Ekohot Editor 
Tension is currently mounting in Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State following the murder of a Police Inspector in the area. It was gathered that the slain officer identified simply as Lasisi, was shot dead at a check point on Ise-Akoko-Isua road, border towns to Kogi and Edo states. It was gathered … Read more
A federal high court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, granted the prayer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) operational account number: 0998552074 of the Bauchi state government. Taiwo Taiwo, the judge, urged the EFCC to put the party concern on notice of the order within … Read more
A Kaduna High Court on Monday asked the government to release the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat so that they can seek medical treatment in India. Detail soon.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned against the mass protest against the Nigerian government known as RevolutionNow being staged in the state. Organisers of the protest had on Sunday assured that the protest would continue nationwide despite the arrest of the convener of RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore. Mr Sowore, a former presidential candidate, was … Read more
Members of the RevolutionNow movement who converged on the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, on Monday, were forcefully dispersed by soldiers and policemen. The protesters, who arrived at the stadium around 7am on Monday, for the kick-off of the protest met a detachment of policemen at the entrance of the stadium. Some soldiers later joined … Read more
Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, has returned to preaching on the pulpit. The clergyman on Sunday said Fatoyinbo pulled a large crowd as members were seen screaming and jubilating as he climbed the stage for the first time since Busola Dakolo accused him of raping her. Recall that … Read more
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday confirmed that its operatives arrested Omoyele Sowore. Ekohotblog had reported that Sowore, the convener of planned Revolution Now protest against bad governance, was picked up at his apartment in the early hours of Saturday. The political activist raised the alarm in a distress tweet at exactly 1:25 … Read more
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that, the commission had been dragged to court over 1,600 times in relation to the 2019 general elections. The INEC boss said most of the cases stem from acrimonous political party primaries. He stated this in Kaduna on Saturday shortly after receiving award … Read more
The female pastor who was one of the five pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God kidnapped near Ijebu-Ode on Friday and who regained her freedom early today said their abductors were Fulani herdsmen. Mrs Ibelegbu Chidinma, a deaconness from Abia State RCCG 3, according to Vanguard, gave her testimony during the ongoing … Read more
21 year old Patrick Crusius from Allen, Texas opened fire at a Texas Walmart shopping centre and killed “multiple” people. The gunman fired at shoppers who were doing their Saturday shopping at the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso on August 3, said Mayor Dee Margo. At least 22 people have been injured, with … Read more
The Enugu state police command have arrested suspected killers of Catholic priest, Rev Fr Paul Offu. Offu was murdered by some men along the Ihe-Agbudu Road in Awgu on Thursday night, August 1st. Until his death, he was the parish priest of St. James the Greater Parish, Ugbawka. Announcing the arrest of the suspected killers, the state Commissioner … Read more
Saidu Kolaku, the zonal vice chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has been shot dead. Kolaku was an executive of MACBAN in Adamawa South until he was shot dead on Saturday., August 3rd 2019. His death has been described by an official of MACBAN and other informed persons in the state … Read more
The Nigerian Army has revealed the graves of slain soldiers buried in Maimalari Military Cemetery in Maiduguri, Borno State, in November 2018. It also revealed the grave of Lance Corporal Adah Tamuno named in the Wall Street Journal report which alleged last Wednesday that corpses of soldiers were buried in unmarked graves at night. According … Read more
Police in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America, on Sunday said that nine people were killed in a shooting incident at a bar called Ned Peppers in the Oregon District of the city. The shooter was also confirmed killed in the attack. The attack came hours after 20 people were gunned down in a Walmart store … Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday met with the Hausa – Fulani leaders in Southwest, Kogi and Kawara States in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, over insecurity and banditry in the region. He called on Nigerians to stop the culture of “passing blame” and think of a lasting solution to the menace. Obasanjo said the … Read more
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, on Saturday, said that no voting age of any Nigerian will regret re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term, saying that Mr President was committed to solving myriads of problems confronting the country. Omo-Agege said his emergence as Deputy Senate President was made possible … Read more
Governor Nyesom Wike has sacked the Vice Chancellor of Rivers State University. In a statement released by Dagogo Adonye Hart, Permanent Secretary,Ministry of Education, Rivers State. The statement reads; Rivers State Governor and Visitor of the Rivers State University, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has relieved the Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University , Prof Blessing … Read more
Ogun State Police Command on Saturday morning confirmed the rescue of one of the five members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) abducted at the Ogbere (Ogun state) stretch of the Lagos – Ore expressway on August 1. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement gave the name of the … Read more
Gunmen have burst into a police station killing five detainees in central Mexico, local authorities say. The group opened fire on the five unidentified men in their cells at Guanjuanto state police station on Friday after arriving in several vehicles, state security commission spokesman Juan Jose Martinez told AFP. He did not say why the victims … Read more
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has ordered a massive manhunt for the killers of Rev. Father Paul Offu, a Catholic Priest in charge of St. James the Greater Parish Catholic Church Ugbawka in Enugu state. Police Spokesman, Frank Mba says crack detectives from the IGP-Intelligence Response Unit (IRT), the Forensic and Homicide … Read more