EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerians to visit money agents and Point of Sales (PoS) operators to swap their naira notes easily.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a senior official of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Thursday said its Organising Secretary, Ayodele Adewale will be punished over his statement on two bullion vans that entered the residence of Bola Tinubu in 2019.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Rescue Movement (NRM) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Aliyu Maina, was on Thursday confirmed dead, barely one month before the general election.
With a flourish of his pen, President Muhammadu Buhari etched his signature onto the eighth and final appropriation bill presented to him by his government.
The Nigerian presidential seat has accommodated a number of physically infirm people over the years. Former President Musa Yar’adua’s battle with a kidney problem was no exception. Unfortunately, the struggle proved to be one he could not overcome, as he passed away in office in May 2010.
On January 10th, 2023, a royal revelation was unleashed upon the world. Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and spare son of King Charles III, bared his soul in a tell-all memoir entitled ‘Spare.’
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government has rejigged and expanded the monitoring activities of its Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) by engaging the services of seven franchise companies to assist the agency in rapidly increasing the monitoring activities of health facilities across the state and improve the quality of healthcare delivered to citizens.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has upgraded its various Notices usually served on properties.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has empowered 104 high-risk survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence under its business grant programme.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States has formally labelled the Wagner Group a “transnational criminal organization”, unveiling a wave of sanctions against the Russian mercenary force.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been warned that Britain’s armed forces must be “fully equipped for a possible war” in the face of escalating tensions with Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
The city of Houston has come to a standstill after a 65-year-old woman was locked in a store and was told she could not leave after she found a $50 bill on the floor.
Two Southern University students are fighting for their lives in a hospital following a mass shooting at a Houston nightclub earlier this month.
Diabetes is one chronic health condition that has become very common in today’s world. It arises due to the body’s inability to metabolize glucose either due to poor functioning of the pancreas or the fact that the body doesn’t recognize it anymore.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Everton manager, Frank Lampard has spoken for the first time since he was sacked by sending a heartwarming message to the club’s fans thanking them for their support.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Manchester City forward, Sergio Aguero, has hit back at AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic over his recent comments on Argentina national team and Lionel Messi.
Week 29 Pool Results For Sat 21 Jan – UK 2022/2023 – Pool Agent (UK Football) can be accessed below
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 30 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has recommended Frank Mba and Idowu Owohunwa to the Police Service Commission for the office of Commissioners of Police, Ogun and Lagos Commands respectively, The PUNCH reports.
This was contained in a document exclusively obtained by our correspondent on Thursday, signed by the Force Secretary, AIG Hafiz Inuwa, on behalf of the IGP.
Our correspondent gathered that the recommendations were yet to be approved by the PSC.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta, Rev. Peter Odetoyinbo, has charged Nigerians to exercise their civic right to vote for credible leaders in the 2023 general election.
Odetoyinbo gave the charge on Thursday while speaking with newsmen during the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta, held at Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Cathedral, Itesi, Adatan, Abeokuta.
He prayed for a peaceful election that would transform the country into a better position.
The family of a 29-year-old tailor, Quadri Nurudeen, based in Osogbo, Osun State, has demanded a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding how Nurudeen was allegedly shot dead by some officers of the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force.
The deceased, father of a child, was allegedly killed while he was trying to escape arrest, after some police officers stormed his house located around Jaleoyemi Area of Osogbo in the early hours of Wednesday.
A cousin to the deceased, Islamiyah Omowumi, who spoke with our correspondent, said men of the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Osun State Police Command covering their faces, had brought a man believed to be a suspect in handcuffs to the deceased’s house and forced their way in.
THE Executive Council, Elders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress APC, in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom Statte have debunked the purported expulsion of former Senior Special Adviser of President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang from the the party.
The local government Chapter Chairman, Mr Umoh Ekop, in a statement in Uyo on Thursday said that those behind the purported letter of expulsion were aliens to APC.
Ekop said that at no time did Enang commit any offence that should warrant an expulsion from the party, describing the alleged expulsion of Enang from the party as an insult.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed worry that electoral litigations have now become a thing of luck because political actors don’t play by the rules.
Obasanjo stated this in his address at The International Conference On ‘Deepening Democratic Culture and Institutions for Sustainable Development and Security in Nigeria’ in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
He said, “We fail to understand that democracy is not a one shot game. It is evolutionary and it takes time to ground the practice. It is not for quick change and indeed, if we play by the rules, we would all realise that regimes or governments can change but the tenets remain constant.
“We would not be so bitter with election results or overload the courts with litigations, very many of which are like ‘try your luck’.
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja on Thursday struck out a suit seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Mr Akanimo Udofia as governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the March 11 election in Akwa Ibom.
Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that the court lacked jurisdiction to decide the matter after it had been adjudicated upon by a court of coordinate jurisdiction and an Appeal Court.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC and Udofia had sued INEC as the sole defendant in the matter.
Udofia sought an order compelling INEC to accept his name as governorship candidate for Akwa Ibom 2023 poll.
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