Mutiu Akinbami, the former councillor of Abeokuta North Local Government Area in Ogun State, also known as Igor, has been shot dead. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Akinbami was killed on Friday night by gunmen while riding a motorcycle with his daughter in Abeokuta, the state capital. The incident occurred around 6:13 p.m., between the … Read more
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday, passed a unanimous vote of confidence in Speaker Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, expressing their continued satisfaction with his leadership of the House. The motion of confidence coincided with Obasa’s 52nd birthday, adding a celebratory note to the session. During the plenary, Majority Leader Noheem Adams moved … Read more
The Federal Government has initiated the free conversion of petrol-powered commercial vehicles to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in Ibadan, Oyo State, and Zaria, Kaduna State. In Ibadan, around 100 commercial vehicles were converted to CNG at three locations: Mobil filling station on the Ibadan-Lagos expressway, Automation Auto Gas in Podo Industrial Village, and … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that in a statement released on Monday, Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), expressed commendation for the court’s decision to confirm Tajudeen Baruwa as the legitimate President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). His reaction came shortly after it was reported that the National Industrial … Read more
Unknown Gunmen have killed Asiri Eniba’s top ally, Spanal and his 7-year-old daughter in Osogbo. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a notorious thug in Osun popularly called Spanal was killed on Friday afternoon in Oke-Ijetu, Ilesa-garage area of Osogbo. Spanal was a close ally of the Chairman of the Osogbo branch of the … Read more
MC Oluomo: Lagos Family Seeks Oba Akiolu’s Intervention Over Oshodi Stool It is not a yesterday’s claim but an established historical fact that Oshodi belongs to us, and this has endured for more than two centuries or over 200 years, and this has also been re-established and reinforced by the courts EKO HOT BLOG reports that … Read more
Residents and passersby flee the Alagbado area of Lagos as 2 NURTW factions clash in Lagos over ticket collection EKO HOT BLOG reports that there was pandemonium as residents and passersby in the Agbado area of the Alimosho Local Government Area in Lagos State have to run for their lives as two factional members of … Read more
RRS Arrests Lagos NURTW Leaders Kunle Poly and Sego over Idumota crisis EKO HOT BLOG reports that Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), led by its Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, on Monday evening, arrested prominent members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in the state, Kunle Poly and Sego. The arrest was effected … Read more
Kunle Poly Fingers Mc Oluomo in Idumota Fracas EKO HOT BLOG reports that Alhaji Adekunle Lawan, popularly known as, Kunle Poly, has accused the National Union Of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Lagos State Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as, MC Oluomo, of being the brain behind the renewed violence on Lagos Island. Kunle Poly, … Read more
Many residents have been injured as transport workers clashed over ticket fee in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that no fewer than 15 people have been injured with gunshot wounds as suspected members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) launched an attack on members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) over ticket … Read more
As Lagos state eases lockdown on Monday, the chairman of the state council of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), has mandated that commercial drivers should not allow passengers without facemasks to board their vehicles. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday, April 27, approved the easing of lockdown … Read more