EKO HOT BLOG reports that the eight month lingering industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended conditionally.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Appeal Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, of terrorism charges.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Government (FG) has indicated that it will approach the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal judgement that struck out the terrorism charge it preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has reacted to the ruling of the Court of Appeal concerning the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, says the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has not suspended its presidential campaign for the 2023 election.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated his call for the resignation of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the absence of the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu from the reconciliation meeting fixed by the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu.
Eko Hot Blog reports that kicking off his re-election campaign on Wednesday at the Ehingbeti Summit in Lagos, Sanwo-Olu said candidates of other political parties know little about governance
Eko Hot Blog reports that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the event, received the approval to build the Badagry Deep Seaport, which was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) last August.
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu was today applauded by the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (N.I.C.E) for his giant strides and unparalleled investment in upscaling infrastructural development in Lagos State, just as he bagged the Fellowship Award of the Association.
Local Government Establishments, Training and Pensions Office (LGETPO) is set to organise generic and specific workshops for all cadres in the Unified Local Government Service in Lagos State.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Arc. Gbolahan Oki, said his Agency has demolished over 100 defective structures since the beginning of 2022 to stem the tide of building collapse across the State.
The Lagos State Education District IV has organised a One-Day Workshop for Principals of all Senior Secondary Schools under the district with a charge to be more diligent and committed to duties.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Moscow-backed regional leader asks for Kremlin help moving people to safer areas
The Russian-installed governor of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region has told residents to take their children and flee, in one of the starkest signs yet that Moscow is losing its grip on territory it claims to have annexed.
Vladimir Saldo publicly asked for Moscow’s help transporting civilians to safer regions of Russia, and Russian authorities have promised free accommodation to all residents who flee.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the ex-Chelsea manager may have been relieved of his duties in west London but is still attracting offers from a number of different clubs across the continent, according to reports
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Former Liverpool midfielder, Danny Murphy, has said he would be amazed if he sees Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, remain at Old Trafford after the January transfer window.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Liverpool midfielder, Danny Murphy, has picked the club’s legends, Steven Gerrard or Xabi Alonso, to eventually replace Jurgen Klopp at Anfield in the near future.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 14 pool results are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 15 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has predicted that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections, Bola Tinubu, would get over 1 million votes from Osun.
Oyetola spoke in his campaign office in Osogbo where he received APC youths that participated in a march tagged ‘Osun Youth March for Tinubu/Shettima 2023’ on Thursday.
The youths staged a walk across major streets in Osogbo, asking the electorate to support Tinubu’s bid to be president in the next general elections.
The Osun governor, who expressed surprise at the large turnout of youth, even when the campaign has not commenced, assured that the APC candidate would run a youth-friendly administration if elected.
The Niger State Police Command has stated that it had arrested 326 suspects for various offences.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas, during his retirement pull-out parade at the Police Training School in Minna, on Thursday.
Kuryas stated that 284 of the arrested suspects had been charged to court and successfully prosecuted while 42 suspects were under investigation and awaiting trial.
“The arrests and prosecution were made between August 10 2021, when I resumed as the Niger State commissioner of police to October 2022.” He said.
He also said that the suspects were arrested for offences ranging from culpable homicide, armed robbery, kidnapping, cattle rustling, rape to unlawful possession of firearms.
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has chided the Godwin Obaseki-led government for renaming The Nigerian Observer Newspaper, The Echo, noting that the move was a destruction of one of the state’s legacies.
In a press statement on Thursday, the Assistant State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Ofure Osehobo, said the state government was not sincere when it closed down the paper in June, promising to reopen it in July.
The statement read in part, “The APC Edo State chapter believes that Obaseki was being economical with the truth, when in June 2022, he closed down the Nigerian Observer and promised to reopen it in a month after restructuring it. Edo people thought the move was part of a reform process.
“The party can recall that in a statement, the secretary to his government, Osarodion Ogie, said, ‘The Edo State Government, in line with the reforms of the state-owned media organisations, has directed the closure of the Nigerian Observer newspaper for a period of one month, for re-organisation and re-launch of the media outfit.’
“But contrary to these promises, the government demolished vital sections of the premises of the newspaper at 24, Airport Road, Benin City, installed a ‘N5-billion’ printing press, redeployed all the workers to the MDAs and created a newspaper called Echo to replace the Nigerian Observer,” he added.
GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2033 elections in Rivers state, Sen Magnus Abe, yesterday chided successive administrations in the state for limiting interventions against perennial floodings to sharing of palliatives to victims.
At a thanksgiving at the St. Paul Cathedral, Port Harcourt, to dedicate his 2023 Governorship Campaigns, Abe assured of a permanent solution to destructive floods in Rivers while empathizing with teeming flood victims currently displaced in hardest hit Abua/Odual, Ahoada West and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGAs in the Orashi region of the state.
The SDP governorship hopeful said, “We must find permanent solution to flood in Rivers. Every human challenge has a permanent solution. We cannot keep sharing mattress and rice every year to flood victims.
“We cannot continue to do same thing every time and expect a different result. We will not play politics with everything. There are things that are beyond politics and so we commend the Rivers State Government for the prompt response to the (flood) issue.”
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, on Thursday, reserved judgement in a suit challenging the continued use of a Sole Administrator to run the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Odighonin Adienbo, The Integrity Friends for Truth and Peace Initiatives and nine others filed the suit before Justice Dashen, opposing the use of sole administrator to run the NDDC.
The presiding Judge, Justice Isa Dashen, had on July 13 adjourned the case till October 13 for judgement, but when the court commenced sitting, officials of the court informed parties to the case that the judge said the judgement was not ready.
Also, no date was fixed for the judgement as the parties were told that a date would be communicated to them.
A group under the aegis of Nigeria Lawyers Coalition for Peter Obi has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Abuja over the alleged harassment of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate supporters during their October 1 rallies in some parts of the country.
The group also copied the International Human Rights Commission, the United Nations, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union among other global bodies in the petition dated 11 October, 2022.
The Labour Party(LP) on Thursday said it would release a supplementary list to accommodate persons whose names were omitted from the Presidential Campaign Council.
The party said the list would be released before the inauguration of the campaign council for the Peter Obi and Yusuf Baba-Ahmed presidential bid.
National Chairman of the party, Barr Julius Abure, disclosed this during a briefing at the end of an expanded National Working Committee meeting of the party on Thursday in Abuja.
Abure, who read the communique of the meeting, announced the removal of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba and the President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo from the campaign council.
Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen opened his goal scoring account in the UEFA Champions League in Napoli’s 4-2 thrashing of Dutch champions Ajax in their Group clash at the Diego Maradona stadium yesterday evening.
The 23-year-old, returning to action after spending five weeks on the sidelines, was brought on in the 50th minute as a replacement for Giacomo Raspadori and scored the fourth goal for I Partenopei in the 89th minute.
Nigerian youngster Calvin Bassey was also on parade for the Eredivisie giants, featuring for the entire duration of the game.
It didn’t take long before the hosts got into the lead. Piotr Zieliński assisted Hirving Lozano to score in the 4th minute.
Just eight minutes later, the Parthenopeans got their second of the night as Raspadori found the back of the net following a delightful pass from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
The leadership of the National Population Commission (NPC), Thursday, visited the Nigeria factory of an indigenous technology firm, RLG Adulawo, in Ilesa, Osun state as part of effort to ensure that next year’s census is conducted, in compliance with the presidential directive on local content, especially in the area of technology.
The team toured the various sections of the RLG Adulawo Technology City, Ilesa factory, including the Assembly lines, testing centres and workshops sections, where ICT gadgets are produced.
The NPC team witnessed live assembly of Set Top Boxes (decoders) for one of the major cable TV providers for the country as well as the factory efforts in local assembly for Nigerian made electric meters.
Addressing journalists after the inspection, which had in attendance the Federal Commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC), Hon. Darlington Okereke, Dr. Clifford Zirra and Senator Mudashiru Husain, the Director General of the agency, Mr. Tellson Ojegun said the facility tour was to ensure that the agency contracts the best hands to do the job.
The Police in Plateau State said they have foiled plans by some suspected kidnappers who had laid ambush on a bypass road along Du community of Jos South LGA of the state, to kidnap innocent citizens.
The Police also said in the process of the aforementioned, one of the suspects was killed during a gun battle and the others escaped with gunshot wounds.
The State Police Command through its Spokesman, DSP Alfred Alabo on Monday said, “The Plateau State Police Command is pleased to inform the general public that its efforts toward the fight against crime and criminality on the Plateau has continued to yield tremendous results.
“On 11th October, 2022, at about 20:10 hours while on routine patrol, Police Surveillance team alongside crack team attached to ‘B’ Division Bukuru, Jos South LGA of the Command, sighted some unknown gunmen who criminally barricaded the road leading to St Augustine College Du, Jos South LGA.
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