Police brutalise FIIRO workers for protesting DG’s certificate

Men of the Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, supposedly struck some workers of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, throughout a demonstration versus the Director-General of the institute, ChimaIgwe Eko warm blog site found out that the workers were vocal singing uniformity tunes and also requiring the suspension of Igwe when the policemen … Read more

Ogun State To Pay 30,500 Minimum Wage

The Organised Labour and also the Ogun State Government have actually settled on the settlement of N30,500 base pay for employees in the State with impact from January 1, 2020, DAILY POSTreports This was had in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the arrangement got to and also authorized by the agents of Organised Labour … Read more

CAN refutes Buhari’s claim that 90% Boko Haram victims are Muslims

President Muhammadu Buhari has actually claimed that it is not real that Boko Haram revolt has actually asserted the lives of even more Christians thanMuslims He said that the contrary held true, firmly insisting that “90 per cent” of fatalities from strikes by the terrorists wereMuslims Buhari offered his setting in an op-ed released in … Read more

Community policing gets N31m funding, South-West governors, IGP meet Thursday

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The Federal Government has actually allocated N3108 m for purchase of devices for community policing tasks in2020 A look-up by our news workdesk right into the Federal Government’s 2020 budget plan revealed the arrangement for the expense under the Ministry of Police Affairs’ price quotes. Although the budget plan did not state details things to … Read more

Another Fire Outbreak In Ibadan

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Ibadan (IBEDC) nuclear power plant, Ayede situated in Akinyemi, Ibadan is presently ablaze. The root cause of the fire and also the degree of damages is yet to be determined as at the time of this report. On Tuesday, there was complication at Akala Expressway, Elebu location of Ibadan, the … Read more

Obaseki Calls For Effort To Fight Cancer

The Edo State Governor,Mr Godwin Obaseki has actually contacted Nigerians to join hands with the federal government to fight versus the cancer scourge, keeping in mind that avoidance stays a much-neglected tool in the anti-cancer fight. Obaseki stated this in ceremony of the World Cancer Day, reserved by the World Health Organisation (THAT) to attract … Read more

Major Nigerian Headlines For Today Wednesday, February 5th, 2020

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Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 1. Organised Labour in Kwara to embark on 3 day Fasting Organised work in Kwara State has in fact asked staff members in the state to begin a three-day fasting as well as additionally request start from February 5 (today) … Read more

Malawi Court Nullifies Presidential Election Result, See Why

Malawi Court Nullifies Presidential Election Result, See Why

… …Court Orders Election Re- run In a landmark judgment, Malawi’s Constitutional Court has actually squashed the May 2019 presidential ballot that stated Peter Mutharika a victor and also got a fresh survey within 150 days. The judgment adhered to an application from resistance parties mentioning abnormalities. Mutharika, Malawi head of state given that 2014, … Read more

FG Drags Farmers To Court Over Non Refund Of N17bn Loan

FG Drags Farmers To Court Over Non Refund Of N17bn Loan

Some farmers in Kebbi State have been taken to court over non-payment of the loan they took to aide their farming work. It could be recalled that in 2015, the Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammed Buhari, in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), introduced a programme called Anchor … Read more

Organised Labour in Kwara to embark on 3 day Fasting

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Organised labour in Kwara State has actually asked employees in the state to start a three-day fasting and also petition beginning from February 5 (today) to February 7. The purpose of the spiritual workout, the labour leaders claimed“is to seek God’s intervention on the delay in the implementation of the new national minimum wage in … Read more

Alayegun Of Ode-Omu Is Dead

The Alayegun of Ode-Omu in Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Lamidi Oke, has actually died. The queen, that was set up concerning 6 years ago supposedly passed away at the Muslim Hospital, Ede on Tuesday after a lengthy health issues. It was collected that the late queen, a nonagenarian, was previously flown … Read more

Outrage:- Nsukka as LG boss empowers women with head pans, trowels, shovels

There was extreme craze as well as stricture at Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Tuesday, adhering to the circulation of head pans, shovels as well as trovels as empowerment devices to women of the council by the Caretaker Committee Chairman, ChinweUgwu The chairman last month, got hefty objection from people of the … Read more

Fayose to FG: Akure-Ado has become a death trap, repair it

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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has regreted the state of the Akure–Ado Ekiti Road, claiming the interstate roadway has transformed to a death trap. Fayose, that got in touch with the Federal Government to deal with the roadway connecting Akure, the Ondo State resources, with its Ekiti State equivalent, Ado Ekiti, claimed,“The … Read more

Prof. Olu Ogunsakin Heads New National Institute For Police Studies

Professor Olu Ogunsakin has actually been designated to head the new National Institute for PoliceStudies The institute is an associate of the Nigeria Police Academy, WudilKano The new institute is briefly situated within the Police Staff College, Jos and also will certainly give police employees, together with other participants of the national security neighborhood with … Read more

Budget under threat as oil sinks to $54

Oil Prices Fall To $31 In Wake Of Saudi Price War

The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, plummeted to its lowest level in more than a year on Monday, trading below the Federal Government’s benchmark for the 2020 budget, as the coronavirus outbreak hit fuel demand in China. The 2020 budget, which was signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in December, was based … Read more

AGF Malami says Nigeria to spend Abacha loot on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, two others

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Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has highlighted how the country will spend the US$308 million looted by the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha when it is finally returned. He said this while signing an Asset Recovery Agreement to repatriate over US$308 million of forfeited … Read more

Coronavirus: Reps reject move to evacuate Nigerians from China

Just In: Coronavirus: Reps To Suspend Plenary For 2 Weeks

The House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a call for the evacuation of Nigerians from China as coronavirus spreads from the country to other parts of the world. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Benjamin Kalu, had moved a motion praying that Nigerians stranded in China over the health … Read more

Protest as tipper crushes five people to death in Bayelsa

A fatal accident on Monday has claimed the lives of five persons in Bayelsa State. The victims, a commercial tricycle operator and his four passengers, along the Tombia-Amassoma Road in Yenagoa, were crushed to death after a collision happened between a tricycle and a tipper at about 7;30pm The collision was said to have occurred … Read more

This Is The Most Callous Gov’t Since Nigeria Became A Nation – David Oyedepo Blast Buhari

The founder of winners Church, David oyedepo angrily rained curses on terrorist during the covenant hour of prayer today. He read from Psalm 11:6, 7:11 – 13 and he said “Know that God is angry with the wicked every day, God is angry with Myyetti allah every day, God is angry with everybody backing evil … Read more

JAMB makes N5.6 Billion from sales of UTME/DE forms, others in three weeks

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that the body generated N5,615,803,467.00 revenue from the sales of forms for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examination to admission seekers in the nation’s tertiary institutions. About 1,121,564 million candidates have so far registered for the examination, which will hold … Read more

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