Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 1. Undergraduate Killed By Suspected Cultists A 200 level student of the University of Benin of the Faculty of Arts at the Twin-Lecture Theatre, has been shot dead. READ MORE 2. LASG Demolishes 4 Buildings Under Construction The Lagos State … Read more
The acting chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Mustapha Magu, has disclosed that the Commission will henceforth arrest and prosecute medical practitioners who provide a fake medical report to persons facing trial for corruption. He lamented that the spectre of fake medical reports had added to the many frustrations that attend the prosecution of corruption cases … Read more
– Troops of 27 task force Brigade detonated three IEDs on road linking Borno and Yobe – He said that the troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE also raided a Boko Haram camp at Kerenoa, Marte Local Government Area of Borno – According to him, the visibly shocked insurgents fled their hideout on sighting the robust … Read more
– Ekiti state Governor, Dr.Kayode Fayemi said that his administration would continue to accord respect and needed support that would place traditional institutions to their rightful position in the State – According to him, the selection was in accordance with extant and chieftaincy law of the state – The Governor appealed to the people of … Read more
– President Buhari departs Saudi for London on a private visit – The President left Makkah for Jeddah at about 1.30pm (local time) while his presidential aircraft took-off for London at exactly 3.05pm – Before performing the Umrah, President Buhari had attended three-day Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh from Oct. 29, to Oct. 31 … Read more
– PDP candidate in Kogi state, Engr. Musa Wada Promised to review the screening of pensioners and Local Government workers with a view to ensuring justice – Wada also decried the nonpayment of workers salary at the state and local Government levels, describing the development as dangerous to the state economy – “The endless screening … Read more
– Ex-Aviation Minister,Mbazulike Amaechi said that Nigeria was sliding into anarchy – He consequently called for an urgent renegotiation of the nation’s constitutional and political foundation in order to save it from further slide to anarchy – Today, we are living in a country that is full of danger The First Republic Aviation Minister, … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 1. Lagos Mandates Development Permit For Builders The GM of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, LASPPPA, Tpl. Olufunmilayo Osifuye has declared that obtaining a Development Permit is a must before any construction commences in any part of the … Read more
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of Federal High court Lagos, on Friday remanded the Managing Director of 606 Autos Limited, Sarumi Samusideen Babafemi in Ikoyi Prison. Babafemi was arraigned by the EFCC alongside three of his company; 606 Autos Limited, 606 Music Limited and Splash Off Entertainment Limited on a five-count charge bordering on money laundering and … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos office, on Friday, arraigned one Arugba Micheal and his company, Gar Maritime Nigeria Limited before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. He was arraigned on three-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal, transfer of properties and stealing to the tune of N96, 400, 000.00 … Read more
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has supported the recent closure of Nigerian boarders. Emefiele noted that if the boarders remained closed for another two years the security challenges the nation is facing would be a thing of the past. Emefiele disclosed this at the first Convocation Lecture of Edo University, … Read more
Chairman of Innoson Vehicles, Chief Dr Innocent Chukwuma on Wednesday, signed a Contract Purchase Agreement with the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd, ED Ubong. The signing of the agreement will see the supply of Innoson Vehicles to Shell Nigeria for its official and operational uses. In his brief address, Chief Chukwuma stated that … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Friday, November 1st, 2019 1. Who Is Afraid Of The Social Media? For the umpteenth time, the Federal Government of Nigeria sounded the warning horn, calling for all with ears, to be prepared for the swift fall of its hammer, on the only platform … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kano Zonal Office today October 31, 2019, arraigned one Ahmad Muhammad Bawa before Justice Hadiza Suleiman of the Kano State High Court on one count charge bordering on Misappropriation of Funds. Trouble began for Bawa when the Kano office of the Commission received a petition from one Abba … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office, on Thursday, October 31, 2019, secured the conviction of one Muhammad Muzakkir (a.k.a Mai Bakin Gyale) before Justice Kabiru I. Ahmed of the Sokoto State High Court, Sokoto. Muzakkir was convicted on two separate charges of a one-count amended charge each of cheating and counterfeiting … Read more
The Port Harcourt Zonal office of the EFCC has assured scores of investors of Bluekey Investment Club across the Niger Delta of diligent investigations. The assurance was made on Thursday, October 31, 2019, in Port Harcourt, by the Head, Cyber Crime Section of the Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office of the EFCC, Mr. Allison James, while … Read more
The Ogun State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Clement Oladele has confirmed the death of a yet to be identified OPay motorbike rider and his passenger. A soft drink-laden truck, on Wednesday, crushed to death a yet-to-be-identified operator of the OPay motorbike ride-hailing service and his passenger. The accident occurred on the Kara … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Thursday, October 31st, 2019 1. First Military Governor Of Lagos State Dies The first military administrator of Lagos State, Brigadier-General Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson (Rtd) has passed on. READ MORE 2. Sanwo-Olu Mourns Death Of Mobolaji Johnson Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed … Read more
The EFCC has described the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, as one of the important stakeholders in the fight against Corruption in the Country. The Ilorin Zonal Head of the Commission, Isyaku Sharu disclosed this on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 when he led Senior Officers of the Commission in the Zone to the Kwara State Command of … Read more
The first military administrator of Lagos State, Brigadier General Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson (Rtd) has passed on. The family of the late Military Governor of Lagos State announced his demise. Brigadier General Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson (Rtd) was pronounced dead at about 4:15pm on Wednesday. He was the Governor of Lagos State from May 1967 to July … Read more