President Tinubu is celebrating his 72nd birthday today. The president said the celebration would be low-key and advised his well-wishers to not advertise their wishes to him. However, one of them shunned his plea and bought out the front-pages of national newspapers. Eko Hot Blog reports that that Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has … Read more
According to a man, land dispute between two communities in Delta State escalated into violence, resulting in the deaths of 16 soldiers. The speaker blamed the government and local leaders for failing to resolve the conflict peacefully. He alleged that the soldiers killed were supporting Tompolo, a former militant leader contracted by the government for … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dennis Otuaro as the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The President made the appointment known in a statement issued by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in Abuja on Thursday. According to the statement, the President hopes that Otuaro will bring … Read more
Tompolo’s Director Of Operations has been detained by the EFCC. TSSNL is a security surveillance company, operated by the ex-militant leader. According to the EFCC, he was detained over failure to disclose the sources of his intelligence. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested and detained Captain Warredi … Read more
Tinubu has bagged another chieftaincy title in Gbaramatu. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met with the former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo. This is coming barely two days after the APC … Read more
A close ally of foremost ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemukpolo, popularly known as Tompolo, Bello Bina, has debunked reports Tompolo’s reappearance six years after being declared wanted by the Federal Government was a new plot to launch an attack against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Niger Delta. Bina, a former Caretaker Committee Chairman … Read more