The technology-driven premium bus-hailing service, Plentywaka has celebrated its 100,000 journey completed within its six months of existence, proving just how successful solution-based innovation can be. The fast-growing company that operates in Lagos currently has provided its commuters with 7 routes in comfort, convenience, and safety. A statement issued by the institute on the new … Read more
A Presidential aspirant for the 2023 elections, Olufemi Ajadi has promised all Nigerians a better life that will change citizens’ carreer positively, adding that social amenities and abundance in food supply will reduce poverty and also improve the national economic growth. Ajadi promised Nigerians this on March 8, 2020 while addressing journalists after he had … Read more
A cheating husband has reportedly caught the deadly coronavirus while he was on vacation with his sidechic in Italy without the knowledge of his wife. The man, who is being quarantined in the UK, told the medical team that he got infected while he was on a secret get-away with his mistress in Italy. According … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Thursday, March 19th, 2020 1. Coronavrius: Lagos Shuts All Schools Indefinitely, Opts For E-learning As a measure to curb the swift spread of Coronavirus pandemic, the Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the indefinite closure of all schools from Monday 23 March. READ MORE … Read more
A 20-year-old who was arrested for the rape of a 4-year-old girl has said he “mistakenly” raped the girl in his compound one morning. Isaac Boniface, a resident of forest community of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, was among the 25 suspects paraded by the Police in Plateau State yesterday, March 18, for … Read more
Ondo State Government has confirmed that there is a suspected case of coronavirus in Akure, the state capital, which is being handled at the moment. Earlier publications on Wednesday suggested that a man named David, who came into Nigeria from Maryland, United States of America, has been taken to a government hospital in Ondo State … Read more
Arik Air has announced the temporary suspension of flights to all its West Coast destinations effective from Monday, March 23, 2020. The management of the airline took the decision after a careful analysis of the novel CoronaVirus Disease (COVID-19) which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Read Also: UN Urges … Read more
The European Union’s healthcare regulator has revealed there is currently no evidence which links anti-inflammatory medicines such as ibuprofen with the worsening of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday said, that it was monitoring the situation, adding that patients and healthcare professionals should consider all treatment … Read more
A man has been arrested for digging up a gravesite reported to belong to Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant. Back in February, Dailymail reported that the gravesite in Newport Beach is where Kobe and Gigi were laid to rest. However, last Friday, a man was arrested and placed in handcuffs after he allegedly tried … Read more
The police, on Wednesday, arraigned a 35-year-old man, Adedero Bamidele, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of rape. The Prosecutor, Insp. Monica Ikebuilo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 8, at Emure-Ekiti … Read more
As a measure to curb the swift spread of Coronavirus pandemic, the Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the indefinite closure of all schools from Monday 23 March. The closure of schools capped the various measures announced by the state after four more coronavirus cases were confirmed in the state, taking the state’s tally to … Read more
The Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bashir Bello has urged residents of the state to adhere to hygienic precautionary measures in order to avoid the outbreak of Coronavirus. This is following a suspected case of the disease, a man in his 50’s who arrived Bodija area of Ibadan from the United Kingdom, and has … Read more
Ekohotblog understands that Ekiti State Government has confirmed that it recorded its first case of the deadly coronavirus on Wednesday. This was revealed in a statement by the state’s Ekiti State Commissioner for Health & Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yaya Kolade. The Ekiti State Commissioner said the patient is a 38-year-old Nigerian of Ekiti origin … Read more
A Federal High Court, Lagos, today, adjourned till September 30, the ‘N673 million laundering’ trial of a former Speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his aide, Oyebode Atoyebi. Though, the court did not sit, but the presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Liman communicated the date to both the prosecution, the Economic and Financial … Read more
The Niger State Police Command has arrested one Monday Obiora, 42, for allegedly being in possession of illicit drugs in Bangi, Mariga Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was apprehended by police detectives attached to the Bangi Division following a tip-off. It was learnt that Obiora was sighted along the Rijau Road conveying … Read more
Northwest governors have agreed to shut down schools for thirty days as part of measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19. Also, they agreed to shut down public places with the move expected to begin on March 23rd, 2020. The Chairman of the Forum and the Governor of Kastina State, Aminu Masari, disclosed this … Read more
Scores of bandits operating in Walawa, Yadi and Kuduru hills in Kaduna State were chased out from their hideouts by Nigerian Air Force fighter jets. Many of the bandits were killed and their logistics supplies were destroyed in the joint air and ground operation. The Director Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore … Read more
Following the Federal Government’s travel ban on 13 CoronaVirus affected countries, the Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday announced a N1.1tn intervention fund to support critical sectors of the economy that might be affected by the outbreak. This decision was made public by the The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele while speaking with journalists. Read … Read more
Justice C. N. Oji of the FCT, High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, convicted and sentenced one internet fraudster, Ken Odiase alias Phillip Iowell who was prosecuted by the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Odiase aka Phillip Iowell who pleaded guilty was first arraigned on … Read more
The co-founder and former Group Executive Director of Sahara Group, Tonye Cole on Wednesday said that he was on the same flight with the third coronavirus case. Disclosing this through his official twitter handle, Tonye said he would work from home in compliance with the directive of the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin … Read more