Eko Hot Blog reports that about six school children and three teachers have been kidnapped in Ekiti by unknown gunmen. The gunmen reportedly abducted six pupils and three teachers of a private school and their bus driver while they were returning from Eporo-Ekiti on Monday night. According to a post by Ekititrends on its X … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, has alleged that some insiders may be responsible for the lingering security crisis in the country particularly the ravaging kidnapping for ransom. The organisation called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to urgently convene a community/stakeholders meeting to tackle the increasing insecurity in the … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has slammed council chairmen in Abuja for failing to hold monthly security meetings. Wike warned that, henceforth, any of the council chairmen who failed to host the monthly security meeting would be declared a threat to the FCT. The former Governor … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that a 28-year-old bandit, identified as Bello Muhammad, reportedly offered a police Divisional Officer one million naira bribe following his arrest in a hotel in Kaduna Community. The divisional headquarters received credible information regarding the presence of the suspect at Easyway Hotel in Tafa town. The Police Command Public Relations Officer, … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports the Lagos State Police Command apprehended a couple engaged in an alleged self-kidnapping scheme, aiming to extort a N5 million ransom. EDITOR’S PICKS JUST IN: FG Gives Fresh Update On ‘Soon-To-Take-Off’ Student Loan Scheme FG: New Minimum Wage Committee To Be Inaugurated Before January End Lagos Govt Shuts Down Katangua, Oke … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate procurement of modern security equipment to further combat kidnapping and killings in Abuja and its environs. Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike announced this while addressing reporters yesterday in Abuja. EDITOR’S PICKS JUST IN: FG Gives Fresh Update On ‘Soon-To-Take-Off’ Student Loan Scheme … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senator Representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, said the Senate will summon the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, over the rising rate of insecurity in Abuja. There has been an increase in cases of abduction in Abuja lately. EDITOR’S PICKS Uzodimma’s Inauguration: Tinubu Meets Obasanjo In Imo (Photos) Aiyedatiwa … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has sentenced three men, Boma Thompson, Emelike Mathias, and Daniel Thankgod, to death by hanging. The four suspects were charged for the kidnapping and murder of Abbot Ogbobula in June 2017, but the court discharged and acquitted one of … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The agenda of the meeting is not yet known, but it was gathered that the president summoned the security chiefs concerning the growing cases of banditry attacks in the nation’s capital. Recall … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has summoned an emergency security meeting following the worsening security situation in the nation’s capital. This news medium gathered that Bandits have been breaking into houses and picking up residents from the comfort of their homes. The incidents which have … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that a former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has accused the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies of refusing to use the NIN-SIM policy to fight insecurity in the country. Pantami, who was responding to a question from an X user who wondered why so much … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that a young lady identified as Najeebah has been reportedly killed by gunmen who abducted her and five other sisters in Abuja. According to PUNCH Metro, Najeebah and her sisters were abducted on January 9, alongside their father. It was gathered that the gunmen later released their father, asking him to … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the abducted chairman of Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa state, Hon Safiyanu Isa Andaha, and his political godfather, Adamu Umar Custom, have regained their freedom. This online media platform recalls that the duo were abducted by men suspected to be bandits on New Year’s Day. EDITOR’S PICKS [BREAKING] 2024: Tinubu … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, has been begged to intervene in the search for a missing one-year-old. In an interview with PUNCH Newspaper, Agnes Forte, the visually impaired mother of the missing baby, made the appeal to CP Fayoade. Agnes had raised the alarm over the disappearance … Read more
In a few days, it will be the end of the year 2023. It has been a year replete with stories, many of them bad. The mind struggles to find the good story, not tainted by doubt, or worry. Perhaps the spate of tragic, disturbing events that erupted across the world in the more recent … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that gunmen suspected to be assassins have murdered one Dr. David Adefikayo, the Medical Director of Dafikayo Clinic, in his residence in Kanbi, Moro Local Government. The assailants reportedly broke into the deceased’s residence around 8:30 pm on Thursday and brutally murdered the medical officer in the presence of his wife … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has revealed that some powerful individuals are the ones sponsoring banditry and kidnappings associated with the mining sector in Nigeria. Speaking on Tuesday when he appeared before the House Committee on Solid Minerals to defend the Ministry’s 2024 budget estimate, Alake added … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been advised not to travel at night. In his speech to the corps members undergoing orientation at the camp for 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream 2, the director of the North Area Office of the NYSC Kehinde Aremu-Cole stated, “The most disheartening … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Benue State Police Command has rescued two traders abducted by gunmen. The two traders were reportedly kidnapped by gunmen who invaded a market at Mchia community in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State last Thursday. EDITOR’S PICKS Lagos Assembly Questions Governor’s Nomination Procedure for Cabinet Positions Details Of Service … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has said the menace of Boko Haram in the North East is lesser than the banditry, kidnapping, IPOB and cultism happening in other zones across the country. The lawmaker stated this on Wednesday while shedding light on his earlier motion on … Read more