The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has indefinitely suspended Shehu Hadi Ahmad, the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA). EKO HOT BLOG reports that Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications to Wike, confirmed the suspension in a statement issued on Thursday. Olayinka stated that Ahmad’s … Read more
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa announced on Sunday that opposition leader John Steenhuisen of the Democratic Alliance will serve as the new Minister of Agriculture. Eko Hot Blog gathered that this announcement came as Ramaphosa, 71, unveiled his new government after being re-elected for a second full term. EDITOR’S PICK Kenya Protest: I Have No … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said that he accepted to serve as a minister under President Bola Tinubu because of the latter’s capacity and political will. This news medium gathered that Wike, who is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said this at a press conference … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Minister of Interior, Tunji Olubunmi-Ojo, and the Minister of State for Education, Tanko Sununu, have officially resigned from the House of Representatives. According to Premium times, their letters of resignation were read on the floor of the House on Tuesday by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. Messrs Olubunmi-Ojo and Sununu were … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has asked the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he will be able to serve the ruling party. The former lawmaker also called on Wike, the immediate past Rivers State Governor, to … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that former presidential campaign spokesman of President Bola Tinubu, Dr. Josef Onoh, has said that no law has been violated in appointing a corp member, Hannatu Musawa as the minister for Arts, Culture and Creative Economy. The Minister had come under heavy backlash for emerging a serving minister without concluding her … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that top political gladiators close to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and in the Senate have been fingered in the plot to stop the appointment of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, as a minister in the present administration. This online media platform understands that El-Rufai’s ministerial confirmation was suspended following a … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has reportedly withdrawn his interest in President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial appointment. This online media platform learnt that El-Rufai lost interest in serving in President Tinubu’s cabinet after a meeting at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints Special Investigator To … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that major stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have urged President Bola Tinubu to consider former Governor Nyesom Wike for ministerial appointment. The stakeholders under the aegis of Amalgamated Bola Tinubu Campaign Council, Rivers State, led by former Chief of Staff to the Rivers State … Read more
Senator Godswill Akpabio, has reportedly dropped his ambition to run for Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. He is said to be pursuing a ministerial appointment in the cabinet of the President-elect, with his eye on a return to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs or the Petroleum Resources Ministry. Akpabio dropped his Senate … Read more