Family members of a Ghanaian, Suzanna Laar, are in distress over the whereabouts of the 54-year-old woman after she went missing at a hotel in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. City Round learnt that Laar alongside her two sons had travelled from Ghana in search of healing at Synagogue Church of All Nations in … Read more
A man, who identified himself as Usman Mohammed, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly ‘insulting’ President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State. Mohammed had appeared in a video that went viral on social media where he attacked President Buhari and Governor Yahaya. He also threatened to lead a … Read more
A Colorado couple turned were arrested after a coroner examination concluded that their son died of forced water intoxication. Zachary Sabin, 11, died on March 11 after his father Ryan and stepmother Tara forced him to drink four 24-ounce bottles of water within a four-hour span without eating. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, the … Read more
The Kano State government during the weekend directed Operators of Luxury Bus intercity transporters to brace up and vacate their Sabon Gari base immediately the federal government lifted interstate travels. The government decision was conveyed through the Managing Director, Kano Road and Traffic Agency KAROTA, Baffa Babba Dan’agundi at a meeting with the leadership of … Read more
A Nigerian man has shockingly discovered a live python rolled around his motorcycle engine after a journey from Nnewi to Aguleri in Anambra State. He expressed surprise that despite the long-distance journey, the dangerous snake could still survive the heat emissions from the engine. The civil engineer who could not reveal his name in a … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Lagos State has released Instagram celebrity and Executive Director, Cubana Group, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest. Okechukwu, known for his lavish lifestyle, was invited for alleged misuse of police escorts and weapons as well as unexplained wealth. He arrived at the Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos … Read more
The blood of a young man is already crying out for vengeance after an untimely death. The yet-to-be identified man who was a cultist was killed by his brother for proving stubborn and attempting to leave the fraternity group. The murderer identified as Scorpion confessed that during the initiation, he warned his naive brother that … Read more
Three officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps,(FRSC), have been struck to death by mysterious thunder lightning which occurred within the early hours of Wednesday. Ekohotblog understands that the incident which occurred in the town of Ilese, near Ijebu -Ode, Ogun State around 10 a.m followed a drizzling which was accompanied by the lightning that … Read more
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the worsening poverty in the country posed a great deal of risk to Nigeria’s democratic process and security. Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, Foreign Direct Investment, foreign exchange rate, and lending rate, among others, were all weak between 2015 and 2019, the chamber said on Sunday in its … Read more
Controversial self-acclaimed Journalist, Kemi Omololu Olunloyo has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari is considering a two-week total lockdown for Lagos State. In a tweet via her official Twitter handle on Saturday morning, Kemi who claimed to have a source at the presidency said Buhari might lock down Lagos State again following the rise in COVID-19 … Read more
In country where the government has practically forgotten that one of its responsibilities is to create employment for its teeming youths, the youths are left with not much of a choice than create their own source of income. The youths, nevertheless, use their ingenuity and entrepreneurial acumen to create something that will benefit the people … Read more
An accident which occurred today June 12, at Omoba Road in Ogbor Hill community of Aba, Abia state claimed the life a middle-aged woman identified simply as Mrs Ekenta. An eyewitness said the sad incident occurred after the driver of the tipper truck lost control of the vehicle which suffered a brake failure. While the … Read more
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has immortalized a reverend sister who died while rescuing students during the Abule-Ado gas explosion that occurred earlier this year. Former Principal of Bethlehem Girls’ College, Late Rev. Sister Henrietta Alokha died on Sunday, March 15, when she stayed back to get her female students to safety as chaos was … Read more
Leader of Ansarul Islam Society of Nigeria, Sheikh Ahmad Kamaldeen Al- Adabiyy is dead. Sheik Al- Adabbiy was 82 and died on Friday in Ilorin, Kwara state. The janazah prayer was held at his Okekere, Ilorin family residence while interment followed at his GRA residence in Ilorin. The Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Mohammed Bashir … Read more
A policeman attached to the Akwa Ibom state police command has been dismissed for cultism. The policeman identified as Mfon Esio was dismissed after investigation revealed that he participated in the initiation rites of a secret cult, Junior Vikings Confraternity on May 20th, 2020. The incident was uncovered after it was revealed that one Ubong … Read more
A thunderstorm has killed 18 suspected kidnappers at a forest in Adamawa State. Sources said the men of the underworld were sharing ransom money they got from their victims when the thunder struck them. The incident occurred within the Toungo Local Government Area of the state, local sources said. Toungo is a town and local … Read more
The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday, granted state pardon to 10 inmates on death row across various Correctional Centres in the state. The governor commuted the death sentence of the 10 condemned inmates who were awaiting execution to life imprisonment while five inmates serving life imprisonment had their status commuted to various … Read more
A 75-year-old man, Jacob Ayinla, has reportedly raped a 15-year-old local juice seller popularly known as ‘Pito’ in his apartment in Osogbo, Osun State. The Nation learnt the incident happened on Wednesday evening around Odi-Olowo area Osogbo when Ayinla lured the teenager girl into his house under the pretence that he wanted to buy the … Read more
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno Command, has arrested a suspected Boko Haram logistics supplier. NSCDC Commandant, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed that the suspect was caught with a car filled with fuel and other commodities. Abdullahi said that the suspect, 35-year-old Bakura Ibrahim was arrested on June 6, at the Muna Garage … Read more
A popular grocery shop owner in Lokoja, Kogi State, Mr Nicholas Ofodile, and three others have been shot dead by yet to be identified persons while several passengers in a commerical bus were kidnapped along Lokoja-Abuja Expressway. The incident occurred at about 7:00am on Wednesday between Acheni and Gegu villages in the state. Ofodile was … Read more