The entire Ijaw nation was thrown into mourning Wednesday, following the death of a 42-year-old businessman, politician, and philanthropist, Mr. Keniebi Okoko, in a Lagos hospital after a failed surgery. The son of Prof Kimse Okoko – a former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Uyo and ex-President, Ijaw National Congress (INC) – Keniebi Okoko, who … Read more
Efforts by the Lagos State Government to stop the spread of Coronavirus and fight COVID-19 pandemic are being increasingly undermined by some rich individuals in a society afflicted by the disease. Ashamed to go to the public health facility at Yaba earmarked by the state government for the treatment of patients down with COVID-19, these … Read more
The Federal Government cannot share the N15 billion donations to Nigerians for Coronavirus (COVID19) lockdown, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said. Ekohotblog reports that the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari have received over N15 billion from private Nigerians and organizations under the auspice ”COVID-19 Relief F Ever since the Central Bank … Read more
A Nigerian man has allegedly killed his own wife by beating her to death in Akure, Ondo state. The man identified as Olabode Oluwasanmi beat up his 8-month pregnant wife who is also a nurse, Anya Adaeze, aka Mummy David, to death sometime last week. It was gathered that the tragic incident took place following … Read more
With physical distancing and virtual meetings becoming the new normal in a coronavirus (COVID-19) infected world, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, 77, ditched a more conservative approach to governance for a millennial, hipster one, Wednesday. The president held a teleconference with the Presidential taskforce on #Covid19, #PTFCOVID19 at the State House in Abuja. President @MBuhari in … Read more
Since Sunday, 29th March 2020 when President Muhammadu Buhari in a Nationwide broadcast declared total lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun State for an initial period of fourteen days to break the circle of transmission of coronavirus pandemic, people have lately found themselves struggling to survive their lives and preserve themselves and properties beyond the … Read more
A former aide to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has in several media interviews accused him of sexually assaulting her nearly 30 years ago when he was a U.S. senator, an assertion that Biden’s campaign has strongly denied. Tara Reade, who worked briefly as a staff assistant in Biden’s Senate office from December 1992 … Read more
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is halting funding to the World Health Organisation, WHO, while a review is conducted. Trump said the review would cover the WHO’s “role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus.” Trump’s announcement came in the middle of the worst global pandemic in decades and as he … Read more
Major clubs and hotels owners in Akowonjo, Somolu and Bariga area of Lagos State have shut down operations as few that operates complaints of low patronage due to extended lockdown and insecurity, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent, who monitored the effect of the extended lockdown order around the Local Government … Read more
Lagos State has recorded 11 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in Nigeria to 373. This is coming a few hours after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 19 new cases in the country. Giving an additional update via its Twitter handle at 11pm, NCDC said, “Eleven new cases … Read more
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammed Babandede, has survived Coronavirus after he tested negative twice. Babandede was struck with Coronavirus on March 29 after he tested positive for the virus. He had returned from the United Kingdom and went into self-isolation before his samples were collected and found to be positive. However, … Read more
……Governor Addresses Security Breaches In Border Communities, Declares War On Hoodlums Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, introduced a bumper scheme to cushion the effect of the ongoing lockdown of the State on its residents. The new palliatives were rolled out by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu less than 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari, in a nationwide … Read more
The deadly Coronavirus could be spreading through farts, according to doctors. But farts are unlikely to transmit the virus provided pants are worn. Tests carried out have shown that the virus was present in the faeces of more than half of patients with COVID-19. They said more research needed to be done to rule out … Read more
A Nigerian lady has narrated her near sexual-abuse experience with an ‘Uncle’ she described as her mentor, confidante and friend. According to @tillytate20, this Uncle thought she will ‘award him her virginity‘ because he was the “kind of uncles mothers approved of.” The Twitter user who revealed that she stopped visiting and calling the … Read more
The world is passing through hard times and all eyes can see it! Like a trainee actor, waiting for a superstar to mentor him to stardom, coronavirus disease, aka COVID-19, is threatening to run the people out of their minds; and it is as if the gods are angry! At the last count, no fewer … Read more
Popular Nollywood actor, Mike Godson has begged Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo for help as he is going broke because he has no money for food. According to him, he is down to his last pot of soup and there’s no hope for another as he can’t work at the moment due to the Coronavirus … Read more
President Digital World Forum, Engr. Ajibola Abiola reacts to misleading information going on in the media space especially viral audio authored by an unidentified person who claimed that the 5G network was a cover-up for the current Coronavirus pandemic. Of course, quite a no of statements credited to the guy are not correct while some … Read more
Some robbers terrorizing Igando community in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city have been caught. Ekohotblog understands that the Igando robbers were caught on Monday night, April 13 by Igando residents amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown extension declared by President Muhammadu Buhari. A video uploaded by one Thompson Jotham showed the moment the robbers were apprehended by … Read more
A farmer, Mr. Eric Olowokande has killed his wife, Mojere with a deadly blow. Ekohotblog gathered from TheNation that the incident happened at Yaba street in Idanre, Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State. Witnesses said Eric had a quarrel with his wife during which he hit her hard. The wife was said to have … Read more
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs Sadiya Umar-Farouk, has said that the Federal Government will now work with state governments and hand over food relief meant to cushion the effects of COVID-19 on the poor and vulnerable. She said this on Monday while responding to a question at the daily briefing … Read more