EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris over an ₦80 billion fraud.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been promoted to the level of Assistant Inspector-General of Police.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has enlisted all traditional rulers in Yorubaland into the campaign against making human sacrifice in exchange for wealth, stressing that this campaign is to preserve ethos of Yoruba race.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the People Democratic Presidential Aspirant and former Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, has appealed to the party’s delegates to vote wisely during the upcoming national convention.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the former vice president and 2023 presidential aspirant under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday ordered journalists out of the party’s secretariat in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi has pledged to turn Nigeria from a consuming nation to a producing economy if he is elected the president of the country in the 2023 presidential election.
There was palpable excitement among members as Eko Club Houston on Friday kicked off its silver jubilee celebration on a solemn note with the observance of Jumat Prayer at the Masjid-ul Mumineen.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that IBILE Youth Ambassadors of Epe Division on Monday organised this year’s International Day of the Boy Child with the theme: ‘Kings Awake’.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that four more people have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the UK, bringing the total number to seven.
Are you aware that there are certain things you should do immediately after a dog bite to prevent being infected?
Are you aware that there are certain things that should be avoided if you want to lower or reduce your risk of stomach cancer?
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has protested the exclusion of Cristiano Ronaldo on the shortlist for the Premier League’s Player of the Season award when Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka was mentioned.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Granit Xhaka slammed his Arsenal teammates after their 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United put them on the brink of missing out on a place in next season’s Champions League.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Arsenal legend, Cesc Fabregas, has revealed that a striker who can score 25-30 goals every season is the only thing missing from the Gunners’ squad.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the week 46 pool fixtures are for forty-nine (49) football matches for UK football 2021/2022 from the pool agent
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has condemned the abduction of a member representing the Aguata Constituency II at the State House of Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye.
The governor also condemned the kidnapping of Okoye’s Campaign Director, Cyril Chiegboka.
Both men were kidnapped on Sunday while returning from a function.
The governor, therefore, called for their immediate release.
The Department of State Services has reportedly arrested a blogger, Ahmed Olamilekan, for allegedly publishing a story on Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun.
The report was said to be on Abiodun’s alleged criminal records in the United States.
Olamilekan’s lawyer, Festus Ogun, said his client had been in detention since Friday after he honoured an invitation by the Ogun State command of the secret police.
He accused the governor of instigating his client’s arrest, adding that Abiodun had the right to challenge the publication in court instead of using the DSS to harass the reporter.
A Lagos prophet, Ejiro Ologonla, has been arraigned before Justice O.H. Oshodi of the Ikeja High Court, Lagos State, over the alleged kidnap of an undergraduate of the National Open University of Nigeria, Anthony Olatunfe, 29, who went missing in December 2019.
PUNCH Metro had earlier reported that the student lived with the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Administration, Michael Ojomo, in the Victoria Island area of the state.
Ojomo had telephoned the missing student’s father, Augustine Ojomo on December 12, 2019, to ask if he knew the whereabouts of his son, who had yet to return from an errand.
The matter was reported at the Bar Beach Police Station as police operatives went into investigation and called the student’s phone number, which was answered by Ologonla, who claimed to have picked the phone at the bar beach.
The Nigeria Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command on Monday, paraded three suspects in connection with the murder of a female member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Stephenie Terungwa.
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Sunday Babaji, while addressing newsmen, said the Maitama Division had on April 15, received information about the body of a middle-aged lady lying on the road.
Babaji said that crime scene investigators (CSI) were swiftly drafted to the scene upon the receipt of the information and removed the body to the hospital where she was confirmed dead by a doctor on duty.
He said the initial effort to facially profile the victim proved abortive due to her deformed face suspected to have resulted from exposure to a corrosive substance.
A group, Arewa Transformational Leaders, has called on the governments in the North, to do more in addressing the urgent challenges of insecurity, poverty and ethno-religious violence in the region.
The organisation also urged Northerners to embrace peaceful coexistence and mutual respect for each others religions.
The ATL also told Northerners to maintain good rapport with other citizens from the South with a view to enhancing national cohesion and integration.
These were contained in a communique issued to journalists Interim Secretary of the ATL, Amb. Dr. Simon Dolly after a crucial meeting of the group in Abuja, weekend.
EFCC operatives have arrested the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, over alleged diversion and laundering of N80 billion.
Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Head of Media and Public Information at the EFCC made the declaration on Monday in Abuja.
He stated that verified intelligence reports showed that Idris raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates.
Ahead of primaries, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given deadlines to political parties on nomination and withdrawal of candidates
The electoral commission also foreclosed the adjustment of election timetable.
In line with its guidelines, INEC has directed the parties to submit lists of delegates for elective offices to it, seven days to the date of the primary.
Both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) submitted designated centres for their national conventions to INEC yesterday.
APC opted for the Eagle Square while the PDP chose the Velodrome at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja.
Travellers on the Sagamu-Benin and Akure-Ilesa expressways had a hectic time getting to their destinations as students blocked the ever busy roads in Ogun and Ondo states in protest against the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Motorists and commuters in Ibadan, Oyo State also had a taste of hardship caused by students who caused gridlocks on major roads in the city.
In Edo State, hundreds of protesting students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), turned the entrance of the Federal Secretariat in Aduwawa, Benin into a cooking arena, thereby making it difficult for workers to gain access to their offices.
The British Council has announced the sum of £600,000 UK-Nigeria grant funded partnerships earmarked to support systemic change between 20 institutions and organisations.
The Chief Executive of British Council Scott McDonald stated this Tuesday in Abuja during the presentation of an overview of Transnational Education in Nigeria by the National Universities Council (NUC).
He said the commitment of the British Council to a long term investment in the Nigeria education sector as well as its continued growth, maintained that the relationship between UK and Nigeria was very important, not forgetting the key role of the British Council to that effect.
McDonald, while speaking during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Transnational Education (TNE) between the British Council and the NUC noted that the partnership was aimed at opening up more opportunities for young Nigerians willing to study in the United Kingdom both virtually and physically.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB on Monday explained why some withheld results have not been released.
Recall that the exam body on Saturday released the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME results.
Candidates were informed to check their result by sending UTMERESULT to 55019 using the same phone number that he/she had used for registration.
Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Saturday had said the result would be returned as a text message.
Speaking on Monday, JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin cited malpractice, misconduct, breach of procedural processes, and incomplete review of the centre as some of the reasons results will not be released.
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