President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast said Hamed Bakayoko has died on Wednesday following cancer treatment in a German hospital. Bakayoko had turned 56 on Monday. Ouattara while expressing the pains from the death of Bakayoko through a statement said, “my son and close collaborator, torn from us too soon.” Bakayoko took over as prime … Read more
China’s internet erupted in mirth at America’s troubled democracy after supporters of President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol, comparing the chaos to the Hong Kong anti-government protests of 2019. On Thursday morning, state media tabloid Global Times tweeted side-by-side photo comparisons of Hong Kong protesters occupying the city’s Legislative Council Complex in July … Read more
Elon Musk is officially the wealthiest person on earth. The 49-year-old now has a estimated net worth of $185 billion, overtaking Bezos, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Read also: Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk Tied With Bill Gates As Second World’s Richest Man Musk is a major shareholder of the electric car company, Tesla and … Read more
Police have ordered the evacuation of several office buildings for the US Congress as supporters of President Donald Trump broke down security barricades in Capitol. Capitol Police sent orders for Congressional staff to leave the Cannon building and other large offices after Trump called on his followers to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s election … Read more
A senior official of the United State (US) identified as Moncef Slaoui said the country is expected to approve the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine in April. Moncef Slaoui, the chief advisor to Operation Warp Speed who stated this added that the US trials and assessments would be complete for approval “sometime in early April.” “Several tens … Read more
Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kenya has arrested a wanted Nigerian Cyber Crime suspect upon the attempt to flee the country. A statement by DCI mentioned that detectives halted Charles Ogochukwu alias ‘Sanchez’ at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. Read Also: Police Unveils Cybercrime Reporting Portal According to the security agency, his … Read more
Shortly after testing positive for COVID-19, newly elected US congressman, Luke Letlow, has been confirmed dead on Wednesday. A post on the Republican Facebook page which confirmed the report read that, “Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, passed away this evening at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport due to complications from COVID-19.” Ekohotblog reports that he was was admitted … Read more
41 persons have been confirmed dead in a wrecked boat which was recovered from Lake Albert, inbetween Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Official sources made this known to PANA on Saturday, adding that the mishap had taken place on Wednesday. An administrative source in Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri in the … Read more
Foreign Minister of Italy on Sunday said the country will impose a ban on passenger flights from Britain as the British government warned that a new more infectious strain of the virus was “out of control”. “The United Kingdom has issued an alert concerning a new strain of Covid-19,” Luigi Di Maio wrote on his … Read more
United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced ‘Tier 4’ level of COVID restrictions for South East England, including London. The British PM ditched his previous plans for a five-day relaxation of COVID rules over Christmas and told people in ‘Tier 4’ areas they will no longer be allowed to form “Christmas bubbles” with other … Read more
Over 1,000 people in Japan were forced to spend the night in their cars on Thursday after record snowfall blanketed parts of the country. The first few motorists traveling on an expressway connecting Tokyo with Niigata on the Japan Sea coast found their route blocked on Wednesday evening, according to media reports. As gathered by Eko … Read more
A Michigan man by the name Walter Forbes has regained freedom after being wrongfully imprisoned for forty years. Walter Forbes was a young college student in 1982 when he stepped between two groups fighting outside a bar in his small Michigan town. One of the men, Dennis Hall, retaliated the next day, shooting Forbes four … Read more
Best-selling British espionage writer, David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, died Saturday at 89. His literary agent and CEO, Curtis Brown Group, Jonny Geller, broke the news Sunday night. “I represented David for almost 15 years. I have lost a mentor, an inspiration and most importantly, a friend,” said Geller. … Read more
According a CNN report, thousands of vials of the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine are slated to arrive in all 50 states of the United States of America on Monday, as top US health officials express optimism that health care workers can begin administering the injections immediately. As gathered by Eko Hot Blog, the mass distribution comes … Read more
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time magazine’s person – or persons – of the year for 2020. The magazine said: “Together, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris offered restoration and renewal in a single ticket. And America bought what they were selling: after the highest turnout in a century, they racked up 81 million votes … Read more
The first pilot to break the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager, has died at the age of 97. He was an American Air Force pilot who retired as a Brigadier General. His second wife, Victoria, announced his death in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday. The widow stated that her husband lived a … Read more
Scott Atlas, a highly controversial member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, has resigned from his post in the Trump administration. CNN reports that Atlas turned in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump on Monday. As a special government employee, Atlas had a 130-day window in which he could serve and that window … Read more
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has vowed revenge and to continue the country’s “scientific” activities after the killing of the country’s chief nuclear scientist. CNN reports that Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who became the face of Iran’s controversial nuclear program, was killed in a district east of Tehran on Friday, in what Iranian officials are calling an … Read more
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said the State Department would “honor” the Trump administration’s “promise” earlier this week to begin the transition with the incoming Biden administration. This is coming weeks after he suggested that the President would win a second term. “Those things that are required that the President has directed us to … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory message to President-elect Joe Biden, more than two weeks after the Democratic candidate was projected the winner of the US presidential election. “Promoting the healthy and stable development of China-US relations is not only in the fundamental interests of both peoples, but also meets the common … Read more