EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may take a final decision on the outcome of the Adamawa State governorship election on Tuesday, April 18.
EKO HOT BLOFG reports that Toyin Badmus, a staunch supporter of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has reportedly died of an undisclosed ailment.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) have raised alarm over an alleged attempt by some lawmakers seeking positions in the 10th National Assembly to pay as much as $1 million to individuals to get elected.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Senator Dino Melaye has clinched the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 11 election in Kogi State.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Ibrahim Lamido of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the Sokoto East Senate seat at the National Assembly.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has appointed a transition committee in the State for a smooth handover of power.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted consignments of Tramadol, Rohypnol, Ecstasy (Designer drug) and Cannabis concealed in winter jackets and bottles of body cream in Lagos.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that unknown gunmen have kidnapped an official of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Popoola Olasupo, while on his way to his duty post alongside one other member of the corps.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the death toll from Saturday’s bandits’ attack at Runji Village in the Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 33.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged existing and potential investors to continuously see Lagos, “the crown sub-national jewel of the African economy,” as a choice place for investments.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government is yet to ascertain the cause of the collapse of a seven-storey building on Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos.
On Wednesday, the Department of State Services (DSS) released a widely circulated statement, saying it has identified some key players in the plot for an Interim Government in Nigeria.
As the dust settles on Nigeria’s recent electoral showdown, the United States and the British governments are cooking up a storm of sanctions aimed at Nigerian political masterminds behind the scenes of violence, electoral hocus-pocus, and democracy-bending antics.
The heartrending loss of 12-year-old Whitney Adeniran has sent shockwaves of sorrow, disbelief, and despair throughout Nigeria. Although the details of Whitney’s passing may differ, the profound impact on those left behind is undeniable.
Liverpool fans saying this current season in the premier league and in Europe has been a disaster for them would be an understatement of epic proportions.
Eko Hot Blog reports that a “Sweet 16” birthday party turned into a scene of carnage when four people were killed and at least 28 others were injured on Saturday night.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerian Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed that American rappers, Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby, called him after they were dragged online by rival fans for collaborating with him on songs from his third studio album, ‘A Better Time.’
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerian musician, Onoyom Mbuk, popularly known as Iyanya, has opened up about the struggles faced by many of his colleagues in the music industry, revealing that a lot of them are depressed but pretend to be happy on social media.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has revealed that Bukayo Saka will continue as Arsenal’s penalty taker despite his costly miss in the game against West Ham on Sunday.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Arsenal’s winger, Bukayo Saka, has apologised to fans following his missed penalty against West Ham United in their 2-2 draw on Sunday.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 41 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday, described the clash between rival military factions in Sudan as “unfortunate.
He also said the war-torn country deserves a season of relative peace after decades of infighting.
“The situation in Sudan is unfortunate,” Buhari said when he received the Transitional President of Chad, Gen. Mahamat Itno, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
According to a statement signed by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the two leaders reviewed the situation and called on all neighbouring countries and the international community to prevail on the warring sides to negotiate.
The Concerned Nigeria Immigration Stakeholders, on Sunday, urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), not to extend the tenure of the acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Isa Idris.
They warned that such a move could spark internal disputes that may snowball into full-blown protests by the service’s personnel.
In an open letter to the President sighted by The PUNCH and signed by the group’s spokesperson, Akinwale Dennis, the group claimed it was aware of ongoing moves by Idris to lobby for a tenure extension after his current term expires on Monday, April 24, 2023.
The letter is titled, ‘Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, please save Nigeria Immigration Service.’
Fierce fighting raged in Sudan’s capital despite an hours-long pause Sunday to address humanitarian needs including the evacuation of wounded, on the second day of battles that left three UN staff among more than 50 civilians killed throughout the country.
The World Food Programme said it was suspending operations in the impoverished country after the killing of its three workers.
The battles between the powerful armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) sparked an international outcry and regional concern, including border closures by neighbours Egypt and Chad.
Deafening explosions and intense gunfire rattled buildings in the capital Khartoum’s densely-populated northern and southern suburbs as tanks rumbled on the streets and fighter jets roared overhead, witnesses said.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ibrahim Lamido of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Sokoto East Senate seat at the National Assembly.
INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Muhammad Bayawa, declared the result in Sokoto on Sunday.
Bayawa said that Lamido scored 112,764 votes to defeat Gwanda Shuaibu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 107,834 votes.
He said that Abdullahi Dahiru of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) polled 410 votes to place as distant third.Meanwhile, the APC has also won eight out of the 10 House of Representatives seats covered by supplementary election.
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has directed the Commissioners for Water and Environment, Industries and Cooperatives, as well as that of Agriculture and Natural Resources, to immediately investigate reports that Pure Biotech Company Limited, an ethanol producing plant on Makurdi – Gboko road has allegedly been discharging its waste directly into River Benue.
A viral video trending on social media had exposed a surface drainage allegedly constructed by the firm through which waste from its premises is emptied into the river thereby contaminating the river and threatening its aqualife.
Bothered by the development, Governor Ortom in a statement issued Sunday in Makurdi by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Terver Akase ordered an investigation into the issue.
Few minutes after the declaration of Kebbi guber supplementary polls won by Dr. Nasir Idris of the APC, the campaign Director of the opposition peoples democratic Party PDP Alhaji Abubakar Shehu convened a brief press conference at the INEC collation center where he described the entire exercise as a sham, not an election.
He further said that the tribunal will expose all the discrepancies in the entire elections which he said even now clear to all reasonable people.
He described the election as highly monitised where a large chunk of money and bags of fertilizers were used to buy voters but despite the gap between them is not much “this is not an election but a sham we hereby reject the results and we shall seek redress at the tribunal”
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