20-Year-Old Woman Arraigned For Beating Up Neighbour Over Electricity Bills

Court Sentences UNILORIN Student To Jail For Fraud

A 20-year-old woman, Folorunsho Emmanuel, who allegedly beat up her neighbour, over unpaid electricity bills on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. Emmanuel, who resides at No. 21, Banjoko, St., Oshodi, Lagos, is charged with two counts of conspiracy and assault. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Insp. Evenly … Read more

Sanwo-Olu Appoints Five New Permanent Secretaries

Sanwo-Olu Hails Abiru, Saheed By-Election Victory

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries. A circular released on Monday by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, confirmed the appointments as part of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s giant strides to attain the set objectives espoused in the THEMES agenda. Okunola listed former Director of Financial … Read more

Lagos Safety Commisison Declares Zero Tolerance For Safety Infractions

The Director General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola has declared zero tolerance for safety infractions across the State. He said this at the weekend during the safety awareness campaign tagged: “Keep Safe, Stay Alive.” The Commission took to the street on Lagos Island to sensitize commuters and residents in pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa, and lgbo … Read more

Woman Fakes Kidnap To Extort Emoployer Of N10m

Police Confirms The Arrest Of A Kano Man Who Locked 30-Year-Old Son In Car Garage For 7 Years

The Police in Lagos State have arrested a 26-year old woman and her boyfriend after she allegedly faked her own kidnap to extort money from her employer. The woman, Ataghar Namdoo was arrested on Thursday around 10.00pm by operatives from Anti-kidnapping Unit, Lagos State Police Command for faking her own kidnap, PM News reports. Police … Read more

LAWMA To Create Hall Of Shame For Environmental Offenders

LAWMA

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) will soon begin a campaign tagged: #HallofFame and #WallofShame, to recognize efforts of individuals whose activities promote environmental cleanliness in the state, while naming and shaming residents who indulge in reckless waste disposal. LAWMA disclosed this following the arrest and sentencing to community service by a mobile court of … Read more

True Love Story! Couple Married For 65 Years Die Same Day

An elderly couple who had been together for nearly 65 years died on the same day earlier this month while living together in a nursing home. The couple, Jack and Harriet Morrison, pushed their beds together so they could hold hands in the St. Louis-area nursing home where they each died on Jan. 11, the … Read more

Sanwo-Olu speaks On Pipeline Explosion In Abule Egba

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the pipeline explosion that rocked Abule-Egba area aof the state as ‘unfortunate’. On Sunday night, ekohotblog.com broke the news about a pipeline explosion around Abule Egba area. The governor on Monday tweeted: My thoughts and prayers are with the families & businesses affected in the unfortunate incident … Read more

Universities To Go On Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

BREAKING: ASUU Begins Indefinite Strike

University workers have begun moves to go on strike over non-implementation of the new national minimum wage law by their employers. This happened against a presidential directive that the minimum wage law would be implemented by December 31, 2019. A source close to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told The Nation that the … Read more

Major Nigerian Headlines For Today Monday, January 20th, 2020

Newspaper Headlines

Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Monday, January 20th, 2020 1. Update: Three Dead, Buildings Destroyed As Pipeline Explodes In Abule Egba At least three persons have reported died while buildings have been destroyed in the pipeline fire that raged on Sunday in Ekoro/ Ile-Epo axis of Abule-Egba in Lagos. … Read more

Nursing Mother, Newborn, Burnt To Death In Ebonyi

Ebonyi Record Six Covid-19 Deaths

The dead body of a 35-year-old nursing mother, Mrs. Idenyi Ebere Ukamaka, was at the weekend discovered in a drainage behind Enugu North Mass transit park along Afikpo road Abalaliki, the capital city of Ebonyi State. The deceased, popularly known as Mama Ebuka and nursing an 11 days old baby, was said to have been … Read more

17 NURTW Members Bailed From Detention By MC Oluomo

MC Oluomo Summons NURTW Branch Charimen Over Protest Against LASTMA, Others

The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Council Chairman Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka Mc Oluomo) has secured the bail of 17 union members from police custody. Their bail was made easy following their clearance by the Lagos State Police Command after interrogation. The Nation learnt that action would be taken on the … Read more

Serie A: Ronaldo Scores Twice In Juventus 2-1 Victory Over Parma

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for a seventh successive Serie A game as his brace gave leaders Juventus victory at home to Parma. Ronaldo opened the scoring two minutes before half-time with a deflected effort off Matteo Darmian. Andreas Cornelius’ powerful header restored parity, but Ronaldo slotted home Paulo Dybala’s pass to restore Juve’s lead three minutes … Read more

Barcelona New Manager Setien Begins Campaign With 1-0 Win Over Granada

Lionel Messi’s second-half strike against 10-man Granada gave new coach Quique Setien a winning start at Barcelona, but it was not a convincing display by the La Liga champions. Barca had more than 80% of the possession, but the build-up was often slow and ponderous at the Camp Nou. Setien’s tactics for Barcelona’s attack was … Read more

EPL: Man United Manager Solskjaer Commends Liverpool’s Team Performance

Manchester United boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has Liverpool team performance after his team outplayed at Anfield on Sunday evening. Goals from Virgil Van Dijk and Mohamad Salah was all the Reds needed to see off their fierce Premier League rival. Following their defeat to the Merseyside team, Solskjaer said the Jurgen Klopp’s side will win … Read more

United States Grants Asylum To Popular Nigerian Journalist

United States Grants Asylum To Popular Nigerian Journalist

The United States has granted asylum to a popular Nigerian journalist, Ohimai Amaize, a former African Independent Television (AIT) presenter who fled Nigeria last year. Ekohotblog reports that the journalist confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES in an e-mail Sunday. The mail sent by the popular Nigerian journalist reads as thus; “I have just received … Read more

Facebook Suspends Plans To Introduce Ads On WhatsApp

Facebook is “backing away” from earlier plans to sell ads for placement inside its enormously popular WhatsApp messaging service. According to The Wall Street Journal, the team that had been working on building ads into WhatsApp was disbanded in recent months, with their work subsequently “deleted from WhatsApp’s code.” The Journal notes that Facebook still … Read more

Bodies Of Ukrainian Plane Crash Arrive Kiev

The flag-draped coffins of the 11 Ukrainians who died in a plane mistakenly shot down by Iran amid heightened tensions with Washington arrived in Kiev on Sunday. President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Oleksiy Goncharuk and other officials attended the solemn ceremony at Kiev’s Boryspil airport to see the downed plane’s nine Ukrainian flight crew and … Read more

ICPC Begins Recruitment, Tells Candidates To Be Wary Of Fraudsters

Candidates interested  in the recruitment exercise of The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission  have been warned to be careful of fraudsters. The agency said it has engaged the services of DSCL Corporate Services Limited to conduct the recruitment on its behalf to fill vacant positions approved by government. It said, “The general … Read more

Ex-BBNaija Star Khloe Blasts Schoolmates Who Follows Her On Social Media

Controversial reality star, Oluwabusayo Abiri better known as Khloe has taken to Instagram to blast her former schoolmates who now follow are on the platform. In a post on Friday, Khloe described those people as those who provoked her during high and middle school days.  “A few people who teased me in high school and … Read more

Rihanna Reportedly Ends Relationship With Saudi Arabian Boyfriend

After two and half years of dating, Barbadian R&B star Rihanna and her Saudi Arabian boyfriend, Hassan Jameel have parted ways. Rihanna and Jameel who were private while they dated, reportedly broke up this week. Sometime in 2019, she opened up about her relationship with Jameel in an interview with Vogue, where she said “Yeah, I’m dating,” … Read more