The Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the further evacuation of stranded Nigerians overseas. Ekohotblog reports that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who made this known on Wednesday, said the development is to allow take-off of a new policy on the evacuation of Nigerians. The Minister of Foreign Affairs said … Read more
A newborn baby boy was eaten by monitor lizards after being dumped next to a pond. The boy’s body was found in a black bag by a group of boys who went to play by the pond in Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern Thailand on Monday morning. Nong Ake said he saw the dead infant inside … Read more
……..As Comoros Records First Case Of Coronavirus Comoros has announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case, as Lesotho remains the only country in Africa without Coronavirus. “On this day of April 30, 2020, the government declares the first case of COVID-19 on the Comoros,” President Azali Assoumani said during an address to the nation on Thursday … Read more
Four Nigerian students based in Canada, Kelvin Awani, 24, Jonah Eigbuluese, 22, Joshua Ometie, 25 and Clinton Newton, 27, are wanted by Canadian police authorities after they allegedly defrauded victims of over $2 million through online romance scams over the past two years. Federal RCMP officers issued the arrest warrant after police investigation linking the … Read more
African ambassadors in China have written to the Chinese foreign minister over what they call discrimination against Africans, especially in Guangzhou. Several African countries have separately also demanded that China address their concerns that Africans are being mistreated and harassed. Having brought under control the original outbreak centred on the city of Wuhan, China is … Read more
Bangladesh has executed a military captain less than a week after he was arrested after nearly 25 years on the run over the assassination of the country’s founding leader, a minister said Sunday. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was killed along with most of his family in a military coup … Read more
South Africa’s COVID-19 death toll reached 24 on Friday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said. The country also reported 69 more infections, bringing the tally to 2003, Africa’s largest. Mkhize addressing a press briefing in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Province said youngest death was 41. He said most of the deceased were old people, many of them with … Read more
The Federal Government on Thursday released a list of Nigerians who died of coronavirus abroad. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, released this on Thursday, in a video containing the names, pictures and countries of residence of the departed Nigerians. In the video, 13 Nigerians abroad have, so far, died of the novel … Read more
In a video Ekohotblog obtained from reubenabati news, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced Special intervention packages for its citizens as the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. In his 5th state-wide broadcast since the pandemic began, President Akufo-Addo announced that the government will cover the water bills of its citizens for the months … Read more
The Canadian government on Monday evacuated 137 of its nationals out of Nigeria. According to a source in Immigration, the Canadians were flown out of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ( MMIA), Lagos aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 aircraft flight ET8201 with registration number ET-ALO. The aircraft took about 11.29 hours to Abuja to … Read more
Over 637 Europeans were evacuated from Benin Republic and Nigeria on Thursday, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has stated the reason for the evacuation, citing the familiarity “with the health system in their various countries and so prefer to go to the various countries.” Earlier, people had speculated as to what had … Read more
Amid global fears and panic over the outbreak of Covid-19, the President of the National Assembly of the republic Cameroon, Honorable Cavaye Yeguie Djibril has become the latest public figure to test positive to the deadly virus. He was reported to have left France in violatation of the health ministry’s quarantine guidelines. Details shortly…..
The South African government has imposed a travel ban on nationals of the United States and the United Kingdom over coronavirus pandemic. South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, disclosed this in an address on Sunday. He said the ban will be effective from March 18. The ban also extends to countries South African government listed as … Read more
Not less than 43 people were killed by Unidentified gunmen in an attack on villages in northern Burkina Faso in one of the deadliest attacks of the past year in the West African nation. The government in a statement on Monday said The assailants targeted at least two villages in the northern region near the … Read more
The Israeli government has mandated a 14 days self-quarantine on people coming into the country from abroad to prevent the spread of coronavirus (Covid2019). Speaking in a video address posted to Twitter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “All those coming to Israel from abroad will be placed in isolation,” #BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … Read more
Gunmen have killed 24 people and wounded 18 in an attack on a Protestant church in a village in northern Burkina Faso, the regional governor said Monday. A group of “ armed terrorists” burst into the village of Pansi, in Yagha province “ and attacked the peaceful local population after having identified them and separated … Read more
Liaison Officer of the Kenyan High Commission in India, Rono Kosigi, on Wednesday confirmed the death of a Member of the County Assembly of Kiambi, Kenya, Cyrus Omondi. The MCA who represents Kahawa Wendani Ward was found dead in his hotel room in Mumbai, after staying in India for a workshop alongside his colleagues in … Read more
How can a man handle a poisonous snake and carry it safely in his suitcase? 33-year-old Karissa Iha has been arrested for allegedly stealing a Kenyan python. He was nabbed on Tuesday, February 11, with the snake specie measuring 2.3 metres length and weighing 10 kilograms, probably to sell to foreigners. Police said the suspect … Read more
The playboy son of Equatorial Guinea’s leader was handed a 30-million-euro fine by a Paris court Monday on top of a suspended jail term and the confiscation of his assets for embezzling public funds. Teodorin Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema, was found guilty in 2017 of having plundered his country’s … Read more
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has for the first time acknowledged contacts with jihadists, an option the government has long rejected. “The number of deaths in the Sahel is becoming exponential and it’s time that certain paths be explored,” he said in an interview with French media broadcast on Monday. Mali has struggled to contain … Read more