Federal Road you Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said that over 7,000 traffic offenders have gone through psychiatrist tests since 2017. The FRSC FCT Sector Command, Corps Commander Wobin Gwora, disclosed this at a press conference organised by Fundacion Exito Ltd, an NGO, to launch the #StopAtRed# campaign in Abuja. “This policy came as a result … Read more
– Police arrested officials of FRSC for beaten to death a man to death – The body of Samuel was exhumed from a shallow grave, allegedly buried by the four officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attached to Abudu outpost in Edo State – The driver reportedly fled the scene, and Odion was … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 1. Group Says Ogoni Clean Up Process Is Very Slow The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (LSD) has decried the alleged slowness of the Ogoniland cleanup. READ MORE 2. Over 120 Ships Recycled As Shipping Firms Strive To … Read more
– Senator Smart Adeyemi urged his kinsmen in kogi west to vote for Gov.Yahaya Bello – He said: “Bello stands in the best position to guarantee power shift to Kogi West. So he deserves our support to make our dream come true – “Since the creation of the state 28 years ago, Bello’s administration stands … Read more
The African Centre for Leadership , Strategy and Development (LSD) has decried the alleged slowness of the Ogoniland cleanup . Its Acting Executive Director, Monday Ossah , during a quarterly media parley yesterday in Abuja , urged the Federal Government to “ speed up” the remediation of the oil- rich area . He said: “ … Read more
The Cyber Crime Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal office, has arrested four suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The suspects are: Chijioke Okwuosah, Emeka Basil, Ayian Chimere and elochukwu Godwill Oguonu. They were arrested during a sting operation recently at House 34 and 35, 31Road Efab Estate Lokogoma, Abuja, following … Read more
The Nigerian Lottery and Regulatory Commission, NLRC on Tuesday, sought the collaboration of the EFCC in curbing fraud associated with lottery in the country. The NLRC Benin Zonal coordinator, Ejiogu Anselm Nnamdi made this request when he paid a courtesy visit to the Benin Zonal Office of the Commission. “We are here to collaborate with … Read more
A 14-year-old Junior Secondary School student in Bauchi State, Bashir Salisu, suffered a major pain when the belt of a grinding machine cut off his testicles. Bashir, a student of Government Day Secondary School, Tudun Salmanu area of Bauchi metropolis, who had written his JSS examination and was preparing to get admission to Senior Secondary … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to drive reliable energy delivery to residents of the state with the availability of pre-paid meters. The governor gave the assurance at the 2019 Nigeria Resources Risk and Governance Summit, themed: “Energy for Sustainable Economic Growth – Threats, Opportunities and Governance.” He acknowledged that they were aware of … Read more
– APC called on EFCC to investigate Governor Seriake Dickson for planning to sell oil field – EFCC must take immediate action before the outgoing governor and his cronies bankrupt the state and sell government’s owned resources to themselves – Nabena said that details of the planned sale of the oil field were contained in … Read more
Former Chairman of the Special Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr Okoi Obono-Obla has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs. Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement to NAN on Tuesday. Okoduwa said the move followed Obono-Obla’s “repeated … Read more
– APC chieftain in south south zone berates VUPP for trying to condemn the Apex court – He said: “It beats one’s imagination as to what CUPP intends to achieve from the mischievous and misleading attacks – The attacks by CUPP are contrary to every recognised standard of civilised behaviour, international ethics and decorum … Read more
Ghana’s largest local beverage manufacturer, Kasapreko, has so far lost about $2 million in revenue to the closure of the Nigerian-Benin border, the Head of International Business Development for the company has said. The company is popular for producing herbal drink, Alomo Bitters, which some Nigerian youths drink. According to Francis Holly Adzah, even though … Read more
– NSCDC uncover another rehabilitation centre in Zaria, Kaduna state where people are subjected to torture – We busted two of the centres, Limanchi corner and Marmara centres all in Zaria and evacuated 11 inmates ranging from 11-40 years from the two centres – He said that operators of the centre, five of whom have … Read more
-Bayelsa elders endorsed Senator Duoye Diri and his running mate in the forthcoming bayelsa Gubernatorial election – He asked Diri to work together with the Federal government at ensuring the review of the 1999 constitution to give recognition to the traditional institution – Diri expressed his readiness to tap into the wealth of experience of … Read more
Justice Folashade Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday October 22, 2019, gave an order, authorising the federal government to take over 23 properties belonging to the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. This comes as the EFCC is set to arraign him on Friday, October 25, … Read more
Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu and two others on trial for the past 12 years over alleged N7.65bn theft of Abia government money, will know their fate soon. Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos today announced 2 December as judgment date after the prosecution and the defence adopted their … Read more
The EFCC, yesterday October 21, 2019, arraigned two British nationals, James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn (at large), before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja for their alleged complicity in the controversial $9.6bn arbitral award to Process and Industrial Development Limited by a United Kingdom commercial court. The defendants, both directors of … Read more
– Minister of Information, Laid Mohammed said that Book Haram insurgents have been technically defeated – He said that Nigeria is currently facing global terrorism that has no boundary, no frontier – Terrorism is a global issue. Between 2009 and 2015 we were fighting Boko Haram, but today we are fighting global terrorism The … Read more
– APM candidate, Wemimo Owolabi has filed charges against the Ogun state speaker, Hon.Olakunle Oluomo at appeal court in Ibadan – The election petition tribunal, headed by Justice Adenike Coker, on September 20, upheld the election of the Speaker, Oluomo, as the lawmaker representing Ifo Constituency 1. – The three-member tribunal held that the evidence … Read more