The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has urged ministers and heads of federal government agencies to be ready to defend their respective allocations within the 2025 budget proposal. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Akpabio made this statement on Wednesday following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presentation of the ₦47.9 trillion 2025 budget proposal to a joint session … Read more
Nigerian skit maker and Nollywood actor, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr. Macaroni, has revealed that a police officer threatened to kill him and others arrested during the #EndSARS protests in February 2021. Macaroni made this disclosure while reacting to the suspension of Wale Ajetunmobi, Senior Special Assistant on Print Media to Lagos State Governor … Read more
The Senate has invoked Section 157 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, to remove Yakubu Danladi Umar as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) due to what it described as unacceptable acts of misconduct. According to the Senate, Umar’s actions were unbecoming of a person holding such a sensitive position, and his … Read more
The House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy has summoned key ministers, including Agriculture and Food Security Minister Abubakar Kyari, Science and Technology Minister Uche Nnaji, and Budget and Economic Planning Minister Atiku Bagudu, to appear in person on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the utilization of over $2 billion invested in … Read more
Fresh details have emerged regarding the dismissal of five ministers by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, highlighting the specific factors that led to their removal. The former ministers—Prof. Tahir Mamman (SAN), Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Lola Ade-John, and Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo—were dismissed on Wednesday in what the presidency described as a move to … Read more
Protest, in Nigeria like many other democratic nations, has always been seen as the last resort—the final tool in the hands of the people to bend the government to their will. Nigerians, known for their boldness, have never shied away from protests. EDITOR’S PICKS Health, Planning Ministries Partner with AfDB on Sustainable System Project Shamim … Read more
A nationwide protest known as #FearlessInOctober kicked off today in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). EKO HOT BLOG reports that the demonstration is an extension of the #EndBadGovernance protests held between August 1 and 10, driven by the economic hardships many Nigerians are enduring. By 7 a.m., protesters had already gathered at Utako Market … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to sack all non-performing security chiefs in his cabinet. This online media platform understands that this call was made by the Forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairmen, following the high rate of kidnapping and general insecurity in Nigeria. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Bandits Attack … Read more