NOVEMBER 16, 2020 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after someone he was in contact with tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, a spokesman said on Sunday. “He will carry on working from Downing Street, including on leading the Government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic,” the Downing Street spokesman added. Johnson was hospitalised with … Read more
Malian Jihadist leader, sentenced to death A Malian jihadist leader of the Katiba of Ansar dine du Sud, Souleymane Keita, and two other men, all accused of terrorism, were sentenced to death on Friday by the Bamako Court of Assizes, according to judicial source. A dozen men were also sentenced to death in absentia. They … Read more
NOVEMBER 15, 2020 An unidentified Chinese buyer, on Sunday, paid a world record €1.6 million ($1.9 million) for a female homing pigeon called New Kim, online auctioneers Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) has announced. The sale beat the €1.25 million paid for male pigeon Armando last year, according to PIPA. AFP reports that New Kim, a well-bred … Read more
Peru’s Interim President Resigns Facing widespread opposition, Peru’s interim president stepped down on Sunday, his sixth day on the job, plunging a country already facing an economic tailspin and a devastating pandemic into a constitutional crisis. Manuel Merino, the president, took power on Tuesday, after legislators shocked the nation by voting to remove the popular former … Read more
North Korea has still not reacted to the United States’ presidential election. Its silence speaks volumes. According to analysts, it’s highly unlikely that President-elect Joe Biden would have been North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s preferred candidate. President Donald Trump has been unique among American leaders for his willingness to personally engage with Kim, providing … Read more
Gunmen in western Ethiopia have killed at least 34 people in an attack on a bus, the national human rights body said Sunday. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said in a statement that “the estimated number of casualties, currently at 34, is likely to rise” from the attack which occurred Saturday night in the … Read more
Entertainer Des O’Connor has died at the age of 88. The TV star, veteran comedian, singer who is best remembered as the former host of Countdown and Take Your Pick, passed away peacefully in his sleep after a fall at his home. In a statement released on Sunday, O’Connor’s longime agent and friend Pat Lake-Smith: … Read more
UN Chief, Road safety UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged member states to prioritise road safety in their COVID-19 recovery plans. Guterres made the call in a message to 2020 World Day of the Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, commemorated annually on the third Sunday of November. Read Also: Mexico’s COVID-19 Cases Reaches One Million … Read more
US Singer, Jeremih In ICU After Contracting COVID-19 Ekohotblog, November 15, 2020 International R&B singer, Jeremih has reportedly been hospitalized in Chicago after contracting COVID-19. The 33-year-old singer is currently in an Intensive Care Unit on a breathing ventilator, TMZ reports. This means, he is in a critical condition and it is however, not clear how long … Read more
Ginimbi’s Housekeeper Of 15 Years Speaks On Alleged ‘Juju’ And ‘Secret Rooms’ In His House Ekohotblog, November 15, 2020… Housekeeper to late Zimbabwean millionaire, Ginimbi has cleared the air on controversies surrounding his death. Speculations have continued to trail on the late millionaire’s source of wealth and lifestyle. READ ALSO: More Controversies As Late Billionaire … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 14TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have ended their relationship and now share co-parenting duties. People Magazine first reported the split Friday, November 13, citing an unnamed source close to the couple who said two parted ways at the start of 2020. Wilde and Sudeikis share two children, son Otis, 6, and … Read more
Thousands of Donald Trump supporters rallied in Washington on Saturday, with the president making a drive-past in his motorcade as he sticks to discredited claims that mass fraud denied him election victory. Marchers close to the White House greeted Trump’s brief appearance with wild cheers, waving and whistles, holding signs and flags saying “Best prez … Read more
Tony Schwartz Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of US President, Donald Trump’s book, ‘The Art of the Deal,’ has said he believes the Republican candidate will never concede to Joe Biden. He said that Trump will eventually be escorted out of the White House if he refuses to leave. Read Also: CP Reads Riot Act To … Read more
British serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe known as the Yorkshire Ripper ’ after killing 13 women in northern England decades ago, has died in hospital. The 74-year-old had tested positive for the coronavirus, but had refused treatment, the prison service said. Sutcliffe, a former gravedigger, was sentenced to life in prison in 1981 after killing 13 … Read more
French forces have killed Bah Moussa, a military leader of al-Qaida’s North Africa wing in Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. “This is a major success in the fight against terrorism that France is leading with its partners in the Sahel,” said Parly. “A historic figure of the jihadist movement in the … Read more
President Donald Trump and his Republican party allege that voting fraud and lost ballots led to his loss to Joe Biden in last week’s election. There is no evidence of compromised ballots or corrupt voting systems in the United States presidential elections, officials said, as a top Democrat accused the Republicans who refuse to accept … Read more
Pope Francis, reacts to outcome of election Pope Francis, on Thursday, recognised Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov 3 presidential election. The Pope and Biden spoke on the phone earlier on Thursday, according to the Biden Transition Team, as quoted by Metro UK. Read Also: Lagos Reopens 20 LASRRA Stations … Read more
President Donald Trump How much longer President Donald Trump continues waging battle over an election he lost remained in question Thursday as more of his advisers voiced doubt his gambit to contest the results would succeed. One person who spoke to him called him “dejected” over the ordeal. Trump himself was waffling by the hour … Read more
American Rapper MO3 is dead. According to sources to FOX4, rapper MO3 whose real name is Melvin Noble was shot dead on a Dallas highway on Wednesday. The 28-year-old rapper was killed midday in an incident on northbound Interstate 35 near Clarendon Drive. Dallas police declined to publicly confirm the rapper, was killed in the … Read more
Former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings is dead. He died on Thursday afternoon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. It is reported that the first President of Ghana’s 4th Republic died after contracting coronavirus. He was in intensive care before giving up. A military ruler, who later joined politics, Rawlings ruled Ghana from … Read more