EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has apologised to state residents over the recent political crisis. Fubara, in a statement on Saturday, said it was important to make sacrifices for peace to reign in the state, stressing that no sacrifice is considered too much to achieve the objective. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Chairman of Rivers State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Chijioke Ihunwo, and other youths who were arrested on Wednesday are currently being arraigned at the Rivers State High Court. The youths were arrested and arraigned over attack on the residence of the Speaker of the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will meet with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over the crisis rocking Rivers State. The Director General of the PDP Governors Forum, CID Maduabum, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, November … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied reports in a section of the media that he had sacked the State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi; his Chief of Staff, Hon. Chidi Amadi; and suspended the Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Areas. Speculations were also rife that the governor sacked … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Rivers State Police Command, on Wednesday, officially declared the killer of one of its Divisional Police Officers in Ahoada Division, SP Bako Angbashim, wanted. The Rivers police published the declaration of Gift David Okpara, alias 2 Baba, a notorious Iceland cult leader, wanted. EDITOR’S PICKS PDP: Atiku’s Camp Calls … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that deadly cult members, suspected to be Icelanders, have beheaded the Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada, CSP Bako Amgbasim, in Ahoada Local Government Area of Rivers State. The State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe Koko, also confirmed the incident. EDITOR’S PICKS Obi Supporters In Diaspora Reject Judgement, Back … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that five young men have reportedly been electrocuted in Rivers State while trying to mount a billboard with a metal frame in the state. It was learnt that four others were battling for survival at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) where they were rushed for treatment. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a masquerader performing in a traditional festival has killed one of his spectators in Rivers State. It was gathered the incident happened at Abam Community in Okirika Local Government Area. EDITOR’S PICKS You Are Not Competent To Criticise Tinubu’s Reforms’ – APC Slams Bakare Gunmen Invade, Set Ablaze Palace … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that an Onitsha trader, his wife, two children, mother in-law and newly arrived apprentice have been reported dead after inhaling poisonous fumes from the generator powered the first night in their new mansion. Sympathisers who wailed uncontrollably yesterday at Borromeo hospital, Onitsha where the bodies were rushed to said the man, … Read more
President Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023. An amendment to the 1999 constitution mandates him to appoint his ministers within 60 days of his inauguration. He has less than 20 days to submit the list per this law. Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu is set to forward his ministerial list to … Read more
EkoHotBlog reports that the Rivers State Police Command said its men killed six suspected kidnappers during a shootout at Obelle community, in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. City Round gathered that the gang members, led by one Uchechukwu Daniel, opened fire on men of the anti-cultism unit, who stormed their hideout. However, … Read more
EkoHotBlog reports that officers of Rumuji Police Division, Emohua Local Government Area, Rivers State, have arrested a pastor, simply identified as Pillar, for alleged defilement of a 15-year-old girl, which has resulted in pregnancy. The arrest of the pastor of a new generation church in Ndele community followed compliant by Mr. Amesi ThankGod, brother to … Read more
EkoHotBlog reports that a Port Harcourt-based businessman, Confidence Chiadikobi Franco has been shot d£ad by unknown g¥nmen in the Ubeta-Owube axis of Ahoada West LGA of Rivers State. Franco was attacked and killed alongside the driver of the commercial vehicle they were travelling in on June 24th. EDITOR’S PICKS Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Monday, June … Read more
Since President Bola Tinubu assumed power a week ago, at least 78 Nigerians have been killed and 12 abducted in violent attacks across the country. The incidents have occurred in various states, including Rivers, Zamfara, Kaduna, Ogun, Sokoto, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The alarming rise in violence poses significant challenges to the new … Read more
Daddy G.O sentenced to death by hanging This comes after the court found him guilty of multiple murder Eko Hot Blog reports that Chidiebere Okoroafor, General Overseer of Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly, Oyigbo, Rivers State has been sentenced to death by hanging. Daddy G.O. was sentenced on Monday for killing three people, including … Read more
Police confirm three cultists died during an exchange of gunfire in Rivers This comes after information leaked of a supremacy battle between Iceland and Greenland cult groups Eko Hot Blog reports that three suspected cultists were shot dead during an exchange of gunfire with operatives of Ahoada Police Division in the Udebu community area of … Read more
The former Rivers Governor has debunked rumours of planning a potential move to APC. Wike, along with Seyi Makinde and James Ibori, met with Tinubu to offer him support days after his Inauguration. The meeting brought about speculations of a possible deflection. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom … Read more
Nigeria’s inflation rate has been rising for several months. Any hopes that it may cool in April vanished with the release of an NBS report on Monday. Notably, the rise from March 2023 to April 2023 was only 0.18%. Eko Hot Blog reports that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate in April 2023 rose to 22.22% relative … Read more
Tinubu was in Rivers on Wednesday to commission a project. While in the state, he promised not to marginalise any part of Nigeria. He also praised Wike for his infrastructural achievements and political support. Eko Hot Blog reports that President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to work evenly for the country without marginalising any part … Read more
The Surinamese man had smuggled the banned hard drug into Nigeria. He claimed that he travelled to Nigeria in search of his long-lost Nigerian father. The NDLEA also intercepted 1,559.3kg Colorado and 648,050 pills of opioids in Lagos, Imo, Taraba, and others. Eko Hot Blog reports that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency … Read more