Hoodlums have set another Police station ablaze in Anambra. EKO HOT BLOG reports that some hoodlums have burnt down the Umuchu Police Station along the Umuchu-Achina road, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The hoodlums reportedly stormed the place at about 3am on Sunday and set the facility on fire. EDITOR’S PICKS Panic As … Read more
Scores of passengers have been abducted after gunmen attacked a train station in Edo State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have abducted an unspecified number of passengers from a train station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. The development is coming barely a year after terrorists suspected to … Read more
Fire has razed down a shopping plaza in Anambra market. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a shopping plaza near the Relief Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, has been razed down by fire. It gathered that the plaza housing multi-billion naira worth of goods is owned by traders yet to return from the Yuletide holidays. EDITOR’S … Read more
PDP House of Assembly candidate Matthew Akawu has been confirmed dead. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Matthew Akawu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election in Pengana State Constituency, in Plateau State, is dead. Akawu, who was billed to fly the party’s flag in the 2023 State Assembly election, was … Read more
Ex-minister Bello Kirfi has been stripped of his traditional title for allegedly ‘disrespecting’ Gov Bala. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Bauchi Emirate Council has stripped a former Minister of Special Duties, Bello Kirfi, of his traditional title of “Wazirin Bauchi” and removed him from being a Council Member for the second time in five … Read more
A popular herbalist has reportedly slumped and di£d at a hotel in Ikere Ekiti in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State after an alleged s-x romp with his female partner. EDITOR’S PICKS Buhari’s Aide, Bashir Reacts As Obasanjo Endorses Peter Obi For Presidency ‘Your Last Candidate Failed Nigerians’ – Atiku Replies Obasanjo Over Obi’s … Read more
A former deputy speaker of the House of Assembly has been confirmed dead. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Deputy Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Saleh Abubakar Dumba, is dead. It was gathered that Dumba died on Thursday night. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: NBA Demands N5b Compensation For Family Of Slain Lagos … Read more
A Court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his stepmother. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Kano High Court on Thursday, December 29, 2022, sentenced a 29-year-old man, Sagiru Abdullahi, to death by hanging for stabbing his stepmother Zainab Dan’azumi, 55, to death. It was gathered that the court had earlier … Read more
Gunmen have abducted another female soldier, stripped and vowed to behead her. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Unknown Gunmen have kidnapped a lieutenant of the Nigerian Army, PP Johnson, and vowed to kill her. The abducted Army officer, PP Johnson was accused of being a saboteur by remaining in the Nigerian Armed Forces. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
Three persons have been killed following an explosion in Kogi Community. EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than three persons have been killed following an explosion in the Okene area of Kogi State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Thursday morning at the Oyinoyi’s Palace in the Okenne Local Government Area of … Read more
Buhari has reacted to the death of Warri’s longest-serving chief, Igienoyibo. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday condoled with the Olu of Warri, all chiefs of the kingdom, family and friends of the Rone family, over the passage of Chief S.S Rone, Ogienoyibo, the Obazuaye of Warri and longest-serving chief. Buhari … Read more
Police in Brasilia arrested a man on Saturday suspected of planting and possessing explosive devices one week ahead of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s inauguration, Police Chief Robson Candido said during a news briefing. Eko Hot Blog reports that the 54-year-old suspect went to Brasilia for demonstrations in support of President Jair Bolsonaro, … Read more
Nigerians have reacted to the killing of a Lagos-based lawyer Bolanle Raheem by a Policeman. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerians on social media are shocked and enraged that a trigger-happy Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) shot dead a Lagos-based female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem in the Ajah area of the state on Christmas Day. The … Read more
Troops killed 3 top Boko Haram commanders and 27 others in Borno. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a joint military operation involving air and ground components have killed three notorious Boko Haram terrorists, Khaids Abbah Tukur, Maimusari, and Bakura Jega, alongside their colleague-terrorists, numbering over 75, at Mantari in Gezuwa area of Bama local government … Read more
Six died and 16 were injured in another Christmas Day auto crash. EKO HOT BLOG reports that tragedy struck on Christmas Day when six persons died and 16 others were injured in a road crash in Sabuwar Miya village of Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The FRSC boss, Yusuf Abdullahi disclosed this in a … Read more
Police are hunting for a gunman after a woman was fatally shot at a pub on Merseyside on Christmas Eve. Eko Hot Blog reports that three other men are being treated for gunshot wounds in hospital after the attack in The Lighthouse in Wallasey Village, Wirral at about 23:50 GMT on Saturday. EDITOR’S PICKS British … Read more
Oyo Police have nabbed kidnappers of ex-UI DVC and recovered AK-47 Rifles. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Oyo State police command on Thursday paraded no fewer than 19 suspects in Ibadan for kidnapping, killings of prominent citizens, and armed robbery offences. The police arrested suspected kidnappers and killers of an Ogbomoso hotelier, Olugbenga Owolabi, … Read more
IPOB has declared that the Police IG, Usman Baba is ‘unfit to end insecurity.’ EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has fired back at the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, Saying that he is “unfit to end insecurity” in the country. Recall that the IGP had on Wednesday described … Read more
F The FBI is warning of an “explosion” in cases of teenagers and young boys being tricked into sending explicit pictures online. Eko Hot Blog reports that It said there had been a sharp rise in the blackmail scheme which it linked to at least a dozen suicides in the US this year. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
ACF BoT Chairman, Malami is dead. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Board of Trustees (BoT, Ambassador Shehu Malami, died at the age of 85. It was gathered that Malami died on Monday night in Cairo, Egypt, where he lived after a brief illness. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Ramaphosa … Read more