EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit filed by Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State. This online media understands that Ihedioha had approached the apex court seeking to be issued a certificate of return as the rightful Governor of Imo State. Ihedioha claimed that … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the suspected murderers of a Divisional Police Officer and an Inspector in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State have been apprehended by the police authorities. The State Commissioner of Police, Danjuma Aboki, announced the arrest of the suspects during a press briefing at the Command Headquarters in Owerri, … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Labour Party in Imo State has raised concerns over INEC’s alleged refusal to comply with a court order allowing inspection of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System. The Imo State Labour Party (LP) has expressed apprehensions regarding INEC’s reported reluctance to adhere to a court order, preventing the party from … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo, on Wednesday, assented to a bill on a new retirement age of 65 or 40 for teachers in the state employ. The retirement age for teachers before now was either 35 years of service or 60 years of age. EDITOR’S PICKS Lagos Assembly Questions Governor’s … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has revealed he was in Imo State, which led to his attack. This online media platform understands that Ajaero was arrested in Imo State and their after was seen to have been brutalized. EDITOR’S PICKS Nationwide Strike: NLC Sends Letters … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has revealed its demand from President Bola Tinubu-led government. It would be recalled that the the organised labour unions, on Tuesday, embarked on a nationwide strike over the assault on NLC president Joe Ajaero. The organised labour directed its … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Government has cautioned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NUC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) against embarking on a national strike starting Monday midnight, November 13, 2023. According to the government, a subsisting court order had restrained the Organised Labour and their affiliates from embarking on a nationwide … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Friday, ordered investigations into the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault on the President of the National Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero. Announcing the development in a statement made on Friday, Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, detailed that the IGP had ordered … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that all flights to Owerri, Imo State, from airports across Nigeria have been blacklisted by the unions in the aviation industry. The action follows a joint directive by the Labour Union, which consists of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), in response to the brutalisation of the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso has vowed that he and the deputy governors of the apex bank would work to change the public perception of the bank. He pledged that the new management team of the CBN would put in their best to … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Stephen Olarewaju. The IGP made this known on Sunday night during an appearance on Channels TV’s Peoples Townhall. Egbetokun took the decision six days to the November 11, 2023 off-season polls … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure has empowered 200 youths of Imo State in modern Electrical Installations and Maintenance. Applauding President Bola Tinubu’s focus on job creation and employment in his ‘Renewed Hope Agenda,’ the Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of NASENI, Khalil Halilu, said the agenda … Read more
Shettima Meets Nigerian Students, Others In China A fresh detail has emerged about the late Deputy Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, in Ebonyi State, Innocent Obi who was recently killed by gunmen in Imo State. The murdered Obi, popularly referred to as ‘Onye Army’ is the cousin of the Labour Party(LP) governorship candidate in … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that the party’s National Secretary and Imo state governorship candidate remains Samuel Anyanwu. The party stated that there was no truth to the claims that the National Working Committee (NWC) has relieved Anyanwu of his position as the National Secretary of the PDP. EDITOR’S … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu has stated that he is solidly behind the re-election bid of the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma. The president said this at the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress governorship campaign in Imo. Represented by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Tinubu said all hands must be … Read more
Eko Hot Blog the Nigerian army has described pro-Biafra gunmen terrorising residents of the South-east as mainly condemned criminals that escaped from Owerri Prison Facility during the infamous jail break in Imo State. The spokesperson of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Jonah Unuakhalu, in a statement, said the army made the discovery when … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Six security operatives consisting of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Civil Defence Corps, and an Inspector of Police have been arrested for intimidation, threat, extortion, and robbing of unsuspecting members of the public in Imo State. This was made known by the Spokesman of the Imo State Police … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Imo Sate National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal has sacked a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a unanimous decision on Sunday, a three-member panel of the tribunal which conducted its … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Gunmen on Monday reportedly shot dead Eze James Nnamdi, the traditional ruler of Ezuhu Nguru Nweke community in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. According to Daily Post, gunmen, who invaded the monarch’s palace in a Sienna car around 3 pm on Monday, shot him dead, scaring … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has said that the fear of being killed is forcing people in the south east to comply with the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Uzodinma made this remark while speaking with State House correspondents after his meeting with President … Read more