EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Borno State Government has announced a one-day statewide fast scheduled for Monday, February 19. This initiative aims to seek divine intervention regarding the escalating costs of food items and the increasing occurrences of landmine explosions along major roads in the state. Governor Babagana Zulum made this announcement during a statewide … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has submitted that all is not well with the northern region of the country and Nigeria as a whole. According to the Sultan, the situation in the country has made people deeply frustrated, hungry, and resentful. He added that insecurity and poverty … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senate is currently meeting with the economic team of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the poor economy, hunger and depreciation in the value of Nigeria. The Senate had asked that the entire President Tinubu’s economic team appear on Friday after the Red Chamber had invited the Central Bank of Nigeria … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that a fresh round of protests has broken out in Suleja, the commercial nerve centre of Niger State which is only a few kilometres away to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The angry Nigerians stormed the streets on Wednesday, according to photographs obtained by SaharaReporters, calling on the President Bola Tinubu-led … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State says he will meet President Bola Tinubu over the economic hardship being experienced by Nigerians. ”I will personally meet President Tinubu to intimate him about the hardship the people of Kano State are encountering due to inflation with a view to providing succour to the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that a new minimum wage will be implemented starting April 1, 2024. This information was revealed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, during an interview with Punch in Abuja. The current minimum wage of N30,000 is set to expire … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday said the necessary step is being taken to address the hardship faced by Nigerians in the wake of economic reforms, which has resulted in the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira. Permanent Secretary, Budget and Economic Planning, Nebeolisa Anako, … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has warned the federal government and the political class to be careful not to provoke Nigerians to mutiny. This online media platform gathered that Falana, on Thursday in Abuja during the National Symposium organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, with the theme: “Nigeria … Read more