About 43 people have died in a factory fire in India’s capital New Delhi, with the death toll expected to rise. The inferno started in the early hours in the city’s old quarter, whose narrow and congested lanes are lined with many small manufacturing and storage units. New Delhi’s deputy chief fire officer,Sunil Choudhary said: … Read more
The Ogun state police command have arrested a herdsman, Muhammad Garba, for the alleged murder of a farmer, Segun Akinlade, in Imala community of Abeokuta North Local Government Area. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi,said on Saturday that the suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the police at Imala … Read more
Wife of Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the RevolutionNow protest and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mrs Ope Sowore, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to release her husband. Ekohotblog garnered that Officials of the Department of State Services had on Friday invaded the Federal High Court in Abuja to rearrest Sowore, who was released alongside … Read more
The Department of State Services(DSS) has attempted to rearrest the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, within the courtroom. Ekohotblog reported that the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday released Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. After they had spent 124 days in DSS … Read more
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC),Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, will today lead the state chairmen of the party to meet President Muhammadu Buhari. Ekohotblog gathered that Governors elected on the platform of the party met behind closed doors with the President yesterday. The meeting was attended by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Chief of … Read more
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a closed-door meeting with Governors of All Progressives Congress (APC) states at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those in the meeting with the President and Governors are the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), and the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. The agenda of the … Read more
The House of Representatives has authorized the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Diaspora Matters to investigate the attack on Nigerian traders in Ghana to “ensure that another Xenophobia attack on Nigerians is prevented”. The comes after a motion was passed and brought under matters of urgent national … Read more
House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has urged Nigerians to create an enabling environment for persons living with disabilities. The Speaker spoke in Abuja while donating materials, including 20 wheel chairs and 10 scholarships to some people living with disabilities. The beneficiaries are: Saaka Aishat Adewunmi, Faiza Abubakar Jauro, Anna Samuel, Favour Ishaya, Emes Akaso … Read more