President Buhari is set to depart Nigeria for Ghana on Sunday. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari would be departing Nigeria for Ghana on Sunday. This was disclosed via a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday. Buhari, EKO HOT BLOG gathered, … Read more
“Leaders at all levels should give the people a message of hope” The federal government has admonished Nigerians not to pay heed to people prophesying that the country will disintegrate. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, issued the admonition on Thursday when he played host to Adeola Ajakaiye, Oluyin of Iyin-Ekiti, at his office … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Nigeria’s progress is inseparably linked to Lagos’. EkoHotBlog reports that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has demanded a special economic status for State. Sanwo-Olu made this demand during the opening of the two-day Senate zonal public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution under … Read more
Quarter on quarter, real GDP grew at -13.93% in Q1 2021 compared to Q4 2020 The nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.51 percent in the first quarter of 2021. This is according to the first-quarter GDP report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Sunday. Nigeria had recorded an increase of … Read more
“Our hope is that the National Assembly will be sincere in its effort at reviewing the Constitution” Afenifere, Yoruba socio-political organisation, says Nigeria will continue to suffer if the country is not restructured. In a communique issued on Friday at the end of its meeting in Ogun state, Afenifere noted that lack of restructuring is … Read more
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has said Nigeria can overcome her security challenges with determination. Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, says the country’s security challenges are surmountable if Nigerians are determined to tackle it with sincerity. He stated this on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, at a symposium organised by Shina Peller, lawmaker … Read more
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a one-month-old abandoned baby in the state. This was made known by the state Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, via a statement on Friday. The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a one-month-old abandoned baby in the state, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The one-month-old baby was said … Read more
“Please Biafrans, let’s do the needful Call them now and share. Retweet Widely!” The United States Mission in Nigeria has described as scam a social media post that it had rolled out designated numbers for reporting terrorism and government atrocities in Nigeria. Ekohotblog gathered that On May 4, 2021, a Twitter account with the moniker … Read more
“Who says Nigeria will not rise from its current travails? Who says Aiye will always win?” Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says the last will soon be heard of current challenges that plague the country, noting that peace and security will be restored under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Adesina likened the present situation of … Read more
For a section of Nigerians, consuming foreign food abroad implies having a cosmopolitan, suave and urbane taste, like being classy. Citizens who stick to Nigerian food or other cultural elements are therefore deemed local and conservative food-wise. Part of this thinking, it can be argued, draws from inferiority complex: Europeans, Asians and others in Nigeria … Read more
Germany-based Africa Command (AFRICOM) is the US military headquarters that oversees its operations in Africa The United States has said there is no plan to relocate its Africa Command from its current base in Germany to Nigeria or any other part of Africa despite the worsening state of insecurity in the region. The US gave … Read more
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said that Nigeria cannot progress with the level of corruption in the country. Ganduje added that there is no sacred lamb in the fight against corruption in Kano State. Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said that Nigeria cannot progress with the level of corruption in the … Read more
Nigerian PEPs have also been using proxies, families, shell companies and links to trade-based money laundering. New document and paper trails have shown how top government officials in Nigeria used questionable and illegal cash flow in real estate to siphon and launder the country’s public funds. According to document by chattam house, the unscrupulous elements … Read more
Nigeria has been ranked as the third-worst governed country in the world by the Chandler Good Government Index, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. Nigeria was ranked very low in governance, leadership, and foresight. Nigeria has been ranked as the third-worst governed country in the world by the Chandler Good Government Index. In the 2021 report … Read more
“There is no president who will want his country in chaos. Have you seen one? Point one to me” Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says no country has had it all good in the journey of building a working, effective and virile nation. Tinubu said Nigeria must be united if … Read more
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, says some parts of Nigeria are fast becoming a hotbed of instability with the intractable security challenge in the country. Dogara stated that the present challenges confronting the country had long been foretold. A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, says some … Read more
It was worried that terrorists have continued to plot and carry out attacks in Nigeria, especially in the North East The United States government has advised its citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria as a result of the security threats in some parts of the country. In its latest travel advisory, the government decried the … Read more
One of the suspects, who is the mother of three of the victims, reportedly said she was going to Algeria to find a job. Some Nigerians now take children to Niger Republic to get assistance from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has disclosed. … Read more
Nigeria has been ranked as the number one importer of commercial services in Africa in 2020, data released by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) showed on Friday. While Egypt and Morocco made the list of world exporters led by the United States, Nigeria was conspicuously absent in the global commercial exporters’ list. Nigeria has been … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after his medical check-up in London. The president left the country on March 30, 2021, for his first medical trip in over a year. President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after his medical check-up in London. The presidential jet, which conveyed the president from London, touched down … Read more