The All Progressive Congress APC gubernatorial candidate in the Imo state governorship election in march 2019, Hope Uzodinma, has just been sworn in an governor of the state. The swearing is coming barely 24 hours after the Supreme Court verdict declaring the APC candidate the legitimate winner of the gubernatorial poll. Details later…
The Buhari led Federal Government has issued a strong warning to state governors in the habit of diverting local governments allocations stressing that such governors will not escape the wrath of the law. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, issued the warning while featuring on a … Read more
The Chairman of the Osogbo South Local Government Development Area has been suspended by the Osun State House of Assembly for gross misconduct. This development was contained in a statement of the Speaker, Timothy Owoeye, signed by his media aide, Kunle Alabi on Thursday. It was gathered that the lawmakers came to the resolution at … Read more
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and his counterpart in Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, have urged the leadership President Muhammadu Buhari to sustain the ‘Operation Whirl Stroke‘ in the northern states. The duo made the appeal at a joint security meeting on Sunday in Lafia, following tensions arising from the federal government’s decision to … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed joy in the Supreme Court judgment which declared Hope Uzodinma, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governor of Imo state, southeast Nigeria. Ekohotblog had reported earlier the Supreme court sacked Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo state and affirmed Uzodinma as the winner of the March 9 governorship election. A seven-man … Read more
Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has described the Supreme Court’s judgement as ‘nonsense’, wondering how APC who came fourth in the governorship election in Imo emerges winner. Fani-Kayode who reacted to the All Progressives Congress, (APC), candidate, Senator Hope Uzodinma’s victory at the Supreme Court tweeted: “Would someone please explain to me how … Read more
The people of Imo state have expressed jubilation at the declaration of the Supreme Court verdict announcing Senator Hope Uzodinma as the legitimate elected winner of the 2019 March gubernatorial election in the state. It was observed on Tuesday, in Owerri, the celebration mood was high as some people were seen discussing it happily. Uzodinma … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to the Supreme Court verdict sacking the Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha as the legitimate elected governor of the State. It could be recalled that the Supreme Court in an unanimous order had declared the election of Ihedioha viod and declared the candidate of the All Progress Congress APC, Sen. … Read more
The federal government in has declares the joint security outfit established by the southwest states known as Operation Amotekun as an illegal outfit. The Attorney General of the Federation made the stand of the government known in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday. In the statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media … Read more
The apex has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue certificate of return to Uzodinma immediately after it has sacked the seating Governor Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ekohotblog reports that the supreme Court on Tuesday nullified the governorship election of Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State, declaring Hope Uzodinma as the … Read more
The Supreme Court, has declared the election of the Imo state Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, void thereby, asking him to vacate the governorship seat. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a seven-man panel of justices that was led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Tuesday held that Ihedioha who … Read more
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday declined the application filed by the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, requesting the court to reject documented evidence presented against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Okon Abang, who ruled on the matter, said the defendant was not … Read more
Some potential presidential aspirants have lobbied the United States to support the Igbos 2023 presidential ambition. It could be recalled that this move was similar to the global campaign undertaken by members of All Progressives Congress, APC, prior to 2015 presidential election. At an event held in Washington, D.C. on January 10, and attended by … Read more
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has belittled the Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Dan Orbih, for allegedly fabricating stories of an empty treasury against the state government to score cheap political points and save his ebbing political career. Osagie debunked … Read more
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has emerged the zonal leader of the All Progressive Congress APC in the Northeast. The decision was taken Monday in Abuja at a meeting of the zonal caucus held at the party’s national secretariat. Reading the communique issued at the end of the caucus meeting, zonal Publicity Secretary of the … Read more
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on ICT, Alhaji Lado Abdullahi, has revealed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC and State’s Service will join the committee to investigate telecom providers, over alleged non-remittance of the one per cent annual turnover to NITDA. Abdullahi told newsmen in a telephone interview on Monday that effort … Read more
Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing of the appeal against his election as the governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed has been hospitalised in London for an undisclosed illness. A statement signed by Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado quoted a special message sent to the people of the … Read more
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has set up a state’s Ease of Doing Business Council (EODBC) to facilitate investors in doing business in the state. Inaugurating the Council at the Government House Port Harcourt on Monday, Governor Wike said that the council is critical to the economic development of the State. He said: … Read more
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has applauded the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, for his administration’s infrastructural development in the state. Osinbajo stressed that Ganduje had toed the federal government in infrastructural development, ensuring that development gets to the common people. He disclosed this in Kano during his visit to commission a multi billion … Read more
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in its latest attack has described President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressive Congress APC as threats to the national unity of Nigeria. PDP identified the “exclusionist policies, divisive comments, disregard for rules, political witch-hunt and failure to bring perpetrators of violence to book,” as major threat to … Read more