As a result of the impact of Coronavirus pandemic outbreak on the economy, Television Continental (TVC), a broadcast television station in Lagos, has slashed its staff salaries. This was disclosed in a broadcast message by the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Andrew Hanlon to the staff on Monday. Mr Hanlon said the station owned … Read more
Abducted Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Olabode Folorunso, has been set free. He was freed on Monday, the state government said in a statement signed the Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Muyiwa Olumilua. Folorunso, who was kidnapped on tREAD evening of Sunday, April 26, along Isan-Iludun Road in the state, was released after eight … Read more
President John Magufuli of Tanzania has ordered a probe on the country’s COVID-19 test kits after goat and pawpaw tested positive for coronavirus. President Magufuli while speaking at an event in Chato in the northwest of Tanzania, revealed that the COVID-19 testing kits which had been imported from abroad had “technical errors”. Magufuli said he … Read more
Banks in Lagos generally opened for business on Monday but with many of them not ensuring that their customers kept to the physical distancing rule set by the authorities. Ekohotblog recalls that the Lagos State Government while giving guidelines for the residents of the state to adhere to during the gradual easing of the lockdown … Read more
As Lagos residents embark on their normal daily activities, many of them wear seen wearing face masks but snubbing the much-clamored for social and physical distancing. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari on 27 of April ordered the gradual easing of lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic in two states, Lagos and Ogun and the federal capital … Read more
Popular Lagos monarch, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi has celebrated his first wedding anniversary with his second wife, Olori Hadiza Yakasai. The couple got married in Kano, May 2019. He took to his official Instagram page to pen a heartfelt message to her. He wrote: “Happy 1st Anniversary to my beautiful wife. The past year has … Read more
Nigerian singer Aituaje Iruobe, known professionally as Waje has called for calm in the investigation of murder against Clarence Peters. Lagos State Police Command announced that the popular music video director was being investigated for murder over the death of professional dancer, Love Divine, known as Kodak. Lagos Police PRO, Bala Elkana said: “It is … Read more
A video fast trending captures the moment Indians were throwing their idols (gods) into a river. Some assume Indians no longer have faith in their idols after recording massive death cases of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, Ekohotblog gathered that the idols called ‘Ganapati’ were disposed of in year 2015 by Indian civil authorities for … Read more
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Sunday, admitted that the state is in trouble over the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor at the presentation of a COVID-19 Mobile Testing Centre donated by the Dangote Foundation to the state, confessed that the state started fighting the pandemic on a shaky note due to the delay in testing … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to charge a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, before the Federal High Court in Abuja today (Monday). EFCC’s Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, proclaimed that the arraignment on 16 counts of corruption allegations is … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu on Sunday said 27 policemen have been assaulted in the course of enforcing COVID-19 lockdown across the nation. According to the statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the IGP was reacting to a viral video that showed a woman identified as Kehinde Afolake … Read more
The management of Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Abeokuta, Ogun state capital through Head, Public Relations, Segun Orisajo On Sunday confirmed reports that an unknown pregnant woman died of coronavirus on Friday. Segun Orisajo also stated that it had shut down the Accident and Emergency Complex of the centre where the patient died. He said, “Three … Read more
As Lagos state eases lockdown on Monday, the chairman of the state council of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), has mandated that commercial drivers should not allow passengers without facemasks to board their vehicles. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday, April 27, approved the easing of lockdown … Read more
Nigeria’s foremost luxury and lifestyle company Polo Limited, as part of its multi-level intervention in providing succour for segments of the society affected by the COVID-19 lockdown recently visited the press corps of the Lagos State Government. In charting a different path from the norm of donations so far, the company delegation led by the … Read more
An elder statesman, traditional leader Jarman Kano, Professor Isa Hashim is dead. He died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 86. A government official confirmed to Vanguard, that Hashim passed away on Sunday. Though the details of his ailment were not disclosed but a family member said Hashim’s health worsen following … Read more
The United Nations Children Funds, UNICEF, Kano Field Office on Saturday lost its Head of Communications, Malam Rabiu Musa. A son to the deceased, Musa Rabiu, who confirmed the death, said his father died at the age of 60. According to him, “He died at about 3 a.m on Saturday, after battling with sickness for … Read more
Forty-six staff of Gotel Communications, a media outfit owned by Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, have been dismissed by the organisation. Atiku had dished out top-notch economic ideas on Thursday, particularly on how the economy can avoid recession. Gotel Communication is a television and radio broadcast conglomerate transmitting from Yola, the Adamawa State capital. … Read more
The member representing Nasarawa Central at the State House of Assembly, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu-Ibrahim is dead. He died on Thursday night after a brief illness at Federal Medical Centre Keffi. Mohammed Okpoku who confirmed his death, said his remains will be laid to rest today in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. Meanwhile, the … Read more
Nigeria has recorded 14 new coronavirus cases, bringing the number of infections in the country to 288. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on its Twitter handle on Thursday. In the new figures released, the total number of coronavirus-related deaths recorded in Nigeria has increased to seven while seven more patients have also … Read more
Six Ivory Coast returnees have tested positive for coronavirus in Osun State, According to a statement by the state government on Thursday. Osun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, told correspondents that all the 127 returnees had been tested and 18 of them had returned positive. This new development brings the total number of cases in … Read more