Bus conductor, Wale Hassan, 30, has appeared before a Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over alleged armed robbery and raping of a 59-year-old woman. Hassan, a father of two, is facing five counts charge bordering on conspiracy to commit robbery, armed robbery contrary to section 297 (2)(a), 299 and rape contrary to section … Read more
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin has upheld the judgement of a High Court which jailed a former Chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State Polytechnic, Dr Saadu Alanamu, for 12 years. A statement signed on Wednesday by the spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Rasheedat Okoduwa, said … Read more
Oyo state government has said that communities that damage or do not maintain public infrastructures provided for them risk being blacklisted from further government support. The Board Chairman of the Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), Dr. Idowu Oyeleke gave the warning while addressing journalists shortly after the meeting of the Board at … Read more
A plane carrying 177 passengers skidded off the runway at an Istanbul airport and split into two after landing in rough weather on Wednesday, but officials said no-one had died. The aircraft had flown into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport from the Aegean city of Izmir in very wet weather, NTV broadcaster reported, showing images of … Read more
Reports reaching our end revealed that there was a protest in Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State on Wednesday over the ban imposed on a motorcycle (Okada) and tricycle (Keke) operators in the state. In a video obtained by our correspondents from the scene of the incident, people were seen running helter-skelter as the protesters … Read more
There was a minor chaos in Ladoke Akintola Univeristy of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo State as items suspected to be “sacrifice” was spotted this morning at the entrance of a professor’s office. Students who saw the oblation that was placed in front of Prof. A.A Akingbade’s office who is a senior lecturer in the faculty … Read more
An Austrian woman has been placed under police watch after she escaped hospital premises in Austria before her Coronavirus test was ready. The unidentified woman had according to Karl Schupfer, who works as a press officer in Salzburg, had been in the hospital since Tuesday but decided to escape to her home on Wednesday. While … Read more
Ex-Nigeria international Odion Jude Ighalo has actually talked on why he chose to put on jerseyNo 25 at ManchesterUnited The 30-year-old, that has actually signed up with on a car loan bargain from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, till completion of the period offered a challenging solution and also claimed it remained in some means connected … Read more
Golden State Warriors associate head coach Mike Brown has actually accepted terms to be the following head coach of the Nigerian men’s basketball group throughout the 2020 TokyoOlympics NBBF head of state Musa Kida was looking for a top-level coach with an NBA history to lead D’Tigers to theOlympics D’Tigers former head coach Alex Nwora … Read more
The Service Chiefs and also the Minister of Defence are currently in a closed-door meeting right now. Present at meeting are the House Committees on National Intelligence, Navy, Army, Air pressure and alsoDefence The Speaker of the House,Rep Femi Gbajabiamila is being anticipated at the meeting which is continuous. Read Also:It Is The Banana, Groundnut … Read more
Boshi Jasmen, a 26 year old guy from Benue state has actually been detained by policemans of the Nigerian police for murder. Boshi was detained in the very early hrs of Monday night for apparently raping a 22 year old girl (name held back) that got on her method to the medical facility According to … Read more
The Independent Corrupt Practices as well as Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has actually restrained Mr Goddy Nnadi, the General Manager (Corporate Services), Petroleum EqualisationFund The speaker of the compensation, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, that Nnadi that was apprehended on Monday is currently in apprehension at the ICPC workplace. Futhermore, … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has actually accepted the consultation of Professor Saad Ahmed as the brand-new Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi,Abuja According to a statement launched on Wednesday by Eunice Akro, Assistant Director, Press as well as Publicity in the Ministry of Health, (FMOH), in Abuja, the consultation, of Ahmed works on February … Read more
Sandra, a female Gokada rider has received a car gift from Kokun Foundation for the purpose of fending for her family following the Okada ban by the Lagos State Government. Ekohotblog reports that the state government issued an order restricting motorcycles and tricycles from operating in six Local Government Areas. This has sparked lots of … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has actually banged 16 counts verging on terrorism, murder, kidnapping as well as unlawful arms running versus the Taraba abduct authority, Bala Hamisu (also known as Wadume), Captain Tijjani Balarabe as well as 18 others. Also on the listing of offenders are StaffSgt David Isaiah;Sgt Ibrahim Mohammed; Corporal Bartholomew … Read more
Men of the Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, supposedly struck some workers of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, throughout a demonstration versus the Director-General of the institute, ChimaIgwe Eko warm blog site found out that the workers were vocal singing uniformity tunes and also requiring the suspension of Igwe when the policemen … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has actually claimed that it is not real that Boko Haram revolt has actually asserted the lives of even more Christians thanMuslims He said that the contrary held true, firmly insisting that “90 per cent” of fatalities from strikes by the terrorists wereMuslims Buhari offered his setting in an op-ed released in … Read more
The Federal Government has actually allocated N3108 m for purchase of devices for community policing tasks in2020 A look-up by our news workdesk right into the Federal Government’s 2020 budget plan revealed the arrangement for the expense under the Ministry of Police Affairs’ price quotes. Although the budget plan did not state details things to … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 1. Organised Labour in Kwara to embark on 3 day Fasting Organised work in Kwara State has in fact asked staff members in the state to begin a three-day fasting as well as additionally request start from February 5 (today) … Read more
Organised labour in Kwara State has actually asked employees in the state to start a three-day fasting and also petition beginning from February 5 (today) to February 7. The purpose of the spiritual workout, the labour leaders claimed“is to seek God’s intervention on the delay in the implementation of the new national minimum wage in … Read more