The Federal Government has received 70 hybrid Jet Mover buses from Jet Motor Company as part of efforts to improve Nigeria’s transportation sector. In a statement to EKO HOT BLOG on Monday, the Nigerian automobile manufacturer announced the delivery of the buses, which run on both compressed natural gas (CNG) and premium motor spirit (PMS). … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has contributed N50 billion to support the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). EKO HOT BLOG reports that this announcement was made by the anti-corruption agency on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, during a courtesy visit to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja by the Fund’s Managing Director and Chief Executive … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law, as announced by Senator Basheer Lado, the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, in a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja. Earlier in March, President Tinubu introduced a bill titled: ‘A Bill for an Act to prescribe the … Read more
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has announced that it has disbursed N5 million each to 82.36% of the depositors of the now-defunct Heritage Bank. However, 17.64% of the insured deposits are still pending, primarily due to issues such as Post-No Debit instructions on accounts or missing Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs). EKO HOT BLOG reports … Read more
October 10, 2020. Popular Nigerian Musician, Banky W has reportedly listed what he calls the ‘six-negotiables’ to the Nigerian government on the SARS incessant brutality and extortion of the youths in the country. According to a post he made via Twitter, he held that officers caught extorting or assaulting citizens should be duly investigated and … Read more
September 30, 2020. Afeez Ogunbowale, a suspended student of the Lagos State University, (LASU), accused of raping two students of the institution, has appealed to the judge presiding over his case to discharge and acquit him. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), reports that Ogunbowale made the appeal to Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo after testifying on … Read more
September 28, 2020. The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will humble all opponents to win the Oct.31 Lagos East senatorial and Kosofe state constituency 2 by-elections by a landslide, Ekohotblog learnt. Chief Kaoli Olusanya, Vice Chairman, Lagos East, made the assertion on Monday in Somolu during a meeting with ward chairmen of the party … Read more
September 24, 2020. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a dismissed policeman, Ologunowa Ojo, to seven years’ imprisonment for killing one Taiye Akande. Mr Ojo, who was according to report guarding Frajend Investments Nigeria Limited, had on February 3, 2016, around 7pm, shot Akande around Shapati, in the … Read more
His excellency Okezie Ikpeazu, the Governor of Abia State, has reportedly ordered primary and secondary schools in the state to reopen on 4th of August, 2020, and that teachers, relevant education and health authorities put in place necessary measures before the resumption of full academic activities in the state. Chief John Okiyi Kalu, the state Commissioner … Read more