The violent protest occurred in Sankara community, Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Monday evening when police officers enforcing the lockdown imposed on a market allegedly shot a ten-year-old boy identified as Usman Abdulkadir. As alleged by residents, multiple gunshots were fired by the police, and teargas was equally used by them to … Read more
Police authorities in Yobe State have arrested, a 22-year-old man identified as Ba’ari Bacha for severing his wife’s hand. The incident happened at Kasaisa community in Damaturu Local Government Area of Yobe State. Residents disclosed Bacha’s wife, Halima Bulama had sought permission to attend a wedding ceremony of a family member. The husband refused to … Read more
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria under the auspices of its global humanitarian group , Humanity First International Nigeria has donated food items including Rice , beans , Noodles , and Garri( Processed Cassava ) to feed 500 families in Lagos and 300 Kano as well as the Nigeria Union Of Journalists in Lagos state. The … Read more
Confusion and quarrels have continued to unsettle the sleepy town of Amukpe near Sapele in Delta State, following the shocking act of a twenty-eight-year-old, young native doctor in the area who allegedly impregnated a housewife and two Sisters who had sought for love charms. While the act had since last week kept elders of the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked the many callers who condoled with him, the Kyari family and the nation, following the death of his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. The President expressed appreciation for their letters of condolence, adherence to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic, including … Read more
Katsina State Police Command on Sunday said herdsmen have killed forty-seven people, in early morning attacks on communities in three Local Government Areas of the State. Read Also: Delta Lockdown: Gunmen Abduct Priest, Wife And Children The Command’s Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah who confirmed the attack in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday … Read more
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have abducted a priest of the Anglican Communion, Revd Anthony Oyi, his wife and children in Delta State. Revd Oyi and his family members were reportedly abducted on Saturday morning in his farm at Issele-Mkpitime, Aniocha North Local Government Area of the State. The priest, who resides at Olo Agbele … Read more
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has intercepted seven fully loaded commercial vehicles in Ilorin. They were arrested for violating the total lockdown restriction by the government. In a statement made availabe to ekohotblog, Mr. Ayeni Olasunkanmi, the Public Relations Officer of NSCDC Kwara command confirmed that the … Read more
A truck was involved in a lone accident before the Otedola bridge inward Ojodu-Berger, Lagos. The truck crashed into a fence with the empty 40feet container it was carrying to an undisclosed destination. Ekohotblog reports that the accident was caused by an electrical spark that came from the engine compartment of the truck. The Head, … Read more
Operatives of the Special Tactical Squad of the Inspector General of Police have arrested 24 suspected kidnappers in Taraba State. Mr David Misal, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed this to reporters on Monday in Jalingo, the state capital. According to him, the police team engaged the suspects in a gunfight during … Read more
Gunmen on Saturday, killed 47 people in attacks on villages in President Muhammadu Buhari’s State, Katsina, according to a statement by the state police. According to the statement, Gunmen, some with AK 47 guns, carried out the attacks in three local government authorities in the state in the early hours of Saturday between 12:30 a.m. … Read more
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have kidnapped an Anglican priest, Reverend Anthony Oyi in his farm in issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. The priest, his wife, children and another man were whisked away from their farmland but the wife and children were eventually dropped off and the man taken away. There … Read more
A shocking picture has surfaced on the internet of people see washing used nose masks to sell to unsuspecting Nigerians. Nigeria is currently battling with coronavirus, with 542 confirmed cases in the country as at the time of filing this report (Sunday, April 19, 2020). Nose masks, hand gloves, hand sanitizers are items used to … Read more
Some police officers who were seen in a viral video assaulting a woman who was out to “get drugs for her people” in Osun state, have been arrested. The security operatives were arrested after the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu averred that the police force will not condone any act of misconduct and recklessness on … Read more
An Eighteen-Year-Old boy, Akpobome Samuel who allegedly killed his mother, Mrs Gift Samuel by strangulation, and also slept with her corpse at Ologbo town, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State has confessed why he committed the dastardly act. Samuel who was paraded yesterday in Benin among eighty-four other suspects by the police for … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, has directed the arrest of two police officers who were seen in a viral video beating a woman identified as Azeez Tola in Iwo, Osun State on Saturday. According to a statement released by Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, the police boss also ordered the trial of the … Read more
Controversial Nigerian Investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has claimed that the burial rites done for the late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari was an arranged plot to further confuse Nigerians She said the body laid to rest at the the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja is not the body of the Late Chief Of Staff but the … Read more
In the video, two police officers were seen lashing a lady with whips. When contacted, Osun State Commissioner of Police, Babatunde Kokumo, said he has ordered the arrest and detention of the officers involved. “I have ordered the immediate investigation into the matter. I am not in support of what has happened. I have ordered … Read more
A social commentator and political activist, Demola Rewaju, has called for the disbandment of the Nigeria Police Force. He made the call following the viral video of a lady being beaten by men of the force for failing to obey the lockdown order. The lady in question, Tola Azeez, said she was on her way … Read more
Fourteen people died on Thursday while eight others sustained injuries in an auto accident near Makole village along Wudil-Kano road in Kano State. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kano Command, Mr Zubairu Mato in a statement yesterday said a commercial Toyota Hiace bus with registration number DAL 116 XA carrying 22 … Read more