Controversial self-acclaimed Journalist, Kemi Omololu Olunloyo has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari is considering a two-week total lockdown for Lagos State. In a tweet via her official Twitter handle on Saturday morning, Kemi who claimed to have a source at the presidency said Buhari might lock down Lagos State again following the rise in COVID-19 … Read more
BBNaija star, Khafi Kareem, is presently mourning the death of her younger brother, Alexander, who was attacked in west London on Monday, June 8. Alexander, 20, was shot close to his family house in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. He was said to have been walking back home from a convenience store when he was shot … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Saturday, June 13th, 2020 1. COVID-19 In Nigeria: NCDC Announces 627 New Cases, Total Now 15,181 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 627 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. READ MORE 2. IPOB’s Nnamdi Kanu Releases Document That Caused Panic … Read more
Nnamdi Kanu has finally released the contents of the IPOB document that caused panic in Aso Rock, Nigeria’s Presidential Villa. According to reports via NewsOneNigeria, the pro-Biafra group submitted a document to the United States Department titled: “Nigeria: A history of serial genocide and the urgent need for US Intervention.” The IPOB document got the … Read more
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has condemned the United States’ imposition of financial and travel sanctions on-court officials. Recall President Donald Trump imposed new travel and property sanctions Thursday on International Criminal Court officials, attempting to penalize them for investigating alleged wrongdoing by U.S. military personnel and intelligence operatives fighting against terrorism in Afghanistan over … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 627 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 627 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, June 12. This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of … Read more
…………..Releases New Prophecies, Predicts Doom Primate Elijah Ayodele has disclosed that the worst is yet to come in Edo primaries as he releases new prophecies, predicting doom in the process. Ekohotblog reports that Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has predicted doom for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and … Read more
An accident which occurred today June 12, at Omoba Road in Ogbor Hill community of Aba, Abia state claimed the life a middle-aged woman identified simply as Mrs Ekenta. An eyewitness said the sad incident occurred after the driver of the tipper truck lost control of the vehicle which suffered a brake failure. While the … Read more
The Police Command in Benue on Friday said that it had killed seven suspected armed robbers along Lafia-Makurdi road. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, stated this in a statement in Makurdi. Anene said that the team of police officers trailed the robbers following a tip-off after they had killed a Police … Read more
New mothers infected with COVID-19 should generally continue breastfeeding and should not be separated from their babies, the World Health Organization said Friday, stressing that the benefits outweighed the risks. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference that the UN health agency had thoroughly investigated the risks of women transmitting the new … Read more
A bomb blast has killed 4 persons, including a mullah, in a Kabul mosque in Afghanistan. The bomb exploded before the start of Friday prayers. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior Affairs, Tariq Arian, said eight more persons were wounded in the blast, No group immediately took responsibility for the incident. The Ministry said … Read more
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has immortalized a reverend sister who died while rescuing students during the Abule-Ado gas explosion that occurred earlier this year. Former Principal of Bethlehem Girls’ College, Late Rev. Sister Henrietta Alokha died on Sunday, March 15, when she stayed back to get her female students to safety as chaos was … Read more
Leader of Ansarul Islam Society of Nigeria, Sheikh Ahmad Kamaldeen Al- Adabiyy is dead. Sheik Al- Adabbiy was 82 and died on Friday in Ilorin, Kwara state. The janazah prayer was held at his Okekere, Ilorin family residence while interment followed at his GRA residence in Ilorin. The Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Mohammed Bashir … Read more
Some workers of Atlantic Hotels have accused the management of sacking a female worker, Grace (Not real name), after she was sexually harassed by one Sanjiv Raut, a cooking staff and an Indian national. The hotel, which is situated at number 4, Adeleke Adedoyin Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, is owned and managed by Indians. SaharaReporters … Read more
As efforts are on-going to clear the North East and the North Central States of banditry, terrorism and cattle rustlers, the Defence Media Operations (DMO) has said that De-radicalization, Rehabilitation and Re-Integration (DRR) of ex-combatant Boko Haram members that are willing to surrender, is not a process of assembling raw repentant ex-combatants back into the … Read more
…As NIREC, Minister Differ On The Bill As controversy continues to trail the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the proposed Bill gives him excessive powers. According to him: “The NCDC feels the Bill, as drafted, gives excessive powers to the Director-General of … Read more
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), regulator Nigeria’ film industry has joined Nollywood stakeholders to appealed to Lagos State Government to grant state pardon to actress Funke Akindele. Alhaji Adebayo Thomas, the Executive Director of NFVCB, said this in an interview with the Newsmen recently in Abuja. Eko Hot Blog recalls that a … Read more
Some Lawyers in Lagos have urged Nigerians to adhere to the rule of law and constituted authorities to promote and sustain the nation’s democracy. The lawyers told the Newsmen that democracy, which was largely a product of a civil system, could only be sustained if both the government and the governed worked together in unity. … Read more
An Abuja-based NGO, Society for Eradication of Poverty in Nigeria (SEPIN) on Friday urged well-meaning Nigerians to assist the masses in the country. Mrs Constance Nwosu, National Coordinator of the society made the appeal in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja in commemoration of June 12 Democracy Day. Nwosu who described democracy as the … Read more
A policeman attached to the Akwa Ibom state police command has been dismissed for cultism. The policeman identified as Mfon Esio was dismissed after investigation revealed that he participated in the initiation rites of a secret cult, Junior Vikings Confraternity on May 20th, 2020. The incident was uncovered after it was revealed that one Ubong … Read more