Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG roundup of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Saturday, January 4th, 2020 1. Obalende Street Lights Restored, After 20 Years Of Malfunction Executive Chairman of the Ikoyi/Obalende Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon Fuad Atanda-Lawal has fulfilled his promise to the residents of Obalende to ensure that street lights were provided in … Read more
Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Mfon Bassey, said his ministry in collaboration with the police has arrested six suspected NITEL cable thieves at Atekong Street in Calabar Municipal Local Government Area in Cross River State. He said that the suspected thieves stole NITEL cable and destroyed the green area of Atekong Street, close to the defunct … Read more
Spain’s electoral board ordered on Friday that Catalan president Quim Torra be disqualified from being a member of Catalonia’s regional parliament, meaning he would lose his post. The decision comes after a Spanish court last month convicted him of disobedience for failing to remove separatist symbols from public buildings during an election campaign and banned … Read more
Executive Chairman of the Ikoyi/Obalende Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon Fuad Atanda-Lawal has fulfilled his promise to the residents of Obalende to ensure that street lights were provided in the community. The chairman said the street lights which had been out of order for over 20 years, will become functional again on or before … Read more
Owners of abandoned vehicles and motorcycles parked at the Adatan Division in Abeokuta have been warned by the Ogun State Police Command to remove their vehicles or risk forfeiture. The vehicles, according to a statement issued by the police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, ‘’are one green Nissan Almera (SMK 629XA); one Nissan Sunny (GBE 548 XA) … Read more
Coachella, one of the most famous and profitable music festivals in the United States has announced that afrobeats singer, Seun Kuti will be performing in 2020 edition. The festival is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Excited about the news, Kuti shared a video of his … Read more
Nollywood actress Moyo Lawal has revealed that she has never had birthday sex in her entire life. She made the revelation in an Instagram post where she shared a raunchy photo in celebration of her birthday. Lawal also stated that same has to be prevented from happening next year. Read Also: Martial, Lingard Sent Home From … Read more
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, sent Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial home from training on Friday, just 15 minutes after they arrived, because of illness. ESPN reports that both players arrived at Carrington, but were asked to leave, after being checked over by club medical staff. It is a further blow for Solskjaer ahead … Read more
Following the killing of Iran commander, Qassem Soleimani by a US airstrike, the American rap star, Cardi B, condemned the killing as she vows to Dump the God’s own country for Nigeria. Ekohotblog gathered that the Revolutionary Guard General, Soleimani was killed on Friday. The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of … Read more
The 2020 African Individual Chess Championship is set to be hosted in Lagos as the Nigeria Chess Federation have accepted to welcome other Chess star to country. This is the second time that the country will be hosting the chess championship with the first hosted in Abuja in 2003. According to a statement released on … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed that his adminstration was not in a hurry to withdraw troops from conflict zones across the country. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the withdrawal of the military from areas where peace had been restored would not be … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the invasion of the Tawari community in Kogi Local Government Area, Kogi State where 19 people were reportedly killed by unknown gunmen. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. He advised the communities involved … Read more
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has berated the British government stressing that the government of Britain was the worst enemy of Nigeria. The IPOB leader also berated those asking the group to seek the independence of the Biafra through appropriate channels, he described them as hypocrites. Kanu also … Read more
The Special Adviser on Political Matters to the Governor of Edo State, Chief Osaro Idah, has revealed the cause of the ongoing feud between Governor Obaseki and the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress APC, Adams Oshiomhole. Idah revealed that Oshiomhole denied his boss the opportunity to nominate a federal appointees from Edo State … Read more
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged that the opposition People Democratic Party PDP was the mastermind behind the purported third agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari. It could be recalled that President Buhari had in his new year message reinstated his resolve to withdraw from political activities at the … Read more
The People Democratic Party PDP, has berated the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress APC, Adams Oshiomhole, describing him as a broken brass. PDP urged Oshiomhole to stop canvassing for the impossible and face the tangling suspension on his political career as well as the unavoidable prosecution for the mismanagement of public funds while … Read more
The Executive Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has set up a transition committee for 20 local government areas of the state. It could be recalled that the Elected chairmen completed their tenures in October 2019. The transition committees will be in place until the Ogun State Electoral Commission (OGSEIC) conducts an election to … Read more
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has promised that the electioneering process in the nation would be improved upon. Yakubu disclosed this in statement recently. He said “The Commission will continue to improve on our processes in spite of the extremely challenging environment created by the action and inaction … Read more
A 25-year-old pickpocket, Francis Monday, arrested recently by the Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has confessed that he sacrifices a cock every three days to ensure that the rings he uses in picking people’s pockets is potent. According to him, the ring was given to him by an Islamic cleric, adding that the ring … Read more
The Nigerian Navy on Friday handed over 57 Nigerians, seven Sri-Lankans and two Ghanaians, suspected to be involved in oil bunkering to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The News Agency of Nigeria also reports that the seven vessels, involved in the oil bunkering and having no valid approval, were arrested by the Nigerian Navy … Read more