2023: Sen. Adeyemi drums support for Yahaya Bello EKO HOT BLOG reports Senator Smart Adeyemi, who represents Kogi West in the National Assembly, has proclaimed his support for Governor Yahaya Bello’s presidential ambitions. During the opening of the Global Alliance of Progressive Professionals (GAP3), a youth non-governmental organization founded to push for Governor Bello’s presidential … Read more
APC Disowns Progressive Youth Movement EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disowned Progressive Youth Movement, a group that claimed it has taken over the leadership of the party on Monday. The group had claimed that it has taken over the leadership of the APC by sacking Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led … Read more
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday inaugurated the new multi-billion-naira civil service secretariat complex in Asaba, Delta State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that this was announced by Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, in a statement titled, ‘An Efficient Civil Service Crucial For National Development, Governance – Osinbajo’. Osinbajo also inaugurated … Read more
Ayu said political parties in Nigeria must be allowed to grow and driven by varying ideologies and issues like environment EKO HOT BLOG reports that the incoming National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, says political parties need to educate Nigerians that eight more years of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) … Read more
NLC to Buhari: Sign Electoral Act Amendment Bill EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this in a statement titled: ”Time to Strengthen Democracy in Nigeria” on Monday in Abuja. Wabba … Read more
APC Denies Zoning Chairmanship to North Central EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would not zone its national leadership to the country’s north-central region. Sen. James Akpanudoedehe, the National Secretary, APC Caretaker, and Chairman of the Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), stated this to newsmen on Monday in … Read more
PDP untrustworthy, can’t rescue Nigeria, says VON DG Osita Okechukwu EKO HOT LOG reports that a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC and the Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has faulted claim by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it will plans to rescue Nigeria from the ruling party. He said … Read more
Abiriba PDP stakeholders Forum, Sunday passed a vote of confidence on the governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu, commending and reeling out his achievements in the state. EKO HOT BLOG reorts that this was made known in a communiqué issued today. The forum commended the governor for constructing different roads in the state and making … Read more
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has clarified his comment on citizens “drinking beer and sleeping all day.” EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ortom had on Friday while commissioning the mega Pentecostal Church, Remnant Christian Network Embassy in Makurdi, the state capital, said that: “If you go round Makurdi Town, our people start drinking beer … Read more
APC faction in Zamfara conducts congress, elects officials EKO HOT BLOG reports that Senator Kabiru Marafa’s faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has completed its Congresses by electing twenty-nine executive members to handle the faction’s activities for the next three years. According to the faction’s spokesman, Bello Bakyasuwa, there were thirty-two … Read more
Yakasai Reveals Real Reason Tinubu Visited Him in Abuja Residence EKO HOT BLOG reports that Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, a founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and an elder statesman, has stated that he will back Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, in his presidential bid in 2023. Tinubu had … Read more
Finally, Buhari greets Atiku almost grudgingly EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Buhari officially acknowledged former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar 24 hours after his 75th birthday was commemorated in Bauchi. The message was belated and it was commonplace, bereft of any warmth or affection, to the man who ran against him in 2019. “Happy birthday and … Read more
Niger APC chieftains, Liman, Abdulsalam, Imam dragged to court over alleged defamation EKO HOT BLOG reports that three former Niger State All Progressives Congress (APC) executives have sued their former colleagues in the Chief Magistrate Court of Bosso for alleged conspiracy and character defamation. Jibrin Imam, the state’s former APC Chairman, Secretary Barrister Muhammed Liman, … Read more
Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday suspended the Chairman of Ifedore Local Government of Ondo State, Alex Oladimeji, for alleged misappropriation of funds. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the action of the assembly was not unconnected with the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ifedore LGA. The house during the plenary session … Read more
Ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Federal Government to emulate the successes recorded by Governors of states controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). EKO HOT BLOG reports that Abubakar gave the advice during the commissioning of a 4.2-kilometer road constructed by the Bauchi State government, in Bauchi, on Thursday. The Gombe-Maiduguri road … Read more
National Chairman-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Iyorchia Ayu, says the party under his leadership will remain accountable. EKO HOT BLOG reports that he also expressed preparedness to review the reports of various committees set up by the outgoing Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee and ensure that their recommendations are implemented. Ayu said … Read more
…Mbeki said he called the former Nigerian leader to discussed the issue with him. EKO HOT BLOG reports that another revelation on the failed third term bid of former President Olusegun Obasanjo has surfaced. Former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, has disclosed how he and Abdulsalami Abubakar, former Head of State of Nigeria, worked … Read more
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule says All Progressives Congress has only agreed on the date to hold its national convention. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Sule added that the ruling party is yet to determine the venue. Sule spoke while featuring on Politics Today, a current affairs programme on Channels Television on Wednesday. “The … Read more
Former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki has declared intention to run for president in the 2023 general elections. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Saraki made his intention known during his visit to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday, in Makurdi, whom he called a good party man under the People’s … Read more
House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the National Cancer Control Plan established by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the House seeks to investigate the National Cancer Control Plan established by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, to understand why fewer Nigerians with cancer cannot access treatment at the … Read more