The Department of State Service has arraigned a 48-year-old man, Joshua Sayo Oki before a Magistrate Court in Osogbo, the state capital over his Facebook post that was considered embarrassing to the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye. The Prosecutor, Mr Boo Nweke told the court that the accused person committed … Read more
The trial of South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, on decade-old corruption charges, alongside French arms company Thales, is due to resume on Tuesday. Recall In February, a judge issued a stayed warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear, citing illness. The court, however, rejected his “sick note” saying he would have to … Read more
Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi MFR, has alerted Nigerians on the new method hoodlums now use in robbing innocent people. Read Also: How 17-Yr-Old Girl Was Swept By Lagos Flood On Monday In a tweet, the FRSC said the robbers now hijack plate numbers and while you’re trying to … Read more
Again, flood has swept away a 17-year- old girl, simply identified as Ayisat in at Alapafuja axis of the Surulere Low-Cost Housing Estate following downpour experienced through out Monday in some areas of the state. Consequently, LASEMA has commenced a search and rescue operation for a missing teenager. Confirming the tragic incident, the General Manager, … Read more
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has publicly declared approval for Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala nomination for the World Trade Organisation Director-General election. The endorsement of ECOWAS was contained in a statement signed by its President, Mamadou Issoufou. Buhari had approved the candidacy of Okonjo-Iweala, changing the country’s previous position of … Read more
Top Program Officer at the National Youths Council of Nigeria [NYCN], Wuse, Abuja, Buhari Galadima has died after a failed surgery. Galadima who celebrated his 36th birthday on the 12th of May 2020 had been suffering from a chronical abdominal pain, it was diagnosed and the doctors related the sickness to appendicitis. It is thought … Read more
A 45-year-old Englishman has sued the woman he went on a date with for refusing to inform him that she suffered from cold sores and thus knowingly infecting him with the herpes virus when he kissed her. Martin Ashley Conway, from London, in the UK, claims he was left traumatized by the aftermath of a … Read more
A financially-burdened businessman from Delhi, India who wanted to end his own life, but was too scared to do it himself hired four hitmen to kill him so his family could receive a considerable insurance policy. 40-year-old Gaurav Bansal supported his family by operating a ration shop, but because of the COVID-19 lockdown, he was … Read more
Lagosians have been advised to be careful of what they buy from the markets, especially food items. A man went to a popular market to buy semolina. Whenever you buy semolina for preparation, it should dissolve whenever you pour water on it. To his utter shock, while turning it, the Semo started turning to rubber! … Read more
Negotiations with bandits to end the bloodletting and kidnapping in the North-West geopolitical zone ends in failure for three major reasons, Senator Shehu Sani has said. He made the disclosure in a tweet on Monday. Recall that governors in the region granted amnesty to cattle rustlers and armed bandits in August 2019. However, Governor of … Read more
8 school children have drowned in a river after one fell into a river and others jumped in to help. The deaths happened in Chongqing city in southwestern China. The children were described as elementary school age. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/06/22/police-rescue-2-thieves-from-being-burnt-in-lagos/ Chinese media said the children went to play at the river on Sunday and the … Read more
Another bandit attack on some villages in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State leaves three dead. This comes after some gunmen attacked and kidnapped one Alhaji Kabiru in a neighbouring village of Kurmin Chakara. READ ALSO: TikTok User Found Dead Body In Suitcase In Seattle Ekohotblog gathered that the gunmen had attacked Maikwama village, … Read more
The world’s poorest countries could save over $12 billion owed to sovereign and other creditors this year through their participation in a debt-relief program, with Angola alone saving some $3.4 billion, according to estimates published Friday in a new database from the World Bank. Reuters reported that savings under the COVID-19-linked Debt Service Suspension Initiative … Read more
A popular imam’s son identified as Abdulrahman Olayiwola has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his friend simply identified as Pelumi to death. The Lagos state police command confirmed the arrest of Abdulrahman Olayiwola, the son of the Chief Imam of Isale Oja community in Agege, for allegedly stabbing his friend, simply identified as Pelumi, to … Read more
Who says one can’t find love online? As a Lady on Twitter, identified as @Aysha_Yayari on twitter narrates how she found love online. Naana said the journey that transformed her from single to being married started 18months ago when a twitter user messaged her on a Saturday at precisely 7 am. READ ALSO: NLC Advises … Read more
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested three suspected cultists linked to the death of a 20-year-old man identified as Adeola Omowomo. Ekohotblog gathered that on June 8, 2020, Omowomo, who accompanied his friend to a place was allegedly, kidnapped, killed, and buried by some suspected cultists said to belong to the Aiye confraternity. Ekohotblog … Read more
Residents of Anambra State have called for medical intervention in the life of a middle-aged woman identified as Amanda as she did something only crazy people can do. The woman who resides in Nanka, Orumba North LGA of the state presented a white coffin to her husband as Father’s Day gift. Reports have it that … Read more
A motorist narrowly escaped death on Saturday when a big tree fell during a storm that followed a rainfall and destroyed his vehicle, but he came out unhurt. The unnamed motorist, who drove a Honda CRV vehicle, was on the main road inwards Alhaji Masha close to the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, when the tree … Read more
The National Association of Nigerian Students, Zone D, South-West, has asked the Nigerian Government to reopen schools so that young people in the country can be engaged. The student body in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kazeem Olalekan Israel, said the government was making students pay for its years of refusal to fund education. … Read more
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 22-year-old man, Dele Ope, for allegedly stealing his customer’s pant. The woman (name withheld) had reported Ope, a vulcanizer to the Police at Warewa Division, over her missing item. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the … Read more