Maiduguri: Two Killed as Bomb Explosion Rocks Dalwa Housing Estate

Two individuals lost their lives in an explosion caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, on Wednesday. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the tragic incident occurred at a housing estate under construction in Dalwa, a community located 175 kilometers from Maiduguri. The estate, which consists of 200 units, … Read more

Six Security Personnel Injured As Boko Haram Fighters Attack Yobe Governor, Buni’s Convoy

Boko Haram Fighters Attack Yobe Governor

EKO HOT BLOG reports that suspected Boko Haram fighters, on Saturday, attacked the convoy of the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, while returning from Borno State. This online media platform understands that at least six security personnel attached to Governor Buni were injured in an ambush. EDITOR’S PICKS Nationwide Strike: NLC Sends Letters To … Read more

Another PDP Chieftain Dumps Party Joins APC In Yobe

Yobe

Another prominent PDP chieftain has joined APC on the Yobe. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Yobe State, Haladu Mohammed, has dumped the party to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) camp. This online media platform gathered that the politician was officially received into the APC … Read more

BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints New Special Adviser [PHOTO]

Tinubu Appoints New Special Adviser   EKO HOT BLOG reports that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, has appointed Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni as special adviser on “Party Integration and Reintegration” at the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.   In a letter addressed to Buni and … Read more

BREAKING: Security Agencies Recovers 33 Cattle From Rustlers (PHOTO)

Two suspected cattle rustlers have been arrested in Yobe EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Yobe State government has said a total of thirty-three cattle recovered from suspected rustlers have been handed over to the rightful owner. EDITOR’S PICK Petrol Subsidy Is Criminal, Must End – Peter Obi 2023: Peter Obi Reacts To Tinubu’s Call To Caution … Read more

2033: Massive Defection In Yobe, As PDP, NNPP Members Decamp To APC

Defection in Yobe

Some PDP and NNPP Members Have Decamped To APC In Yobe EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala-Buni on Friday received some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) into the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor, while receiving the new decampees, charged them … Read more

BREAKING: APC Makes U-Turn, Announces New Date For National Convention

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APC has announced new date for national convention. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee has just announced that it will conduct the national convention on March 26, 2022.   This is contrary to a letter it sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission on the conduct of zonal … Read more

Two Prominent PDP Leaders Join APC

Two prominent PDP leaders have joined APC. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Yobe State Governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, on Friday, received two Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains into the fold of ruling party. Read Also: See Photos, Video Of How Suspected Political Thugs Destroyed Osun Govt Bus The … Read more

Real Reason I Left PDP For APC – Bwacha

PDP For APC

Real Reason I Left PDP For APC – Bwacha EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senator representing Taraba South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Emmanuel Bwacha, said he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to escape the “apparent persecution” of the state governor, Darius Ishaku. Bwacha, who was … Read more

Security Beefed Up Around APC Nat’l Secretariat As Party Inaugurates State Excos

APC

Many state chapters of the APC are enmeshed in crisis following the outcome of last year’s state congresses EKO HOT BLOG reports that operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have taken over the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja. This is ahead of the inauguration of the party’s state executives … Read more

APC: Former PGF DG Wants Party Leaders Sanctioned

APC

Lukman said the APC has derailed because President Muhammadu Buhari does not meddle in affairs EKO HOT BLOG reports that Salihu Lukman, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, has demanded that leaders working to undermine the February 26 convention be sanctioned. The former Director-General of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), made the call in a statement … Read more

APC: Yahaya Bello Reveals When He’ll Formally Declare For Presidency

APC

…the APC is the platform through which he became governor of Kogi state must conduct its national convention before he can declare to contest…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has revealed that he will declare his intention to run for the presidency in the forthcoming 2023 election once the All … Read more

Five APC Chieftains Tell Court To Stop Planned Party Convention

APC

…they argued that many members of the party had gone to court to challenge the outcome of congresses that held in the 34 states…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that five aggrieved chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for an injunction to stop the party from … Read more

APC May Collapse Before 2023, Orji Kalu Writes Buhari

Orji Uzor Kalu

He lauded the achievement of Mai Mala Buni for managing the party up to this time…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has called for rescheduling of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention slated for February, 2022. He allayed fears … Read more

APC Suspends State Congress In Oyo

Zoning: APC Caretaker Committee Meets This Week

APC has suspended State Congress in Oyo State.   EKOHOTBLOG reports that the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the suspension of the ongoing State Congress in Oyo State, due to irregularities   The governor of Yobe State and Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, gave the order … Read more

2023: APC Accredits Pro-Osinbajo Group

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It was the first support group to be accorded such recognition by the party…  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accredited the ‘Progressives Consolidation Group’, a group rooting for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to emerge as the party’s flagbearer. The group got the APC national secretariat’s approval, in a … Read more

Akeredolu Distances Self From 2023 Presidency

Akeredolu

One of the posters had depicted a joint ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Governor Akeredolu and Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State… Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has distanced himself from activities suggesting that he will contest the presidential election in 2023. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, in a … Read more

Court Sacks Mai Buni As APC Acting National Chairman

APC

Court restrained the Governor and the others from parading themselves as Chairman and members of the APC CECPC Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and other members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC have been sacked.  A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, Wednesday, restrained the Governor … Read more

BREAKING: Daughter Of Former Yobe Governor Dies After Childbirth

BREAKING: Daughter Of Former Yobe Governor Dies After Childbirth

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni in a statement on Thursday signed by his spokesman Mamman Mohammed condoled with Ibrahim over the loss. Daughter of a former Governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Ibrahim, has lost his daughter, Aisha Abba. Abba, a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, died in Cairo, Egypt at the … Read more

APC Will Disintegrate Before 2023 Elections – Dino Melaye

Melaye

The former APC chieftain noted that Buni’s appointment as caretaker chairman contravenes Section 183 of the 1999 Constitution as well as the Article 17(iv) of the APC Constitution A former Senator who represented Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would split up before the 2023 elections. According to Melaye, … Read more