EKO HOT BLOG reports that Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an 11 count charge of conspiracy, forgery and stealing against the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo and three others.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has declared that there is no security threat to the conduct of the 2023 general elections in the country.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the River State Governor, Nyesom Wike this weekend met with some All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains in UK.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Bashir Machina has countered a letter claiming he had resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and relinquished his ticket for Senate President Ahmed Lawan.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that terrorists have attacked a mosque in Borno, killing the Chief Imam of Gima and three other worshipers.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 32 travellers around Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, who led a team of Federal Government Consultants and representatives of Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency (LASURA) to the royal father on Friday, said that the regeneration of the edifice would also provide an opportunity to upgrade adjoining communities like Otto and Otumara to modern standards.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi applauded Obasa for his kind gesture, adding that the donated item would enhance effective healthcare delivery to the people of the State.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Abayomi said this during the launch of a Lithotripsy Machine donated to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Lagos on Friday.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the middle-aged man, who looked unkempt and was barely conscious, was arrested and taken in for interrogation.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that to make housing accessible for Nigerians, a real estate development firm, Tobykemsworth Investment Limited, has adopted a creative networking investment model.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has said Russia wants to destroy the normal life of every European citizen.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that at least 10 people have been killed and another 15 injured in a stabbing rampage in Canada’s central Saskatchewan province.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian President, Vladimir Putin is facing a troop morale crisis over low pay, according to the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence (MoD).
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the organizers of the Big Brother Naija Season 7 have released details of how viewers voted for their favourite housemates last week.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Singers, Olamide, Wizkid, and Adekunle Gold have won individual awards at the ongoing 2022 Headies in Atlanta, United States of America.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has revealed that the referee, Paul Tierney told him the decision to disallow Gabriel Martinelli’s first-half goal against Manchester United was a ‘soft decision’.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester United legend, Roy Keane believes United will finish in the Premier League’s top four this season following Sunday’s win over Arsenal.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 9 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 10 pool results are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said that the country’s challenges can be overcome with the right approach.
He said though the country’s situation was critical, it was not yet hopeless as things can still change for the better.
The former Anambra State governor stated this in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle on Sunday, adding that getting things done the right way will get the country out of its current mess.
He wrote, “I will say that while Nigeria’s situation is critical; it is not yet hopeless. That might be a cliché, but that is the reality. As I have always said, in the mission to rescue Nigeria, there is no tribe, religion, or class. Indeed, there can be no conscientious objector.”
The presidential candidate added, “We are challenged by high youth unemployment, which stands at 33.3%; 54% for the youth; and 20 million out-of-school-children. We must give this country back to the Nigerian youths. Half of our 200 million people are below the age of 30.
The Acting Governor of Oyo State, Bayo Lawal, has said land grabbing will no longer be tolerated in the state as offenders now face up to 15 years jail term as punishment.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor, Taiwo Adisa, on Sunday, quotes the acting governor as saying this while inaugurating the task force unit of the real properties law of Oyo State in Ibadan.
Lawal added that those who aid and abet land grabbers would also not go without being punished declaring that the state was ready to stamp out the menace of land grabbing.
Lawal said the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde placed a high priority on the peace, order and security of lives and properties in the state. He added that it would leave no stone unturned in its determination to sustain peace and security.
Lawal explained that the law would protect the rights of property owners, while putting a stop to the nefarious activities of land merchants, who he said, willfully and violently seize people’s land.
“It is, therefore, worrisome that land owners are now being disturbed on daily basis by the unchecked activities of land grabbers.
“Hence, the urgent need to frontally tackle that menace by properly checking and discouraging it.
“It is against this background that the Real Properties Protection Law, 2016 was enacted. However, the law has not taken effect due to the fact that the task force unit, which is the operational unit of the law, has not been in existence.
The All Progressives Congress has suspended a former deputy speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Oludare Kadiri, for alleged anti-party activities.
Our correspondent gathered that Kadiri popularly called Maba was suspended on Saturday by the leadership of Ward 11 in Ifelodun Constituency, Ijebu-North Local Government Area of the state.
It was further gathered that the suspension was affirmed by the Ward Congress on Sunday.
A report jointly signed by the General Secretary and Ward Councillor, Olarenwaju Abiodun and Sobonojo Adeniyi, said the suspension was affirmed by the Ward Congress on Sunday.
The party leaders accused Kadiri of hobnobbing with the opposition and vowing to work against Governor Dapo Abiodun’s reelection.
Suspected gunmen who shot dead an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Segun Ayebulu, and kidnapped three other persons on Saturday had demanded a sum of N30 million ransom on those being held, hostage.
An uncle to the deceased, told journalists in Ado Ekiti, on Sunday evening, “The abductors contacted the family this evening and demanded N30million to secure the release of the victims.
“The three abductees were younger brother of the late NSCDC officer, five year-old child of the deceased and 11 year-old child of the slain officer’s elder brother while two others in the car escaped.
“They called this evening demanding N30million naira. We heard the voices of the abductees with them. The younger brother of the slain NSCDC officer appealed to us from the kidnappers den that we should do something urgently for their release that the way they were being tortured was unbearable.
Dr Oluwole Daini, National Programme Coordinator, Teens and Nubile Club (Teenub), an NGO, has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to channel its grievances to the National Assembly.
He said that seeking legislative solutions on the union’s demands was the best way to handle the recurring ASUU – government face-off and its incessant strikes.
He, therefore, called on the union to take its demands to the National Assembly, in order to establish a legal support through budgetary allocations to meet its needs.
Daini made the call in an interview with a Correspondent of the Newsmen in Abuja on Sunday.
Amid the controversy over the activities of Governor Nyesom Wike of River State and three other governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said he has no intention of leaving the party.
Ikpeazu, who spoke yesterday, said that what was important for him was for the PDP and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to decide on how they are going to include the South-East in the scheme of things within the party.
The governor, who stated that his party was willing to vote the PDP in the February 23 presidential election, said that, for now, the PDP has not made clear what positions are available for the South-East, should the party emerge victorious in the 2023 election.
A Director in the Ondo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mr. Gbenga Olofingboyegun, who was declared missing last Thursday, has been found dead.
His mutilated body was found on Sunday at Saint Theresa Primary School beside Saint Peter’s Unity School in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Late Olofingboyegun was the Director of the Department of Research and Statistics.
He was said to have left his office for undisclosed reasons the last time he was seen
His family and friends were said to have suspected that he was kidnapped
A suspected stowaway was found on Sunday in a United Nigeria aircraft parked at the Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) at the Lagos Airport.
The middle-aged man, who looked unkempt and was barely conscious, was arrested and taken in for interrogation.
Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, Head, Corporate Communications, United Nigeria said FAAN AVSEC and Bi- Courtney Aviation Security Services had commenced an investigation of the security breach.
Former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has assured victims of Saturday’s fire explosion of his support, while sympathizing with them.
DAILY POST reported Saturday that about 10 buildings, including worship centres were consumed when a petrol-laden tanker fell and spilled its contents in Olambe, Akute road, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Amosun, who described the incident as saddening, however, thanked God that no life was lost in the inferno that resulted from the accident.
“I sympathise with all our people who lost properties, goods and other sources of livelihood to the unfortunate incident.
“My heart and thoughts also go to the Pastors and the entire congregation of the churches affected by the incident.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Sunday, said nine travellers have died while ten others sustained various degree of injuries in a road accident along
Yangoji-Abaji road, Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Abuja.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, said the crash involved a Toyota Hiace Bus with vehicle registration number KTG-450 KQ and Howo Sino truck along Yangoji-Abaji road at about 06:05 am on Sunday.
According to him, the vehicle which was heading to Katsina state crashed into a trailer leading to the death and injured victims
According to him, the incident which happened in Sabongari village, near Gadabiyu, along Abaji-Yangoji involved two vehicles and both are for commercial purposes.
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