Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, has on Monday approved the immediate payment of the N450m allegedly diverted by the previous administration of Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, to clear the way for the readmission of the state to a scheme meant to improve access to basic education. The approval is coming few days after UBEC officials … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has adopted Al-Hassan Doguwa who represents Doguwa/Tundun Wada Federal Constituency, Kano State, as Majority Leader of House of Representatives. The National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole, said this on Monday when Deputy Governor of Kano State, Nasiru Gawuna, led a delegation to pay him a courtesy visit in … Read more
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has reacted to the controversy over the proposed Ruga Settlement, an initiative the federal government says will check insecurity arising from open animal grazing. According to him, the President was not imposing Fulani settlements on unwilling states contrary to speculations. He spoke with State House correspondents on Monday after … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of appointment of the Current Executive Secretary of the NHIS, Prof. Usman Yusuf and has approved the appointment of Prof. Mohammed Nasir Sambo as the new Executive Secretary. This was made known in a statement on Monday night by Mrs. Boade Akinola, the Director of Press and Public … Read more
Manchester United player, Marcus Rashford, has signed a new four-year deal with Manchester United with the option of a further year. Speaking on signing the extension, the England international said: “Manchester United has been everything in my life since I arrived here at the age of seven. This club has shaped me, both as a … Read more
Five kidnapped victims were on Saturday saved by a local vigilance group at Egoro Na Oka Community, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The victims who attended an overnight burial in Egoro Na Oka were abducted on their way back to Ekpoma town. It was gathered that their Toyota Camry car was … Read more
150 escape death as an Electra Airways Boeing 737-400 made a successful emergency landing at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport after losing a wheel during takeoff in Cologne, Germany. The aircraft had more than 150 passengers on board. Staff at Ben Gurion was put on highest alert on Monday afternoon as the plane prepared … Read more
Leading Real estate giant, Pazino Homes and Gardens, has declared Pop legend, Innocent 2face Idibia as its latest Brand Ambassador at the grand unveiling which took place at the prestigious Eko Hotel. The announcement was made at an intimate event tagged “Exclusive Soiree with 2Baba” in the company of select “movers and shakers” in tech, … Read more
Have you read the recent latest stories from Ekohotblog.com? Here are the latest CLICK ON HEADLINE TO READ COMPLETE STORY OF THE CLICKED HEADLINE 1. Polio Unveils Timaya, Phyno As Brand Ambassadors Polio has unveiled Nigerian singers; Timaya and Phyno as the ambassadors of Polio campaign by Sir Emeka Offor Foundation, on Sunday. (READ MORE) … Read more
Michael de Adder, a Canadian cartoonist has lost his job just two days after his illustration of President Donald Trump playing golf over the bodies of two drowned migrants went viral on social media. Michael de Adder said on Twitter that he had been let go by a publishing company in New Brunswick, Canada. His … Read more
Nigerian sprints star, Blessing Okagbare, clinched the gold medal in the Women’s 200m race at Prefontaine Classic on Sunday. At the Standford, United States of America athletics meet, the sprint sensation clocked 22.05secs to defeat Olympic 100m and 200m champion, Elaine Thompson, and double European champion, Dina Asher-Smith. With her 22.05secs sprint in the women’s … Read more
An Islamic cleric in Osun State, Habeebulah Abdulrahman, (popularly known as Al-Edewy), has been accused of raping a 16-year-old female student of his Islamic school. In response, Mr Abdulrahman told Premium Times the teenager is his wife and he had the right to have sexual intercourse with her. The victim, born in 2003, lost her … Read more
The Church of England on Monday urged Christians to think of Jesus when interacting on social media, as it launched a new charter to create a “positive atmosphere” online. Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby visited the British headquarters of Facebook to launch the digital charter, where he urged individuals and churches to pledge to … Read more
Deputy president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Umar Tudunwada, is dead, Igbere TV reports. Igbere TV learnt that the former managing director of Radio Kano and general manager of Freedom Radio died in an accident on Sunday on the Kano-Kaduna road while returning from a meeting of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senatorial candidate for Kaduna Central in the February 2019 elections, Lawal Adamu Usman allegedly escaped lynching by thugs suspected to have been sent by his opponents on Saturday. Recall that at the last sitting of the Kaduna State Senatorial Elections Petitions Tribunal, Ustaz Yunus Usman SAN, lead counsel to Lawal … Read more
More than 2,000 people protested Sunday in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, calling for a ban on the anti-Boko Haram Civilian Joint TaskForce (CJTF) militia they accuse of abuses after the killing of a rickshaw driver. The protesters blocked major roads in the Suleimanti area of the city and set fires, causing chaos despite … Read more
Some Nigerians have expressed their shock over the choice of housemates in the ongoing fourth season of the Big Brother Naija reality show. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the season kicked off on Sunday with 21 housemates, most of whom some viewers have described as “more foreign than Nigerian.” Respondents said that it … Read more
A Deputy Director of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Auwal Jibrin has bagged a six-year jail term for benefiting from N45 million bribe of a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke in the build-up of the 2015 Presidential election. Mr Jibrin was charged on a six-count charge before Justice Yusuf Birnin-Kudu of the Jigawa … Read more
Israeli air strikes in Syria left nine mostly foreign pro-regime fighters and six civilians including three children dead, a Britain-based war monitor said Monday. The raids near Damascus and in Homs province late Sunday killed the fighters, but it was not immediately clear exactly how the civilians died — whether in the strikes or in … Read more
A small twin-engine plane crashed on takeoff Sunday into a hangar at a Texas airport, officials said, killing all 10 aboard. “The Dallas County Medical Examiner has confirmed 10 fatalities and no survivors,” a spokeswoman for the town of Addison told AFP. The plane was heading from Addison to St. Petersburg, Florida and was carrying … Read more