2023: My Only Agenda Is To Serve Nigerians – Atiku EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 elections Atiku Abubakar says he has no other agenda but to serve Nigerians. He spoke in Yola, Adamawa State, yesterday at an … Read more
Authorities say the gunmen had stormed the Reverend’s house around 2:00 am killing his sons and abducting his teenage daughter Gov Fintiri offered his “deepest condolences” to the victims’ families and loved ones, including the Church EDITOR’S PICK Gumi’s Aide Reveals Those Behind Kuje Jailbreak APC Is Complicit In Kuje Jailbreak – PDP ‘I’m The … Read more
IPOB said those involved in the “barbarity” of killing the Hausa woman and children should wait for the repercussions of the evil they He insisted that the criminal elements behind the killing were not IPOB EDITOR’S PICK Popular Nigerian Journalist Arrested By FIB [PHOTO] Terrorists Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church Kidnap Priests, Others Again, EFCC Storms … Read more
Fintiri was elected governor in 2019 and will fly the PDP banner in the 2023 general elections The incumbent governor won with a total of 663 of the 668 votes EDITOR’S PICK Again, EFCC Storms Okorocha’s Residence To Arrest Him [PHOTOS] EFCC Re-arraigns Dasuki, Yuguda, Others Over N23.3bn Fraud Okorocha Home Invasion: We’ve No Option … Read more
A handful of Nigerian northern states have been plagued with insecurity over the past years with assailants becoming even more brazen in recent times There is a threat from extremists linked to Boko Haram or the Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP) in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Kingdom … Read more
2 medicine vendors, have admitted to injecting and strangling Algoni Goni, a commercial tricycle rider, in Adamawa State. Confessing to the killing of the tricycle operator, the duo said they boarded the tricycle to Badiru’s house, where they forcefully held the rider and injected him with pento before dumping his corpse by the riverbank … Read more
…the victim, who was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, for medical attention, died on Sunday, February 13, 2022… EKO HOT BLOG reports that four men have been arraigned before a Yola Chief Magistrate’s Court over the death of a 28-year-old man, Adamu Ahmadu, who was wrongly accused of stealing a phone. Ahmadu, who … Read more
…the deceased wife had earlier separated from the man and relocated to a different house. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 57-year-old man in Adamawa State has been nabbed allegedly for stabbing his 40-year-old wife to death. The state Police Command said in a press release on Sunday that it apprehended the man, a commercial … Read more
…Yola North and Yola South LGAs which form the nucleus of the Yola capital city, as well as neighbouring Girei LGA are infested with the young criminal elements… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 16-year-old boy has been caught with a revolver pistol in Adamawa State. The state Police Command arrested the boy, Sunza Samuel, … Read more
…the policeman drove into the barricaded area of the construction site near the state Police headquarters in Jimeta despite being warned against it. A policeman driving his private car has knocked down three construction workers at a site in the Adamawa State capital, Yola. It was said that the policeman committed the act by forcing … Read more
…the gunmen stormed the station at about 2 a.m. on Sunday, but no casualty was recorded. Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked Ngurore Police Station in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa, police authorities have disclosed. They also attacked a house in the area, abducting a woman identified as Hauwa Umaru and her … Read more
Accounts of the couple’s short-lived marriage have it that she had gone into the marriage against her will and never wanted to be in it even for one day A 19-year-old girl in a forced marriage, who was accused of stabbing her husband to death, has admitted to doing so. The teenager, Rumasau Muhammed, admitted … Read more
The driver of Adamawa United Football Club, Kabiru Mohammed, has regained his freedom at 11:30 pm, on Wednesday night, following his kidnapped last weekend. Eko Hot Blog gathered that Mohammed was kidnapped along Benin-Ore-Lagos road when the bus was attacked by gunmen who swooped on them from the bush. The gunmen had taken the money … Read more
The Adamawa State Police Command said it has arrested nine suspected kidnappers and rescued two victims in the state. A statement issued on Monday by Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Yahaya Nguroge, said the suspects were in possession of locally-made guns and other dangerous weapons. According to the police spokesman, the suspects were … Read more
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has stated that most Nigerian graduates find it difficult to read or write. He made the statement while decrying the continuous fall in the standard of education in the country. Adamu, who spoke in Yola, the Adamawa State capital during official commissioning of completed projects in the college, lamented … Read more
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Monday, said that special security arrangements had been made for the protection of National Youth Service Corps members posted to the state. Inaugurating the 2020 Batch ‘B’ stream 1A Orientation Programme for the corps members in Yola, the Governor, who was represented by his Chief of … Read more
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has distributed food items to 1,000 households in Adamawa. The Minister, Hajia Sadiya Faruk, flagged off the distribution on Saturday in Yola. Newsmen report that the items distributed to each household included 25kg bags each of assorted rice and maize, 15kg bags of beans and … Read more
Some unknown gunmen, yesterday, attacked a cleric of Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, LCCN, Rev Denis Bagauri, in his country home in Nassarawo Jereng in Mayo Belwa Local Government of Adamawa State. Bagauri had served as a “Special Assistant on Religion Matters” to former Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla-led administration. It was gathered that the gunmen … Read more
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) chairman in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Lawan Andimi has spoken out from Boko Haram captivity. The CAN chairman was reportedly abducted by the insurgents following a failed attack on Michika LGA by the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Thursday. It will be recalled as earlier reported … Read more