Police Nab Transborder Indian Hemp Supplier In Katsina EKO HOT BLOG reports that police authorities in Katsina State on Friday paraded a 58-year-old suspected Indian Hemp dealer with 180 carefully sealed parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The suspect simply identified as Abdurrazaq Ajibade of Kofa community in Kwara State … Read more
The police in Lagos, on Friday, said it arrested two employees of a transport company for allegedly assaulting a policeman on duty. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Police Public Relations Officers (PRO) in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Friday in a statement. EDITOR’S PICK Lagos Court Remands Six Men For Allegedly … Read more
Scores Killed As NAF Jets Bombard Bello Turji’s Camp In Zamfara EKO HOT BLOG reports that scores of armed bandits belonging to the notorious Bello Turji camp have been eliminated. According to PRNigeria, the bandits were killed during a ‘surprise raid’ by the air troops of Operation Forest Sanity in Zamfara State. EDITOR’S … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested five suspects over their role in the killing of Senator Kabiru Gaya’s son, Barr. Sadiq Gaya. Eko Hot Blog reports that the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, said that five suspects, in connection with the murder, were in police custody as investigation continues. EDITOR’S … Read more
Drama As Nigerian Hospital Detains Corpse Of 12-Year-Old Over Debts EKO HOT BLOG reports that the corpse of a 12-year-old girl, Glory Ekeleyede has been held by the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) over the inability of her parents to offset the accumulated hospital bill. Ekeleyede was said to have died in the … Read more
The Nigerian Army shooting range bullets have hit two individuals in Ibadan Eko Hot Blog reports that several neighborhoods around the 2Division Nigeria Army at Odogbo in Ibadan are in a state of chaos after two people were shot by stray gunshots from the barracks’ shooting range. EDITOR’S PICK Lagos Court Remands Six Men … Read more
YABATECH student has been shot dead on campus EKO HOT BLOG reports that a student of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) Akoka, Lagos mainland, has been shot dead EDITOR’S PICK Lagos Court Remands Six Men For Allegedly Inflicting Injury On Woman, Others Gbajabiamila Makes Fresh 10 Appointments 10 Months To 9th NASS Expiration JUST … Read more
Lagos has auctioned 134 abandoned vehicles EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Taskforce in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Justice has auctioned 134 forfeited and abandoned vehicles at the Taskforce compound in Alausa, Ikeja. EDITOR’S PICK Lagos Court Remands Six Men For Allegedly Inflicting Injury On Woman, Others Gbajabiamila Makes … Read more
Gov. Abiodun Consoles Akeredolu Over Mother’s Death EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has commiserated with his Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, over the demise of his mother, Lady Evangelist Grace Akeredolu. Madam Akeredolu passed on peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of … Read more
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday announced the death of his mother, Lady Evangelist Grace Akeredolu. EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, his mother died on Thursday morning aged 90. EDITOR’S PICK Lagos Court Remands Six Men For Allegedly Inflicting Injury On Woman, Others Gbajabiamila … Read more
Kogi State Government has sealed-off all First Bank Nigeria PLC branches operating in the State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the action was on the order of a Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja. EDITOR’S PICK Lagos Court Remands Six Men For Allegedly Inflicting Injury On Woman, Others Gbajabiamila Makes Fresh 10 Appointments … Read more
A Lagos court has remanded six men for allegedly inflicting injury on woman EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Magistrate’s court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos, has remanded six men in Correctional centre for allegedly conspiring to cut off a woman and others’ fingers. EDITOR’S PICK UK Longest Serving Monarch, Queen Elizabeth Dies At 96 … Read more
Three Mercedes Benz Sports Utility Vans (SUVs) brought in for repairs at a mechanic shop were vandalized, while their brain boxes and oil pumps were stolen, according to a report. On Wednesday, September 7, police officers with the Surulere Division arrested the suspects. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Benjamin Hundeyin, a spokesman for the Command, claimed … Read more
Police Nab six cultists over attempted assassination of Ogun Monarch. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ogun State Police Command have arrested six suspected members of Eiye cult group while attempting to kill a traditional ruler in his palace. The suspects, according to a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, … Read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu has adjourned judgement on the suit between Bashir Machin and Senate President Ahmed Lawan. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the presiding judge, Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu, after listening to all the submissions of arguments by the defense councils, ruled that the judgement date would be communicated to all … Read more
Nine ladies have been reportedly rescued as rainfall plunged Lagos building. EKO HOT BLOG reports that mine persons were rescued from a sinking building in the Maryland area of Lagos on Monday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the agency Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development in a … Read more
Two leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State have been arraigned for alleged perjury and conspiracy EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police AIG Zone One Kano, has charged the Fagge Local Government Chairman and Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Muhammad Auwal and Umar … Read more
Tears As 19-Year-Old Undergraduate Commits Suicide In Osun. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force said it is investigating the events that birthed the suicide of a 19-year-old student in the state over the weekend. The security agency revealed in a statement made available to newsmen … Read more
NDLEA operatives have arrested a Brazilian returnee ‘who excreted 92 wraps of cocaine’ in Abuja. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested a Brazilian returnee and father of two, Okolie Paulinus Nwabueze at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for importing Ninety Two (92) … Read more
NSCDC Nabs Man For Allegedly D*filing Teenage Niece EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested one Tyoughche Emmanuel for allegedly defiling his 14 years old niece (name withheld). Emmanuel, 38 years old, who hails from Naka Gwe-West Local Government Area of Benue State, was arrested … Read more