The Police in Ogun state have arrested a cattle rearer, Muhammad Garba, for allegedly hacking a 35-year-old farmer, Segun Akinlade to death at Imala, Abeokuta North Local Government area of the state. The suspect, according to a statement by the Command’s Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi was arrested on Sunday, December 1. According to Oyeyemi, a fight … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a former Managing Director of Achina Microfinance Bank, Aguata in Anambra State, Jonathan Nnamdi Udemadu. Read Also: Gunmen Kidnap Two Priests In Ondo State He was arraigned before Justice I.B Gafai of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra state on nine counts charge bordering … Read more
The Imo State Coordinator, Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON), Dr. Martins Dike, says the crisis in the institute could have been averted but for “ignorance” on the part of some of the gladiators. He stated this in an interview with newsmen at the just concluded ISPON’s 38th Professional Development Conference/ Exhibition (PDC) held … Read more
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday denied reports that it invaded the Federal High Court, Abuja, to rearrest activist and journalist, Omoyele Sowore. Ekohotblog reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday night had released Sowore after spending 124 days in detention. This was following a court ruling ordering DSS to … Read more
A statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin has confirmed the appointment of Mrs Ajibola Chokor as the new Head of Service in Ogun State by Governor Dapo Abiodun. It was reported that the former Head of Service, Lanre Bisiriyu, alongside 11 Permanent Secretaries bowed out … Read more
Twelve people have been swept to their deaths by floods in western Uganda, the Red Cross said on Saturday, as the East African country is battered by torrential rain. “We have recovered 12 bodies from the water and one person has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries,” said Diana Tumuhimbise, Red Cross branch manager … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Saturday, December 7th, 2019 1. Prof. Wole Soyinka Calls On President Buhari To Control His”Dogs Of Disobedience” Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka,has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to control the excesses of DSS officers, whom he described as the President’s ‘dogs of disobedience.’ READ … Read more
Eze Israel Kanu, father of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has died at the age of 86. Here are some facts you may not know about the late leader: His death is coming four months after his wife, Ugoeze Sally Kanu, passed away. See This: IPOB Takes Credit For Attack … Read more
In a bid to curbing sea piracy, oil theft and other criminalities in the Niger Delta Waterways, The MG Vowgas Limited, a fabrication firm is set to build made -in -Nigeria ballistic airboats for use in the country. This was supported by the research department of the Federal Ministry of Defense. Group Managing Director and … Read more
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, December 6, 2019 convicted one Jules Suinner, who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in September 2016n a six-count charge bordering on Conspiracy, Obtaining by False Pretence and Money Laundering to the tune of N37, 000, 000 (Thirty Seven … Read more
Bosch Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to creating more jobs for Nigerian youths to address the enormous challenges of youth unemployment. This was made known during a media chat at the national finals of iCreate festival held in Lagos recently. Managing Director, Robert Bosch, Nigeria, Mr Ghislain Noumbessy attributed the decision to support iCreate festival … Read more
The leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El Zakzaky, has been moved to the Kaduna State Correctional Facility. This development followed a court order mandating the Department of State Secrete Service DSS to release the leader of the Islamic movement from its custody where has been detained for months. Also Read: https://ekohotblog2.com/2019/12/06/court-forecloses-alleged-falsehood-case-against-melaye/ The … Read more
Drawing a line from the Holy Bible in Psalm 126:1-2 “When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing” this verse captures the present state of mind of former Ogun state Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, popularly called OGD, … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Friday, December 6th, 2019 1. Lagos Club: Police Inspector Shoots Man To Death An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 48-year-old dismissed policeman, Edwin Apalowo Ola, for allegedly killing a 27-year-old-man, Malik Mohammed, at a night club, Crest Inn Club, Oshodi. … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 5, 2019, took its anti-corruption campaign to National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Temporary Orientation Camp, Government Science Technical College, Amanda, Gombe State. Read Also: EFCC Storms Yahoo-Boys Den, Arrests Kingpin, 26 Others Speaking at the event, the Commission, through PDS Olapade Adaran who represented the … Read more
At least five people have died and 38 are missing after landslides caused by heavy rains buried homes in eastern Uganda, the Red Cross and police officials said on Thursday. Three children were among the dead in villages on the hills that form the Elgon range in Bududa district, according to the Uganda Red Cross. … Read more
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, on Thursday prayed for President Muhammadu Buhari to run for a third term. Omokri, a fierce critic of Buhari stated this while declaring he has stopped criticizing the President and his administration. In a tweet, the former Presidential aide wrote: “Please stop coming to my profile to … Read more
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, is currently at the Senate. He is at the Senate as one of the stakeholders at a public hearing on a bill for the conversion of the Modibbo Adama University of Technology to a conventional university. The public hearing is being held at the hearing room Room 231 Senate conference … Read more
A group of half-naked women from the birthplace of Mr. Omoyele Sowore, in Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Thursday stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja to protest the continued illegal detention of their son by the Department of State Service. Most of the women numbering about 30 were decked in … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has arrested one Mallam Abdulrashid Imam for defrauding one Arc. Mohammed Dewu, to the tune of over $3,024,000 (Three Million and Twenty Four Thousand Million United State Dollars). The arrest came as a result of a petition written by one Arc. Dewu who alledged that … Read more