Civic group accuses Obaseki of vote-wooing tactics Condemns new minimum wage as electoral manipulation Questions timing and feasibility of wage increase Eko Hot Blog reports that the Edo N’Okpa Movement, a civic organization based in Benin City, has strongly criticized Governor Godwin Obaseki’s recent announcement of a new N70,000 minimum wage for state workers. The … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has identified why there may be violence in the forthcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi State. Speaking on behalf of the party yesterday in Abuja, PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, said one of the issues instrumental to electoral violence is delay in … Read more
INEC has vowed to prosecute perpetrators Of violence In 2023 elections. The INEC Chairman made the statement in an interview on Friday. He also called for the establishment of Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal to prosecute such offenders and their sponsors. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to … Read more
INEC has scheduled a supplementary election for Doguwa Constituency. The development is coming following election-related violence that was recorded in Doguwa’s Constituency after the February 25 election. A rerun election has been scheduled by the electoral body for 13 Polling Units (PUs). EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday … Read more
Doguwa’s name has been dropped by INEC from the Reps-elect list. The electoral board declared him the winner of the election for the Doguwa/Tudunwada constituency on February 25. Following election violence recorded in the constituency after the election, Doguwa was arrested by the police for his alleged role. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the name … Read more
A House of Reps Majority leader has been arrested in Kano. Doguwa was arrested at the Aminu Kano International Airport on Tuesday. Doguwa was alleged to have led the thugs that set the NNPP secretariat on fire. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Alhassan Ado Doguwa, the Kano State House of Representatives Majority Leader, has been … Read more
SERAP has urged Joe Biden to impose visa bans on perpetrators of electoral violence in Nigeria. SERAP also called on Biden to cancel the visas of individuals believed to have been involved in incidents of intimidation, harassment, and violence during the elections. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged … Read more
The United Kingdom has vowed to ban Nigerian politicians that will be involved in electoral fraud in 2023. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Kingdom has disclosed plans to severely punish any Nigerian politician involved in any form of Electoral Violence during and after the 2023 General Elections. British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona … Read more
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday urged religious leaders, especially clerics and Christian leaders to educate people on the importance of shunning electoral violence and other acts that are inimical to democracy. Eko Hot Blog reports that he gave the advice at the 5th edition of the … Read more