One of the fastest-growing financial service providers in Nigeria, Heritage Bank Plc, is celebrating 7 years of its existence. Established with an excellent service culture hinged on partnering with customer to create wealth, the lender has continued to provide seamless banking experience, accurate and relevant information to its customers across Nigeria. For Heritage Bank, it’s … Read more
Since it was announced that the coronavirus disease had hit Lagos, many Nigerians have been avoiding “Chinese” restaurants in the country like they would an earthquake and a rattlesnake. It does not even matter to them if they are just Nigerian-owned restaurants serving Chinese menus. Since the deadly disease originated in China, many Nigerians have … Read more
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday intensified efforts to curtail the incidence of gas explosion in Lagos State with the closure of seven Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants. The oil and gas industry regulator said the affected LPG (cooking gas) plants were sealed for not complying with the prerequisite safety standards and operating … Read more
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved that the National Assembly should suspend plenary for two weeks to enable the management install facilities to screen and detect coronavirus. Ekohotblog understands that this was sequel to the unanimous adoption of an amendment moved by the Minority Leader Ndudi Elumelu. Elumelu moved the amendment while members were … Read more
The 7th edition of the Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF), which was held from the 27th of February to 1st of March, 2020 indeed left an indelible memory in the hearts of every participant. Ekohotblog understands that the festival which was themed ‘Going Out Of Bounds’ opened on Thursday, 27th February 2020 with a ceremony at … Read more
An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos State, on Tuesday sentenced an unemployed man, Bashiru Osho, to 12 years imprisonment for attempting to defile an eight-year-old girl. The police charged the 25-year-old, whose address was not provided with attempting to commit the felony of defilement. READ ALSO: My Ailing Grandmother Made Me Commit Crime The Prosecution … Read more
Two persons, Obi Sobenna Jude and Robert Sunday Olaoluwa have been arrested in Bauchi by the Kaduna zone of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for defrauding members of the public, through job scam. According to the agency, the two suspects posed as foreigners working for American companies on the internet. They were arrested at … Read more
Nokia’s chief executive officer Rajeev Suri will leave the telecom equipment provider in September and be replaced by the current head of Finnish energy group Fortum, Nokia announced on Monday. Pekka Lundmark will take over on September 1, Nokia said. Suri, who has been Nokia’s president and CEO since April 2014, had “indicated earlier to … Read more
President of the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has advised against the politicisation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. Muhammad-Bande, from Nigeria, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Monday evening. Ambassador Tijani Muhammad-Bande spoke against the backdrop of the rapid spread of the virus … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Mr. Segun Agbaje has disclosed that the bank will continue to focus on caring about human feelings to win the digital payment space in the future. Agbaje made the statement while discussing the topic, ” Going beyond the Digital Experience” at the Social Media Week (SMW) in … Read more
Legendary singer/songwriter and record producer, Innocent Idibia popularly called 2Baba, has finally dropped the long-awaited album titled, Warriors. And we are live!#Warriors is out on all major distribution platforms (link in bio)Stream, download and enjoy this work of art. #WarriorsAlbum #iamwarrior #20YearsAKing https://t.co/QyYuTo7pBQ — #ONELOVERELIGION #UNWASHTHEBRAINWASH #OPENYOUREYES (@official2baba) February 28, 2020 Songs in the album … Read more
A prosecution witness, Dr. Musa A. Musa, on Thursday, February 27, 2020, narrated before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja how Shamshudeen Bala, son of the former FCT minister and now Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, made payments for three units of four-bedroom semi-detached duplexes, located in Apo and Guzape areas of … Read more
All countries need to prepare to combat the deadly coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as authorities raced to contain the epidemic’s rapid global spread. With new infections reported around the world now surpassing those in mainland China, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said even rich nations should prepare. … Read more
The first case of the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19) has been confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria, by the Federal Ministry of Health through the Lagos Ministry of Health on Friday morning. Ekohotblog understands that the virus was brought in by an Italian citizen who entered Nigeria on the 25th of February from Milan, Italy for a brief … Read more
………FG Advices Citizens On What To Do The Ministry of Health in Lagos State has confirmed its first case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and reported it to the Federal Ministry of Health. The Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, broke the news in a statement released early on Friday. He said: “The case, which was confirmed … Read more
Netflix, which has set up an office in Nigeria, has unveiled its first Nigerian original – a six-part drama series from Vaya director, 45-year-old Akin Omotoso. According to PM News, the movie which has no title yet but will be directed by Omotoso, Daniel Oriahi and CJ Obasi. Lined up to star in the movie … Read more
Nollywood Actor, Zubby Michael has replicated the miracle style of a controversial Anambra prophet, Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, popularly known as Prophet Odumeje, in his latest movie, “Obele Chukwu.” The Nollywood actor, fondly called “Eze Ndiala” (King of mad people) by some of his supporters, is a member of the Mountain Of Holy Ghost Intervention in Onitsha, … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force has sacked the Zonal Intervention Squad officer who was involved in the alleged murder of the Remo Star football club player, Tiamiyu Kazeem. Inspector Olaniyi Ogunsoro’s dismissal came following a recommendation sent to the Assistant Inspector General of police in charge of zone two, after the dismissed officer’s trial by the … Read more
A journalist was on Wednesday was gunned down by unidentified gunmen in Swat, a valley in North-Western Pakistan that had once been under Taliban control, police said. According to a local police official, Hazrat Mohammad, Javedullah Khan, who worked as Bureau Chief for the Urdu language newspaper, Ausaf, was shot dead in the Matta area, … Read more
Metro Bank (MTRO.L) swung to a huge loss last year as it battled a loan miscalculation fiasco that upended the business. Metro Bank said on Wednesday it made a loss of £130.8m ($170m) last year, compared with a profit of £40.6m in 2018. The bank blamed a £88m write-down of assets, including millions of costs … Read more