NOVEMBER 14, 2020 The Senate has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFI ACT) (amendment) Bill, 2020. In a statement on Saturday, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru, said the assent to the Bill had effectively repealed the 1991 edition and “it … Read more
NOVEMBER 11, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the governing council of the University of Lagos, and reinstated its suspended Vice Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. This was contained in a statement from the Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Education, Ben-Bem Goong, on Wednesday. The statement, titled ‘Re: Report of special visitation panel to … Read more
NOVEMBER 10, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has urged agencies involved in agriculture to further streamline their priorities to include more youths in driving modern methods of farming. The President made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at the launch of the National Young Farmers Scheme, designed by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) to … Read more
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, presented a report on properties damaged by hoodlums in Lagos to President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “President @MBuhari this afternoon met with Governor @jidesanwoolu of Lagos. The Governor presented a report on the extent of the destruction suffered … Read more
Pray For God to Deliver Buhari from Wicked Counsels -Pastor Tunde Bakare Ekohotblog, November 3, 2020…. Tunde Bakare, the then running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2011 election and founder of Citadel Global Church, urge Nigerians to pray for God to deliver President Buhari from bad counsel. He also stated his intention to contest in … Read more
October 27, 2020 Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has announced that beneficiaries nationwide will receive a one-time grant of N30,000 with Lagos, Kano, State and Federal Capital Territory, FCT and nine more States in the first batch. Prof Yemi Osinbajo, revealed that enumeration and verification are still ongoing for Payroll Support Scheme The VP said that … Read more
October 27, 2020. Governors of the 36 states were said to have received N1billion each from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Ekohotblog learnt that the Governors were also said to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Bank to receive a sum of N1.1billion … Read more
Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well-intended protest of some of our youths in parts of the country, against the excesses … Read more
Save The People- Aisha Buhari To President Buhari, Service Chiefs (video) Ekohotblog, October 18, 2020 Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has called on her husband, President Buhari, and the other security chiefs to act fast and stop the bloodshed and insecurity in Northern Nigeria. Aisha shared a video with a compilation of photos of President … Read more
Genevieve Nnaji Writes Open Letter To President Buhari, urging him to end SARS. Ekohotblog, October 9, 2020 Popular multi talented actress, Genevieve Nnaji has written an open letter to president Buhari to call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). This comes after another actor, Desmond Elliot backed Nigerian youth in seeking for the dissolution … Read more
October 1, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has emphasised the needs for government and all Nigerians to take tough decisions for Nigeria to survive. The President Buhari gave the charge in his Independence Day during in a nationwide broadcast on Thursday morning. The President further explained that national resources have become scarcer that previous administrations had … Read more
September 23, 2020. The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on Wednesday that the President, Muhammadu Buhari, acted in contravention of the law when he sent the names of 11 candidates recommended to him by the National Judicial Council for appointment as judges of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to the Senate … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari insisted that he has fulfilled his promise to eradicate polio from Nigeria on Tuesday. Buhari spoke at the formal certification of the Wild Polio Virus eradication in the African region during the virtual session of the 70th World Health Organisation (WHO) regional committee for Africa. The President also expressed optimism that just … Read more
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, has appointed former Super Eagles’ striker, Mr Daniel Amokachi, as a Special Assistant on Sports. This was announced in a press statement by the Media Office of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development on Thursday. The statement was titled, ‘PMB appoints Amokachi Special Assistant, Sports’, and signed by … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the 11th virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House in Abuja. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff to the President Ibrahim Gambari are also physically attending the meeting. Those physically present at the Council … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, has reportedly approved the appointment of Adamu Adaji as the Director-General of the National Boundary Commission with effect from August 7, 2020. This was confirmed in a letter dated August 10 signed by the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha. A statement in Abuja on Tuesday, by the Head … Read more
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, is expected to submit its report latest next week going by the terms of reference given to the panel by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The document inaugurating the panel which … Read more
The Edo State People of Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Mr Chris Osa, the PDP’s Publicity Secretary in the state, Nehikhare said the meeting between Buhari and Ize-Iyamu was ill-advised and could dent … Read more
The Federal of Nigeria has approved new working hours for civil servants across the country. The federal civil servants on Grade Level 12 and above would now resume full work hours from 8 am to 4 pm, while the rest were to continue to stay at home. Dr Sani Aliyu, the Coordinator of Presidential Task … Read more
The members of the #RevolutionNow who was reported to be protesting yesterday Wednesday 5th of August, in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos, Ondo, Osun and Ogun states is demanding good governance in the country from President Mahammadu Buhari. The members are; Eniola Akinkuotu, Adelani Adepegba, Samson Folarin, Oladimeji Ramon, Deji Lambo, Peter Dada, Bola Bamigbola … Read more