdom in its ongoing reform of the business environment by learning from how the British resolved similar challenges. His Spokesperson, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday, said that Osinbajo spoke during … Read more
A group known as the National Democratic Forum, NDF, has warned the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, against dramatizing a story published by Wall Street Journal on the alleged secret burial of slain army officers in the North East. It issued the warning to Atiku while insisting that the … Read more
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the reported secret burial of 1,000 Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram and ISWAP. A statement he signed Thursday said the Wall Street Journal report on the matter was saddening and that the attempt to hide the true … Read more
The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, on Thursday, said the era where President Muhammadu Buhari was threatened with “impeachments” by the previous legislature was over with his emergence as Deputy Senate President and that of Sen. Ahmed Lawan, Senate President. “Gone are those when impeachment threats will be issued to the President. But today … Read more
Kogi State Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba has alleged that the Governor of the State, Yahaya Bello is after his life and called on the police to save him. The Deputy Governor alleged on Thursday that Bello has sent gunmen to terminate his life, while calling on the Inspector General of Police, State Security Services, SSS … Read more
The Lekki Concession Company Limited has handed over 18 toll collectors, suspected to have defrauded it of huge sums of money, to the police for investigation. The Managing Director, LCC, Mr Mubashiru Hassan, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, said the affected employees took advantage of the operational hitches, which occurred in … Read more
Francis Okiye, Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly has filed a suit at the Federal High Court Abuja to stop the National Assembly from taking over the state assembly’s functions. In an originating summon and a motion on notice for interlocutory injunction with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/815/2019 filed by the speaker and the state assembly, … Read more