A Colorado couple turned were arrested after a coroner examination concluded that their son died of forced water intoxication. Zachary Sabin, 11, died on March 11 after his father Ryan and stepmother Tara forced him to drink four 24-ounce bottles of water within a four-hour span without eating. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, the … Read more
A Nigerian man has shockingly discovered a live python rolled around his motorcycle engine after a journey from Nnewi to Aguleri in Anambra State. He expressed surprise that despite the long-distance journey, the dangerous snake could still survive the heat emissions from the engine. The civil engineer who could not reveal his name in a … Read more
The FCT Police Command says it has launched a massive manhunt to arrest the unidentified gunmen who shot one Sunday Ike ‘m’ on the head and robbed him of his light blue Toyota Camry car with registration number BS 286 KWL in Gwarinpa. The unfortunate incident happened on 19th June, 2020 at about 2300hrs at … Read more
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, (ACPN) has confirmed the death of Pharm. Sunday C. Ike, it’s national publicity secretary who was murdered on Friday night. Ike, according to Pharm. Samuel Adekola, national chairman, ACPN, in a telephone conversation with pharmanewsonline.com, was gruesomely murdered by some unknown gun men inside his pharmacy premises located … Read more
Tears flowed as Ibidunni, the late wife of Lagos-based preacher and founder of Trinity House, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, was buried on Saturday afternoon. It had been earlier reported that the remains of Ibidunni will be laid to rest today at a private residence. At the Funeral Service broadcasted live via the church’s social media platforms … Read more
No fewer than 50 houses were destroyed at Badariya area, Mobile Police Barrack, Bayan-Kara and parts of Gesse III in Birnin Kebbi following rainstorm on Friday. A cross-section of the victims interviewed by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene on Saturday expressed shock over the incident. They, however, said it would be difficult … Read more
The Police Command in Ebonyi said on Saturday that it had arrested two teenage boys aged 15 and 14 years for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, told the Newsmen in Abakaliki that the suspects had confessed to the crime. Odah said that the … Read more
No fewer than 16 cultists of two separate cult groups have renounced membership of their cult groups in Rivers State. The repentant cultists also surrendered one AK-47 riffle, one pump action gun and three matchetes. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, the National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), said this in a statement … Read more
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome founder and president of Christ Embassy in new audio making the round on the internet has slammed fellow pastors for being afraid to lay heads on Covid-19 patients. In the audiovisual clip now trending on the internet, he was heard saying that it is crazy for a man of God to wear … Read more
A primary school teacher identified Roseline Uche Egbuha, three staff of a new generation bank and a lawyer have been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly laundering N550 million. According to Rasheedat Okoduwa, the agency spokesman, Egbuha, a teacher with Ozala Primary School, Abagana, Anambra State, was … Read more
The ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development says two batches of beneficiaries of the N-Power will be disengaged. Established in 2016, the N-Power scheme is targeted at unemployed graduates who are engaged by the government and paid N30, 000 monthly stipend. Over 200, 000 graduates were taken in at inception of the … Read more
Zimbabwean Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over the alleged irregular purchase of $60million COVID-19 medical supplies. The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) confirmed the arrest of the minister Friday night. “I can confirm that Minister Moyo is currently detained at Rhodesville Police Station and will likely appear in court today,” ZACC … Read more
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has welcomed Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Minority leader in a statement on Friday described Obasaki’s decision “as a step in the right direction”. Read Also: Forces Destroy B/H Command Centre, Neutralize Scores Of Fighters … Read more
The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists’ Tactical Command Centre and neutralized some of their fighters at Yuwe in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno State. This was in continuation of air interdiction missions being conducted under the subsidiary Operation LONG REACH to unhinge the leadership of … Read more
Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo has berated leaders of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu again on the Biafran agitation. According to DailyPost, Asari Dokubo called the leaders of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, an “idiot” Asari Dokubo alleged that Kanu’s faction was promoting religious intolerance. He said … Read more
The federal government is set to review the Capital Market Masterplan in order to align with the assumptions and projections of the current realities in the country. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, while inaugurating the National Savings Strategy, NSS, Workgroup in Abuja on Friday said the Capital Market Masterplan proposed … Read more
IPOB’s Nnamdi Kanu has stated that the Federal Government must invite the group to negotiate the peaceful exit of Biafra to prevent widespread protests. Ekohotblog understands that Nnamdi Kanu stated this in a statement signed by IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, in reaction to the arrest of Nastura Sharif, the alleged mastermind of the Katsina protests. … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Saturday, June 20th, 2020 1. Nigeria Records 667 New Cases Of COVID-19 Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 667 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. READ MORE 2. Lagos Discharges 98 More COVID-19 Patients Ninety-eight more COVID-19 patients have … Read more
Six-year-old alcoholic monkey has been sentenced to life imprisonment for aggressive behavior that began when he stopped getting liquor. The drunk monkey identified as Kalua left one man dead and 250 injured after going on the rampage when his liquor supply dried up in India. Zookeepers at Kanpur Zoological Park charged with re-assimilating the primate … Read more
Prophet Odumeje has released a new prophecy. Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere popularly called Prophet Odumeje, who is the Spiritual Director of Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention Deliverance Ministry World Miracle Center, alias Land of Freedom released the prophecy via his micro-blogging site, Twitter. The controversial Anambra based prophet tweeted saying this week of God shall know … Read more