Eko Hot Blog reports that Labour Party says Soyinka may be ‘blinded by some chauvinistic tendencies’ after he said Obi came third in the 2023 presidential election Labour Party accuses Soyinka of hypocrisy for failing to condemn irregularities that occurred during the election. Editor’s Picks International Rescue Committee Calls For Urgent Global Aid For Libya … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of two new CEOs for the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) and the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA). Editor’s Picks International Rescue Committee Calls For Urgent Global Aid For Libya Derna Deputy Mayor: Infrastructure Not Built To … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Zacch Adedeji, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on revenue, has been appointed acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Editor’s Picks International Rescue Committee Calls For Urgent Global Aid For Libya Derna Deputy Mayor: Infrastructure Not Built To Withstand Devastating Floods Hope In Disaster Uniting Rival Governments … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima will depart Abuja today to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77+China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba from 15th to 17th September, 2023. EDITOR’S PICKS NDLEA Intercepts Meth, Skunk Consignments Concealed In Tomato Pastes, Clothes FAAN Redirects Flight Operations To MMIA’s New Terminal After Fire … Read more
Eko hot blog reports that Yomi Awoniyi, a former deptuy governor of Kogi state, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Awoniyi was deputy governor in the administration of Idris Wada, a former governor of Kogi. EDITOR’S PICKS G-20 Recap: Tinubu Woos Three Major Countries In Drive For Local Investment, Wealth Creation NDLEA Intercepts Meth, … Read more
Eko hot blog reports that Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has sent a fresh list of Commissioners to the Ogun State House of Assembly. EDITOR’S PICKS G-20 Recap: Tinubu Woos Three Major Countries In Drive For Local Investment, Wealth Creation NDLEA Intercepts Meth, Skunk Consignments Concealed In Tomato Pastes, Clothes Why Passengers Must Arrive … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that some legal experts say that former President Donald Trump could be disqualified from running for president again because of his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. EDITOR’S PICKS G-20 Recap: Tinubu Woos Three Major Countries In Drive For Local Investment, Wealth Creation NDLEA Intercepts Meth, … Read more
The Afijio Local Government Legislative arm of Oyo State has suspended the Vice Chairman of the local government, Oluwatoyin Abiona, alongside three councillors for alleged misappropriation of funds and misuse of power. A resolution of the House under the leadership of Ajao Oladipupo, a copy of which was obtained on Saturday, in Ibadan, the state … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the New Nigeria’s People Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, at the 2023 general elections, Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso, with other members of the party have made the move to amend the party’s constitution and logo. Editor’s Pick NNPP: Court Overrules Kwankwanso’s Suspension Pandemonium As Gombe State University Student Gives Birth, Throws Baby … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Nine members of the National Assembly, including Senators and House of Representatives members, have been unseated by election petition tribunals across different states. The rulings, which were handed down in recent weeks, have triggered celebrations among the victors, while the ousted politicians are determined to appeal the verdicts in higher … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the legal teams of the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, respectively, have received the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The development came on … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Emir of Zazzau in Kaduna State, Malam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, has set up an 11-member Technical Committee of professionals to rebuild the collapsed Jumma’at Mosque. The committee will be chaired by former Vice President, Arch. Muhammadu Namadi Sambo, who is also the Sardaunan Zazzau. Arch. Ibrahim Waziri will serve as … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that former Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has urged petitioners to accept the judgment of the presidential election tribunal, which upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 poll. The tribunal ruled on Wednesday that the petitions filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria has restrained Oyo state Governor and eleven others from taking any action on the vacant stool of Soun of Ogbomoso. Since the transition of the late soun of Ogbomoso there have been a level of unrests on who … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Vice President Kashim Shettima has joked about retiring former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to Fombina, a region in northeastern Nigeria, to rear goats. Shettima made the joke while addressing reporters outside the courtroom where he had spent over 12 hours. He was responding to a question about whether he would … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rebuked former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments on the petroleum refinery in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Obasanjo had said that the nation’s refineries would never function efficiently as long as they remained under government ownership. Editor’s Pick BREAKING: Tension As Fire Breaks Out At … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential polls, has said he did not challenge the victory of President Bola Tinubu in court because he does not have confidence in the judiciary. Sowore’s reaction followed the verdict of the presidential election … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that publisher and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has condemned the ruling of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) which upheld the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. Momodu, in a statement on his X (formerly Twitter) platform on Wednesday evening, said … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, which upheld his victory in the 2023 presidential election. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu said he was grateful to the tribunal for … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta state, has declared the February 25, 2023 Delta South senatorial district election inconclusive. The tribunal earlier dismissed the cross petition brought by Onowakpo, alleging that the credentials submitted to INEC by Diden were forged. Editor’s Pick BREAKING: Tension As Fire Breaks … Read more