Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Friday, July 24th, 2020 1. Lagos COVID-19 Toll Hits 14,009 As Nigeria Records 604 New Cases The COVID-19 toll of Lagos state, epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria, has now hit 14,009, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed. READ MORE 2. … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 1. Nigeria Records 562 New COVID-19 Cases The country also registered another 12 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 801. READ MORE 2. Akeredolu Wins Ondo APC Governorship Primaries Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Monday, July 20th, 2020 1. COVID-19: Nigeria Confirms 556 New Cases Nigeria on July 19, 2020, recorded 556 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of positive cases in the country to 36,663. READ MORE 2. America’s 8th Largest Airline Company Records … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Sunday, July 19th, 2020 1. Nigeria Records 653 New COVID-19 Cases — Total Now 36107 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday disclosed that the country has confirmed six hundred fifty three new cases. READ MORE 2. COVID-19: 50 Nightclubbers Arrested … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Saturday, July 18th, 2020 1. Nigeria COVID-19 Toll Exceeds 35,000 As NCDC Confirms 600 New Cases Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday disclosed that the country has recorded six hundred new COVID-19 cases. READ MORE 2. U.S. Sanctions Chinese Nationals, Entities Over … Read more
The Water factory of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Noforija, Epe, which is one of the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the college has finally been approved by NAFDAC. According to the Provost, Associate Professor Nosiru Olajide Onibon, the college refused to produce illegally, hence, meet the NAFDAC condition and eventually got the water … Read more
Federal Government and the African Development Bank have launched the National Electrification Project aimed at addressing critical energy access deficits by channeling private sector investments into mini-grid and off-grid solutions. The project, which would be implemented by the country’s Rural Electrification Agency, was a boost to efforts to achieve the target of universal energy access … Read more
Dethroned Emir Sanusi has received a new letter from Olusegun Obasanjo, a former President of Nigeria over his dethronement. Ekohotblog had reported earlier that the Kano State government on Monday, March 9, dethroned Emir Muhammad Sanusi II. Emir Sanusi’s dethronement followed the Kano State Council Executive meeting presided over by the Governor Ganduje on Monday, … Read more
Mr Ganiyu Egunjobi, Chairman, Agege Local Government Council, Lagos, has cautioned residents against attending parties and other social gatherings considering the threat of Coronavirus and LASSA fever. In an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, Egunjobi said chances to contracting and spreading the diseases was high during such gatherings. “We need to … Read more
….. Exile Sanusi To Nassarawa The Kano Emirate Council has met and announced Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the new emir of Kano. Former Emir, Ado Bayero died in 2014 and was succeeded by Mr Sanusi, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Ekohotblog understands the announcement today, hours after Muhammadu Sanusi ll … Read more
Mayor of Washington D.C., Muriel Bowser has confirmed a new CoronaVirus in the state , in the person of a Nigerian man in Maryland who tested positive to the virus after passing through Washington D.C where the disease has been recorded the highest in the United States. The Mayor added that all his contacts are … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Sunday, March 8th, 2019. Ex-Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo Bags New Appointment In South Africa South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a member of the country’s Economic Advisory Council. READ FURTHER 2. Sanders, Biden Up … Read more
The emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Party (APC) scheduled for 17 March, has been cancelled, PM News reports. The meeting was called by Victor Giadom, deputy national secretary, who signed as acting national secretary, after the party announced Architect Waziri Bulama as the substantive secretary on Wednesday. He has now … Read more
In a bid to enhance Africa’s overall development, Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central Banks in Africa will converge at Transcorp Hotel, Abuja from Monday, March 9 to Tuesday 10, 2020, for a Senior Policy Seminar on agriculture, aimed at promulgating a policy on how the continent would leverage research for agricultural development. The … Read more
What was meant to be a minor job at a hotel on Ashanti Close, Apapa area of Lagos State, went awry as two labourers drowned in the facility’s well. The victims, Yau Umaru and Ismaila Salisu, went to the hotel on February 13, 2020 to put finishing touches to the well which they started digging … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday acknowledged the role of women in building the home front and the nation, saying they have the capacity to solve a myriad of challenges confronting the country. Sanwo-Olu, who spoke while declaring open a three-day workshop on Protocol, Ethics and Security for members of the Committee of … Read more
The Lagos State Drivers’ Institute, has recorded an increase in the request by commercial and professional drivers seeking for training at its Ikeja Centre. The General Manager of the Institute, Mrs. Afusat Tiamiyu disclosed that the increase possibly resulted from the recent enforcement exercise embarked upon by the Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) in line with … Read more
Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) has called on the Federal Ministry of Health to provide Anti-retroviral Drugs (ARVs) for the survival of those living with HIV. The National Coordinator of the Network, Mr Abdulkadir Ibrahim, made the call in an interview with Newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. Ibrahim expressed concern over … Read more
The operatives of the Niger Police Command have frantic search have apprehended one Patience Roberts at Maraba in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State for impersonation. The Niger Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with correspondents in Minna on Saturday, where he noted that Patience always introduced herself to … Read more
The ban on commercial motorcycles and tricycles by the Lagos State government commences today. A truck laden with okada was seen on Friday night leaving the Ijegun-Satelite for North. When Vanguard News spoke with one of them, who identified himself as Muhammed on reason behind leaving Lagos, he said, “We have been leaving since December … Read more