Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Friday, June 19th, 2020 1. #COVID19Nigeria: NCDC Announces 745 New Cases, 6 Deaths The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday announced 745 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. READ MORE 2. Cubana Chief Priest Blesses Kemi Olunloyo As He Regains … Read more
A 51-year-old Nigerian man, Ronayerin Ogolor, has been sentenced to three years in prison for commiting internet fraud in the United States. Ogolor, who naturalized in the US had scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars from 13 victims from around the US and Italy. In October 2019, Ogolor pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday announced 745 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. According to a tweet via NCDC’s official handle, of the 745 COVID-19 cases recorded on Thursday evening, 280 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Oyo-103 Ebonyi-72 FCT-60 Imo-46 Edo-34 Delta-33 Rivers-25 Kaduna-23 Ondo-16 Katsina-12 Kano-10 Bauchi-8 Borno-7 Kwara-5 Gombe-4 Sokoto-2 … Read more
Former Ebonyi Commissioner, Donatus Ajah has been arrested by the state police on allegations of murder. According to The Nation, Ajah was accused of having a hand in the death of a 46-year-old man, Azubuike Inya. Ajah and the late Mr Inya are from Amankwo village, Nkpoghoro community, in the Afikpo North Local Government Area … Read more
Acting National Chairman of the All progressive congress APC senator Abiola Ajimobi has inaugurated the Edo State Governorship primary election and appeal Committee for the three aspirants cleared to participate in the June 22, Edo governorship primaries. The APC National Working Committee, headed by the Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Deputy National Chairman, South, was represented by … Read more
Facebook on Thursday deleted President Donald Trump’s re-election ads that contained a symbol used in Nazi Germany for political prisoners. The leading social network, which has drawn fire over its hands-off approach to political speech in recent months, said in a statement the campaign messages violated a policy against “organized hate” and were taken down … Read more
A lawmaker representing Obudu constituency at the Cross River State House of Assembly, Godwin Akwaji is dead. Godwin Akwaji died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) isolation centre on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The lawmaker who was said to be diabetic also exhibited fatigue, fever, cough, breathlessness. According to TheCable, Akwaji had been … Read more
Bolaji Tunji,the media Aide to Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has called on general public to disregard any news about the death of his boss. He described the reports as untrue. Read Also: Job scam: NSCDC officer Bags Three Years Imprisonment In a post on his social media handles, … Read more
Burundi has finally sworn in Evariste Ndayishimiye as it’s president after the sudden death of his predecessor. The swearing-in ceremony of Ndayishimiye is coming a few weeks after the sudden death of his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza who ruled the East Africa nation for 15 often tumultuous years. Ekohotblog recalls that Ndayishimiye was elected in May … Read more
A wood seller identified as Mohammed Bara’u, who is reportedly in his 80s has been arrested by the Yobe State Police Command for allegedly raping a10-year-old girl in the state. According to reports, the 80-year-old man had made several attempts to get down with the young girl who is reportedly an orphan, but all proved … Read more
The Ghanaian High Commissioner to Canada, his Excellency Ayikoi Otoo, Esq has stated that one of Africa’s major challenges is identifying the different Economic classes. He made this statement during a webinar series of Africa Canada Trade and Investment Venture themed: COVID-19: AN AFROCENTRIC RESPONSE. “Africa, despite its effort to curtail the spread of the … Read more
The Immediate Past PDP Federal House of Representatives Candidate Ibeju Lekki Constituency, Lagos State, Honourable Wasiu Elemoro, expressed his pain over the death of Bayo Osinowo, Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Lagos State. Honorable Wasiu Elemoro stated that it is with a heavy heart that he joins the bereaved family, the people of … Read more
…over 11,000 beneficiaries yet to be paid since January – N-Power Coordinator The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday the whooping sum of N475 billion allegedly spent on the N-Power scheme between 2016 and 2020. While the agency stipulated that the sum of N474,961,312,112.42 was expended on N-Power since inception, the Assistant … Read more
The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Melee Kyari, has revealed that Nigeria lost $48 million to pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft between January and June, 2020. made this known on Wednesday in Abuja. Kyari said the Federal Government requires $2billion to replace obsolete pipelines from Excravos to Kaduna. He spoke via … Read more
Police arrests a 32-years-old man, identified as Chigbo Akpoluobi for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl in Okpoko, part of Onitsha in Anambra State. Ekohotblog gathered that the incident happened on Sunday afternoon, June 14, 2020 when Chigbo lured the 7-Year-old girl into his apartment where he had canal knowledge of her. The incident was however … Read more
Justice A. J. Awak of Gombe State High Court, on Wednesday, convicted an operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zubairu Baba Ali. The officer attached to the Yobe State Command was sentenced to three years imprisonment for employment scam. He was arraigned before the court by the Gombe Zonal office of the … Read more
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has concluded arrangements to begin oil exploration activities in the Bida Basin of Niger State. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, said this while visiting the governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, on Wednesday. Represented by the Group General Manager, Frontier Exploration Services, Abdullahi … Read more
As the cases of coronavirus pandemic keep increasing in Nigeria, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has expressed concerns over the disobedience of many Nigerians to the prevention protocols against the spread of Covid 19. Director General of the agency, Dr Garba Abari stated this on Thursday at the presentation of second report of the agency’s … Read more
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA are carrying out a search to recover a 4-year-old child who was swept away by flood in Lagos. The rescue team began their search at 38 Fashola street, Papa Asafa, Orile, Agege, Vanguard reports. The incident reportedly happened around 10 am during the torrential rainfall with attendant heavy flooding. … Read more
Nigeria center for disease control NCDC has announced the inclusion of four new Covid-19 Molecular Laboratories in Ekiti, Kano, and FCT. According to the NCDC, the 4 labs are 54 Gene, located in Ekiti state and Abuja, E-Health Africa, and international Foundation Against Infectious Diseases in Nigeria (IFAN) laboratories are both located in Kano State. … Read more