LAWMA partners Safeenviro as it reopens the Olusosun dumpsite after 48 hours closure EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has become a business partner of the Chartered Institution of Waste Management (CIWN), to implement professional certification courses in waste and resource management. This online media platform gathers that it has … Read more
The missing Vanguard Reporter Tordue Salem has been found dead. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Vanguard Newspaper reporter who went missing last month, Tordue Salem, has been found dead. The Federal House of Representatives correspondent who was last seen alive around Total filling station, close to the Force headquarters, Abuja, on October 13, 2021. … Read more
Alleged 1.6bn fraud: Court arraigns former Star Orient MD, Dare Osamo They were charged with 11 counts of fraud by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). EKO HOT BLOG reports that Dare Osamo, the former managing director of Star Orient Nigeria Limited, and Bisola Olore, a lawyer, were charged in an Ikeja High … Read more
Gunmen kill four in Imo fresh attack Suspected gunmen in a white sienna car opened fire at the market, killing four people, according to reports. EKO HOT BLOG reports that following an incident that took four lives on Tuesday night, there is palpable anxiety at Anara market in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of … Read more
On Monday, November 1, 2021, a development project managed by Fourscore Homes Limited along Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, crashed to the ground, heaping 21 storeys worth of debris on approximately 50 people who were on-site at the time of the building collapse. Eko Hot Blog Perspective on the Ikoyi Carnage The succeeding days have spun … Read more
PHOTOS: Amotekun Arrests 18 Suspected Bandits, Seizes Over 500 Weapons They were alleged to have taken off from Kastina before landing in Ondo. EKO HOT BLOG reports that days after the military withdrew from checkpoints and highways in Ondo State, personnel from the state’s Security Network Agency, better known as the Amotekun Corps, apprehended suspected … Read more
…the suspect had since confessed to the crime and will soon be arraigned in court on completion of the investigation. EKO HOT BLOG reports that operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Kogi State Command has arrested a suspected armed robber and kidnapper, Umaru Muhammed operating along Irunda-Isanlu, western axis of the state. Twenty-five year-old Muhammed, … Read more
Lagosians were on Thursday thrown into panic as police officers clashed with tricycle riders in the state. EKO HOT BLOG reports that there was heavy tension in the Meiran area of Lagos State on Thursday following a clash between policemen and tricycle operators in the area. According to Newsonline, eyewitnesses disclosed that chaos began … Read more
An aid to the deputy senate president has allegedly harassed a female Rep member EKO HOT BLOG reports that an aide to the Deputy Senate President, Jide Babalola has been detained by men of the Nigeria Police Force for harassing a House of Representatives member, Hon. Tolu Akande-Sadipe at the premises of the National Assembly, … Read more
…the suspect locked himself and his wife one Seun Mojiyagbe up in their room and started beating the wife… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 24-year-old man, Majiyagbe Olamilekan, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his wife to death with a pair of scissors. The Police Public … Read more
Another building has collapsed in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that another building has on Tuesday collapsed in the Lekki area of Lagos State. This online news platform gathered that the collapsed building located at Osapa London area was under construction. A photo of the collapsed building was shared on Twitter by @SkyGospelNewsT1. https://twitter.com/skygospelnewst1/status/1455535738779471879?s=21 Further details on the collapsed building, however, … Read more
The lifeless corpse of the BEDC worker became stuck to the dangling cable, creating an emotional spectacle to see. Ekohotblog reports that on Monday, a Benin Electricity Distribution Company employee was electrocuted in Ughelli, Delta State’s Ughelli North Local Government Area. The tragic occurrence occurred at 5 p.m. on Pipeline Street in the city, as … Read more
A soldier has allegedly defrauded a PoS operator of N100,000 in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a soldier, identified only as Williams, has been accused by a Point-of-Sale (PoS) operator, Samuel Ayodele, of defrauding him of N100,000 in Lagos State. This online newspaper gathered that the soldier on October 26, 2021, drove a black Hilux to the … Read more
NSCDC has arrested two human traffickers in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, has confirmed the arrest of two suspected human traffickers in the Badagry area of the state. According to the the Public Relations Officer, Lagos NSCDC, Abolurin Oluwaseun, the operation was carried out over … Read more
The incident occurred at the Orlu Diocesan Catholic Secretariat, BSC Road, Orlu, Imo State, according to the newsmen. Troops will continue to deny freedom of action to members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network Ekohotblog reports that an attempt to abduct the Catholic Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Most Reverend Augustine Ukwuoma, was … Read more
The EFCC supported its application for the forfeiture with an affidavit sworn by one of its investigators The houses to be forfeited are House 4 Oakville Estate, Kado Kuchi, Abuja and another five-bedroom duplex at Standard Estate, Kabusa, Abuja Ekohotblog reports that Justice Peter Lifu of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the … Read more
According to eyewitnesses in the area, the unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers entered the Cross River State Water Board pump centre and grabbed three additional personnel. Ekohotblog reports that a group of suspected kidnappers invaded the Lemna hamlet in Calabar Municipality Council twice on Sunday between 7 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. During the initial … Read more
…the defendant committed the offences with others still at large in October 2020 and November 2020 at the Police College, Ikeja. EKO HOT BLOG reports that an ex-police officer, Alexander Ilesanmi, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a man of ₦385, 000 in the pretext of securing a police job for him. According to the … Read more
The gunmen shot sporadically into the air to scare passers-by before whisking their target away in their vehicle. The victim’s G-Wagon jeep was later recovered at the scene with three expended cartridges. Ekohotblog reports that officers from the Imo State Police Command apprehended kidnappers along Akwakuma Road in the state’s Owerri West Local Government Area … Read more
NAF officials have killed an artist on BRT lane in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that tragedy struck in Lagos State as officials of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), accused of driving on the Bus Rapid Transit lane in the state, crushed an artist, Ifeanyi Kanu. It was gathered that the artist was on his … Read more