The US military has informed its counterparts in Baghdad on Monday that it was preparing for “movement out of Iraq,” a day after the Iraqi parliament urged the government oust foreign troops. The head of the US military’s Task Force Iraq, Brigadier General William Seely, sent a letter to the head of Iraq’s joint operations … Read more
Policeman guarding a new generation bank at the Ekeki axis of Bayelsa capital city,Yenegoa, has shot a commercial bus driver and two of his passengers. The yet-to-be-identified police operative reportedly boarded a commercial tricycle and escaped the scene shortly after wrecking havoc in the area. It was learnt the bullet, which was shot at close … Read more
Kaduna state Governor Nasiru El-Rufai has ordered the closure of all gas refill stations located within residential areas in the state. The Governor, who gave the order on Monday, appealed to residents to report such gas outlets to government for immediate action. News Agency of Nigeria reports that El-Rufai, who visited scene of Saturday’s gas … Read more
Kenyan security forces are holding three terror suspects, who were arrested for trying to attack a British military camp in the country, an official said on Monday. The suspects attempted to force their way into the British army camp in Laikipia County in central Kenya on Sunday. “Their photos were circulated after being captured on … Read more
The kidnapped medical doctor with Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Yola, has regained freedom. Dr Abdurrahman Muhammad Kawuyo who was kidnapped at the weekend from his home in Lakare, Yola South Local Government Area, returned home Monday morning after his abductors received N1.45m ransom. A family source said that negotiators had been busy since Sunday … Read more
A teenager,chigozie Dim Anyichie, was on Sunday burnt to death in a fire incident that gutted Patterson Memorial Grammar School, Awada, Onitsha, Anambra state. The J.s.s one student was said to be inside the hostel when the incident occurred around 10pm. The police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident, saying that the cause of the … Read more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Moscow Saturday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid escalating tensions following a US drone strike that killed an Iranian general, a German government spokesman said. On 3 January 2020, amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran, the U.S. launched a drone strike on a … Read more
An Armenian man has been arrested for releasing “false information” on Facebook claiming the country’s prime minister had congratulated Donald Trump for killing Iran’s top General, the security service said Monday. “On January 2, the Facebook page ‘Diana Arutyunyan’ published information according to which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulated the United States for its actions … Read more
Katsina State Police on Monday, confirmed that its Operation Puff Adder team has rescued occupants of two J5 buses kidnapped by suspected bandits at Ruma village, along Jibia/Batsari road. The police, clarified that seven occupants of the two vehicles were still being looked for on Monday morning. The spokesman for the command,SP Gambo Isah, made … Read more
About fifty landlords in St Savior road and eight adjoining streets in Edo state have stopped further construction of road project on monday, requesting the construction firm to tell them where the flood water will be channelled to. The construction workers had resumed work after the New Year holiday but the landlords comprising old men … Read more
A religious police responsible for the enforcement of sharia in Kano state”hisbah corps” have arrested not less than 15 homosexuals. Ekohotblog garnered that the hisbah corps made the arrest during a party organised by fresh graduates of the Bayero University Kano. Hisbah board deputy commander-general, special duties, Shehu Tasi’u Is’haq, who confirmed the arrest of … Read more
The Department of State Services(DSS) has spent at least N164.5m in feeding the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. El-Zakzaky was arrested by the DSS on December 12, 2015 and remained in custody until December 2019 when Justice Gideon Kurada of a Kaduna State High Court ordered the agency to transfer … Read more
The Lokoja police command have rescued three kidnap victims from their abductors after six days in captivity. The state Police Public Relation Officer, DSP William Aya, said that the victims were kidnapped at about 2:15p.m on Decemeber 30, 2019 at Eika/Itakpe junction, off Lokoja-Okene Road. According to the Police Command, Mohammed Salisu Cache, Abdulraq Mohammed … Read more
The House of Representatives Committee has commended the effort of the Nigeria Airforce in destroying Boko Haram logistics facility at Gujeri, Borno State,assuring them its support in desecrating the terrorist. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the House Committee on Airforce, Hon. Muhammad Shehu Koko described the recent success of the airforce as … Read more
A member of the Ondo state House of Assembly, Rasheed Elegbeleye, has raised alarm on sudden return of kidnapping and robbery in the area. Elegbeleye representing Akoko Northeast in the state assembly, described the deplorable condition of all roads in the area as a contributing factor that aided the activities of kidnappers in the axis. … Read more
The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations described the killing of one of his country’s top generals as an act of war, US media reported late Friday. The death of Quds Force commander Major General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad was the most dramatic escalation yet in spiralling tensions between Iran and the United States, despite … Read more
The current President of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), New York Chapter, Honourable Bamidele ‘Bobby’ Digi Olisa, has called on the Nigerian Government to take employment seriously and as a national priority. The New York-based Nigerian made this known during his visit to Nigeria while speaking to journalists. Hon. Bobby said: “My presence here is … Read more
Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani will be laid to rest on Tuesday in his hometown of Kerman as part of three days of ceremonies across the country, the Revolutionary Guards said. The US military killed Soleimani on Friday in an air strike outside Baghdad international airport that shocked the Islamic republic and sparked fears of … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday said that the United States killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani to stop a war, not start one. Addressing newsmen in Florida, Trump alleged that Soleimani was “plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him”. The … Read more
Six members of Spain’s police have left Bolivia on Friday after being accused of trying to sneak a wanted man out of the Mexican ambassador’s residence in La Paz, the government said. National Migration director Marcel Rivas said that the six men were members of “a special group of the Spanish Civil Guard.” They allegedly … Read more