Lagos FCT Rivers among leading states in Nigeria with highest IGR per population as 2021 half-year IGR reaches N849.12bn … Lagos generated IGR of N267.2 billion is more than what the entire northern states generated and more than south-south and south-east put together. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says … Read more
The Premier League has scrapped its winter break for the 2020/21 season because of fixture congestion resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The upcoming campaign will be five weeks shorter than a standard season because of the late end to 2019/20. Last season, each team had one weekend and one full midweek off in February. When … Read more
Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo has gone into self-isolation for two weeks. This is following the report that the President’s close contacts tested positive to coronavirus. This is according to a statement released by the country’s information minister, Yaw O. Afriyie on Saturday. Despite, testing negative for COVID-19, the President went into isolation as a precautionary … Read more
As Federal Government continues its evacuation process of Nigerians who are stranded in different countries across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, nine Nigerians on Friday night were excluded from the second evacuation flight from the United States for flouting Government’s COVID-19 guidelines. According to Mr. Benaoyagha Okoyen, the Consul General of Nigeria in … Read more
Following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in March across Africa, sports activities especially football has been disrupted but there is goodness for the football association in Nigeria. The Nigeria Football Federation is expected will receive $300,000 as a grant from the Confederation of Africa Football to help ease the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic … Read more
World Health Organization, WHO has warned that many countries could begin to see the ”second peak” of the Coronavirus pandemic if the lockdown restrictions are lifted too soon. WHO Head of Emergency, Mike Ryan, who issued the warning in a press conference, said epidemics often come in waves, which means that outbreaks could come back … Read more
President Donald Trump said he was considering conducting the upcoming G7 summit in Camp David, indicating he would want an in-person meeting rather than a teleconferencing session. As the pandemic spread, Mr Trump in March cancelled the in-person meeting of the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the U.S., which was scheduled … Read more
Amid the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has approved date for the passing-out of Batch ‘B’ stream of the 2019 set of corps members. This was contained in a circular obtained by Ekohotblog on Wednesday evening. The circular dated 29th of April was signed by Steve Ehoda-Adi on behalf … Read more
Togolese international, Emmanuel Adebayor, despite the deadly Coronavirus pandemic, has decided not to give any humanitarian or relief donations. Adebayor, regarded as one of Africa’s richest footballers with a choice collection of cars and mansions in Africa and Europe, says he won’t be joining his African compatriots like Samuel Eto’o and Didier Drogba in donating … Read more
Google is set to launch an emergency fund to help local news outlets struggling to maintain operations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The internet giant gave no specific figure for its fund, but said it would offer grants ranging from the “low thousands of dollars” for the smallest operations to “low tens of … Read more
As much as the Coronavirus pandemic is an exacting devastating impact on humanity, it has also become a lesson pad of sorts for mortal men. Beyond lip service, it has provided a platform of test for the level of human kindness domiciled in the inside of us, just as it has become a measure, the … Read more
There have been several commendations from Lagosians to the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the level of preparedness and other precautionary measures put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus in the State. In a viral video on social media, Lagosians currently receiving treatment in one of the isolation centres have also expressed … Read more
In view of the coronavirus pandemic altering socio-economic activities around the world and as part of the on-going efforts to mitigate the effect on businesses and taxpayers, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the deadline for filing of Annual Returns for Individual taxpayers including self-employed persons for two (2) months from April … Read more
As countries impose strict lockdown measures and travel restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic, couples all over the world are facing similar predicaments. While some are choosing to stay apart, during this compulsory lockdown, others have decided to move closer together. The question of how couples should handle lockdowns is so widespread that it was … Read more
As a measure to curb the swift spread of Coronavirus pandemic, the Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the indefinite closure of all schools from Monday 23 March. The closure of schools capped the various measures announced by the state after four more coronavirus cases were confirmed in the state, taking the state’s tally to … Read more