Anambra billionaire and owner of Fireman Generator Chief Ignatius Odunukwe was kidnapped and murdered by criminals pretending to be real estate buyers. Ekohotblog understands Ignatius Odunukwe went missing in November 2019 and his body found on 16th January 2020. The billionaire who hails from Oraukwu in Anambra State went missing when he went to seal … Read more
26-year-old Udoh Effiong has been sentenced to one month imprisonment by Egor Magistrates Court in Benin for stealing a laptop from his employer. He was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to stealing and begged the court for leniency. The court however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N10,000. According to the … Read more
A 29-year-old man identified as Mustapha Idris has allegedly killed his 20-year-old pregnant girlfriend because he was scared of what people would think when news of her pregnancy out of wedlock spreads. The Jigawa State Police Command confirmed that Idris is currently in police net for murdering Nafisa Hashimu. Spokesperson for the police in … Read more
A 20-year-old woman, Folorunsho Emmanuel, who allegedly beat up her neighbour, over unpaid electricity bills on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. Emmanuel, who resides at No. 21, Banjoko, St., Oshodi, Lagos, is charged with two counts of conspiracy and assault. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Insp. Evenly … Read more
The dead body of a 35-year-old nursing mother, Mrs. Idenyi Ebere Ukamaka, was at the weekend discovered in a drainage behind Enugu North Mass transit park along Afikpo road Abalaliki, the capital city of Ebonyi State. The deceased, popularly known as Mama Ebuka and nursing an 11 days old baby, was said to have been … Read more
At least 10 shops have been destroyed in an inferno in the Ogoja local government area of Cross River State. The inferno which occurred at about 10:00 a.m. Saturday affected shops located along the Federal Science College, Ogboja-Abakpa, Ogoja. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained, but brave residents worked hard to quell … Read more
A Junior Secondary School (JSS) student of Kekeshi in Abaji, identified as Aromeh, has drowned in a river in the area while trying to swim at about 12:00pm on Wednesday. A teacher who pleaded anonymity disclosed that the 13-year-old boy left the class along with three of his classmates during break to swim in the … Read more
41-year old Tunde Taiwo has been sentenced without an option fine to two years imprisonment for stealing cooking rentals from two different people and selling them to an unknown buyer. Taiwo was reported to have gone to one Mrs. Christiana Ikelu’s shop at No 7, Chief Dotun Street, Ago Okota, pretended to rent some cooking … Read more
Twenty-seven children who were kept hostages in an illegal orphanage home situated at Iroko Avenue, Nomansland, Kano, have been rescued by the State Police Command. State commissioner of police, CP Ahmad Illiyasu confirmed the incident while briefing newsmen on the command’s efforts to rescue Kano missing children. He explained that operatives of operation Puff-Adder arrested … Read more
A single mother who was identified as Ms Odegua Okojie, has filed a law suit against the Nigeria’s Secret Service for illegal dention at a Federal High Court in Benin. Okojie prayed the to compel DSS to pay her N300m as compensation for illegal detention adding that, she was illegally detained for nine days in … Read more
The gruesome murder of a 55-year-old Nigerian businessman identified as Olushola Bola Omotosho Dare has been reported. The Nigerian man died in his office in Bisschopstraat, Antwerp North in Belgium on Wednesday, January 15 after he was stabbed severally with a knife. This online medium understands Dare before his death, operated a Western Union agency … Read more
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has confirmed the death of a journalist, Mr Maxwell Nashan, attacked by unknown assailants. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nashan, a young reporter with Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) FM station, popularly known as Fombina FM in Yola, was found unconscious in the early hours … Read more
Community chiefs of Ijare town in Ondo State allegedly led youths to chase away herdsmen who believe have been causing havoc in the area. The incidence spiked a mild drama on Wednesday morning as the herders left their cows behind and ran for their lives. It was learnt that the community took this step after … Read more
A fatal accident in Opi-Nsukka road has claimed the lives of at least three persons while four others are in critical condition at the hospital. The accident occurred when a commercial bus collided with a tipper lorry along Opi axis in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday. It was gathered that The … Read more
Youths of Nsukka Local Government area of Enugu state, have condemned the empowerment program of the local government transition committee that distributed wheelbarrow to youths in the area. The transition committee Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chinwe Ugwu, had organized the empowerment program in conjunction with National Council of Enugu State … Read more
The Transition Committee Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area, Hon. Mrs. Chinwe Ugwu has drawn the ire of residents of Enugu State and beyond after she rolled out a wheelbarrow empowerment programme. DAILY POST reports that Ugwu is one of the chairmen that were appointed last December, ahead of the Local Government election slated for … Read more
A minor earth tremor rocked the Bwari Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday, Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) confirmed. Deputy Director in the agency and head of Geophysics Department, Mr Imam Kaka said officials of the agency had visited Bwari to evaluate the situation. Kaka said that although vibrations had occurred in … Read more
The people of the gas-rich settlement in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, has appealed to the Governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, to complete the construction of a new unity bridge to replace the collapsed one linking Imiringi. The bridge, which is the fastest route connecting natives and visitors from the Kolo end of … Read more
For more than two decades after his asylum application was rejected, Sunny a Nigerian found a safe haven aboard the buses that zigzag across London at night. What’s it like to spend every night on the lower decks? Sunny waits patiently, wind penetrating his well-worn jacket and the winter cold biting at his extremities. It’s … Read more
Investigations are currently ongoing over a 47 year old man identified as Sunday Agwim who murdered his 62-year-old mother in their home at Umuobom in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State. The suspect who is currently detained in police net murdered his mother using a hammer and a machete on her head … Read more