Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp doesn’t feel as “though anything is done” despite his side reaching 70 points before the end of January and moving 19 points clear at the top of the Premier League. Mohamed Salah’s first-half penalty and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s second-half effort delivered a 23rd victory in 24 matches for the Reds at West … Read more
Christian Eriksen made his Inter Milan debut as they beat Fiorentina on Wednesday to reach the Italian cup semi-finals. The Denmark midfielder joined Inter from Tottenham for a fee of around £16.9m on Tuesday. He came on as a second-half substitute, replacing on-loan Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez. Antonio Candreva and Nicolo Barella got the … Read more
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City has reached their third successive Carabao Cup final despite losing 1-0 to city rival, Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium. Man City eliminated the Reds on 3-2 aggregate and will be playing against Aston Villa in the Finals. The Citizens were leading 3-1 from the first leg at Old Trafford, the … Read more
Arsenal have announced the loan signing of Pablo Mari from Flamengo with an option to buy to become manager Mikel Arteta’s first signing in the January transfer window. The Gunners got the Spaniard on loan for an improved fee of around £4million with a view to a permanent £7.5million deal. The Spanish 26-year-old was a … Read more
Ex-Nigerian international Austine “Jay-Jay” Okocha has revealed he never won the major continental and world awards because he did not play as a striker. Okocha who is regarded as one of the finest midfielders in the world during his prime never won the African Player of the Year or got a shot at the FIFA … Read more
Manchester United have confirmed they have an agreement in place to sign Bruno Fernandes from Sporting CP. Fernandes is set to become United’s first signing of the January transfer window after reaching a ‘significant breakthrough’ in transfer talks on Tuesday night. The 25-year-old Portugal international will undergo a medical at Carrington before signing a four-and-a-half … Read more
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Eyinnnaya Abaribe, on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign because of the rising insecurity in the country. Abaribe stated this while contributing to a motion entitled ‘Nigerian security challenges: Urgent need to restructure, review and re-organise the current security architecture’, moved by the Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, and … Read more
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Wednesday met with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, at the force headquarters, Abuja, over the South-West security outfit, Operation Amotekun, as well as the raging local government crisis in Oyo state, where the police boss agreed to hold a meeting with the south west governors to review the … Read more
During a debate on the nation’s security at Wednesday’s plenary at the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, some members of the House of Representatives have demanded the resignation of the service chiefs. Assessing their performances, the lawmakers called for the resignation of the service chiefs since President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission on Wednesday arraigned Azubuike Ishiekwene, a former executive director of Punch newspaper, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos, on allegations bordering on forgery of document and intent to defraud in the sum of N350 million. Mr Ishiekwene was charged alongside Olalekun Abdul, Adeyinka Adewale (absent), and Morakinyo Bolanle … Read more
The Southwest Zone of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ten working days ultimatum to lift the ban on bikes and tricycles in the state and apologise to Lagos residents. In a statement made available to Ekohotblog.com, the NANS Coordinator for the Zone D, Kowe Odunayo Amos, … Read more
The executive chairman of the Lagos Inland Revenue Service (LIRS), Ayodele Subair, has disclosed that only 4.5 million out of the 24 million people living in Lagos are registered taxpayers Subair disclosed this during an interview on Arise TV while maintaining that LIRS is working to capture more residents. Read Also: NSCDC Bans Officers From … Read more
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has banned its officers from displaying firearms, especially in public places. The Commandant General, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu made the announcement when he paid a condolence visit to the former governor of Imo state and serving Senator Rochas Okorocha following the death of Action Alliance Chieftain in Imo State, … Read more
Justice Othman Musa of the FCT high court in Bwari has dismissed the suit filed challenging the eligibility of the deputy president of the Senate Ovie Omo-agege over an alleged conviction in the United State of America. The court clarified that the case against Omo-Agege in the US was merely a non-criminal trial by a … Read more
Preliminary investigation by Lagos state emergency managment agency[LASEMA] revealed that the cause of the Balogun market inferno was an attempt by someone to refuel a generator The General Manager of LASEMA, Femi Osanyintolu made the revelation to newsmen, adding that no casualty was recorded in the incident. Read Also: FG shuts down Chinese supermarket in … Read more
First identified by Chinese researchers with the pathogen behind a mysterious illness that had sickened 59 people in Wuhan, Hubei in 2019, a city of 11 million in central China, coronavirus is a group of viruses common among animals but now confirmed that it could also infect humans. The large family of viruses can cause … Read more
The House of Representatives has called for thorough monitoring of all the entry points into the country. The House during plenary on wednesday called on the Federal Government to declare a public health emergency in the country, following the outbreak of the coronavirus in China. They noted that although the virus has not been reported … Read more
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has restored public water supply in Owerri metropolis. Uzodinma spoke on Wednesday, in Owerri, through his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, adding that the governor, took the action immediately he discovered there were complaints of scarcity of water in the state capital. Some of the areas that have started … Read more
Speaker of the house of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has inaugurated six lawmakers into the members into the lower chamber of the National Assembly during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The lawmakers, including the former Majority Leader of the House, Ado Doguwa, were sworn in following their victories in the rerun and supplementary … Read more
Officials of the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) have visited a residential building in the Ikosi/Isheri Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the state. In two tweets on Wednesday, the government described the house as a three-storey building located on Olabisi Balogun Street in the Ikosi-Ketu area of Lagos. Read Also: Update on Fire … Read more