In its Transport fare Watch report for April 2020 on Wednesday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 8.21 per cent month-on-month and by 23.43 per cent year-on year to N223.71 in April 2020 from N206.73 in March 2020, The Nation … Read more
The Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the further evacuation of stranded Nigerians overseas. Ekohotblog reports that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who made this known on Wednesday, said the development is to allow take-off of a new policy on the evacuation of Nigerians. The Minister of Foreign Affairs said … Read more
Controversial Kemi Olunloyo as accused Igbo speaking people, residents in the Southeastern part of Nigeria of baby-buying and selling. According to Olunloyo in a recent tweet, many Igbo couples are barren and have refused to address their situations, instead, they go around looking for baby factories to buy children. READ ALSO: We Cannot Take That … Read more
An unidentified Nigerian lady has cried out for s3x amid ongoing lockdown due to coronavirus in Nigeria. Ekohotblog gathered that the lady took to her official Instagram handle to seriously cry for some ‘Vitamin D’. In a video sighted online, the desperate lady cries for s3x and said her urges needed to be satisfied. READ … Read more
Indian yogi whose claims he spent decades without food or water earned him a band of devotees and the scepticism of doctors is dead, AFP reports. The yogi man who died on Tuesday hailed from Charada village in the western state of Gujarat, where he spent his life in a routine of yoga and mediation. … Read more
In fast response to reports on a distressed two-storey building located at Olaosun close, by Abati Barracks, off Western Avenue in Surulere axis of Lagos, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Response Team in alliance with officials from the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, performed a controlled demolition of the defective structure after due … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter of Lagos State has boasted that it will win the governorship election and other polls in 2023. Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)Taofik Gani said the party has started devising to wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Gani said: “This time, members have resolved to … Read more
A man, identified simply as Joel, has lost his life after he was allegedly refused treatment by the Isolo General Hospital in Lagos State over fear of being a COVID-19 patient. It was gathered that Joel slumped on Sunday while playing football and was rushed to the hospital, but he was allegedly refused treatment on … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has recorded 276 new Coronavirus cases in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 276 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday evening, May 26. This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the … Read more
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commiserated with victims of the fire that gutted a section of the popular Ogbeogonogo Market in Asaba on Tuesday. Ekohotblog had earlier reported that the early Tuesday morning inferno destroyed shops, houses alongside goods worth hundreds of millions of naira. Gov. Okowa, who visited the market to inspect the … Read more
….Hopes To Birth A Child For One Soon Popular Kenyan On-Air Personality (OAP) Betty Kyallo has revealed that she prefers loving a divorced man and birthing a baby for one. Ekohotblog gathered that Betty, a news anchor at K24 TV, made the revelation through her new web series called Betty Kyallo Lately, where she talks … Read more
Presidency has denied report circulating the media space stating that President Muhammadu Buhari canceled all appointments and 150 memos signed by Late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Ekohotblog recalls that on the 24th of May, 2020, TheGuardian Nigeria reported that President Muhammadu Buhari through the current Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari canceled all … Read more
A 38-year-old man identified as Daniel Prieto has been arrested for raping a 6-year-old girl and infecting her with gonorrhea. According to reports, Daniel has been jailed without bail after a judge declared him a danger to the community on Thursday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Daniel admitted to having a sexual relationship with the 6-year-old girl … Read more
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has called for the arrest of Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed over the arbitrary arrest and unjust detention of a journalist, Rotimi Jolayemi, also known as Oba Akewi. The group made the call in a Tuesday statement to President Muhammadu Buhari signed by its … Read more
38 people consisting of 20 adults and 18 children have been fined for taking pictures of an aquatic flower species at a flood retention pond in Melaka Tengah, Malaysia. Melaka Tengah OCPD Asst Comm Afzanizar Ahmad said the individuals made the trip to the pond at Taman Semabok Perdana here to photograph the purple pokok … Read more
Kenyan gospel singer, Ruth Matete has sued Nigerian High Commission in Nairobi over the continual ‘detention’ of her Nigerian husband’s body in the mortuary. The body of Ruth’s husband, John Apewajoye, a Nigerian, has been lying at Kenyatta National Hospital mortuary for more than a month after the Nigerian High Commission blocked its release, Mwakilishi.com … Read more
Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that the government wants to end a travel warning for tourist trips. According to him, the travel ban would be lifted for 31 European countries from June 15. If the coronavirus situation allows, 26 other European Union nations and Britain as well as four non-EU countries in the Schengen … Read more
The popular Ogbogonogo market, Asaba, Delta State has been gutted by fire. The inferno which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday destroyed buildings and goods worth millions of naira. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, although sources said it could have resulted from a power surge. Details later….
South Africa’s rand raced to its highest in more than eight weeks against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, as optimism about a global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic boosted riskier assets, with investors looking past Sino-U.S. trade tensions. At 0605 GMT, the rand traded at 17.4700 per dollar, 0.91 percent firmer than its previous close. … Read more
UK minister, Douglas Ross has resigned as public anger deepens over PM Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings’ breaching COVID-19 lockdown rules Ross, the Minister for Scotland and a Tory whip, announced Tuesday on Twitter he is quitting because he was unconvinced by Mr. Cummings’ defense of the journey to Durham. “I haven’t commented publicly on … Read more