Immigration officers who took part in Falz’s Bop Daddy Challenge have been posted to states ravaged by terrorism and banditry. Five female Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) personnel who took part in the viral #BopDaddyChallenge, have been posted to restive states in the country for their troubles, according to NewsWireNGR. In April, NIS issued a query … Read more
Religious centres will not remain the same again after COVID-19 pandemic. Pastor Sam Adeyemi of the Daystar Christian Centre revealed during an interview with BBC Yoruba on Tuesday. He further stated that churches with huge members may see a smaller congregation, as most people will now prefer to stream services from home. READ ALSO: West … Read more
The introduction of another lockdown in the country would be counterproductive, we just must learn to leave with it, says Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, (SAN). Ekohotblog understands that the Minister could be reacting to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s statement on the level of compliance in the state. Recall on Saturday, Lagos State … Read more
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has asked herdsmen who sneaked into Bomadi Council Area, Delta State, to leave the area in peace, saying riverine communities did not want their trouble. Chairman of CAN, Bomadi chapter, Snr Apostle Sunday Ekeremor, stated this when CAN Local Monitoring Team on compliance of partial lifting of church services … Read more
A 20-year-old girl, Miracle Kalu, who allegedly got pregnant out of wedlock, delivered and sold her baby for N130,000, has been arrested alongside her accomplices. Kalu, from Ohafia, Abia state, said the lack of funds to take care of her health condition and fend for the baby forced her into selling her 28-day-old child. The … Read more
China on Tuesday released a list of 79 items from the United States that will be exempted from trade war tariffs, a day after the US ruled out renegotiating their earlier trade deal. The list of goods posted online by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, includes medical disinfectant, rare-earth metal ores, and … Read more
A Nigerian man who lives in Brazil, has died of complications from Coronavirus. Babafemi Adebayo died at a hospital in Sao Paulo where he was being quarantined. He had been in isolation for 13 days but died from complications on Monday, May 11. Prince Aderemi Abiodun, a member of Odudua Progressive Union, Sao Paulo branch, … Read more
Prophetess Evelyn Owoleke of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Bayo Ajao Street Aboru – Lagos state, was arrested after a woman died while giving birth inside her Church. Reports state that, Owoileke was arrested after an individual reported at Oke Odo Police Station that the woman (Seun Olorunto) died after she was delivered of a … Read more
A LASTMA official has been called out by a motorist for allegedly stealing a sum of N170,000 in her car. According to the lady who took to Instagram to narrate the incident, she was flagged down by the officers at a junction for committing a traffic offense. While sorting the ‘issue’ with the officers, one … Read more
The Jigawa state police command has confirmed the arrest of 35-year-old Abdullahi Usman from Niger Republic on charges of armed robbery and killing of a Nigerian in Babura local government. The state’s police spokesperson, SP Abdu Jinjiri said the suspect was among the armed men numbering about nine, who stormed Andau village (within the Nigeria/Niger … Read more
At least two persons lost their lives on Monday following a fatal accident involving a trailer and a 18 seater bus in Abia State. According to an eyewitness who spoke to IGBERE TV, the fatal accident happened yesterday along Umuahia-Uzuakoli Road in the state. Read Also: 2 Kidnapped Victims Rescued By Police In Katsina The … Read more
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday stated that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is the current chairman of a group he called the Nigerian Association of Short People. The diminutive governor made this known on his Twitter handle, @elrufai, while reacting to a video of an interview he granted a comedian popularly called Teju Babyface in … Read more
President Donald Trump stormed out of his White House news conference Monday following combative exchanges with reporters Weijia Jiang of CBS News and Kaitlan Collins of CNN. Jiang, a Chinese American, asked Trump why he was putting so much emphasis on the number of coronavirus tests that have been conducted in the United States. “Why … Read more
Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 242 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria as well as 10 death from the infections. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 242 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday evening, May 10. READ ALSO: … Read more
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday evening, approved the appointment of Mohammed Shehu as the new Secretary of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). Ekohotblog reports that President Buhari also approved the appointment of Bitrus Chinoko as the Director-General of the Centre for Management Development (CMD) Lagos. A statement on Monday evening by … Read more
Prophet TB Joshua, the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has revealed that “God is about to establish” people after the COVID-19 pandemic. Ekohotblog reports that the SCOAN General Overseer who recently returned from an undisclosed prayer mountain made this comment during a live service on Emmanuel TV on Sunday, where he also … Read more
Police in Katsina rescued two women abducted by notorious bandits at Sabon Layi village in Kurfi Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Isah Gambo, who disclosed this on Monday, said that victims were rescued by men of the Operation Puff Adder led by DPO Kurfi and vigilante group after a … Read more
Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has disclosed how a man who works at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the COVID-19 President Nana Akufo-Addo made the announcement during a nationwide address yesterday night. He further lifted the three weeks restriction on movement in other … Read more
A man identified as Uchenna Nwafor, in his late 40’s has been forced to run the street naked for allegedly getting his 22 year-old-daughter pregnant. Uchenna, popularly known as Naked Wire, according to reports hailed from Umuegbe Alaenyi Ogwa in Mbaitoli council area of Imo state. It was gathered that the villagers had stormed the … Read more
Yemi Alade, Nigerian female music sensation is set to drop a new single. The Johnny crooner revealed this on her official Twitter handle on Monday. She wrote: “What’s for Dinner? New music loading”. READ ALSO: Nigerian Musicians Still Make Music With Rich Content – Ill Bliss The Afro-pop singer had recently featured Grammy-winning Angelique Kidjo in … Read more