Eko Hot Blog reports that the National Assembly Commission has appointed Magaji Tambuwal as the acting clerk of the national assembly.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the United States has transferred over $20.6 million to the Federal Government of Nigeria as part of efforts to repatriate assets stolen by late Military Head of State, Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to appeal a court ruling that discharged a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, in a fraud case involving a grass-cutting contract.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the founding leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State and South-South Director of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee for the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, has insisted that the ruling APC will win the 2023 presidential election will large margin.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has advised the people of Benue to vote in candidates who are aware of their pains.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the national president of Professional E-hailing Drivers and Private-Owners Association of Nigeria (PEDPAN), Idris-Shonuga Oluwaseun, has said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the only fit candidate for 2023.
Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole has revealed the chances of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming 2023 election.
Suspected hoodlums have vandalized streetlight poles on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) will continue to discharge its duty of ensuring the free flow of traffic and enforcing the laws against violators of road traffic regulations.
Eko Hot Blog reports that New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has announced his intention to succeed United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the leader of Democrats in the lower chamber.
An independent lawyer has been appointed to oversee the US justice department’s criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump.
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court On Friday to allow its controversial student loan debt relief program to go into effect while legal challenges play out across the country.
President Joe Biden met with business and labor leaders Friday to discuss steadying the economy, and he touted some of the benefits of his Inflation Reduction Act.
Protesters in Iran have set fire to the ancestral home of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Elizabeth Holmes, a former Silicon Valley tech CEO, has been sentenced to over 11 years for fraud.
The US has determined that Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – has immunity from a lawsuit filed by murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancé.
A promise from the developed world to foot more of the climate bill has raised fresh hopes of breakthrough at the UN climate summit COP27.
Eko Hot Blog reports Violence erupted between police and hundreds of protesters near the summit’s venue – attended by leaders from around the world.
Elon Musk emailed Twitter staff on Friday asking that any employees who write software code report to the 10th floor of the office in San Francisco early afternoon, according to multiple news reports
EKO HOT BLOG reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed that his country would respond to nuclear threats with nuclear weapons, state media reported Saturday, a day after Pyongyang test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia’s Wagner mercenaries have been recorded firing thermobaric weapons to strike Ukrainian positions in the east of the country where heavy fighting has broken out.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Real Madrid manager, Fabio Capello has hinted that his former club are tracking Napoli forward Victor Osimhen.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester United are set to cancel Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract without any payoff, according to SportsMail.
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.
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 United States Department of Justice said it had transferred over $20.6m to the Federal Government in accordance with an August 23 agreement between the governments to repatriate assets stolen by late dictator General Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators.
According to a statement published on the DoJ website on Thursday, the repatriation brings the total amount forfeited and returned by the US in this case to approximately $332.4m.
In 2020, the department repatriated over $311.7m of the forfeited assets that had been located in the Bailiwick of Jersey.
Last year, the United Kingdom enforced the US judgment against the additional $20.6m.
Nigeria has been re-elected as a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization Public Key Directory Board for the fourth time.
The Nigeria Immigration Service revealed this in a Friday statement acquired by our correspondent.
The Service Public Relations Officer, Tony Akuneme, noted that in recognition of the vital role the country has been playing on the global stage of electronic travel documents, the nation wad re-elected as a member of the ICAO-PKD Board for the fourth time.
Akuneme said, “The ICAO-PKD is a central repository for exchanging the information required to authenticate electronic machine readable travel documents such as ePassports, electronic ID cards and visible digital seals.
The United Nations, on Friday, applauded the Jigawa State government for becoming the first state in Nigeria to achieve the open defecation-free status.
It then charged other state governments in Nigeria to emulate Jigawa by working hard to rid their domains of open defecation activities in order to halt diseases caused by poor sanitation.
The Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, gave the commendation and charge during her address at the ongoing World Toilet Summit 2022, organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in Abuja.
She said, “I want to congratulate the government and people of Jigawa State. It is clear that Jigawa is becoming model. In that state, six million people came together to end open defecation.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving all the monies accruable to the Niger Delta states since1999.
Wike made the commendation while speaking at the commissioning of the Doctor Nabo Graham Douglas Law School built by the Tivers state government on Friday.
According to Wike, part of the money was used for the numerous projects built by his administration.
Wike commended the president for not playing politics with the money despite being in a different political party.
A former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose said the People’s Democratic Party, PDP need to negotiate with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state.
Fayose stated this while speaking in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday.
According to Fayose, Obi and Wike could affect the chances of the PDP in the 2023 polls.
“Reconciling or negotiating with Obi will be a good thing and finding a way to make peace with these Wike people will be a good thing too,” he said.
DIG Jonhson Kokumo, in-charge of Force Criminal Investigation Development (FCID), on Friday assured motorists and commuters plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway of their safety on the highway.
Kokumo gave the assurance during his inspection visit to the highway following incessant cases of kidnapping and robbery of unsuspecting travellers in recent time.
The DIG, in company of the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Adebowale Williams and his team, visited the boundaries of Oyo State and Ogun on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that area inspected were Sapade, Alapako, Onigari and Ogunmakin boundaries connecting Ogun and Oyo States.
Alhaji Abdul’Aziz Yari, former Zamfara Governor has assured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win all the elective positions in the 2023 General Elections in the state.
Yari’s remark is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by Malam Yusuf Idris, the State APC publicity Secretary.
Yari spoke at Talata Mafara, Talata Mafara Local Government Area while meeting with the party’s stakeholders from Bakura, Maradun and Talata Mafara LGAs.
The former governor said that the stability of APC remained sacrosanct in the state.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested 18 internet fraudsters in Ilorin on Friday.
Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, stated that “the suspects were smoked out of their hideouts at different locations following credible intelligence information.
“They were arrested at Sobi, Akerebiata and Las Vegas Estate, Asa Dam, Ilorin.
A former presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, Kingsley Moghalu, has predicted states the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu; Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi; and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, will win massively.
Moghalu predicted that Tinubu would poll majority votes in Lagos State, Obi would win in Rivers State, and Kwankwaso would garner most of the votes in Kano State.
The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said the scenario leaves the outcome of the 2023 election uncertain.
In a series of tweets, Moghalu said nobody can predict who will win the 2023 presidential election.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Hon Biodun Oyebanji, yesterday swore in newly appointed commissioners and special advisers.
Oyebanji also appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti to continually market the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to be able to win the 2023 poll.
The new appointees and their portfolios are Mr. Akintunde Oyebode, Commissioner for Finance; and Mr Oyebanji Filani, as the Commissioner for Health.
The special advisers are: Mr Niyi Adebayo, Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management; Mrs Tayo Adeola, Investment, Trade and Industry; Mr Ebenezer Boluwade, Agriculture and Food Security
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