OPINION: 2023 In The Eye Of COVID-19 By Abiodun Komolafe

Experts have predicted that COVID-19 may remain a crisis much longer than 2022, with “up to 70% of the world’s population” becoming infected. Amid this mess, elections are billed to hold in Nigeria in 2023, in line with constitutional provisions. If, in the worst-case scenario, COVID-19 subsists beyond 2022, what then does the future hold … Read more

We Are Back In Business

Following the technical glitch and relentless attempt to intrude into our domain by some criminal elements which subsequently led to the inability of our esteemed readers to visit our site, we are pleased to inform you that the issues that engendered such unpleasant situations have now been resolved and normalcy has returned to the site. … Read more

COVID-19 FACT CHECK: “6 Months Jail Or N20,000 Fine Over Failure To Wear A Nose Mask

A rumored report circulating the social media space stating that persons who violate the directive to wear nose masks have committed a criminal offense and liable to a jail term of not less than six months or a fine of N20,000 is fake. The message reads thus: “It has finally been gazetted. Failure to wear … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Lagos Govt Reveals Drugs COVID-19 Patients Are Treated With

The Lagos state government has disclosed the type of drugs used for COVID-19 patients in the state in order to ensure their recovery from the virulent infection. The Medical Director, Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Dr Bowale Abimbola, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with EkoHotBlog. The seasoned doctor in a tete-a-tete conversation with this media … Read more

CMD Of Yaba Infectious Diseases Center Clears Air On Reports Of Him Contracting COVID-19

The Medical Director, Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Dr Bowale Abimbola, has reacted to reports of him testing positive for COVID-19. Earlier in the month, couple of tradition media outfits and online media platforms reported that the Dr Abimbola who treated the index COVID-19 case, an Italian expatriate, in Nigeria had tested positive. Conversely, the media … Read more

So Sad! How Nigerian Nurse ‘Ijeoma Afuke’ Died Of COVID-19

Nigerian nurse Ijeoma Afuke dies of COVID-19 in Chicago, 5 years after emigrating to the US.  According to reports, the certified nursing assistant was studying to become a nurse in the United States. Afuke’s exam was scheduled in June. She also had completed the requirements to become a United States citizen and had an important … Read more

Again, A Thought For Leah Sharibu By Abiodun Komolafe 

Thursday, May 14, 2020, will mark Leah Sharibu’s 17th year of existence on earth. By that day, she will also have gone deeper into her 3rd year as a captive in Boko Haram’s custody, ministering to the needs of the terrorists in an unfamiliar desert terrain.  Lest we forget, Leah was abducted, alongside 109 other female … Read more

Memo To Vice President Yemi Osinbajo By Simon Kolawole

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A memo to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, written by online news publisher, Simon Kolawole has been obtained by Ekohotblog. Read the memo to Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo below…By Simon Kolawole Your Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, you would recall that when the coronavirus pandemic began to take its … Read more

Mother’s Day 2020: Happy Mothers Day Messages To Send To Mothers

Mother’s day 2020, 50 Happy Mothers Day messages, wishes to send to your mother, mother in law, grandmother have been compiled by Ekohotblog. Ekohotblog reports that Mother’s Day is all about celebrating the woman who raised you and shaped who you are as a person. From all the packed lunches with napkin notes to the … Read more

An Empty Seat For Chief (Dr.) Koleade Adeniji Abayomi, SAN; OON By Bashorun J.K. Randle

About thirty years ago at the Metropolitan Club, Kofo Abayomi Street (named after Kole’s father, Sir (Dr.) Chief Kofo Adekunle Abayomi) on Victoria Island, Lagos the hugely cerebral artist (Sculptor and Painter) Professor Ben Enwonwu pulled me aside just before the weekly Tuesday lunch to conspiratorially whisper as he surveyed the empty tables which would … Read more

The Pandemic And The Country’s Future By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Nigeria’s decision to ‘unwind’ the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the capital, Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun States refers. As we strive to “balance the need to protect health while also preserving livelihoods”, can we safely say that the worst of the pandemic that has unleashed more than 2,170 cases and over-68 deaths on the country is over? If … Read more

EXPOSED! How Bill Gates ‘Offered’ House Of Reps $10m Bribe For Vaccine Bill

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has accused the leadership of the House of Representatives of allegedly taking a $10 million bribe from Bill Gates to pass a compulsory vaccine bill. In a statement issued and signed by the spokesperson of the opposition political parties, Barrister Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, CUPP asked Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila … Read more

Polo Fetes Journalists, Salutes Courage In Stemming Tide Of Fake News

Polo Fetes Journalists: Salutes Courage In Stemming Tide Of Fake News

Nigeria’s foremost luxury and lifestyle company Polo Limited, as part of its multi-level intervention in providing succour for segments of the society affected by the COVID-19 lockdown recently visited the press corps of the Lagos State Government. In charting a different path from the norm of donations so far, the company delegation led by the … Read more

RETRACTION: Emir Of Kano Is Alive.

Editor’s Note : A RETRACTION. A news story was published on our platform today with an unambiguous headline that the Emir Of Kano is Dead. We would like to inform our esteemed readers that the misleading and utterly provocative piece has since been retracted. The management of EkoHotBlog would also like to tender an unreserved … Read more

COVID-19 Lockdown Could Skyrocket Unwanted Pregnancy- UNFPA

Pregnancy

A report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has indicated that ongoing lockdowns and disruptions in health services during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to seven million unplanned pregnancies in the months ahead. The report projected that the number of women who have been unable to access family planning risk unintended pregnancies, gender-based … Read more

Happy New Month Messages, Prayers, Wishes For May

Welcome to the month of May, the fifth month in the year 2020. A happy new month to you, your friends, and your family from Ekohotblog. Being a new day of a new month, many expect good wishes from their friends, family members, and loved ones, hence, a need to compile one. Below are 100 … Read more

World Earth Day 2020: How DDI is Championing an Eco-Conscious World Via Renewable Energy

Fuel Scarcity Looms As NUPENG Suspends Distribution In Badagry

By Lucky Ihanza Fifty years ago, precisely on April 22, 1970, when people around the world celebrated the first Earth Day to raise awareness about mankind’s role in protecting our natural world, it is on record that over 20 million Americans ventured outdoors and protested in favour of a more eco-conscious society. Although this is … Read more

#StoptheNCDCBill: Nigerians React Over Bill To Strengthen NCDC

Social media is currently agog over the ‘Control of Infectious Diseases Act’ which grants the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) more administrative powers for forceful vaccinations to limitations on Freedom of association. Ekohotblog understands that the bill which was sponsored by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. … Read more

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