Some Nigerians in the diaspora have asked a Federal High Court to stop the 2023 general elections. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerians of voting age resident in the United Kingdom and various parts of the world have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High Court in … Read more
Archbishop Chukwuma has described Buhari’s government as the most corrupt in Nigeria’s history. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop, Enugu Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma has again come hard on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, alleging that it is the most corrupt in the country’s history. Chukwuma … Read more
SERAP has sued President Buhari over failure to probe ‘missing trillions of ecological funds’. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over the failure of his administration to probe the spending of trillions of ecological funds at all levels—federal, state and local governments from 2001 … Read more
FG is set to sanction FIRS, NNPC, and other MDAs for engaging in backdoor recruitment. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has threatened to sanction the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Nigeria Customs Service, among other MDAs, for secret recruitment into federal civil … Read more
Tinubu has reacted to the alleged assassination plot by Northern power blocs. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has addressed the fear that something unfortunate may happen to Bola Tinubu before, during, or after the 2023 election. There … Read more
FG has blamed the State Govs for the high poverty rate in Nigeria. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has blamed the country’s high poverty rate on the state governments’ failure to contribute their quota of development responsibilities to the grassroots where the major production activities occur. Minister of State for Budget and … Read more
FG has given reasons for the high cost of food items in the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has blamed the high cost of food in Nigeria on rising inflation and smuggling. The Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Abubakar, said this while speaking in Abuja at the Fifth edition of the President … Read more
SERAP has dragged Buhari’s government to the ECOWAS court over oil theft. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to probe the operations of illegal oil pipelines between 2001 and 2022, to name and prosecute those … Read more
President Buhari has appointed Lauretta Onochie as the new NDDC chairman. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm the appointment of his Special Adviser on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as the substantive Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Buhari Officially … Read more
President Buhari has officially unveiled the redesigned naira notes to the general public. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria has officially unveiled the redesigned naira notes to the public. President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the newly designed Naira notes at the Federal Executive Council meeting held in Abuja. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Nnamdi … Read more
SERAP has asked President Buhari to probe N500bn allegedly spent yearly on ‘social intervention programmes’. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, effectively and transparently investigate spending on all social safety-nets and poverty … Read more
President Buhari has approved a N10m monthly salary increase for the CJN and Judges. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate increment of salaries and welfare packages for judicial officers. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, made this know during the official commissioning and … Read more
SERAP has asked President Buhari to bring the attackers of INEC offices to justice. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest … Read more
[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form] President Buhari has revealed that the APC flagbearer, Bola Tinubu will win the 2023 presidential elections. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will win the 2023 presidential election. Buhari said … Read more
SERAP has given President Buhari a 7-day ultimatum to reverse lecturers’ half-salaries. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Sylva Okolieaboh to immediately reverse the apparently illegal … Read more
Reps have uncovered identities of “individuals sabotaging the fight against corruption” in Nigeria. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has alleged that some of those appointed by the President Muhammadu Buhari are working against the anti-corruption campaign of his administration. Oluwole Oke, Chairman of the committee, stated that … Read more
The finance ministry has rejected Emefiele’s proposed policy to redesign the naira notes. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed Friday, renounced the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on his proposed policy to redesign some of the nation’s currency notes on … Read more
Tinubu has told Nigerians not to have any regret about President Buhari. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Presidential flagbearer of the All Progressive Congress, APC in the 2023 general election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has on Saturday told Nigerians not to have any regret about President Muhammadu Buhari. This was as he said they … Read more
Buhari has signed the Nigeria startup bill into law. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday signed the Nigeria Startup Bill into law. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, disclosed this in a tweet immediately after President Muhammadu Buhari appended his signature. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Panic As Bandits Invade … Read more
FG has approved N470 billion for upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government on Wednesday disclosed that it has provided N470 billion Special Fund in the 2023 budget for university revitalisation and upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries. The approval is coming a few days after the University lecturers … Read more