Amadi criticizes call for Atiku, Obi to withdraw cases against Tinubu. Amadi says it’s foolish to ask aggrieved to drop cases for Tinubu’s success. Tinubu’s victory should be fair, if not, he should be kicked out. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has … Read more
Zamfara Assembly impeached Gusau despite court order. Court sets aside impeachment, restores Gusau. Court reprimands Assembly, Matawalle, chief judge. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal High Court on Wednesday restored Mahdi Gusau as the deputy governor of Zamfara following his impeachment by the state’s House of Assembly on February 23, 2022, inspite of a … Read more
Tinubu to defend himself against petitions on June 30. Atiku, Obi, APM contest Tinubu’s victory. Case adjourned to Wednesday for evidence identification. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu is set to defend himself against petitions aiming to remove him from office on June 30, according to an announcement by the Presidential Election Petition … Read more
EkoHotBlog reports that barely two months after marriage, a woman has gone to court seeking to dissolve the union, lamenting that her husband’s sperm is watery. According to the woman, identified as Salamat Suleiman, she is already tired of coping with her husband’s health issue and the entire marriage, hence she wants to opt-out. EDITOR’S … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that an Area Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Monday, sentenced a 24-year-old butcher, Mathew Danjuma, to one-year imprisonment for stabbing his colleague. However, the judge, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, who jailed Danjuma after he confessed to the crime, gave him the option of a N50,000 fine. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Former President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, has been released following his arraignment on criminal charges. The charges are related to the former president’s handling of classified documents. At the arraignment on Tuesday, the US Justice Department recommended that Trump and his co-defendant and aide, Walt Nauta, … Read more
The DSS is set to interrogate other top CBN directors along side Emefiele Emefiele was arrested by the DSS on Saturday, and interrogations will begin soon. The DSS also plan to seek a court other to increase his time of detainment. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) is set … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) has announced that Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is now in its custody. Recall that following the suspension of Emefiele by President Bola Tinubu on Friday night, reports of his arrest by the DSS surfaced online. EDITOR’S … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that a teenager, Lekan Wasiu, has landed at the Ogudu Magistrates Court in Lagos State over attempted theft. Prosecutors accused Wasiu of attempting to steal a GAC Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV). EDITOR’S PICKS Tinubu Suspends Emefiele As CBN Governor Meet Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, The Trained Mechanical Engineer Who Is Now Acting … Read more
Man stabs friend to death over N15,000 The incident occurred in the Ogudu area of Lagos Judge adjourns case till July 5, 2023 Eko Hot Blog reports that a 38-year-old man, Raphael Agu, has been remanded in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos State, for alleged murder. Agu was brought before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Akwa Ibom State High Court led by Justice Gabriel Ette has sentenced three women sentenced to death for kidnapping three children and selling them in Abia State. The trial Judge, on Friday, found the trio guilty of conspiracy and kidnapping punishable by death under Section 1 of the Akwa Ibom … Read more
In recent months, Lagos State has suffered multiple building collapses in parts of the state. Some of the buildings were said to have violated building codes despite warnings from the building control agency. Subsequently, the agency embarked on an aggressive campaign against illegal buildings. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Building Control Agency … Read more
The late student, Adegoke, was found buried in a grave with his body wrapped in a bloody stained duvet. An expert witness said he died of a severe haemorrhage secondary to severe traumatic injury. The owner of the hotel where he died and some other suspects were subsequently arrested to face trial. Eko Hot Blog … Read more
A 40 years old man has requested a divorce, from this wife over her beauty. According to him, her exceptional beauty has been a cause of sleepless nights for him. He has been living with perpetual fear of losing his wife. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 40-year-old man, Arnold Masuka has asked a local … Read more
The crisis started in 1968 when two families were in court over a land dispute. In 2022, a judge ratified a 1975 order that conferred the ownership of the land on one of the families. The family subsequently moved to execute the court order in March, throwing homeowners into panic. Eko Hot Blog reports that … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has been released on bail. He was released from the detention of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos State, on Tuesday night. EDITOR’S PICKS VIDEO: Colleagues, Family Recount Good Memories Of Late Actor Murphy Afolabi At 8th Day Fidau Prayer VIDEO: Most Actors Are … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the appearance of Lamidi Apapa, the factional chairman of the Labour Party (LP), at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, Abuja, on Wednesday, did not go down well with some supporters of the party. Upon his arrival at the court on Wednesday, Apapa confronted Akin Osuntokun, the director-general of Peter Obi’s … Read more
A woman has followed in the footsteps of Seun Kuti by allegedly assaulting a police officer in Lagos. She committed the offence on Monday, May 15. By Tuesday, May 16, she was arraigned and remanded. Eko Hot Blog reports that a Magistrates Court in Lagos State has remanded a woman, Olufumilayo Brioluwa, to the Kirikiri … Read more
On Friday afternoon, there were reports in some media that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court had “affirmed” Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). Apapa is a suspended Deputy National Chairman of the party. He has been in a tussle with the National Chairman of the LP, Barr Julius … Read more
By Bernard Joseph Since June of 2021, Nnamdi Kanu, the leading figure of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been confined, a circumstance that has ignited a firestorm of controversy and triggered a wave of legal and detention-related concerns. The arrest and detention of Kanu were part of the Nigerian government’s bid to quash … Read more