The police on Friday said the death of popular Lagos-based traditional medicine practitioner Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun could be linked to an ongoing fraud issue in his Lagos office. “An interesting twist to the story was that the deceased probably had earlier detected an alleged bookkeeping records fraud in his Lagos office … Read more
Prof. Modupe Adelabu, Chairman, Governing Board of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has commended Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) for setting the standard among polytechnics in Nigeria. Adelabu, who was the former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, gave the commendation while inspecting ongoing TETFund projects in the college. YABATECH in the latest Polytechnic webometric … Read more
Mr Abhay Thakur, the High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, claimed the profession quantity in between India and also Nigeria raised to 13.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2018-2019 Thakur claimed this at the 70th anniversary of India’s Republic and also 60th year of official polite connections in between India and also Nigeria on Friday in … Read more
Shares of Beta Glass rose by N6.10 or 9.55 percent on Friday to close at N70 per unit against N63.90 each it ended on Thursday. This made the company lead the gainers’ chart at the last trading day of the week. Beta Glass was among the 16 equities that appreciated on a day the market … Read more
Fire razed the popular Amu timber market in Mushin in the early hours of Saturday destroying properties worth millions of Naira. The fire which started around 12 am on Saturday morning is still spreading to unaffected areas of the market and residential houses around. The Nation Correspondent counted more than seven house burnt. Goods worth … Read more
A human rights group, Human Rights Advocacy of Nigeria (HURAN), has called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, enact a law that will make owners of buildings around pipeline vandalization scenes forfeit such property for not reporting to the authority when the nefarious activity was being carried out. The group’s President, … Read more
Full list of eleven (11) states in Nigeria where the rerun elections will take place has emerged. Ekohotblog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct re-run elections in eleven states of the federation today, Saturday, 25th January 2019. The re-run election consists of 28 Federal and State Constituencies broken down into One … Read more
As the controversy over the new Southwest security outfit, Amotekun, continues unabated, the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, clarified on Friday the agency is prepared to work in concert with the Nigerian police and other security agencies to protect the lives and property of Nigerians. Akeredolu, who spoke to some editors in Abuja, also said … Read more
Ogwashi-uku, a small village close to Ogwash-uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State, has been thrown into confusion as an inspector of Police attached to the State Command was found dead inside a patrol van in the area. The Police patrol team which was at a checkpoint along Ogwashi-Uku axis of the Asaba-Ughelli expressway … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured that Nigeria will soon see the end of the insurgence that has bedeviled the North-Eastern part of the country like she saw the end of the Nigeria/Biafra civil war. President Buhari gave the assurance when he received the European Union (EU) Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, at the Presidential … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Saturday, January 25th, 2020 1. No Compromise On Standard In Essien Udim Re-run Poll – Akwa Ibom REC The Independent National Electoral Commission Resident Commissioner REC for Akwa Ibom State, Mr Mike Igini has warned officials going against the core value of the Commission … Read more
A bill to bar the President, Governors and other public office holders from foreign medical trips without court approval, has been slated for second reading in the House of Representatives. A copy of the legislation obtained yesterday, entitled: “Public Officers International Medical Treatment Trips Regulation Bill, 2019,” is sponsored by Sergius Ogun(PDP-Edo). The proposed Act, … Read more
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says Southwest governors are ready to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to explain the whole concept of the security outfit, Amotekun, and why it is urgently needed. Governor Akerelodu told journalists in Abuja on Friday morning that the meeting with Buhari would have taken place if not for his … Read more
Four days after the last inspection tour of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Project, where the Hon. Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi expressed displeasure over the slow pace of work in which he mounted pressure on the contractors (CCECC) to speed up the level of work, the Minister has satisfactorily confirmed that there had … Read more
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday said that Mr. Godwin Obaseki will be re-elected as Governor of Edo State, stressing that nothing will stop the governor’s re-election because Obaseki has done well and deserves to continue in office. Obaseki is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) while Umahi is a member … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission Resident Commissioner REC for Akwa Ibom State, Mr Mike Igini has warned officials going against the core value of the Commission during Essien Udim local government re-run election on Saturday. According to him, the core value of the Commission was ensuring integrity, transparency and fair play in the discharge of … Read more
The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, has said the lawmakers would collaborate with the police to ensure effective crime-fighting and prevention at the grassroots in the State. Oborevwori stated this when the newly posted Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa paid him a courtesy visit in his office. He … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State has raised alarm over plans by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Senator Godswill Akpabio and the All Progressives Congress, APC, to allegedly rig the rerun elections in Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District through the mercenary of DIG Michael Igbizi, armed thugs and fake police. Also Read: … Read more
Thirty Nigerian females stranded in Mali have voluntarily returned to the country after spending many years in the Francophone country. Their return, The Nation learnt was facilitated by the assistance programme put together by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) after a harrowing experience in Mali. This is just as no fewer than nine persons … Read more
The Borno government on Friday began the payment N30,000 minimum wage to civil servants in the state. Mr Bulama Abiso, the Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Maiduguri. Abiso said that the organised labour in the state appreciated the governor, Babagana Zulum, … Read more