Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of Prince Adedamola Docemo as new Managing Director of the Lagos State Advertising and Signage Agency (LASAA) with effect from 9th of December, 2019. Docemo’s appointment was confirmed in a letter issued by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola. A statement by … Read more
The Mathematics Certification Institute of Japan on Tuesday said a 9-year-old boy from the Western Japanese province of Hyogo has passed a university-level maths exam. According to the Kyodo news agency, the institute said Shogo Ando had been studying for the exam for two years, from the age of 7. Shogo Ando, a fourth grader … Read more
Vice-Chancellor of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Prof. Ademola Tayo, has said the institution decided to expel its female student in the viral sex video as part of measures to protect the school’s name. Ekohotblog recalls that in November, a sex tape of a female student of the Institution and another male student that had been expelled, went viral. The school … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 1. Lagos Marks Black Heritage Festival In Style Badagry town was agog at the weekend as all gathered for the celebration of the annual Black Heritage Festival. READ MORE 2. Maersk Speaks On Robbery Attack On MD, Wife Maersk has … Read more
One of the Lawmakers elected Under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to fix Nigerian roads. The lawmaker representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadigbo Federal Constituency of Benue State, Rep. Francis Otta Agbo, appealed to the president to attend to his constituency in the neglected area of infrastructural development and federal appointment. … Read more
One of the political aide to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) for alleged contract fraud of N4.8bn. The aide, Stephen Amase, Principal Private Secretary to Governor Ortom was arraigned along with Mr Manger T Emmanuel, a former Commissioner of Works and presently, Special … Read more
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has promised not to shield any of his political appointees found culpable from facing prosecution over the N4.8bn contract fraud. Ortom maintained that his absolute belief in the tenets of rule of law would remain his guiding principle as governor of the state. The Governor who through his Chief … Read more
The Senate president, senator Ahmad Lawan, has raised the alarm over what he described as the biggest fraud ever. Lawan disclosed that the privatization of the power sector in 2005 and 2013, was aimed at defrauding the country. The senate president disclosed this while declaring open a one-day round-table discussion with the theme: “Addressing Nigeria’s … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari will today(Tuesday) depart Nigeria for Egypt where he will be participating in the Aswan Forum for Peace And Development. The Aswan forum was designed with the Agenda to promote Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa. The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement … Read more
The executive arm of government in Abia State has presented a N136.6 billion Appropriation Bill for the year 2020 to the State House assembly for approval. The appropriation bill was presented by the Commissioner for Finance in Abia, Dr Aham Uko, on Monday to the lawmakers. Uko told the lawmakers that the state keyed into … Read more
Badagry town was agog at the weekend as all gathered for the celebration of the annual Black Heritage Festival. Addressing participants at the event at the weekend, the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Arts and Culture, Mr. Solomon Saanu Bonu, said the celebration was in fulfillment of the mandate embedded in the Lagos … Read more
Ismaila Mustapha a.k.a Mompha, the Instagram celebrity docked by the EFCC for 14 counts of fraud and money laundering has deleted all his posts on the social media platform. The man who calls himself, ‘sky man’ and ‘citizen of the sky’, and who had used Instagram to display an ostentatious lifestyle has gone blank on … Read more
The managing director of Maersk Line, a major shipping company in the country, Gildas Tohouo, was yesternight attacked at his residence in the Ikoyi area of Lagos. Maersk is the world’s biggest shipping company. We learnt from TheCable that the attack which led to the death of Mr Tohouo’s wife was planned by some of … Read more
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Kwara state government for spending over N92 million on health within the last six months. Dr Ahmed Tsofo, Health Specialist, UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, gave the commendation on Monday in Ilorin at the 2019 End-Year Review and Planning meeting. Tsofo said the amount spent by the … Read more
The Provost of Micheal Otedola College of Primary Education, MOCPED, professor Onibon Nosiru Olajide has commended the Lagos State Government under the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for coming to the rescue of the college in settling the entitlements of the pensioners. Professor Onibon Nosiru made the commendation in a press briefing with newsmen on … Read more
A Noiseless Lagos Is Non Negotiable Says GM LASEPA Noise is a borderless irritant and a great health risk factor in environmental management. Globally, its destructive force on human life has been acknowledged, with concerted effort put up to control it, if not to eliminate it. Measured in decibels (dB), the tolerable level of noise … Read more
The Leadership of the 9th Senate has assured that the convicted Chief Whip of the Red Chamber senator Orji Uzor Kalu, will received full payment of his salary as a senator of the federal republic. The senate revealed that the former Governor of Abia State will continue to receive his full salary until the supreme … Read more
When we juxtapose the imperatival idealism of the legislative arm of government in Nigeria, vis-à-vis the preponderances of unenforceable pieces of Acts of Parliament, and the needless ambiguity in the literary interpretation of certain provisions of myriads of bills passed into law, one cannot but wonder whether we have not missed the underpinning philosophy behind the concept of state, government, good governance, public accountability and transparency.As … Read more
A coalition of over 200 civil rights organizations on Monday issued a 14-day ultimatum within which President Muhammadu Buhari should show commitment to the rule of law face or face mass action and civil disobedience. They, therefore, demanded, among others, the release the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore and others being held without justification. According … Read more
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the 36 states of the federation a 7days ultimatum to disclose the pension paid to exgovernors and other government officials. SERAP backed its request on the Freedom of Information Act. The group urges the leadership of the Governor Forum to use the “leadership position to urgently … Read more