EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari was rushed into an Abuja-based hospital at weekend.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Professor Akanbi died on Sunday night after a slight illness.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Seven notorious terrorists, under the leadership of members of Mallam Ila, have been neutralised by the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, aircraft under ‘Operation Hadarin Daji’.
Eko Hot Blog reports that no fewer than nine passengers reportedly lost their lives when a vehicle conveying them plunged into Fada Dam along Kano – Katsina road in Gwarzo local government area of Kano State, Saturday night.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that more confusion and division has hit the South-West region of Nigeria as a new faction emerged from the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Director General Sokoto state PDP Gubernatorial campaign council and former minister of Transport Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman says his is certain that People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will sweep the polls from top to bottom and emerge victorious in 2023 general elections
EKO HOT BLOG reports that The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Management Committee has replied to the comment of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 38-year-old man has committed more criminal acts after killing his mother-in-law to cover up his atrocities.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the annual gospel concert, The Experience, is returning to a physical event after two years.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described the idea of negotiations with Russia as a “bizarre” proposal.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Turkey has launched air strikes on Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, a week after a bombing in Istanbul which it blames on Kurdish militants.
The Walt Disney Company announced late Sunday that former CEO Bob Iger would return to head the company for two years in a move that surprised the entertainment industry.
The Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Gregory Obi has, once again, woven another web of lies around himself. This one happened a few days ago during a project commissioning in Rivers State.
Vitamin D is otherwise known as the sunshine vitamin and this is so due to the fact that the body makes it from cholesterol when we exposed to the sun.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerian singer, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, has shared the painful experience of losing his son, Jamal.
Rapper Ye, also known as Kanye West, returned to Twitter on Sunday, writing “Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked.” Twitter confirmed last month that West had been locked out of his account “due to a violation of Twitter’s policies.”
Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children’s series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” has died. He was 49.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Qatar have become the first host nation to lose their opening game in the 92-year history of the World Cup.
Qatar opened this year’s World Cup with a stunning opening ceremony kicked off by actor Morgan Freeman and BTS K-pop star Jungkook, along with hundreds of other performers, lights, flames and plenty of glamour, but fans tuning in via the BBC were left out of the magic as the British broadcaster chose to skip the first half-hour of the event.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Arsenal defender, William Saliba, is attracting interest from Paris Saint-Germain, according to CBS Sport.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester United ace, Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted he regrets returning to the club, according to Piers Morgan.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 20 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.
The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch has destroyed about 10 camps and neutralised several bandits during air interdiction missions in three local government areas of Kaduna State.
A statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the operations were conducted within a week.
He said the hideout of a bandit, Alhaji Ganai, was struck and destroyed South of Kidandan in Giwa Local Government Area.
“The bandit and several others were neutralised in the strike,” Aruwan said.
A pro-Bola Tinubu political support group under the aegis of City Boy Progressive Group has applauded the Christian Association of Nigeria for reconsidering its decision not to accommodate him over the controversial Muslim-Muslim ticket.
This is even as the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress disclosed that the apex Christian body showed maturity by making a U-turn over its earlier stance.
The development is coming five days after the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met with the leadership of CAN.
At the political roundtable, the former Lagos State governor had reassured the apex religious body that he will not run his administration on the basis of religion if elected as president.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has insisted that citizens who have yet to attain the legal voting age will not be allowed to participate in the 2023 elections.
The Director of Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Victor Aluko, said this when he appeared on Channels Television on Sunday.
“I assure you that the register will be cleaned up completely and no underage voter will vote in 2023. After we finish with the claims and objections on Friday, we will be taking in again for further claims based on the complaints of the people,” he said.
“That is why it is important that persons who noticed any issue at all with the register should complain through the right channels where they can be documented,” Aluko said.
Gunmen again struck at Oko- Olowo, a surburb of Ilorin, Kwara State in the early hours of Saturday and kidnapped three persons.
Meantime, relations of the victims are already begging the Kwara state government to intervene in all manners possible, the safe rescue of their family members in kidnappers den.
The fresh victims are a young cleric, Alfa Sofiu Amolegbe, his son, Aliyu and his sibling, Fansasi.
The trio were abducted at their private residence in Oko- Olowo along Ilorin- Jebba expressway in Moro Local Government area of Kwara state.
Lagos State government has assured the family of the late Oluwabamishe Ayanwole, who was allegedly raped and murdered by a Bus Rapid Transport, BRT driver, Andrew Ominikoron, that justice will be served in the matter.
A statement issued by the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mrs. T. K. Shitta-bey, ahead of Bamishe’s first post-humous birthday, said that the Lagos State government would not relent in its effort to ensure that justice is speedily served in the case.
The statement reads: “As we approach the first post-humous birthday of Oluwabamishe Ayanwole, the Lagos State Government again empathizes with the family on the incident that led to the untimely death of their loved one.
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has uneveiled his agenda to the leadership of the socio-political group, New Afenifere, in Lagos, seeking its support ahead of the 2023 presidential election scheduled to hold in February.
Kwankwaso sought the support when he met the leadership at a strategic meeting on Sunday at Ikeja GRA, Lagos.
Recall that Afenifere was formed as a socio-cultural organization for the Yoruba people of Nigeria, with Chief Abraham Adesanya as its pioneer leader and Chief Bola Ige as deputy leader.
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