EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the appointment of six new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service, after the recently conducted selection process.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) has revealed that certain influential political figures are conspiring to impose an Interim Government in Nigeria.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the presidential campaign councils of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have challenged the Department of State Services to get tough with plotters of the interim national government.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Wednesday said the Department of State Services, DSS, has vindicated him of earlier alarm he raised about a plot by some opposition parties to establish Interim National Government.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti, has received his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has slammed the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzo Kalu, for saying it is his turn to be Senate President.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a group under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Patriotic Support Group has asked the Chairman of the party in Bauchi State, Mr Babayo Misau to resign his appointment.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran, better known as Jandor, has accused a chieftain of his party, Bode George, of being a mole for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chiffy Supermarket, situated at 3 Oduduwa Crescent GRA in Ikeja, has been sealed by the Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) for the sale of household products and toothpaste that have passed their expiration dates.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has reiterated the commitment of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu Administration to continue to engage parents on the need to safeguard their children from all forms of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government has said that the proposed plan to create a profitable and resilient energy sector in the state has gone beyond rhetoric.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend “a few days” in hospital in Rome, the Vatican has said.
Eko Hot Blog reports that US President Joe Biden has said he still plans to visit Northern Ireland despite MI5’s decision to increase the terrorism threat level to “severe”.
Eko Hot Blog reports that King Charles III has paid tribute to Germany’s “extraordinary hospitality” towards Ukrainian refugees during his first state visit as monarch.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerian rapper and singer John Njenga-Njeng, professionally known as Skales, has welcomed his first child with his wife, Precious.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that popular Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, professionally known as Basketmouth, has announced that he will be quitting comedy in five years. He disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday, where he said he has been floating for the past six years and intends to make every year count.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu has congratulated his ex-manager, Arsene Wenger, on his induction into the Premier League Hall of Fame. Wenger was inducted alongside his old rival and former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Chief of Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai FC, Turki Al-Dhabaan, has made a controversial statement about Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi, saying he would never sign a player like the superstar for his team. Al-Dhabaan criticized Messi’s recent performances, claiming that his contribution to PSG has dropped.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 38 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2022/2023 from the pool agent.
The National Population Commission has denied insinuations that the 2023 Population and Housing Census would canvass questions on religion and religious affiliations of respondents.
The clarification was made following a viral audio message circulating on WhatsApp insinuating that religious affiliations of respondents will be canvassed in the 2023 Population and Housing Census.
In the viral message, it was also claimed that the questions were included to suppress the devotees of a particular religion in the country.
A 38-year-old man, Idowu Afeez, has been arraigned before the Ogba Magistrate Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State for allegedly defrauding one Banjo Samuel of the sum of N4,8 million.
Afeez allegedly defrauded Samuel under pretence to purchase a Toyota Highlander 2013 model from United States of America on his behalf but converted the money for his own use in the Egbeda area of Lagos State.
Idowu was brought before Magistrate S.O Obasa on three-count bordering on felony to wit, obtaining money by false pretence and stealing preferred against him by the police.
The National Assembly Service Commission has confirmed the appointment of Magaji Tambuwal as the clerk to the National Assembly.
His appointment was confirmed in a statement dated Wednesday 29th March 2023 and signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the commission, Mrs Janet Mambula.
Tambuwal’s appointment was said to have been approved at the 573rd Meeting of the Commission held on Wednesday 29th March 2023.
It added that the confirmation takes immediate effect.
THE leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, yesterday, dissociated himself from the position taken at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State over the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the President-elect, saying that is not the Afenifere way.
He also declared the removal and suspension of two Afenifere officials, Messrs Kole Omololu and Jare Ajayi, null and void.
Fasoranti, in a statement he personally signed, stated that being a law abiding organization, Afenifere could not have asserted that someone, other than the person declared by the body duly authorized by the Constitution and other extant laws of the land, is the winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential election.
Both Ajayi and Omololu were sacked for allegedly issuing unauthorised statements and constant denigration of the organisation.
The Peoples Democratic Party has kept sealed lips over allegations by the the Department of State Services that it has uncovered a plot by political actors to frustrate the inauguration of the President-Elect, Ahmed Tinubu.
The DSS had in a statement yesterday said it had uncovered a plot by political actors to frustrate Tinubu’s inauguration through demonstrations and “frivolous court orders.”
DSS Spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunnaya, had in the statement equally alleged that political actors were plotting to install an interim government.
Attempts to get a reaction from the leading opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, were futile.
Against the backdrop of an alleged plot by some key political players in the country to install an interim government, a lawyer and scholar on violent extremism, Bulama Bukarti, has described the move as criminal, unconstitutional, and punishable by death.
Bukarti stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
He said, “This move is undemocratic, it’s illegal, and it’s unconstitutional. Section 1 of our constitution is very clear that no part of Nigeria can be ruled other than by constitutional means;
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved two contracts worth N24.20 billion for the provision of broadband for free internet in 75 public places, including 20 airports, tertiary institutions and markets nationwide.
This was disclosed to State House Correspondents by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, after the Council meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to the various ministers who spoke at the post-FEC media briefing, an aggregate sum of N209.36 billion was approved for various projects.
Giving a breakdown of his own approvals, Pantami said his two memoranda were related, since they both were focused on providing free internet connectivity services, explaining further that the second one was complementary to a similar approval last year.
The Senate has set up an ad hoc committee to recover over N6 trillion unpaid ground rate from property owners in the country.
This followed the adoption of a motion by Sen. Yusuf Yusuf (APC-Taraba ) during plenary on Wednesday.
Moving the motion, Yusuf said that the land use act vested ownership rights on the Federal Government over its land in states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday said the Department of State Services, DSS, has vindicated him of earlier alarm he raised about a plot by some opposition parties to establish Interim National Government.
The former Minister of Aviation stated this in a tweet while reacting to a security alert by the secret police of plots by some politicians to truncate the country’s democracy by opting for an interim government.
Fani-Kayode claimed he was the first to raise the alarm, lamenting that his revelation only received insults and harassment.
Tottenham Hotspur legend, Robbie Keane, has predicted that Manchester City will win the Premier League title this season.
Keane, who admitted that Arsenal have done well this season, believed Man City has what it takes to retain the Premier League title.
Arsenal are currently leading on top of the Premier League table with eight points ahead of second-placed Man City.
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