Olamidiran Ajose-Willoughby – The Aviator, Humanist, Blue Blood @ 70

By Otunba T.J Abass He belongs to the class of personages for whom one-word description may never suffice, having plied in fields with no mean reputation. From aviation to technology, and petroleum services to operations, Omo’ba David Olamidiran Ajose-Willoughby, a blue blood of the Aasi Royal House (Ajose Family) in Isale Eko, Lagos, has left … Read more

Recounting NIDCOM Sterling Achievements In The Last One Year

NiDCOM Launches Diaspora Data Mapping Portal

It is a glaring fact that Nigerians living abroad had never experienced better days until the establishment of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and the eventual appointment of an erstwhile veteran National Legislator, Hon Dabiri-Erewa as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. It is on record that the coming of Hon Dabiri-Erewa as NIDCOM has greatly … Read more

Message From The Editor

At EkoHotBlog our mission and priority is to provide our esteemed readers with timely and profound information on current issues in order to keep them abreast of happenings in Nigeria and outside its shores as we strive to play our agenda setting role as a budding online media outfit by laying bare the facts and … Read more

Opinion: Malicious And Historical Terrorism As Hausa/ Fulani Lays Claim To Southern Kaduna: Nikyob Historian And Pastor Godwin Danjuma Kwalbe

1. INTRODUCTION Our attention has been drawn to malicious statements made by some armchair historians on behalf of the Hausa/Fulani community in Southern Kaduna. These claims are published under the above title by Blueprint newspaper on August 17th, 2020.  It is very worrisome that in this moment of search for peaceful coexistence, they have chosen … Read more

Opinion: Arthur Eze & Company Had It Coming

Suspension of twelve traditional rulers in one fell swoop is an unusual occurrence by any measure. But so was the outrage trailing the seeming impunity of a tiny ring of Anambra State’s traditional rulers led in confrontation against the State Government by controversial business man, Arthur Eze. If the arrowhead of the affront could afford … Read more

Resilience [Forging Ahead] Part XXI -By Bashorun J.K. Randle

It took Resilience Television entirely by surprise that what both John Cleese and Sacha Baron Cohen had dismissed as a matter of little significance had degenerated into a major controversy which had developed a life of its own. It had to do with the station’s aversion to airing any COVID-19 virus reports so that its … Read more

Resilience [Forging Ahead] Part XX – By Bashorun J.K. Randle

John Cleese and Sacha Baron Cohen have been truly amazing. They came up with the brilliant idea of devoting a whole day to extoling the virtues and superlative achievements of women in various fields of human endeavour – as a counterpoise or complement to “ME TOO”. It has been a roaring success on Resilience Television … Read more

Opinion: Why Community Policing In Nigeria Is Imperative

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By: Ademola Orunbon Nigeria’s past, present and even the future, makes the establishment and operation of a Federal, State and Local Government Policing or Law Enforcement un-debatably mandatory! Nigeria needs and should have Federal Police, State Police and Local Police! It just makes sense! The local people, the local authorities know the neighborhoods, the local … Read more

Opinion: How Spousal Support Aid Women In Making Significant Choices In Life And In Career

Not everyone believes in the institution of marriage and this by no means makes those who do not believe less human or weird than those who do. However for those who believe in the institution of marriage and all that it stands for, then we know that most likely, our highest evolving self, into our … Read more

Comprehensive Report on The Role Of Fed Govt, Kaduna State Govt In Southern Kaduna Massacre

Kaduna state and federal governments provided an enabling terrain for Fulani to eventually take over southern Kaduna and other part of northern Christian communities through deployment of heads of security agents who are purely Fulani Muslims. The approval and granting of a biased, brazen and sudden request from governor El-Rufai that “all policemen of southern … Read more

For Chief J.K. Randle – Its Thanksgiving Time Again – By Bashorun J.K. Randle

On Tuesday 28th July 2020, it will be time for the annual Thanksgiving and Memorial Service for late Chief Joseph Koshoniola Randle, MBE; MVO, who was born in Lagos on 28th July 1909. If he was alive we would have been celebrating his 111th (one hundred and eleventh) birthday. 111 is a magical number but … Read more

Recounting the Last Days Of Mama Abriba,  An 88-Year Old Woman Who Died In Detention For Her Son’s Crime

Texas prison inmates killed: US federal prisons on nationwide lockdown

Injustice done anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly, says Martin Luther.  The story of Mama Abriba, in Abia State, may not be different from that helpless man or woman in your … Read more

Leveraging Diaspora Resources For National Development In A COVID-19 Era

Abike Dabiri

Interest in Nigerians in Diaspora is greatly driven by the quest for national development, national unity, the need for all hands to be on deck, the need to remind all Nigerians at home and abroad, regardless of their religious beliefs and ethnolinguistic background to collectively build a new Nigeria that will be completely free from … Read more

The Gift Of Mercy And The Mercy In Giving… The EIF Story

Professor Martin Ohaeri Ijere (Agbawo Dike Izu of Nsu) (1929- 2006) was an erudite scholar that was very passionate about the plight of the rural dweller. The major thrust of his research work focused on building thriving rural communities and alleviating poverty. These he tried to achieve through Education, Agriculture, Cooperatives and Community banking Initiatives, … Read more

The Hushpuppi In All Of Us

Hushpuppi Has Not Been Released- Lawyer

As expected, with the arrest of Hushpuppi came the barrage of criticism and condemnation. However Nigerians have refused to see it as an opportunity to look inside and condemn not just the man who was caught but also the system and culture that produced him. It is important to condemn and reform the system and … Read more

How Governor Akeredolu Infects Members Of His Cabinet With COVID-19

The government is known to make laws and guidelines by which citizens of the state must abide by, and if this is not followed, the citizens are said to have broken the rule and punishment will be given to them for the violation. But what happens when the lawmaker is one who breaks such laws? … Read more

This Changed World

#CoronavirusUpdates: Quarantined Italian In Nigeria Has Fully Recovered

By Fredrick Idehenre I just woke up to my phone (whether it was morning or the midday I wasn’t sure) and I saw many “Happy Sunday” messages. “O so today na Sunday?” I wondered. None of our usual reminders are there anymore. Incase my mind strayed and my mental calendar becomes distorted, the Church almost … Read more

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