The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), says that it cuts-off electricity supply most times when it rains to save lives, properties and to protect its equipment. Oyebode Fadipe, AEDC’s General Manager, Corporate Communications, gave the explanation while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Fadipe was reacting to complaints … Read more
A veteran broadcast journalist, Umar Tudunwada, died Sunday afternoon from a road accident outside Kano city. Mr Tudunwada was returning to the city from an engagement in Abuja when the crash happened around Kura town, about 25 kilometres from Kano. In a career that spanned close to 40 years, Mr Tudunwada worked in television and … Read more
Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) will begin a nationwide strike on Wednesday, July 3, after the expiration of a two-week strike ultimatum issued by the union on June 13 over non-payment of stevedoring contractors. Abdul-Waheed Adeyanju, the President-General of MWUN, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday. According to him, … Read more
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has urged the Federal Government to speed up the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage in order to improve the living condition of workers. The Lagos State Chairman of the council, Mallam Shakirudeen Olofin, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in … Read more
The Presidency has reacted to the controversies surrounding the planned establishment of Ruga settlement for Fulani herdsmen across the nation. It wa reported that the news of the Federal Government’s move to set up settlement for the herders has generated a lot of controversies among Nigerians. However, in a statement to newsmen on Sunday, signed … Read more
A Lagos businesswoman, Abimbola Ayanwale has been killed by yet to be identified men. According to a friend, the lady received a call on Monday, June 1, 2019 around 8pm and left. By the time it was 10:45pm her dead body was already lying down on the road in Maryland. It was gathered that her … Read more
A renewed clash between members of rival cult groups have left no fewer than five cultists dead in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Two young men were beheaded by suspected cultists in the metropolis following a battle for supremacy between the Greenlanders and Debam, also known as Bobos. The three others were also killed in … Read more
Reports say the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila may likely name three committees each today (Thursday). The two leaders are also expected to announce the adjournment of both chambers sine die on June 20. Investigations by The Punch in Abuja on Wednesday revealed that the lawmakers of … Read more
The Ekiti State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it has arrested a herdsman for allegedly beheading a lady believed to be his girlfriend in Ilasa Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Caleb Ikechukwu who confirmed the killing, said investigations into the incident had commenced. … Read more
Worried by the increasing rate of mental health disorders, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it will be addressing emergencies and mental disorders in Nigeria and several other countries this year. In a report published on Wednesday, WHO listed other countries affected to include Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, the … Read more
Some gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, on Wednesday, unleashed mayhem on travellers at the Ikire axis of the Ife-Ibadan Expressway and shot dead an employee of the Atakumosa West Local Government Area of Osun State, Samson Adenipekun. It was gathered that the deceased was travelling to Ibadan, Oyo State, in an unregistered Toyota Corolla … Read more
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has reportedly cut off power supply to seven streets at Gowon Estate in the Alimosho area of Lagos over claims that one of its officials was assaulted by a resident of the Estate. According to The PUNCH, that the IE officials had vowed not to reconnect the 5th Avenue, … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian newspapers headlines for today, Tuesday, June 11th, 2019. 1. It’s Not Enough To Declare June 12 Democracy Day, Atiku Challenges The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to focus on curbing the level of hunger in the country … Read more
Several persons have been feared injured in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital following an explosion at a mall. The incident was said to have taken place at about 5:00 pm in the Kitchen area of the mall. This incident was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, on Wednesday. Omoni revealed … Read more
A senior Nigerian lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has called on the federal government to honour other Nigerians who participated in the annulled June 12, 1993, election. Falana said this on Wednesday as the country marks the 2019 Democracy Day which was moved from May 29th to June 12 in honour of the acclaimed winner of … Read more
Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation Magazine has regarded President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to be autocratic rather than democratic. He added that it will be hard for the country to produce the likes of the late Moshood Abiola who was the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. “I see Buhari’s government as … Read more
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, under the auspices of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, has vowed to work in synergy with the leadership of the ninth National Assembly. This was disclosed in a letter of congratulations signed by the Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Kebbi state, Atiku Bagudu. … Read more
A Nigerian human rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to recognise other Nigerians who played a part in the struggle for the annulled June 12, 1993, election. He made this known during a Channels TV programme, on Wednesday. He said the federal government should go beyond conferring national honours … Read more
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to focus on curbing the level of hunger in the country and stop offering Nigerians what he described as tokenism.” The former vice-president said it is not enough to declare June 12 as Democracy Day as many Nigerians are … Read more
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its helicopter crashed in the process of landing while returning from an anti-banditry combat mission in the Northwest Theatre under Operation HADARAN DAJI. A statement on Wednesday in Abuja by NAF’s spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said that details of the cause of the incident, which occurred at the … Read more