Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has punished 26 personnel for engaging in corrupt practices
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged Nigerians to avoid selling or using some Toyota Lexus vehicles over “faulty programming”.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the camp of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied claims that Atiku Abubakar has refused to pay a $5.9million US Visa processing fee.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has said it is unperturbed by the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party calling for the disqualification of the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee and all candidates produced by the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the University of Jos (UNIJOS) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ordered its members to stay at home indefinitely, pending the payment of withheld salaries by the federal government.
Distressed leaves shook off the brown dust carpeting them and took on delightful green; the thirsty earth greedily sucked up water and man’s heels stamped on damp soil; serenading gentle breeze usurped harsh heat; stunted plants sprouted enlivened; farmers hopes renewed; eaters appetite refreshed… We all were ecstatic; THE LONG AWAITED RAINNY SEASON FINALLY ARRIVED.
An average Nigerian would content himself to soak his garri without peanut to accompany it; to enroll his children in overcrowded public schools with dilapidated classrooms; to dress his children in threadbare cloths and cram his family of 7 in one of the rooms in a multi-tenanted bungalow; to cower and avoid his landlord for unpaid rent.
Nigeria boasts the biggest economy in Africa and a population of more than 200 million. So, it’s no surprise that it is a complex country to rule. Certainly, the task of leading Nigeria is not for the faint-hearted or the inexperienced.
It’s over three months, still Nyesom Wike, the governor of the oil-rich Rivers State, haven’t gotten over his loss of the PDP presidential ticket for the 2023 general election.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has announced the emergency closure of another section of Eko Bridge in Lagos State.
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has defended sacking about half the company’s workforce, saying he had “no choice” as Twitter was losing more than $4m (£3.5m) a day.
The deadline for Donald Trump to produce documents subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 select committee has slipped amid ongoing negotiations between House lawyers and the former president’s legal team.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Vladimir Putin faces more setbacks as Russian commanders reportedly abandoned their positions in Kherson.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday spoke publicly on-camera for the first time about the attack on her husband, Paul, and his ongoing recovery, saying that “it’s going to be a long haul, but he will be well.”
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian President, Vladimir Putin has called on civilians in Kheron to be evacuated calling it the “most dangerous” zone.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria midfielder and Everton playmaker Alex Iwobi has hinted he would like to pen a new contract at the club.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester United boss, Erik ten Hag, has provided an injury update ahead of their trip to Aston Villa on Sunday.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 17 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 18 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
A man, Tope Oladiji has been dragged before an Ondo State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Ondo town for allegedly threatening to kill his father with a cutlass.
The 39-year-old motorcyclist was arrested by the men of the state Police Command at the Holy Trinity Italuowo area of Ondo town and was charged to court, facing a one-count bordering on a threat to life.
The defendant was said to have committed the offence on October 28, 2022, contrary to and punishable under Sections 86(2) of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Volume 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria 2006.
Tragedy struck on Friday when a toddler and his mother were crushed to death by a Mazda car in an accident that occurred on the Ota-Idiroko Road in Ogun State.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident to journalists in Abeokuta.
Akinbiyi said the accident involved two motorcycles, marked MEK 341 VN and TTD 479 VD, and a Mazda car with registration number TG 557 AAA in front of Muslim Progressive High School, Oke Odan.
A former deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, has condemned the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, after she allegedly exempted Bayelsa from the list of 10 states ravaged by floods.
Farouq had stated that ‘Bayelsa is not among the 10 worst hit states’ when she appeared at the ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications team at the Presidential Villa on Thursday.
The minister hinged her conviction on a number of factors which she said included the number of displaced persons and deaths recorded per state, injuries, partially damaged or totally damaged houses as well as ravaged farmlands.
But Nabena faulted her conclusion, saying the yardsticks deployed were not enough to exclude a seriously affected state like Bayelsa.
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has fixed his campaign rallies in Anambra State and Imo State on Mondays.
The APC and Tinubu’s decision to hold their presidential campaigns on Mondays contradicts the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the Southeast region.
The timetable released by the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) shows that Mr Tinubu will hold a campaign rally and a stakeholders’ engagement in Imo State on Monday, 21 November.
On Monday, 30 January, the campaign train will move to Anambra, the home state of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate.
The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Friday, struck out a suit seeking to nullify the three-man delegate adhoc congress of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Abia State.
Seven of the delegates, Mr Ndudi Nwagbara, had approached the court to challenge the party’s ward congress, alleging that the purported congresses never held.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC; the PDP; and the party’s National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, were the first, second and third defendants respectively.
The plaintiffs, among other prayers, sought “A declaration that the purported PDP Ward three (3) Ad-Hoc Delegate Congresses allegedly conducted in Abia State on Friday the 6th day of May 2022 is unauthorized, incompetent, unlawful, illegal, null, void, of no effect whatsoever and that no valid or competent Ward Ad-Hoc Delegates were elected thereat”.
The Nigeria Immigration Service NIS has dismissed eight of its personnel and sanctioned 18 others for various offences ranging from indiscipline to employment racketeering and other forms of corrupt practices.
In addition, about 100 of officers and men hitherto attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos have been redeployed pending the determination of allegations of bribery levelled against them by a traveller.
A statement signed by Kenneth Kure, a Chief Superintendent of Immigration on behalf of the Comptroller General, Isah Idris Jere said the decision was taken following the approval granted by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), which noted that “the conducts of the personnel have remained grossly unbecoming and unacceptable as members of the Service.”
A Diasporan group operating under the auspices of One- man Mopol political movement for Tinubu-Shettima 2023 has charged Chief Ayo Adebanjo,
leader of the Pan-Yoruba Socio-cultural group, Afenifere, to be circumspect in his choice of Presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.
The group in a statement in on Friday Texas, USA by its convener, Hon. Segun Olaleye contended that Afenifere might lose it’s hard earned reputation among the rank and file of Yoruba if it persists with this type of unpopular decision.
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Sen
Bola Tinubu is the best man to lead Nigeria at this moment of its history.
Lalong said this on Friday in Jos when he received Mr Dayo Israel, APC National Youth Leader.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that Israel was in the state to interact with youths ahead of 2023 general elections.
The Federal Government has announced the emergency closure of another section of Eko Bridge in Lagos State.
The portion of the bridge was gutted by fire in the early hours of Friday.
Acting Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Forosola Oloyede announced the closure on Friday.
Oloyede confirmed that the inferno started from under the bridge and damaged the Ijora Olopa section, near the area used as frozen food market.
She said the fire started around 1.00 a.m and was put out at about 4.00 a.m with the assistance of the Federal Fire Service.
The Nigeria Army troops have killed 152 terrorists and destroyed over 100 bandits’ camps in the second and third quarters of 2022.
Mr. Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, stated this on Friday, during his presentation of security situation reports for the second and third quarters of 2022, to the Governor of the state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
Aruwan said that 152 bandits and terrorists were neutralized by ground forces around the state.
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