The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has donated cartons of branded nose masks to Lagos State Government. The body, in a statement issued to Newsmen by its Registrar/CEO, Mrs. Taiwo Ganiyat Olusesi, said the gesture was part of its support to the MaskUpLagos initiative to curtail the spread of the coronavirus … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer, Santuscom Agro Hub, an Agribusiness firm, Mr. Ofana Paul, says Ogoja Rice Investment Opportunity (ORIO) will create employment for Nigerian youths. Paul said this in a statement signed recently in Abuja by Mr. Ebriku Friday, the Media Consultant to the firm. According to him, the Ogoja Rice investment Opportunity will create … Read more
The Nigeria Police has declared a lady seen in a video sucking a baby’s manhood in a 29 minutes video wanted. The information was released on the Twitter handle of the Police Complaint Unit. According to the Police, anyone with useful information concerning the lady should immediately alert the nearest Police. In the 29 minutes … Read more
Davido is rumored to have welcomed a 4th child with a London-based makes up artist, Larissa. According to the information shared by GistMerchant blog on Instagram, the London based makeup artist, Larissa welcomed her child weeks ago and Davido is allegedly responsible for it. According to the gist, Larissa has been in Davido’s life since … Read more
Three staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) test positive for COVID-19 disease. Ekohotblog reports that NDDC disclosed this via its official Twitter handle early hours of Monday. READ ALSO: Sexual Violence: FCT Minister Wants Rapists Castrated, Says Death Penalty Not Enough The tweet said: “As NDDC headquarters staff undergo isolation and Covid19 screening, … Read more
The World Tourism Organization “WTO” defines tourism as the activities of a person or group of people traveling to places outside their normal environment for a specific period of time whose main purpose of traveling is other than the excise of the activity enumerated from within the state visited. From a historical perspective, tourism could … Read more
Residents of Enugu State are still rejoicing as two sets of triplets got married to each other on the same day over the weekend in Ngwo. They walked down the aisle with their respective partners on Saturday, June 6, 2020 in this order: Chinedu Weds Dumalu, Chukwuebuka Weds Okwuoma, Kenechukwu Weds Chinwe. Read Also: Policeman … Read more
The Minister of State for FCT, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, has called for stiffer penalties against rapists to check the increasing cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence. According to the statement released by Mr. Austine Elemue, her Special Assistant on Media, the minister suggested that rapists be castrated. This, according to her, will … Read more
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has been nominated by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to chair its Ward Congresses Electoral Committee slated for Tuesday, (June 9) in readiness for the Edo governorship elections scheduled for 19th September 2020. The party’s National Organising Secretary, Austin Akobundu, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Other … Read more
The Federal Government has insisted on the N100bn Zonal Intervention Projects (constituency projects) for the 469 senatorial districts and federal constituencies across the country. This is contained in the 2020 revised federal budget which has been forwarded to the National Assembly for approval. This is despite the negative impact of COVID-19 on the economy. Following … Read more
…Recover Many Items Troops of Operation KATSINA under Operation ACCORD has again killed several Bandits and Cattle rustlers and recovered many items in parts of Zamfara State. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations major General John Enenche in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja gave an account of items recovered including Gun-runner, Logistics … Read more
…As Reps Probe High Cost of Oil Production, Distribution of Palliatives. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt.Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has described the privatization of the power sector in Nigeria as a failure. The number one man of the Green Chamber described power generating and distribution companies as grossly lacking in the capacity to … Read more
A woman (name withheld) died after she was struck by lightning in the Idumota area of Lagos state. The woman’s child was also struck by lighting. Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, confirmed this on Monday. He said the child was rushed to the hospital after he was “left to die” by … Read more
A Police Sergeant has gruesomely macheted his senior colleague, Inspector Adekunle Francis, to death in Lagos. It was gathered Francis lives in the same building with the sergeant, who hacked him to death following a heated argument. However, Francis, an officer attached to the Special Protective Unit (SPU) Lagos State Police command Ikeja, died on … Read more
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has published the names and photographs of some persons convicted (rapists) of sexual offenses in Nigeria. Julie Okah-Donli, director-general of NAPTIP, who published the list over the weekend, said more names would be published as soon as they were convicted. The list contained the … Read more
A Nigerian traditionalist Adaeze Ijemmili has decided to give out her Bible after declaring that she is an Antichrist and a River Goddess. She said she found the Bible which disposing her old things from a carton so she has decided to give it out instead of burning it in order not to disrespect other … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Monday, June 8th, 2020 1. COVID-19 In Nigeria: Lagos Daily Infection Drops To 38, See Results For Each State Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases as Lagos daily infection drops to 38. READ MORE 2. Rape Crisis: Ekiti First Lady Bisi Fayemi Narrates Her … Read more
Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases as Lagos daily infection drops to 38. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 260 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Sunday evening, June 7. NCDC noted that of the 260 COVID-19 cases recorded on Saturday evening, 38 were detected in Lagos, … Read more
Popular Nigerian journalist and media personality Kiki Mordi has said men in Nigeria are slow to catch-up on what she described as a rape pandemic in the country. Mordi made this claim on Sunday, June 7, 2020, on the Channels Tv programme, Rubbin’ Minds. The topic of programme was “Tackling Rape Culture in Nigeria”. Asked … Read more
Tragedy struck on Sunday in Abuja when a Chief Superintendent of Police CSP, Lasaka Habila, was electrocuted while cutting leaves from a tree opposite the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in Abuja. While his lifeless body was stuck to the tree, a machete along with severed tree branches laid at the foot of the tree, giving … Read more