Otunba T.J Abass 
Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya knocked out Robert Whittaker in the second round to become the middleweight world champion. Whittaker was fighting for the first time in 18 months having battled a string of injuries since his win over Yoel Romero in their rematch. Read Also: Genevieve Nnaji Celebrates Israel Adesanya’s UFC Title Win Adesanya had shot to … Read more
Young Nigerian striker, Ademipo Odubeko, is set to join Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid after leaving Manchester United in the summer. According to Don Balon, Real Madrid’s president, Florentino Pérez, who has signed some of the most promising young talents in the world such as, Vinicius, Kubo, Martin Odegaard and Rodrygo Goes in recent years, is … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Sunday, October 6th, 2019 1. World Teachers Day: NUT Ifako-Ijaiye Chapter Honours Hon James Owolabi The National Union of Teachers (NUT) Ifako-Ijaiye chapter has honoured a Member Federal House of Representatives Ifako-Ijaiye, Hon James Owolabi, for his immense contributions to the development of education … Read more
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) Ifako-Ijaiye chapter has honoured a Member Federal House of Representatives Ifako-Ijaiye, Hon James Owolabi, for his immense contributions to the development of education in Ifako-Ijaiye and Ojokoro respectively. Read Also: Make Teaching The First Choice For Youths, Says Lawmaker Hon Owolabi, represented by his Senior Legislative Aide Mr … Read more
The Lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin Constituency 1, Hon. Mojisolaoluwa Omokehinde Alli-Macaulay, has called on the government at all levels to make teaching the first choice of youths in the country. This was contained in a statement to mark the World Teachers’ Day celebration. She said, ‘We call upon governments to make teaching a profession of … Read more
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has presented the award of the ‘2019 Best Performing Governor’ on the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The governor had earlier been nominated for the award through a letter signed by the Secretary-General of the Union, Mike Ike Ene, based on his … Read more
Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised that the Lagos State government will continue to provide support for the creative industry. Sanwo-Olu, said this while speaking at the opening ceremony of the inaugural design week Lagos festival at the weekend. The governor said the creative industry is the next oil therefore government would … Read more
Bishop of the Diocese of Lagos and Missioner, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Rt. Rev. Humphrey Olumakaiye, has called on those occupying various positions of leadership in the country to eschew materialism, spirit of selfishness and move closer to God so that Nigeria can be the dream of every Nigerian and comfortably occupy its rightful … Read more
Some men said to be heavily armed have abducted four cattle breeders in Adamawa State. A source in Gurin, a town in Fufore Local Government Area, where the incident happened, said the armed men stormed the place yesterday morning and took the four away. “The victims were kidnapped some four kilometers from Fufore, along the … Read more
The Federal University Oye Ekiti ( FUOYE ) , Ekiti State , said it has tackled challenges of infrastructure deficit in the institution by partnering sister universities who have such facilities . Dean of the Post Graduate School, Prof . Ojo Bakare , who disclosed this , said in less than eight years of existence … Read more
The Katsina State government yesterday announced plans to tackle yellow fever outbreak in the state, with 36 cases already reported in two LGAs of Danmusa and Kankara. The Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Health, Dr. Kabir Mustapha, who made the above declaration at the flag-off ceremony of Yellow Fever Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign held in … Read more
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation ( AATF) said the continent is at risk of losing over 20 million metric tons of maize to Fall Armyworm pest , in the next few years , if necessary measures are not taken to avert this . Coordinator of the Teller Maize Project of the AATF, Dr. Sylvester Oikeh … Read more
Children from different backgrounds and areas of Lagos on October 1 , celebrated Nigeria ’s 59 th Independence with diverse Nigerian and Indian cultural dances and other educational activities . Organised by Urja Foundation, an Indian organisation , the event held at Ilupeju and had over 100 children engage in choreography, dance , music and … Read more
Some Twitter users have alleged that popular sex therapist, Jaruma used BBNaija ex-housemate Tacha to gain fame. Recall that Jaruma was a die-hard fan of Tacha during her stay in the BBNaija house. She had in a video on Instagram promised to gift the Port Harcourt first daughter a sum of N50 million after her … Read more
Singer, Wizkid was dragged by Nigerian music producer Northboi over production credits for his recent singles Soco and Joro. Earlier today, Wizkid commended his in-house producer, Killertunes for a job well done in his forthcoming album “Made In Lagos” without hailing Northboi who also worked on the album and produced ‘Joro’. Read Also: What Tiwa Savage … Read more
The Human Rights Commission has said that it has concluded arrangements to establish database for missing persons. Director Legal, Women and Vulnerable Groups, Department of the Human Rights Commission, Mr. Harry Obe, who disclosed this said that the database will be established in collaboration with other civil society organisations. Obe said the database system for … Read more
Contrary to reports making rounds, Tottenham boss, Mauricio Pochettino, has said he has no intention of dumping the club after recent poor results. After their 7-2 bashing in the hands of Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday, Spurs were beaten 3-0 by Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday. Addressing the press after … Read more
When Akeem (surname withheld) decided to use one of the mobile public toilets situated in the ever-busy Oshodi axis of Lagos State, he had no inkling that most of them were in parlous state. “It was a terrible experience,” he told Sunday Sun, recounting the experience he had the first time he used one of … Read more
Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane praised Eden Hazard after he netted his first goal Real Madrid in their 4-2 win over Granada on Saturday. The former Chelsea star also teed up Luka Modric for the goal of the game just after the hour mark. But the home side let their opponents back into the contest … Read more
Eden Hazard scored his first goal for Real Madrid, as they beat Granada 4-2 at the Bernabeu on Saturday, to remain top of LaLiga. Karim Benzema, Luka Modric and James Rodriguez also scored, as Zinedine Zidane’s team extended their lead at the top of the table to four points. Granada fought back from 3-0 down, … Read more