The Federal Government of Nigeria has admitted that the recent executive order by President Muhammadu Buhari to close Nigerian borders has led to a rise in inflation rate in the country. Meanwhile, the government has also assured that the closure was temporary as the government expected the neighbouring countries to respect the ECOWAS protocols to … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has described Nigeria as a destination for investment in Africa. Buhari stressed that Nigeria remained the world’s most profitable country to invest with high returns on investment. He disclosed this during a business roundtable with the visiting Prime Minister of The Netherlands, Mark Rutte and members of his delegation at the State … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has amended the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (Hague Convention of 1971) (Beijing Protocol 2010). President Buhari also ratified the Protocol to Amend the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation (The Montreal Convention of 1971) (Beijing Protocol 2010). A statement by the … Read more
The Lagos State government has unveiled plans to commence the registration of worship centers across the state. The Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, made this known on Tuesday in Alausa, Ikeja, during a Stakeholders Meeting with the Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC). Akinbile-Yussuf said that the registration, which was supposed to … Read more
The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commenced the amnesty programs for repentant cultists and other criminal elements in the state. According to the state government The amnesty offer, aimed at reducing the crime rate and boost the protection of lives and property of citizenry. Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this, Tuesday while addressing State House Correspondents at … Read more
The Senate has ordered the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu, to arrest and enesured that justice was served in regards to the mufer of the Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Mrs Salome Abuh. The senate described her killing as gruesome and barbaric. It could be recalled that Salome was burnt alive … Read more
The Presidency has responded in defence of the former president Goodluck Jonathan on the allegations that he aided the victory of the All Progressive Congress APC in the gubernatorial poll in Bayelsa state. The presidency advised blackmailers to desist from blackmailing the ex-president. The Presidency further described the allegation against Jonathan as nonsense, saying that … Read more
The Gender Equality Bill has been reintroduced on the floor of the senate. The bill seeks to guarantee women equal rights with their male counterparts. The bill was reintroduced by former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ekiti South seeks to eliminate discrimination against any person irrespective of his gender on … Read more
The presidency has responded in defense of the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress APC, Asiwaju Tinubu’s Bullion Van saga that occurred during the last presidential election. The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Prof . Itse Sagay, responded to the call for the probe of the Tinubu’s Bullion Van saga. … Read more
The Oyo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state as a bunch of desperate politicians who are afraid of their shadows. The PDP, which spoke through the State Publicity Secretary of the Party. Engineer Akeem Olatunji, said that the election petition filed against … Read more
Sixteen out of the nineteen Peoples Democratic Party members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly have passed a vote of confidence on the State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson. Also Read: https://ekohotblog2.com/2019/11/26/buhari-reinstates-commitment-to-rehabilitation-of-idps Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Obolo-Bobou in Yenagoa said the Assembly has enjoyed unbroken stability and cohesion for almost … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has reinstated the commitment of his administration to the need to take the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons IDPs as a matter of urgency. Buhari noted that there was need to rehabilitate the IDPs in other to avert future calamities. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, in a statement in Abuja, said … Read more
Senator Mohammed Musa (APC- Niger), has urged Nigerians to support the social media bill before the National Assembly because it was aimed at protecting human dignity. Musa said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the bill, when assented to, would protect human dignity among many other inherent gains. The Senate had … Read more
The Nigerian Police Force has arrested six suspects in believed to be connected to the killing of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Women Leader Mrs Salome Abuh. It could be recalled that she was burnt alive at Ochadamu, Ofu Local Government Area of the state, on November 18. The Police Public Relation Officer, DSP William … Read more
For his refusal to release the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, a Federal High Court Judge in Abuja, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, on Monday threatened to jail Yusuf Bichi, Director-General of the Department of state service, DSS. DSS had since August 2019 kept the founder/Publisher of Shara Reporters in their custody despite several calls and series … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies in the country to produce the killers of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Women Leaders Mrs. Achejuh Abuh. It could be recalled that PDP Women Leader who was part of the Wada/Aro campaign council was murdered some thugs after the gubernatorial election in Kogi state. President Buhari said … Read more
The sponsor of the Anti-social Media Bill Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, has defended the allegation of plagiarism of Singapore Statute levied against him. The Senate chairman of Services Committee noted that the similarity between his draft bill and the Singaporean Statute on the same subject was in order. It could be recalled that a copy … Read more
The All Progressive Congress APC has reacted to the alleged plan by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to boycott the supplementary poll in Kogi West Senatorial District. APC stressed that the PDP can not postponed its doom day adding that, such move was a silly joke. APC in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, … Read more
One of the National Caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Sam Nkire, has boasted of a landslide victory in the 2023 presidential election. He stressed that note party could unseat the APC come 2023. Speaking after the APC National Caucus meeting at the weekend in Abuja, Chief Nkire whose position came against … Read more
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Mustapha Audu, has called on the National Assembly to come up with stiffer sanctions to check election violence in the country. Audu made the call while addressing newsmen to commemorate the fourth anniversary of his father, late former governor of Kogi, Prince Abubakar Audu on Sunday … Read more