The family of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, has dismissed his lead counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and Ifeanyi Ejiofor Citing reasons such as Ozekhome’s refusal to allow Kanu’s personal physicians access to him. Kanu’s brother announced the termination of their services in a Twitter statement. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the family of … Read more
Twitter has removed Osinbajo’s verification tag just minutes after handover. The Former vice president passed on the batten to Kashim Shettima. Tinubu and his vice is expected to resume office today and new appointment made soon. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Popular microblogging platform, Twitter, on Monday removed the verification tag attached to the former … Read more
Human rights activist and LP supporter, SarkiB, has survived a ghastly car accident on his way to Nasarawa State after attending a court hearing. He narrowly escaped death and expressed gratitude to God for his survival. The accident occurred shortly after the factional chairman of LP, Lamidi Apapa, laid a curse on the person who … Read more
Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022 in a $44 billion deal. His reign started with trying to reduce the platform’s dependence on advertising. However, the plan has backfired so far as revenue dropped drastically, triggering massive layoffs. Eko Hot Blog reports that Elon Musk has named a new chief executive of Twitter, just … Read more
Chioma Rowland has no Twitter account, Davido raises red flag. This comes from a fake Twitter account posing as the celebrity’s wife. Ubi Franklin also joined in clarifying the issue alongside Davido. EKO HOT BLOG reports that popular Nigerian musician, David Adeleke, who is widely known by his stage name Davido, and music talent manager, … Read more
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has accused the NLC of attempting to hijack the judiciary. He says the NLC’s plan to create a “hall of shame” for judges that compromise election tribunals is an attempt to intimidate and threaten the judiciary. According to Keyamo, the only constitutional watchdog over the judiciary … Read more
Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, has visited President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu after his return from vacation in France. The visit was to welcome Tinubu back to Nigeria, and Kalu revealed on Twitter that they met in good spirits. Kalu is one of the Senators who have openly declared interest in … Read more
Akon releases statement denying calling out Twitter CEO, Elon Musk for charging people for the blue verification bages. According to Akon, the statement attributed to him was a result of his Twitter account being hacked. The initial tweet had quoted ‘Akon’ saying, “Back in the day, Twitter was begging musicians to stay on cause they … Read more
This is due to their refusal to subscribe To the paid verification system introduced by Elon Musk The monthly blue tick subscription fee for Organizations is $1,000 (£810) The blue tick monthly subscription fee for individual accounts is $8 (£6.40) Eko Hot Blog reports that The New York Times has lost its blue tick on … Read more
Twitter says the code was posted on GitHub It has now been taken down after Twitter requested its removal These leaks might be due to the large reduction of staff at Twitter Eko Hot Blog reports that Parts of the source code which underpins multi-billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform have been leaked online, Twitter … Read more
Th AAC has denied endorsing PDP governorship candidates in Rivers State and Oyo State. The AAC has stated that they have no alliance with any political party or individual in either state. The party chairman in Oyo State stated that the AAC has not endorsed the APC candidate in the state, despite its own candidate … Read more
INEC faced allegations of bias against Peter Obi on Wednesday. The allegations came after the electoral body’s official Twitter handle liked a tweet critical of the LP presidential candidate. The commission said it has started a probe of the incident because it did not reflect the institution’s neutrality. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent … Read more
The two “brothers”, Keyamo and Dogara, put their friendship aside for a while on Sunday as they publicly insulted each other. Dogara had described President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement of Tinubu as a joke. Keyamo took offence with the comment and insulted the former House speaker. Eko Hot Blog reports that the spokesperson of the All … Read more
Musk tweeted in November that the company had seen a “massive drop in revenue” Musk has ended many of Twitter’s perks, such as free meals. A 190cm (6ft) planter in the shape of an @ symbol is already fetching $4,300. Eko Hot Blog reports that Twitter has placed hundreds of items from its San Francisco … Read more
The Police have punished some of their officers for assaulting a lady and seizing her phone in Lagos. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Police Command has punished officers who were filmed assaulting a lady after seizing her phone at Ilasan area of Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. EDITOR’S PICKS 80-Year-Old Journalist Bags PhD … Read more
A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts. Eko Hot Blog reports that The hacker, “Ryushi”, is demanding $200,000 (£166,000) to hand over the data – reported to include that of some celebrities – and delete it. EDITOR’S PICKS US: House Of … Read more
Twitter rival Mastodon has grown eight times its size in a matter of weeks, going from approximately 300,000 users in October to 2.5 million in November, according to a blog post by the platform’s founder, Eugen Rochko. Eko Hot Blog reports that the eye-popping growth figure comes as a wave of Twitter users has announced … Read more
Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter’s chief executive officer when he finds someone “foolish enough to take the job.” Eko Hot Blog reports that the billionaire promised earlier to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 57.5% of users vote “yes” to him quitting the role. EDITOR’S PICKS British … Read more
The United Nations has joined the European Union in condemning Twitter’s decision to suspend some journalists who cover the social media firm. Eko Hot Blog reports that reporters for the New York Times, CNN, and the Washington Post were among those locked out of their accounts. EDITOR’S PICKS New Orleans: Man Kills Female Uber Driver … Read more
A Twitter account that tracked Elon Musk’s private jet has been suspended for violating unspecified Twitter rules. Eko Hot Blog reports that the @ElonJet account had more than half a million followers. EDITOR’S PICKS New Orleans: Man Kills Female Uber Driver Atlanta: Nurses Under Fire Over TikTok Video Mocking Maternity Patients Florida: Teacher Fired After … Read more