An angry mob has lynched the driver and conductor of a water truck after their vehicle crushed five children to death in Ebonyi. Spokesperson of the Ebonyi State Police Command, DSP Loveth Odah, who confirmed the development on Thursday, November 5, said that the incident happened at Onu Nworiegu in Oshiri, Onicha Local Government Area … Read more
Academic and social activities were paralysed at the Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH), Igbesa on Tuesday, November 3, as students shut down the institution’s gates to protest against the death of a student who was allegedly rejected by the school clinic after a motorcycle accident. IgbereTV gathered that the deceased, an ND I Computer … Read more
Gboah TV has confirmed the death of its staff, Onifade Pelumi, a 200-level student of the department of history, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State. Onifade who was also an intern-reporter with the organisation was declared missing on Saturday, October 24, 2020. In a statement issued by the management of Gboah TV, Onifade … Read more
The Ekiti State Government has publicly shamed the seventh convicted sex offender under its name and shame initiative. The sex offender, whose details were pasted in public places and included in the sex offenders’ register, is a 51-year-old man, Ajayi Peter. Peter was sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court of Ado Ekiti for … Read more
A Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday ordered that a 45-year-old mechanic, Amusu Olajide, who pleaded guilty to biting off his wife’s three fingers be remanded in police custody. The police charged Olajide, who lives in Gui village, Sunka, FCT with two counts of criminal force and assault and causing grievous … Read more
The Kano State Fire Service says it saved 132 lives and property worth N16.5 million in 41 fire incidents in the state in October The Public Relations Officer of service, Mr Saidu Muhammad, said this in a statement in Kano on Wednesday. Muhammad who said that the fire incidents occurred in different parts of the … Read more
Gunmen on Tuesday evening have reportedly killed a pregnant woman, at Rigachikun, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis. A source from the area disclosed that the woman and her husband were kidnapped and taken away from their residence. The source said the wife was killed by the suspected kidnapers when security operatives engaged them in gun … Read more
Suspected cultists on Monday killed one person inside the premises of a telecommunication company, MTN, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The victim, Victor Abasi, was killed when the hoodlums who were members of Greenlanders cult group stormed the commercial office of the telecom giant along DSP Alamieyeseigha Way in the Bayelsa capital. An eyewitness told journalists on … Read more
Sick Delta businesswoman dies 8 days after she was released by kidnappers Ekohotblog, November 3,2020… Mrs Christy Efede, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Efe Samtex Pharmacy Ltd, has reportedly died eight days after she was released by abductors in Delta State. Ekohotblog reported earlier that Mrs Christy Efede was ambushed and abducted by gunmen at around … Read more
I Became Paralyzed After SARS Officers Pushed Me From A Two-Storey Building – Trader Narrates Ekohotblog, November 3, 2020… One trader, Ndukwe Ekwekwe, has narrated how police officers of the disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) made him paralyzed. Ekekwe who came in on a wheelchair to the Lagos State Judicial Panel Investigating cases of police brutality … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 3RD NOVEMBER, 2020 The #Endsars protest has resumed in some places in Nigeria. The youths in Abuja went to Abuja airport today but they were confronted by the Nigerian Army to stop the protest The #EndSars Protest has died down in recent days because numerous states in Nigeria declare a curfew but Nigerian youths … Read more
A middle-aged man, Victor Ibemesim, has been traumatised over the sudden disappearance of his 13-year-old ward in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Isaac Mezie Nwanegbo, a native of Anam in Anambra West Local Government Area of the state, was last seen wearing his school uniform. The Nation gathered that efforts to trace Isaac whereabouts had been … Read more
20 year-old Lagos-based journalist, Pelumi Onifade, was recently shot dead in the custody of the Lagos State Task Force led by Yinka Egbeyemi, SaharaReporters has gathered. Pelumi, who was working with Gboa TV, was arrested by policemen at Abattoir, Oko Oba area of Agege, on October 24 while on official duty and whisked away. Speaking … Read more
Four persons on Monday were saved in a multiple auto crash along Otedola Bridge, inward Berger, on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Reports has it that the victims, three males and a female were said to be badly injured as one suffered a severed limb. The accident which occurred in the night involved an empty tanker with number … Read more
Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Monday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between a commercial motorcyclist, Akinola Olaogun and his wife, Shakirat A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Monday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between a commercial motorcyclist, Akinola Olaogun and his wife, Shakirat, over threat of acid bath. Delivering judgment, Chief Ademola Odunade, the court’s … Read more
Benue Youths Protest Over Mysterious Disappearance Of Manhood Ekohotblog, November 2, 2020… Chaos in Daudu community, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State as youths protest over the sudden disappearance of manhood in the community. Ekohotblog learned that over seven men have reportedly been victims so far, causing fear among men in the communities. Read also: Parents Of Missing Ukrainian … Read more
The decapitated body of a suspected cultist was found in the early hours of Monday, November 2, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The deceased’s corpse, popularly called ‘star boy’ was found along the railway line close to Maraba area of the state capital. EkoHotBlog reports that residents and shop owners around the area gathered … Read more
Two inbound passengers have been apprehended by the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the NDLEA. They were arrested for allegedly importing 16.65kg of cocaine into the country. Ekohotblog, November 2, 2020… The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended two travelers at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos State for allegedly importing 16.65 kilograms of cocaine … Read more
Ekohotblog, 2nd November, 2020 A soldier has been spotted in a video beating a woman for ‘indecent’ dressing in Beere community of Ibadan, Oyo state. In Beere Community of Ibadan, Oyo state, a soldier was seen harrasing a lady publicly because she dressed indecently. Also in the video, he was spotted cutting the hair of … Read more
Man With fake Naira Notes Arrested In Adamawa state Ekohotblog, November 2, 2020. A 26-year-old man identified as Eson Fatgoel is currently cooling off at the Adamawa state police custody for possession and circulation of fake Naira notes in the state. Ekohotblog confirmed that the suspect, was arrested on Saturday, October 31, by police operatives attached to … Read more