Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has implored governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to design and implement policies that prioritise all Nigerians and to always consider the national interest above political affiliations. This came as he hinted at plans to deploy forest guards with better training, modern … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga has reacted to the visit of Daniel Bwala, one of the spokesmen of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, to President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja. During the visit, Bwala declared his availability to work with the administration of President Tinubu, adding that he has … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has slashed by 60 per cent the travel expenditure of government officials in his administration. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Editor’s Picks BREAKING: Tinubu Drops The Hammer Yet Again, Sacks Two Chief Executive Officers Ondo … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that amid claims of Christmas and New Year rice handouts worth N200 million from President Bola Tinubu, discordant statements have emerged from within the Senate. While Adeyemi Adaramodu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, vehemently denied the claims, a Senate source confirmed the initiative, stating that deliveries are … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the President of the Nigerian Labour Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has revealed that the congress expects the administration of President Bola Tinubu to start paying a new minimum wage by March 2024. Speaking on Thursday, the NLC president disclosed that the existing minimum wage will be expiring by March … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make a New Year’s Day broadcast to the nation on Monday, January 1, 2024, at 7 am. This was made known in a statement on Sunday by the Special Adviser the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. “Television, radio stations, and other electronic media … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Senate has approved President Tinubu’s request to borrow $7.8billion and €100 million as part of the 2022 – 2024 borrowing plan of the Federal Government. The request was approved after the Senate considered and adopted the report of its committee on Local and Foreign Debt during Saturday’s plenary. Tinubu … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the House of Representatives is expected to reconvene by 9am tomorrow, Saturday to pass the 2024 Appropriation bill. In the same vein, the Senators are also expected to converge to pass the Appropriation bill. Responding to Tribune Online‘s inquiry, Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Akin Rotimi … Read more
In a few days, it will be the end of the year 2023. It has been a year replete with stories, many of them bad. The mind struggles to find the good story, not tainted by doubt, or worry. Perhaps the spate of tragic, disturbing events that erupted across the world in the more recent … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Jim Obaze, the special investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu on the activities of former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, has submitted his report. In the report submitted to President Tinubu on December 20, Obaze outlined 17 allegations against Emefiele. These include details on the acquisition of a bank in 2019, … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of some new directors for agencies under the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The newly appointed directors will replace some of those sacked in the Aviation sector last week while a new Directorate called the … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has on Thursday departed Abuja for Lagos to celebrate the Christmas and New Year break. This year’s Christmas and New year celebration marks the President’s first since his swearing in on May 29. It would be recalled that President Tinubu last visited Lagos In June for Eid-el-Kabir … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the federal government has announced a list of selected transport companies partaking in President Bola Tinubu’s 50% fare reduction for travelers across the country. According to Bayo Onanuga, special Adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, God is Good (GIG) Motors, Chisco Transport, Young Shall Grow Motors, God … Read more
Nigeria, a country richly blessed with vast crude oil deposits, has continued to grapple with soaring costs of imported refined fuels. Despite over two decades of promises from successive governments to rejuvenate the country’s dormant refineries and the allocation of billions of dollars for this cause, there has been a conspicuous absence of substantial progress … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that there is no going back on the issue of the 25 Rivers State Assembly lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP in a statement released on Tuesday at the end of an emergency meeting of its National Working … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Villagers of Tudun Biri in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State have sued the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government, demanding N33 billion compensation over the recent army airstrikes that killed over 100 persons at the village. It would be recalled that many civilians were mistakenly killed and several … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has reportedly summoned the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and the State House of Assembly Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, to Aso Rock in Abuja for an urgent meeting. It was gathered that the meeting, which would take place on Monday, is to find a permanent solution … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Justice Haruna Tsammani, who led the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that confirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election, has been recommended for a position on the Supreme Court bench by the National Judicial Council. Tsammani presided over a five-member appeal court panel, which included Justices Stephen Adah, … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to face another legal battle at the supreme court over his inauguration following victory recorded in the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu who had earlier in October secured a favorable judgement in the appeal filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi over his victory … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, met with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Dubai. The Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a post via his official X handle. EDITOR’S PICKS FG Takes Action to Tackle Soaring Cooking Gas Prices … Read more