The Supreme Court, on Monday, upheld the election of governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a seven-man panel of Justices that was led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, dismissed an appeal the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abba Yusuf, filed … Read more
University workers have begun moves to go on strike over non-implementation of the new national minimum wage law by their employers. This happened against a presidential directive that the minimum wage law would be implemented by December 31, 2019. A source close to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told The Nation that the … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Monday, January 20th, 2020 1. Update: Three Dead, Buildings Destroyed As Pipeline Explodes In Abule Egba At least three persons have reported died while buildings have been destroyed in the pipeline fire that raged on Sunday in Ekoro/ Ile-Epo axis of Abule-Egba in Lagos. … Read more
The dead body of a 35-year-old nursing mother, Mrs. Idenyi Ebere Ukamaka, was at the weekend discovered in a drainage behind Enugu North Mass transit park along Afikpo road Abalaliki, the capital city of Ebonyi State. The deceased, popularly known as Mama Ebuka and nursing an 11 days old baby, was said to have been … Read more
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Council Chairman Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka Mc Oluomo) has secured the bail of 17 union members from police custody. Their bail was made easy following their clearance by the Lagos State Police Command after interrogation. The Nation learnt that action would be taken on the … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo scored for a seventh successive Serie A game as his brace gave leaders Juventus victory at home to Parma. Ronaldo opened the scoring two minutes before half-time with a deflected effort off Matteo Darmian. Andreas Cornelius’ powerful header restored parity, but Ronaldo slotted home Paulo Dybala’s pass to restore Juve’s lead three minutes … Read more
Lionel Messi’s second-half strike against 10-man Granada gave new coach Quique Setien a winning start at Barcelona, but it was not a convincing display by the La Liga champions. Barca had more than 80% of the possession, but the build-up was often slow and ponderous at the Camp Nou. Setien’s tactics for Barcelona’s attack was … Read more
Manchester United boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has Liverpool team performance after his team outplayed at Anfield on Sunday evening. Goals from Virgil Van Dijk and Mohamad Salah was all the Reds needed to see off their fierce Premier League rival. Following their defeat to the Merseyside team, Solskjaer said the Jurgen Klopp’s side will win … Read more
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford will be out of action for at least six weeks, following a double stress fracture in his back. This was made known by the club’s manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after their 2-0 loss to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. The striker was absent as United lost 2-0 to Liverpool on … Read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson says he will be leaving behind very big shoes for his successor after eight years of sustained efforts to develop the state. Dickson added that his administration has raised the bar of performance for succeeding governments by making painstaking sacrifices and ambitious investments in the interest of the state. … Read more
The former Governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha, has reaffirmed that his faith stands tall in the nation’s democracy despite the verdict of the Supreme Court that removed him from office last week. It could be recalled that the Apex court in its judgment had declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress APC as … Read more
The Imo General Assembly, IGA, has alleged that the Supreme Court verdict on Ihedioha’s removal from office as Governor of Imo state was aimed at disrupting peace in the state. In a statement by the President of the Nnewi chapter of IGA, Hon. Chinedu Igwe, “almost everyone in Imo state backed the candidature of the … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP chapter of Abia state has demanded for the reversal of the Supreme Court‘s verdict declaring the election of the former governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha as void. The party in a protest described the Judgment as an attempt to destroy democracy, stressing that it believes that the Supreme Court … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP, has described the newly sworn-in Governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress APC, as a product of manipulation. The party also noted that APC governors’ attempt at cheap blackmail will never stop it and millions of Nigerians from demanding a review and reversal of the judgment … Read more
The United States has granted asylum to a popular Nigerian journalist, Ohimai Amaize, a former African Independent Television (AIT) presenter who fled Nigeria last year. Ekohotblog reports that the journalist confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES in an e-mail Sunday. The mail sent by the popular Nigerian journalist reads as thus; “I have just received … Read more
Facebook is “backing away” from earlier plans to sell ads for placement inside its enormously popular WhatsApp messaging service. According to The Wall Street Journal, the team that had been working on building ads into WhatsApp was disbanded in recent months, with their work subsequently “deleted from WhatsApp’s code.” The Journal notes that Facebook still … Read more
The National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party South South PDP, Emmanuel Ogidi, has described the declaration of the joint security task force known as Amotekun illegal by the federal government as a sign that the government has lost internal security in the state. Ogidi disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Abuja on … Read more
The flag-draped coffins of the 11 Ukrainians who died in a plane mistakenly shot down by Iran amid heightened tensions with Washington arrived in Kiev on Sunday. President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Oleksiy Goncharuk and other officials attended the solemn ceremony at Kiev’s Boryspil airport to see the downed plane’s nine Ukrainian flight crew and … Read more
Candidates interested in the recruitment exercise of The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission have been warned to be careful of fraudsters. The agency said it has engaged the services of DSCL Corporate Services Limited to conduct the recruitment on its behalf to fill vacant positions approved by government. It said, “The general … Read more
Controversial reality star, Oluwabusayo Abiri better known as Khloe has taken to Instagram to blast her former schoolmates who now follow are on the platform. In a post on Friday, Khloe described those people as those who provoked her during high and middle school days. “A few people who teased me in high school and … Read more