Two years old baby battles for life after being shot in her privates 15 lives lost as many sustained machete cuts,bullet wound EDITOR’S PICK Rejection Of UTAS Will Prolong Strike Action – ASUU Osun 2022: Oyetola, Adeleke Makes INEC 15-man Final List PDP Primaries: Atiku Part Of Our Consensus Arrangement – Saraki EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
You Have Few Months To End This Madness – Fani-Kayode Berates Buhari Govt The ex-minister in a series of tweets on Thursday night lashed out at Buhari’s government and said he owes Nigerians and those in government the bitter truth. EDITOR’S PICK Rejection Of UTAS Will Prolong Strike Action – ASUU Osun 2022: Oyetola, Adeleke … Read more
Scores Injured As Gunmen Attacks Benue Communities Search for more bodies continue EDITOR’S PICK Nwachukwu Osinachi’s Husband Used To Make Their Kids Hit Her – Lawyer Terrorists Attack Kaduna Community, Abduct Varsity Students One Dies, Scores Injured In Rivers Jailbreak Attempt EKO HOT BLOG reports that gunmen on Tuesday morning attacked several villages in three … Read more
The Special Adviser on Security to the Benue State Governor disclosed that the total figures of death recorded so far could be higher than 25 15 corpses were recovered from the Tyotugh community in Tarka LGA while nine were recovered from Guma and one, a traditional ruler from Logo EDITOR’S PICK Strike: ASUU Reveals Condition … Read more
8 people were killed in two different events in Benue State’s Guma local government districts. The most recent attack took place in the early hours of Thursday, March 10, in Iye village, Uvir council ward, along Daudu-Gbajimba route and branch Udei, around Yelwata axis. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Eight people were killed … Read more
[JUST IN] Burnt Benue Farmland: Obasanjo Makes Strong Vow EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday vowed that those responsible for the destruction of his farmland in Benue State will be apprehended and prosecuted. It would be recalled that hoodlums on Saturday afternoon razed Obasanjo’s mango farm in Howe community, … Read more
A huge mango plantation belonging to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been burnt down by unknown hoodlums at Howe community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue state. Vanguard gathered that the 140 hectares plantation was torched at about 2 pm on Saturday by the arsonists following probable disagreements with the locals over compensation … Read more
Traditional rulers of communities in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue state on Saturday personally storm the busy Gboko-Lessel-Ihugh-Tse-Mker highway to chase away the fraudsters and criminal elements operating illegal revenue collection points in their domain. Vanguard gathered from a source in the area that the fraudsters who mount several illegal checkpoints on the stretch … Read more
Benue Governor, Ortom Lampoons Buhari Over State Of The Nation EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said that Nigerians are feeling very sorry for electing President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015 and 2019, going by the level of insecurity and biting economic hardship in … Read more
Teacher has allegedly brutalized 10-year-old boy over pot of soup. EKO HOT BLOG reports that operative of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have arrested a schoolteacher, Chioma Johnson, for allegedly brutalising a 10-year-old boy over a pot of soup in Makurdi, Benue State. It was gathered that the victim was … Read more
‘We will shut down Nigeria if Fuel price increase’, NLC warns the Federal government in New Year message EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Friday, said that it will shut down the nation if there is any further increase in the pump price of fuel. it insists that workers and masses … Read more
Deeper life pastor has emerged as traditional ruler. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Deeper Life Pastor, John Elaigwu Odogbo, has emerged as the paramount ruler elect of Idomaland. The emergence which came through an election was conducted by the kingmakers. The four contenders for the stool were Andrew Idakwu, John Bamaiyi, Sunday Echono, and … Read more
There was panic as three family members were burnt to death. EKO HOT BLOG reports that three members of a family were burnt to death as a result of fire disaster in Otukpo, Otukpo Local Government Area of the Benue state. An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity to the News Agency of Nigeria … Read more
Thousands dump APC for PDP in Benue, apologize to Gov Ortom EKO HOT BLOG reports that defectors from various political parties, including the All Progressives Congress, APC, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have apologised to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State for incorrectly joining forces with state opponents to castigate and insult … Read more
No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead and several others injured by gunmen in an attack at Tor-Togan town. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the chairman of the Katsina-Ala local government area, Hon. Alfled Atera confirmed the incident. Tor Tongo is a farming community on Katsina Ala -Takum federal highway in Benue north … Read more
Amid the telecommunications shutdown in many parts of Zamfara, the bandits reached out to the victims’ families, demanding ₦2m ransom for each of them EKO HOT BLOG reports that two members of the National Youth Service Corps, Jennifer Iorliam and Joseph Aondona, who were abducted last Tuesday on their way to the NYSC Orientation Camp … Read more
Court remands man for allegedly raping 16-year-old daughter in Makurdi Bum had been sexually molesting his 16-year-old daughter and her older sister for a long time. Ekohotblog reports that Joseph Bum, a 37-year-old businessman on Tuesday, October 26, was remanded in a correctional centre by a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Makurdi for allegedly defiling his … Read more
The abducted former NDLEA officer has regained freedom. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a retired officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Benue State, who was earlier abducted, has regained his freedom. It was gathered that the retired officer regained freedom a day after he was kidnapped in his house. EKOHOTBLOG had reported that … Read more
A former NDLEA officer has been abducted. EKOHOTBLOG report that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that a group of drug cartels have abducted an unnamed retired personnel of the agency. The agency added that the retired officer was kidnapped after the NDLEA officers arrested a 19-year-old female drug dealer, Mngunengen Achir, … Read more
Akume sets campaign office in Abuja. EkohotBlog reports that Senator George Akume, a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and chairmanship aspirant has set up an ultra-modern campaign office in Maitama, Abuja. Our platform learnt that the campaign premises houses the same office used by the National Committee of President Buhari Support Groups … Read more