Nigerian pharmacists say they do not stock the Lassa fever drug of choice, Ribavirin, because it is not a medication for the treatment of “typical day-to-day ailments”, adding that only the Federal Government can stock products like that. The pharmacists and operators of pharmaceutical outlets disclosed this to EkoHotBlog as Nigeria continues to fight the … Read more
The people of Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State are studying the Western Nigeria Security Network, also known as Operation Amotekun, to develop their own community vigilante system to protect residents from suspected Fulani bandits. The President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union and former member of the House of Representatives, Jonathan Asake, stated this during … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reiterated the commitment of his administration to massively invest in quality education to guarantee a brighter future for the young ones. Assuring that the State Government would spare no effort to improve the learning and teaching environment in schools across the State. Speaking on Saturday at the 2nd … Read more
Suspected herdsmen have allegedly hacked a farmer to death in Fagboun village, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. According to the village chief, Simeon Fagbohun, the heinous act was perpetrated by some herdsmen who recently invaded the community. “What we know is that they (the herders) took their herds to his farm which … Read more
Recall that Four students of the seminary were abducted when heavily armed gunmen invaded the school located at Kaukau in Chikun Local Government Area, on January 9, 2020 The Registrar, Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Rev. Father Joel Usman, has confirmed the killing of the fourth seminarian abducted by bandits suspected to be kidnappers in Kaduna. … Read more
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has met with United Kingdom Government officials in London, in an effort to expedite the extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to face trial in Nigeria. Diezani, who served as Minister of Petroleum resources under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, is … Read more
Three persons who were hearing impaired and staff of the Special School for the Blind and Deaf in Ikoro Ekiti, Ijero Local Government area of Ekiti State, Friday lost their lives in an auto crash. Eyewitness revealed that many occupants of the vehicle sustained various degrees of injuries in the fatal accident, Daily Post reports. … Read more
Abducted Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in Taraba State, Zainab Kashimi, has regained her freedom. According to a family source, who preferred to be anonymous, Mrs. Kashimi was set free unhurt in the early hours of Sunday without any ransom paid and she has reunited with her family. Read Also: Pastor Adeboye … Read more
The enforcement of the ban on motorcycle and tricycle operations in major areas of Lagos state took effect on Saturday, this has caused most commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada riders to start leaving the state A resident of Ishaga Close, Itire, Yusuf Salau, told EkoHotBlog in the early hours of today that a number … Read more
The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye on Sunday led millions of his church members on a prayer walk to end the spate of insecurity and killings in Nigeria. Adeboye, who had instructed his church members all over Nigeria to observe the walk, commenced the walk from Ebute … Read more
Commercial transportation company Uber has suspended the accounts of 240 users in Mexico who may have been in contact with drivers that ferried a person suspected of having the deadly coronavirus. More than 300 people have died from the novel coronavirus in mainland China and although more than 100 people have been infected outside the … Read more
A drunk driver rammed his pickup truck into a group of children in Sydney, killing two sisters, their brother and a cousin and seriously injuring three others, police alleged on Sunday. The 29-year-old driver was charged with manslaughter and high-range drink driving following the incident late Saturday in the Oatlands suburb of western Sydney. The … Read more
Senator Sheu Sani, a former Lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani has bore his mind on the recent travel ban on Nigerians and four other countries. The US has announced it is expanding its curbs on immigration to include Nigeria. The US government will stop issuing visa that will lead to permanent … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has replied the Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, that his aspersions on the Commission cannot stop it from doing the right thing. Responding to the governor’s claim that INEC senior Staff in the Southeast are all card carrying members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Commission said it … Read more
The Federal Government plans to ban the movement of certain category of cargoes on some roads after the completion of major railways in the country. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made this disclosure in Lagos during a panel session on infrastructure development and financing at an event organised by Deloitte on Nigeria Economic Outlook … Read more
The last of the four seminarians recently kidnapped from Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, has been found dead. He is identified as Brother Nnadi Michael. Our reporter gathered the other three were released on Friday. The four Seminarians were kidnapped from the Seminary premises in Kakau, along Kaduna-Abuja express way on the 8th January, 2020 … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday cautioned the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to concentrate on his legislative duties and stop his alleged meddling into the internal affairs of the party. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement, said the caution was in reaction to Gbajabiamila’s reported interference into … Read more
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Saturday, asked the federal government to declare Lassa fever as a national health emergency. The doctors at the end of the Association’s National Executive Council(NEC) meeting in Abuja, described the current preventive and control measures as “weak. And hence, the call for declaration of national health emergency … Read more
The wife of a Kaduna-based medical doctor, Philip Ataga, who was abducted by kidnappers, along with her two children, on January 25, has been found dead along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The woman and her two children were kidnapped from their home at the Juji community in Chikun local government area of the state by kidnappers … Read more
The Lagos State Sports Commission has notified motorists that due to the Access Bank-Lagos City Marathon event scheduled to hold on Saturday, 8th February, 2020. The National Stadium in Surulere, to Ikorodu road, as well as the entire stretch of Third Mainland Bridge to Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, inwards Eko Atlantic City, will be closed to … Read more