Massive Protests Erupt As China Announces Fresh Covid-19 Lockdown EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping is continuing with Beijing’s dynamic zero Covid policy attempting to track every case of the virus ahead of next month’s Communist Party congress where he hopes to be nominated for an unprecedented third term. Hundreds … Read more
A Final-year medical student has turned food vendor EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Medicine and Surgery final year student in the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Usman Abubakar-Rimi, has turned to street food vendor due to the prolonged industrial action by University lecturers. EDITOR’S PICK BREAKING: UK Longest Serving Monarch, Queen Elizabeth Dies At … Read more
Reps set to unmask the identities of contractors who took contracts valued at N18.9bn for clearing bush during COVID-19 lockdown. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Public Account Committee of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, resolved to uncover the real identities of the owners of the Companies which took contracts valued at the … Read more
The presidency said that despite the circumstances the government had found itself, including the effects of COVID-19 lockdown and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which have weakened the world economy, the Buhari-led administration had made giant strides Shehu noted that there are other areas in need of similar attention, saying the problem had been passed from … Read more
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
Signs of lockdown weariness are abound in cities across the world, with protests against restrictions popping up in Vienna, Sofia and Montreal to mention a few A third of France’s population was under a new partial lockdown Saturday to stop the spread of COVID-19, as some European countries resumed AstraZeneca vaccinations following an all-clear from … Read more
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The Nigerian Police has rescued more than 600 labourers locked up and forced to work at a rice factory –‘popular farm rice’ — in Challawa industrial area of Kano. They have been in the factory for three solid months, according to the Kano Police Command which led the rescue operation. The workers were threatened with … Read more
A financially-burdened businessman from Delhi, India who wanted to end his own life, but was too scared to do it himself hired four hitmen to kill him so his family could receive a considerable insurance policy. 40-year-old Gaurav Bansal supported his family by operating a ration shop, but because of the COVID-19 lockdown, he was … Read more
A prostitute has confessed on how she slept with several popular Nigerian pastors through door-to-door service and some other very astonishing revelations. According to her, she was offering room service to her clients during the COVID-19 lockdown. READ ALSO: Police Arrests Hausa Man Who Asked God To Destroy Buhari Into Pieces She said: “I was doing room … Read more
The Cross River State Government is set to reopen all public schools in the state by June 16 with special protective measures for children and others. Ekohotblog understands that due to the fact that Cross River State is the only state without the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria since its outbreak, the State government has announced … Read more
New Zealand has announced that it will be lifting its coronavirus restrictions after the country, on Monday, declared that it had no known active cases of COVID-19. According to the Ministry of Health in a statement, the last remaining case, a woman from Auckland, has now been symptom-free for 48 hours and is regarded as … Read more
The Katsina State government has approved the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown for religious gatherings in the State. Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has instructed that Muslim faithfuls are allowed to observe Friday congregational prayers in the State henceforth. He made this known in a statement signed by Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa the Secretary to … Read more
In its Transport fare Watch report for April 2020 on Wednesday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 8.21 per cent month-on-month and by 23.43 per cent year-on year to N223.71 in April 2020 from N206.73 in March 2020, The Nation … Read more
Dutch Prime Minister (PM) Mark Rutte did not visit his 96-year-old mother for more than eight weeks until hours before her death this month due to lockdown measures in the Netherlands. According to reports, Mark Rutte’s mum died on May 13. She did not have the coronavirus, although there were COVID-19 infections at the nursing … Read more
UK minister, Douglas Ross has resigned as public anger deepens over PM Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings’ breaching COVID-19 lockdown rules Ross, the Minister for Scotland and a Tory whip, announced Tuesday on Twitter he is quitting because he was unconvinced by Mr. Cummings’ defense of the journey to Durham. “I haven’t commented publicly on … Read more
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has relaxed the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas for six days, with effect from Thursday, 21st May 2020. Ekohotblog understands that Governor Wike stated this in a broadcast on Wednesday evening. “Residents and visitors of these local government areas can, therefore, go out of their … Read more
As the second face of the gradual lockdown commences, the Nigerian Police headquarters said on Tuesday that Journalists and essential workers are exempted from the lockdown but not the curfew. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari had declared a curfew from 08:00pm and 06:00am from May 4, while easing the lockdown, saying, “All movements will be prohibited … Read more
The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has said that the COVID-19 lockdown imposed on the country will continue to hold and will be revisited every two weeks. According to the president, the World Health Organisation has categorized the transmission of the disease in Zimbabwe as “sporadic, with one or more cases imported or locally detected. … Read more