EKO HOT BLOG reports that former President Goodluck Jonathan has narrated how his government resolved a lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in one night.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has challenged the Federal Government to publicly name terrorism financiers and oil thieves across the country.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Emirates Airlines has announced the reinstatement of its flight operations to Lagos, starting September 11, 2022.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Former Labour Party (LP) National Secretary, Kayode Ajulo has disclosed what Peter Obi must do to secure the 2023 presidential seat.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a reconciliation meeting of presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been shifted.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that European Union foreign ministers have agreed to suspend a visa agreement with Moscow, making it harder for Russian citizens to obtain entry to the bloc.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia has completely halted gas supplies to Europe via a major pipeline, saying repairs are needed.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Craig Mackintosh, a landscape gardener has been killed by Russian troops on August 24 in Kharkiv while trying to help an injured person who was in a vehicle which was hit by a tank shell.
Sleep paralysis has to do with an inability to move one’s body while sleeping. This often happens when you are in a state of partial consciousness and can be highly frightening.
Garlic is a bulbous herb vegetable that is scientifically called Allium sativum. A lot of people do not like to take garlic because it is assumed to cause mouth odor when eaten raw. Little do you know that garlic has more health benefits to the body than you had imagined.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), known professionally as Wizkid, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He began recording music at the age of 11 and released a collaborative album with the Glorious Five (5), a group he and a couple of his church friends formed. In 2009, Wizkid signed a record deal with Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E).
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chelsea has reportedly launched a last-ditch bid to sign Edson Alvarez with the Ajax star extremely keen on a move to Stamford Bridge.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester United news signing, Antony has followed Erik ten Hag from Ajax to Old Trafford – and the Brazilian left his manager a touching message when the Dutchman left the Amsterdam side earlier this summer.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ajax boss, Alfred Schreuder has admitted Antony is not worth the huge transfer fee Manchester United are paying for the star.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 9 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent.
More than 50,000 monkeypox cases have been recorded in the global outbreak, World Health Organisation figures showed Wednesday; but transmission is slowing in the virus hotspots of Europe and the United States.
The WHO’s dashboard listed 50,496 cases and 16 deaths as reported this year to the UN agency, which declared the outbreak a global public health emergency in July.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the declines in new infections proved the outbreak could be brought to a halt.
“In the Americas, which accounts for more than half of reported cases, several countries continue to see increasing numbers of infections, although it is encouraging to see a sustained downward trend in Canada,” he told a press conference.
“Some European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, are also seeing a clear slowing of the outbreak, demonstrating the effectiveness of public health interventions and community engagement to track infections and prevent transmission.
The Kano state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, revoked the land allocation of the area where a three-storey building collapsed at Beirut road, GSM market, arguing that “originally this place should be a parking space only. It is too small for shop construction.”
Amid jubilation by the marketers during his visit to the scene of the incident, Ganduje disclosed that a very powerful Technical Committee had been instituted to look into the incident and ascertain the cause of the tragedy.
“We should know that, from the onset, any building should be designed and supervised by professionals. Within a period of one week, this committee will submit its report and we will act on it most appropriately,” he said.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his passion for education comes from his heart.
Atiku stated this after commissioning the Atiku Abubakar School of Social and Management Sciences at the Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria in Kano State, Wednesday.
The former Vice President said the commissioning was another high point of his visit to the state.
Sharing photos of the commissioning on his Facebook page, Atiku said, “It is a privilege to commission the Atiku Abubakar School of Social and Management Sciences at the Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria in Kano today. This is another high point of my visit to Kano.
AS insecurity continues to be the greatest challenge in the country, the Institute of Economics and Peace, IEP, yesterday disclosed that violence affected eight per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, leading to the country’s lost of about ₦50 trillion within 18 months.
IEP in its 2021-2022 report (January 2021 to June 2022)
followed a research organised by Nextier SPD, at the presentation of “Nigeria Security Analysis Report” on violence and its attendant effects on the country’s economy.
Nigeria has been experiencing rising violent conflicts. Nextier has maintained a robust database of violent conflicts in Nigeria in recent years. The Database tracks violent conflicts such as banditry, terrorism, extra-judicial killings, farmer-herder incidents, armed robbery, cultism, piracy, secession agitation, and communal clashes.
The Lagos State Government has restated a warning that okada riders and passengers found culpable of operating in certain locations where it has been banned will be jailed three years on conviction.
Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde issued this warning at a news conference to announce the kick-off of total enforcement on the ban of okada in additional four local governments.
The new local governments are: Kosofe, with two LCDAs-Ikosi Isheri and Agboyi-Ketu; Oshodi-Isolo with two LCDAs-Isolo and Ejigbo; Shomolu with one LCDA-Bariga and Mushin with one LCDA-Odi-Olowo.
The total ban on okada riders in these LGs begins September 1, 2022.
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa has urged Nigerians to elect leaders based on competence rather than dwelling on the religious bias for the 2023 presidential elections.
Obasa made this known at the 14th Annual Hijrah Lecture organised by the Lagos assembly’s Muslim community at the assembly complex in Lagos on Wednesday.
Obasa also urged religious bodies to deploy energy on issues that would unite Nigerians rather than dwelling on issues that would divide the nation.
The speaker said whether the political parties were running on Muslim-Muslim tickets or Christian-Christian tickets or otherwise, their focus should be on the good intentions of the contestants.
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has asked the Commissioner of Police, Oyediran Oyeyemi, to immediately arrest and prosecute the Olofun of Irele, Irele local government area, Oba Ademola Idowu.
Governor Akeredolu said Oloworiyibi was an impersonator as his administration has not approved or appointed anybody as the Olofun of Irele kingdom.
Oba Oloworiyibi was crowned last month but some persons petitioned the State government citing irregularities.
The call for Oloworiyibi arrest was contained in a letter Akeredolu addressed to the Ondo CP and signed by his Chief of Staff, Chief Olugbenga Ale.
In the letter released on Wednesday night, Akeredolu described activities of Oloworiyibi as overreaching and illegal.
The former National Secretary of the Labour Party and a constitutional lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, will need more than social media votes to win the 2023 presidential elections.
In a statement made available to The Nation, he said: “Social media polls are good for a show of popularity but the votes are rather imaginary. What will determine the next President of Nigeria are the tangible votes cast at the polling units across the country”.
Ajulo advised Obi to work hard within the next two months if he’s serious about 2023.
The Police Command in Imo State has confirmed the arrest of two suspected Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, electrical cables at Ugiri in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde, made this known in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Mike Abattam, on Wednesday in Owerri.
The CP stated that the Command’s Tactical Teams had to carry out discreet investigation to unravel the perpetrators of this dastardly act following the report of the constant vandalisation of EEDC electrical cables at Ugiri in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, resulting to continuous blackout in the community.
According to the police,” On 28/8/2022 at about 1130 hours, after gathering credible information, the police operatives, supported by the community vigilante group, arrested one John Johnson ‘m’ aged 24 years and Ekene Nwaojiji ‘m’ aged 21 years, both natives Nde Achi Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.”
Some residents of Ekiti State have condemned the physical assault on a popular Nigerian gospel singer, Mr Yinka Ayefele by an operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Ayefele was said to have been punched on his lips by a yet-to-be-identified officer during an altercation between them.
Sources told journalists in Ado Ekiti, that the security agent also threatened to shoot the Ipoti Ekiti-born singer after resisting his forceful attempt to take money from Ayefele’s car.
One of the eyewitnesses said, “The incident occurred in Iloro Ekiti, where he (Ayefele) came to entertain guests at an event. The officer had made an attempt to take money from his car but when Ayefele resisted him, he thereafter punched the singer in the mouth.
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