A lawmaker representing Orlu state constituency at the Imo state House of Assembly, Paschal Okolie, yesterday dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This was contained in a letter he signed and addressed it to the Speaker of the Imo state House of Assembly, Chiji Collins and was read at … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 10TH NOVEMBER, 2020 The leader of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has blamed the alleged killing in Lekki toll gate area of Lagos State on President Muhammadu Buhari. Maharaj Ji alleged that Buhari’s refusal to pacify aggrieved youths “on time” led to the killing in Lekki toll gate. He stated this while addressing … Read more
Buhari Celebrates Mamman Daura At 81 Buhari observes Mamman Daura at 81 Ekohotblog, November 10, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of felicitation to his nephew and acclaimed leader of his ‘Kitchen Cabinet’, Malam Mamman Daura, who clocks 81. In an assertion by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba … Read more
Registration, APC President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the timetable for the commencement of party registration of new members and re-validation of all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Gov. Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe, who is also the APC National Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, made this known at the end of a closed door … Read more
Ex-Nigerian Governor, Chief Of Staff To Face Trial Justice Mikail Abdullahi of the Niger State High Court has insisted that former Governor Babangida Aliyu and his ex-chief of staff, Umar Nasko, must face trial. On Tuesday, he dismissed the application brought by Tanko Beji. Beji is the third defendant and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairman … Read more
NOVEMBER 10, 2020 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it plans to resume its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the first quarter of 2021. INEC’s Acting Chairman, Ahmed Muazu, who made the disclosure at the electoral commission’s quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja, solicited the latters’ collaboration and support for a … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 10TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), has asked #EndSARS frontliners whose bank accounts were frozen by the Central Bank of Nigeria to challenge the action in a competent court of law. Onigbanjo said this while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme and further stated that the Lagos state … Read more
NOVEMBER 10, 2020 The inauguration of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, which has been slated for Thursday, will adhere strictly to COVID-19 protocols. The State Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi, disclosed this in Benin on Tuesday. Aziegbemi said that the party was constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 10TH NOVEMBER, 2020 The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee to sell off both movable and immovable looted assets recovered According to reports, The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee to sell off both movable and immovable looted assets recovered so far through the anti-corruption efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Attorney … Read more
It Is In The Interest Of The Youths To Keep Peace, President Muhammadu Buhari Reveals Ekohotblog, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE IT’S IN THE INTEREST OF OUR YOUTHS TO KEEP THE PEACE, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI It is in the interest of the youths to keep peace, President Muhammadu Buhari says. The President said … Read more
PDP, INEC The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State charpter, has advised Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure more fairness as he commences second term in office on Monday. The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 9TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Joe Parkinson, Africa Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal, said that some of the key advisors in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government are ‘worried’ over the emergence of Joe Biden as President of the United states in the just concluded elections. It had been reported that Joe Biden won the … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 9TH NOVEMBER, 2020 A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Garus Gololo, on Sunday, warned former Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan against contesting the 2023 presidential election. Though Gololo admitted that it would be the turn of the South to produce the next President, but he said it would certainly not favour … Read more
Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Mohammed Lukman has warned leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against complacency, saying the party should be testing political proposals meant to deepen democracy. The APC chieftain said the governing party needs to take every necessary step to open up party structures and invite patriotic Nigerians … Read more
Victory The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the United States President-elect, Joe Biden, on his successful election as the 46th President of the United States. The party congratulated Biden in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Sunday. Read Also: PDP: Jonathan’s Men Regroup For 2023 Ologbondiyan … Read more
Associates of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in the south are tinkering with the idea of pushing his candidacy in the 2023 presidential race. Their calculation is that the presidency can return to the North in 2027 since Jonathan, if he wins in 2023, will be ineligible to contest again. Jonathan, who remains a chieftain … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 8TH NOVEMBER, 2020 The newly recruited constables into the Nigeria Police Force have cried out over the non-payment of their six months salaries. The new constables who passed out of police colleges in April, told Daily Post exclusively that they are yet to be paid salaries since they joined the force. Some of the … Read more
Mail-Voting Chief Jude Nwokike, the Progressive People’s Congress (PPC) candidate for Awka North/South Federal Constituency in the 2019 general election, has advised the nation’s election umpire to apply mail-in voting with caution. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Awka he called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 8TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Southeast leaders, on Saturday, declared that there was no backing down on their demand for Nigeria President of Igbo extraction in 2023. The leaders told President Muhammadu Buhari that they were saddened with the sidelining of the region in security architecture of the country. The leaders of various groups in the … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 7TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, on Saturday, described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a serial liar. Ladoja maintained that his impeachment was a kangaroo arrangement by Obasanjo contrary to his claims. EKOHOTBLOG recalls that Obasanjo had on Thursday claimed that Ladoja’s impeachment was due to the rift … Read more