The Action Alliance’s(AA) Governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 Governorship election in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, withdraws the appeal he filed against the election of Governor Emeka Ihedioha. On Tuesday, Nwosu’s lawyer, Mr. Solomon Umoh (SAN), told the seven-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Tanko Muhammad, that the decision … Read more
A truck has rammed into five vehicles and two motorcycles, Crushed one person to death and injured four others at Sango tollgate on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. Ekohotblog garnered that the accident occurred around 4:49 am on Tuesday when the brake of the truck failed. The Sector Commander … Read more
Iran on Tuesday announced its first arrest over the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner in Tehran last week, after the third night of angry protests over the disaster. The Ukraine International Airlines plane was brought down by a missile shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. Tehran for … Read more
Fire has destroyed part of the old market in Sokoto state,says sokoto fire service. Mr Mustapha Abubakar, the Head of Operations in Sokoto Fire Service, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the inferno started at about 11:00 p.m on Monday and lasted till about 2:00 a.m on Tuesday. Abubakar said that … Read more
Following the alleged conviction of the Deputy Senate President,Ovie Omo-Agege for felony by a United States’ court in 1996,a coalition of nine civil society organizations have threatened to stage a protest at the National Assembly if he(Omo-Agege) failed to resign and the Delta Central Senatorial District seat declared vacant within the next 72 hours. The … Read more
The police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps have beefed up security around the United States Embassy and British High Commission in Abuja, following reports of possible attack on the embassies. The head of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in a US drone strike near Baghdad airport on January 3. His … Read more
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the finance bill into law. He made this known via his Twitter handle on Monday. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/01/12/lagos-goes-tough-on-okada-keke-marwa/ “I am pleased to announce that this morning I signed into Law the Finance Bill, 2019,” he tweeted. More Details later…
At least 31 persons including children sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving a luxury bus around Mowe on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Mr Clement Oladele, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Sunday. Oladele explained that the accident occurred around … Read more
Gunmen have allegedly kidnapped the wife of a Jigawa State Assembly members representing Miga constituency, Haruna Dangyatun. SP Abdu Jinjiri, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, told NAN that the victim, Hajiya Zahra’u Haruna, was kidnapped by three gunmen on Saturday about 4 a.m. at Dangyatum village. “Today at about 4 a.m., … Read more
Russian has reacted to Iranian, admission on Saturday that it unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian airliner killing 176 people onboard. “If decryption of the black boxes and the work of the investigation do not prove that the Iranian army did this intentionally, and there are no logical reasons for this, the incident must be closed. … Read more
Iran on Saturday said it unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian airliner that crashed this week killing 176 people, calling it an “unforgivable mistake”. The Ukraine International Airlines plane came down on Wednesday shortly after Iran launched missiles at bases hosting American forces in Iraq in response to the killing of Qasem Soleimani, one of Iran’s … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State has reacted to comment by Governor Dave Umahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he also belonged to APC. The Governor was quoted to have told the people of Ishielu and Onicha Local Government Areas at the Government House, Abakaliki, on Monday, that he was “100 … Read more
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on Nigerian youth to brace for the leadership role ahead of them. He made this statement in Abuja when he received the All Progressives Congress youth leaders from the six zones at the Presidential Villa. “Whether we like it or not, we will someday hand over to Nigerian youths. … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), has blamed security agencies for their failure to act decisively when there is electoral violence in the country. Many people lost their lives and hundreds of properties destroyed by thugs during the presidential/National Assembly governorship/House of Assembly polls on February 23 and March 9, 2019 respectively. At least a dozen … Read more
Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial district, Istifanus Gyang has described the recent killing of 15 persons in Kumbun community of Mangu LGA of Plateau State as “an act of terrorism and a reversal to the dark days”. Gyang through his Special Adviser, Media and Protocol, Ibrahim Musa Ashoms, said that he received with rude shock … Read more
Abia state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed shock at the sudden death of the Transition Committee Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area, Hon. Maurice Onyekachi Okoro. In a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Onyebuchi Ememanka, Governor Ikpeazu described the Late Hon. Okoro as a hardworking and dedicated politician whose commitment to excellence … Read more
More Strikes planned against American forces in Iraq could have just been the beginning of a major operation across the region if the U.S. had responded, a senior Iranian commander was reported as saying yesterday. Quoted by state TV, Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the only fitting revenge for Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s killing by the U.S. … Read more
Suspected vandals on Thursday burnt a wooden statue of US President Donald Trump built last year by a group of villagers to criticise populist politics, local authorities said. The eight-metre-high (26 feet) statue of Trump complete with his trademark mane, blue suit, white shirt and red tie was built last August. It was named “statue … Read more
Eighteen UN troops and two civilians were injured on Thursday in a mortar attack on a military base in northern Mali, a UN official said, in fresh violence in the war-torn West African country. Olivier Salgado, the spokesperson for the UN mission in Mali, said the toll was “preliminary.” Mali has been struggling to contain … Read more
A Ukrainian airliner, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran with the loss of all 176 people on board, had turned back before experiencing the problem, Iranian authorities said. “The plane, which was initially headed west to leave the airport zone, turned right following a problem and was headed back to the airport at the … Read more