The NDLEA has promised top-notch persecution to drug Barons in custody. According to the NDLEA Boss, about 34 barons are currently in the custody of the Agency. The agency had in the last 14 days of 2023 taken down three major drug cartels. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) … Read more
FG is set to release prisoners in mass from Nigerian prisons. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has said it is planning to release prisoners from various Correctional facilities across the country. Sola Fasure, the media aide to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, stated that the reason is to decongest the correctional … Read more
Bawa has appealed a court order sending him to prison. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has appealed the court ruling sending him to the Kuje Correctional Centre for contempt. EDITOR’S PICKS Court Sends EFCC Boss, Bawa To Kuje Prison PDP Crisis: Some Governors … Read more
A son has stabbed her Nigerian mom to death in London. Eko Hot Blog reports that 28-year-old Nicolas Aina has been arrested for stabbing his Nigerian mother, Caroline Adeyelu, to death, in East London, United Kingdom. Police on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, charged Aina of Auriel Avenue, Dagenham, with the murder of his 64-year-old mother. … Read more
A father, who made his daughter’s abuser dig his own grave and kill himself, has been freed from prison early. Eko Hot Blog reports that a devastated father, who forced his best friend to kill himself after discovering that the man had sexually abused his daughter, has been freed from jail after only six months. … Read more
A filmmaker, Seun Egbegbe, has been released from prison after conviction for fraud. Eko Hot Blog reports that Nollywood filmmaker, Olajide Kareem, alias Seun Egbegbe, has regained his freedom after spending more than six years in prison custody. EDITOR’S PICKS Again, CUPP Raises Alarm Over Plot To Remove INEC Chair Labour Party Unveils 1,234-member Campaign … Read more
Former Gov Nyame Has Gotten A Surprise Car Gift Hours After His Release From Prison EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Taraba State, Emmanuel Bwacha, on Monday, donated a brand new Mercedes Benz to the former governor of the state, Jolly Nyame. Bwacha presented the car gift … Read more
Chief Judge jails lawyer for alleged contempt ….Two lawyers in court appealed to the Hon. Chief Judge but my Lord insisted that I must be jailed. EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: Shock As Hon Yakubu Impeached Over Gross Incompetence APC 2023: Tinubu Shortlists El-Rufai, Oshiomhole For Campaign DG –Reports Don’t Be Distracted With BBNaija –Peter Obi’s … Read more
Akpabio, Tambuwal, Lawan, risk two years in prison ….any candidate who runs afoul of this law is liable to be jailed for two years, and that Section 115 (3) even states that an attempt to obtain multiple forms is an offence. EDITOR’S PICK: BREAKING: INEC Declares PDP’s Adeleke Osun Gov-Elect BREAKING: Yemi Osinbajo Undergoes Leg … Read more
Prison inmates may vote in 2023 – INEC …..But the next general election is not going to be the last election conducted by Nigeria. EDITOR’S PICK: BREAKING: INEC Declares PDP’s Adeleke Osun Gov-Elect BREAKING: Yemi Osinbajo Undergoes Leg Surgery Governor Sanwo-Olu Charges Officials Over Poaching Of State Athletes EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to … Read more
Sunday Igboho has regained freedom. The 49-year-old agitator has spent over 231 days in Benin Republic prison after he was arrested on July 19, 2021. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Ighoho has been released by Benin Republic Government. The 49-year-old agitator has spent over 231 days … Read more
Man has been remanded for killing his wife in Enugu state. EKO HOT BLOG reports that an Enugu State Magistrate Court has remanded 49-year-old man, Remigius Nwaju in Enugu Correctional Centre for allegedly killing his wife, Philomena Nwaju. It was gathered that the man committed the offence on November 15, 2021 at No. 7 Ajali … Read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos had sentenced Kalu to 12 years imprisonment in a judgement delivered in December 2019… EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, believes it is necessary for politicians and civil servants in Nigeria to go to prison. Kalu, a presidential aspirant and lawmaker representing Abia-North … Read more
US Federal Prisons on Nationwide Lockdown The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured Monday during a gang altercation at a federal penitentiary in Texas. The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. Monday at USP Beaumont, a federal prison in Beaumont, Texas. The … Read more
Afenifere has raised the alarm as Sunday Igboho spent six months in Benin Republic prison. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Tuesday, called on international human rights organisation to get freedom for embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. The acting leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, … Read more
An ex-convict has empowered 134 youths after acquiring skills in prison. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Abdullahi Abare, an ex-convict and a former inmate at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Billiri, Gombe State Command, said he had empowered no fewer than 134 youths in Kumo, Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State. Abare told the … Read more
Two Remanded for Beheading Nine-Year-Old Boy in Rivers Chief Magistrate I.F. Iyabo remanded the two defendants and instructed the prosecutor to coordinate with the attorney general… EKO HOT BLOG reports that two men, Keneth Sylvanus and Chijioke Ogbonna, have been remanded in custody for reportedly beheading Destiny Peter, a nine-year-old kid, in Agbandele village, Emuoha … Read more
Billionaire Kidnapper, Evan’s partner had died in prison custody. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a co-defendant with alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, Chiemeka Arinze, has died in prison custody. Evans is standing trial alongside, Joseph Emeka, Chiemeka Arinze and Udeme Upong, over the attempted kidnap of Chief Vincent Obianodo, the … Read more
Court has discharged and acquitted 19 men accused of being MASSOB members after 15 years in prison. EKO HOT BLOG reports that nineteen persons accused of being members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and held in detention for 15 years, have been discharged and acquitted by Justice … Read more
EndSARS Protester Allegedly Defrauds ‘Lover’ of N800k While in Prison The woman has been crediting the lawyer’s account so as to release her lover from the facility EKO HOT BLOG reports that Francis Adekunle, an EndSARS protester has allegedly swindled a 32-year-old woman of the sum of N800,000 while he was detained at the Ibara … Read more