By Idowu Faleye In the bustling political landscape of Ondo-State, Nigeria, the upcoming primary election looms large, signaling a pivotal moment for the All Progressives Congress (APC) party. As the state grapples with infrastructural deficits and seeks a visionary leader to steer it towards economic buoyancy, the spotlight shines on Senator Jimoh Ibrahim as the … Read more
By Femi Odere The attention of members of The Godswill Project (TGP) has been drawn to a statement, which can best be described as jejune in its context and content, making the rounds that were ostensibly made by one Sheila Tamuno, a self-styled National President of Niger Delta Women League, demanding the resignation of His … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Femi Odere, the Publicity Secretary of the Former PCC Directors & Secretaries Forum, a pro-Tinubu group, has mourned the demise of his United States (US)-based friend, Dr. Christian Yemi Akiwowo. Dr. Akiwowo was a prominent member of the Nigerian community in Chicago, Illinois, US. EDITOR’S PICKS Who Will Save Local … Read more
By FEMI ODERE Anyone who has been paying attention to my thoughts, and my using the WhatsApp platform to advance these thoughts, with the hope that I would either gain more insight or that some people would point to me the asininity of those thoughts through their feedbacks, would recall that I had interrogated the … Read more
By FEMI ODERE Considering both covert and overt, if not ignominious roles he played during the struggle by the 17 southern governors to cause the pendulum of the country’s political leadership to swing South for the sake of equity, fairness, and justice rather than his preference and that of his ilk that it remains lethargically … Read more
A foremost support group for Senate President Godswill Obot Akpabio known as “The Godswill Project” (TGP) has congratulated the newly appointed principal officers of the 10th Senate. EDITOR’S PICKS OPM’s Apostle Chibuzor Rushed To Hospital After Collapsing At Airport LP Member Claims Tinubu Is Copying Peter Obi’s Planned Policies ASUU Rejects Universities Commission’s Curriculum In … Read more
By Femi Odere Our attention has been drawn to the press conference addressed by the National Publicity Director of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Debo Ologunagba over the weekend. In his characteristic manner of crying wolf when there’s absolutely none during contests for political offices, Ologunagba said attempts are in the works to “intimidate, harass … Read more
By FEMI ODERE It is expected that all manner of characters are going to be found in our nation’s legislature in a representative democracy. EDITOR’S PICKS Shehu Sani Slams Wike’s Appointment Obsession, Questions APC’s Focus Arewa Women, APC Governors Back Tajudeen Abbas As House Speaker Apple Unveils Revolutionary Mixed Reality Headset, Challenges Meta’s Dominance But … Read more
By Femi Odere Legend told us, in one of the parables of the Tortoise, that, in his usual boastful, self-conceited, larger-than-life image of himself, announced to his neighbors that he would soon be setting out on a journey. EDITOR’S PICKS Shehu Sani Slams Wike’s Appointment Obsession, Questions APC’s Focus Arewa Women, APC Governors Back … Read more
By Femi Odere Senator-elect Orji Uzor Kalu is such an interesting character. It’s interesting enough that he still wants to be the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly when the consensus among the Nigerian public is that he cannot, and should not, reap where he did not sow. EDITOR’S PICKS Akpabio Woos Labour Party, … Read more
By Femi Odere Daniel Bwala is a known mouthpiece of Atiku Abubakar’s failed (for the umpteenth time) presidential ambition. EDITOR’S PICKS VIDEO: Colleagues, Family Recount Good Memories Of Late Actor Murphy Afolabi At 8th Day Fidau Prayer VIDEO: Most Actors Are Struggles With Health Issues With Little Help – Actress Ronke Oshodi-Oke You Can Now … Read more
By Femi Odere You would think that once PEFERN met with all those jostling for the Number 3 seat and expressed his choice, all the senators-elect under the APC banner would automatically fall in line. But the cabals, in different strategic formations, who never wanted PEFERN to emerge at the presidential primaries, let alone emerge … Read more
By Femi Odere Our attention has been drawn to the comments made by Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the Chairman, Council of Elders of Ohaneze Ndigbo in a video clip that has gone viral. Chief Iwuanyanwu made these comments on Saturday, March 25th at a ceremony in Anambra State where he was a special guest of Governor … Read more
By FEMI ODERE It’s indeed a sad observation that what passes as development as we know it happened despite Nigeria’s brimming human capital endowment that has always been coveted by developed countries around the world. EDITOR’S PICKS $600m Program for Nigerian Startups Launched By Yemi Osinbajo Nigerian Government Condemns The Death Of Chizoba Eze In … Read more
By FEMI ODERE “My political strength is in my sincere relationship with my friends across Nigeria. We have been friends for decades. You can’t use over 40 years of your life to pretend; even a saying goes that “a fool at 40 is a fool forever.”‘ It goes for the wise at 40 too. It … Read more
By Femi Odere I had completely forgotten about a promise I made to a friend—-a good, trustworthy and dependable one at that—–that I would say a thing or two about him and our friendship until he sent me one of the pictures we took at his mother’s burial reception a few hours ago on the … Read more
By FEMI ODERE Because of the leadership credentials of the major contenders to the highest political office in the land, especially in light of the fact that all of them (except one who was a vice president) had been the Chiefs of their states at one time or another, one had thought that their campaigns … Read more
The Tinubu campaign says its candidate will continue to use the Q&A format he deployed at the Chatham House. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Diaspora Directorate of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council has said that the unprecedented Q&A format which the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, deployed at the … Read more
Ekiti diaspora has signed an MOA with Vietnamese partners for a cattle ranch in the state. Eko Hot Blog reports that a group of Ekiti indigenes in the Diaspora under a CAC-registered EkitiKete Livestock Development Company Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that was formed to drive the cattle ranch initiative, recently signed a Memorandum … Read more
A pro-Tinubu group has described Atiku’s candidacy in the 2023 presidential election as an “egregious” violation of the zoning formula. Eko Hot Blog reports that Tinubu/Southwest Media Veterans Support Group, a group backing the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has tackled Mrs. Titi Abubakar, the wife of the Peoples Democratic … Read more