Owing to their detention, the Yoruba activist’s supporters through their lawyer, Pelumi Olajemgbesi, filed an application. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has on Thursday adjourned the suit brought by 12 detained supporters of popular Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo well known as Sunday Igboho. It was gathered that … Read more
Five prospective corps members have been reported dead while others were injured in a fatal accident. EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than five prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been reported dead while seven others were injured as a bus conveying them to Katsina State was involved in an … Read more
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has delivered judgment on the 2020 governorship election in Ondo State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the October 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, … Read more
Sowore and others had gathered around the court premises in solidarity with Nnamdi Kanu. The founder of online news platform, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and others who were arrested during a protest at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday have been released. EKO HOT BLOG had earlier reported that Sowore and others were … Read more
The IPOB members were chanting solidarity songs and addressing journalists. EKO HOT BLOG reports that policemen, on Monday, arrested members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who had gathered close to the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja following the trial of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The IPOB members had gathered by … Read more
Justice Nyako further called the DSS to produce the IPOB leader in court for trial. The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been adjourned by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the trial of Nnamdi Kanu was adjourned as the IPOB … Read more
The publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested. Security operatives have arrested the founder of online news platform, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, in Abuja, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. It was learnt that the former presidential candidate was arrested at the Federal High Court in Abuja as the court resumed the trial of the … Read more
Police officers, on Monday, stopped IPOB members from attending the trial of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Policemen, in the early hours of Monday, chased away some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who had stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja for the trial of their … Read more
President Buhari has on Friday returned to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, returned to Abuja after spending eight days in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, where he had joined his kinsmen to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that President Buhari’s aircraft departed Umaru Musa International Airport around … Read more
The Judge of a federal high court in Abuja has given a fresh order to the detained supporters of Sunday Igboho who were arrested by the DSS. A federal high court sitting in Abuja has on Friday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce the supporters of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly … Read more
Sporadic gunshots have rented the atmosphere in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the residents of Tungan-Maje community in Abuja were thrown into panic as unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers attacked the community on Wednesday night. The latest attack, EKO HOT BLOG reports, is coming barely 48 hours after … Read more
“Around 1.30am we heard a whistle by our night guard, he raised the alarm. All of us came out and we saw the letters on the streets.” EKO HOT BLOG reports that the residents of Mpape Phase 2, a community near the Maitama District, Abuja, are in a state of turmoil following the receipt of … Read more
“Some of the kidnappers positioned themselves at strategic positions, while others entered the house and whisked the victims away into the bush.” No fewer than six persons have been abducted by unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The latest attack in the nation’s … Read more
The Department of State Services (DSS) has stopped IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from seeking international assistance. The Department of State Services (DSS) has stopped the arrested leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, from signing a consular assistance form by the United Kingdom, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The latest development … Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed a date for the trial of Sunday Igboho’s aides. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a suit instituted by 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and its Director-General, Yusuf Bichi, will come up … Read more
A popular supermarket in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was on Saturday night gutted by fire. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the popular Ebeano Supermarket in Lokogoma, Abuja, was on Saturday night gutted by fire. The fire outbreak, which was described as massive, caused panic in the area as people scampered for safety in … Read more
Southern Kaduna Youths are currently protesting over the spate of killings and kidnappings in the region. EKO HOT BLOG reports that youths from the southern part of Kaduna State, in the early hours of Saturday, protested against insecurity bewildering the region. The youths, who expressed grievance over the worsening security under the watch of the … Read more
Services affected include routine American citizen services, visas, and the Education Advising Center. The United States Embassy in Abuja has disclosed that public operations will be reduced from Friday, July 16, 2021. According to a statement posted on Facebook, the Embassy called the development “a security precaution”. It noted that July 20 and July 21 … Read more
A Nigerian Army General has been assassinated in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), while his sister has been abducted. Major General Hassan Ahmed, a former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, has been assassinated in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. It was gathered that the Nigerian Army General, who … Read more
“The case is now being handled by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), FCT Command Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force.” One of the security operatives attached to the wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Bisi Fayemi, is being investigated for rape, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. This was made known via a statement by the … Read more