Ekohot Editor 
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the senatorial election in Kogi West Senatorial District inconclusive. The Poll was declared inconclusive on the ground that the lead margin between Mr Smart Adeyemi who polled 80,118 votes and Dino Melaye who got 59,548 is 20,570 which is lower than the 43,127 registered voters in 53 … Read more
Protesters set fire to the entrance of Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University early Monday to stop riot police from entering the campus, as a siege of the heavily fortified university entered its second day. Inside the university, hundreds of students remained barricaded inside the main building where they have been stockpiling weapons including bows and arrows, … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Governor-elect of Bayelsa State and David Lyon over his victory at the state Governorship Election. Ekohotblog recalls David Lyon was declared winner of the Bayelsa governorship election on Sunday midnight, defeating PDP’s Douye Diri by a large margin. Muhammadu Buhari in a statement on Sunday night commended Lyon for … Read more
Nigerian Entrepreneur Temie Giwa-Tubosun, founder and CEO, LifeBank has won the first place prize of $250,000 at the first Jack Ma Foundation annual Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), which held in Accra, Ghana over the weekend. Dr. Omar Sakr, founder and CEO, Nawah-Scientific placed second and won $150,000, while Christelle Kwizera, founder, Water Access Rwanda … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out on Sunday at another witness in Congress’ impeachment inquiry against him, saying the aide to Vice President Mike Pence was a “Never Trumper” who should “work out a better presidential attack.” Writing on Twitter, Trump was scornful of Jennifer Williams, a foreign policy aide to Pence who testified earlier … Read more
Jaiz Bank Plc, Nigeria’s premier non-interest (Islamic) bank has once again shown its capability of rounding up the year positively by posting impressive nine months results. Key extracts of the nine-month report for the period ended September 30, 2019 released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) showed that total income rose by 49.2 %, while … Read more
Air Peace Airline says it has signed a contract with Embraer for three additional E195-E2 aircraft, worth $212.6 million. The company said in a statement on Sunday in Lagos that the contract confirmed the purchase rights from the original contract signed in April. It said the new E195-E2s would be included in Embraer’s 2019 fourth-quarter … Read more
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr David Lyon, has won the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Faraday Orunmuwese, announced this on Monday morning. Professor Orunmuwese returned Lyon as the winner of the … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared inconclusive the Kogi West senatorial election on the ground that the lead margin between Mr Smart Adeyemi who polled 80,118 votes and Dino Melaye who got 59,548 is 20,570 which is lower than the 43,127 registered voters in 53 polling units of 20 registration areas in the … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the collation of results of the governorship election in Kogi State till 9:00am on Monday. Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Ibrahim Umar said the postponement was important as the results of the election in the remaining two local governments , of … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced results of the Saturday governorship poll from the six Local government areas out of eight in Bayelsa state. Ekohotblog gathered that the All Progressive Congress, (APC) has so far won in the four local government areas, while the Peoples Democratic Party won in two. Two local government areas … Read more
Democratic presidential candidates have given their reaction to a warning by former President Barack Obama against moving too far left in politics. Although Obama did not mention anyone by name, the message he delivered before a room of Democratic donors in Washington on Friday was a clear word of caution about the candidacies of Senators … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Kogi West senatorial district re-run election, Smart Adeyemi, has defeated Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ijumu local government. Both candidates are from the local government. While Mr Adeyemi is an indigene of Iyara, Dino Melaye is from Aiyetoro, a neighbouring village. The final result … Read more
The Federal Government has approved the sum of $1.6bn for new Seaport construction in Portacourt and Warri. Ekohotblog gathered that the two new seaports is part of the Federal Government’s efforts to decongest the Lagos ports. According to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, two ports would be built in the Pessu area of Warri, … Read more
A collation officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi state on Sunday presented a N50,000 bribe politicians offered to a presiding officer in Igalamela-Odolu local government area of the state during Saturday’s election. Elections in Kogi State have been marred with widespread financial inducements by political agents. The collation officer presented the … Read more
Kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Kolo, Ogbia Local Government Area, of Bayelsa State, on Saturday trooped out to celebrate the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ward 9. Ekohotblog gathered that this happened immediately after the results of the 13 units in Ward 9 were announced by officials of the Independent … Read more
The former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe and the former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, have disagreed over an alleged abandoned projects supposedly to have been awarded to Clerk. Orubebe in his allegation accused the Chairman, Board of Trustees of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Edwin Clerk, of abandoning projects … Read more
One of the All Progressive Congress APC Chieftains in Edo state, Charles Airhavbere, has revealed the reason the party was at war with the state governor Mr Godwin Obaseki. The party’s chieftain revealed that the party was at war with the Governor because he failed to listen to ‘voice of reasons.’ Airhavbere disclosed this during … Read more
The Benin Solidary Movement, has issued the National Chairman of the All Progressive Party APC Adams Oshiomhole, not to take the people of Benin for granted. The warnings is coming following the faceoff between Oshiomhole and the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. The group’s president Comrade Curtis Eghosa Ugbo, disclosed this in press statement he … Read more
A civic group the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said that politicians used fake news to discredit the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the electoral process in Kogi state. The Director of the group Ms Idayat Hassan, disclosed this to newsmen in a press statement issued briefly after the gubernatorial election in … Read more