Federal University of Otuoke student dies of alleged drug overdose. The 19-year-old is identified as Job Alawari-Kei. The third-year student, pursuing a degree in Petroleum and Gas Engineering, reportedly collapsed and succumbed to the effects of the drug identified as Colo. EKO HOT BLOG reports that in a heartbreaking incident, Job Alawari-Kei, a 19-year-old student … Read more
Notable figures, including Peter Obi, Atiku, Osinbajo, and current governors, gathered to honour the late father of Bayelsa State Senator Duoye Diri. The ceremony took place at St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Sampou, Kolokumokokuma, Bayelsa State. The event highlights the importance of education as a foundation for growth, development, character and leadership qualities. EKO HOT … Read more
Gloria Izonfuo, a Federal Commissioner with the National Population Commission, was kidnapped by gunmen in Rivers State. After spending five days in captivity, she has been released and the police are investigating to apprehend the kidnappers. It is unclear if any ransom was paid for her release. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal Commissioner … Read more
Festus Daumiebi, a chieftain of the APC, has rejected the results of the Bayelsa State Governorship Primary Election. He claims that officials of the party failed to turn up for the election, leading to a simulation of an election in selected places. Daumiebi alleged that the primary polls were undermined, marred by irregularities and heavily … Read more
The United States has agreed to repatriate $954,000 allegedly stolen by Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former governor of Bayelsa state. The agreement was signed on Thursday in Abuja by the US Ambassador to Nigeria. The Attorney-General of Bayelsa state, Mr. Biriyai Dambo, SAN, was present at the official handover ceremony of the recovered loot. EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
With threats on commercial banks regarding the new naira situation in the country, the police in Bayelsa State have beefed up security in banks. The Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, CP Ben Okolo has instructed every division within the state to monitor banks and ATM points to ward off any attempt at vandalizing. He … Read more
AIG Jimeta Tanko has been confirmed dead. He reportedly died on Sunday morning after a brief illness. He died at the Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that A.I.G Lawan Tanko Jimeta, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5, comprising Edo, Delta, and Bayelsa states, is dead. He … Read more
One Killed, Another Injured As Gunmen Ambush Police In Bayelsa EKO HOT BLOG reports that one policeman has been killed and another injured by gunmen at a checkpoint in Bayelsa State. EDITOR’S PICK “Missing Actress Cynthia Okereke’s Bank has been Cleared” – AGN President Police Arrest One Person Over Clash At Oyingbo In … Read more
Former President Goodluck Jonathan Missing In APC List Of Presidential Hopefuls For Screening Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State last Friday declared that Jonathan is eligible and “constitutionally” qualified to contest for president in 2023, and ingoing speculations that on him contesting on the platform of the APC EDITOR’S PICK Popular Nigerian Journalist … Read more
The state APC chairman, however, described Jonathan as “a big fish and an elder statesman” Jonathan could only join the APC if he had been formally granted a waiver by the national chairman of the party, Adamu Abdullahi EDITOR’S PICK Why I Haven’t Named Those Behind Insecurity In Imo —Uzodimma 2023 Presidency: Ohanaeze Threatens Boycott … Read more
Osinbajo said he had the requisite experience needed to pilot the affairs of the country He said he believed that the reason God gave him the opportunity was so that he could offer such services to the country when it was most required EDITOR’S PICK 2023: PDP Govs Reject Atiku’s Plan To Retain Peter Obi … Read more
Osinbajo Purchases N100m APC Presidential Forms. The Senior Special Assistant-Media and Publicity to Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, hinted that Nigerians have raised funds to support the purchase of APC nomination forms for the Vice President’s 2023 presidential bid. EDITOR’S PICK 2023: INEC Reacts To APC’s Call For Change Of Timetable 2023: PDP Govs Reject Atiku’s Plan … Read more
Ex-defence chief and 5000 APC members have joined PDP. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Commandant of the National Defence College, Abuja, Rear Admiral Thomas Lokoson (retd), and over 5000 other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State. Lokoson, who hails from the … Read more
Police have arrested three teenagers over ritual killing. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested three teenage suspects for alleged attempted ritual killing. A statement on Tuesday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, said the suspects were nabbed with the collaboration of youths in the Sagbama Local Government … Read more
All victims of the fatal accident were on their way back to Sagbama from Yenagoa… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Women Leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and eight others were on Saturday killed in a motor accident along the Glory Drive of Igbogene area … Read more
The vehicles were reportedly trying to divert to the East-West road when the unfortunate incident happened… EKO HOT BLOG reports that tragedy hit the family of a newlywed couple in Bayelsa after nine persons, including the groom’s parents and his sibling, died in a fatal auto crash. The accident occurred at the tollgate along Glory … Read more
The school, established in 1973 with a boarding facility for boys and girls, is the alma mater of Amaechi and the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy in the state, Ayibaina Duba. Students have been forced to sit on bare floor to learn and write examinations in the secondary school that the Minister of Transportation, … Read more
He noted that though five family members had been victims of kidnapping in Bayelsa, the SSG vowed never to pay a ransom. He claimed that he had trusted in the security agencies and God to secure his mother’s release. Konbowei Benson, the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government (SSG), said he gave N4 million and … Read more
According to the police, Matol had vowed to commit suicide after killing her A student of the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State has been killed by her lover, a Nigerian soldier, over infidelity claims. The student, Jennifer Ugadu, was in her 200 level in the university’s Faculty of Education before she was brutally shot dead … Read more
The law stipulates that any herdsman found with arms, whether licenced or not, should be arrested Bayelsa State Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state. Governor Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 on Wednesday at the Executive Chamber of Government House in … Read more