NASS Votes 4bn For Payment Of Your Salary In Revised 2020 Budget, Gbajabiamila Tells Resident Doctors

NASS Votes 4bn For Payment Of Your Salary In Revised 2020 Budget, Gbajabiamila Tells Resident Doctors …Calls For Consideration Of Strike Action   The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed surprise over the news that members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) are embarking on a nationwide strike … Read more

Return NAFDAC, SON To Ports, Reps Urge F.G

Members of the House of Representatives have called on the Federal Government to reconsider its earlier decision barring the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) from operating at the nation’s seaports. The lower chamber maintained that the two key agencies are needed at the seaports … Read more

Members of the House of Representatives have called on the Federal Government to reconsider its earlier decision barring the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) from operating at the nation’s seaports. The lower chamber maintained that the two key agencies are needed at the seaports … Read more

Gbajabiamila Mourns Pastor Ighodalo’s Wife

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed sadness over the demise of Mrs. Ibidun Ighodalo, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo’s wife. The Speaker in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, recalled the contributions the late Mrs. Ighodalo made to the society.   Describing the late Ibidun, … Read more

Worsening Poverty, Great Risk To Nigeria’s Democratic Process- LCCI

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the worsening poverty in the country posed a great deal of risk to Nigeria’s democratic process and security. Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, Foreign Direct Investment, foreign exchange rate, and lending rate, among others, were all weak between 2015 and 2019, the chamber said on Sunday in its … Read more

Australia PM Breaks Silence On Australian Sentenced To Death In China

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, on Monday, expressed sadness about a citizen who was sentenced to death in China recently. The death sentence comes amid an ongoing political and trade row between China and Australia. In a statement, Morrison said; “I and the government are very sad and concerned that an Australian citizen, Karm Gilespie, … Read more

Aso Rock Shooting: Aisha’s ADC, Escort Commander, Riot To Face Panel

Following the shooting at the Presidential Villa, late last week involving Usman Shugaba, the Aide-de-Camp attached to President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari and a nephew of the president will be a forefront discussion on Monday (today) as the police management meets to address the disturbing incident. According to reports, the police management will today … Read more

Lockdown Sex: Two Lovers Die After Taking Sex Enhancement Drugs

Shocking: Man Dies During Marathon Sex Competition

Two lovers’ bodies have been found lifeless in a hotel by operatives of the Nigeria Police, Imo State Command. The lovers were identified as Cynthia Obieshi and Samuel Osuji, both students of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, Imo State. Cynthia had reportedly visited her boyfriend, Samuel and they lodged in a hotel located around the … Read more

Rape: NAWOJ Embarks On Nationwide Protest

  The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has started a one-week nationwide protest against increased cases of rape, killings and other forms of violence against women in the country. The NAWOJ National President, Mrs Ifeyinwa Omowole, made this known in a statement today in Abuja. Omowole said that the protest would be virtual, in … Read more

Group Advocates Stiffer Penalties For Perpetrators Of Violence Against Older Persons

An NGO, Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI), recently called for stiffer penalties on perpetrators of all forms of abuse and violence against older persons in the country. Ms May Ikokwu, Chief Executive Officer of SOHI made the call in an interview with Newsmen in commemoration of the UN International Elder Abuse Awareness Day in Abuja. … Read more

Commission Issues Provisional Safety Compliance Certificates To Verified Centres

The Lagos State Safety Commission has begun physical verification of social clubs in the state with a view to issuing them provisional safety compliance certificates. The Director-General of the commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, made this known in a statement made available to Newsmen in Lagos. Mojola said that the commission had started issuing the certificates … Read more

NASFAT Visits Family Of Slain Barakat Bello In Ibadan

The Nasrul-Lah-Il-Fatih Society (NASFAT), in Ibadan recently paid a visit to the family of the late Miss Barakat Bello, a student of Federal College of Animal Health and Production, Ibadan. Our correspondent reports that the late Bello was, on June 1, allegedly gang-raped and murdered behind her family home by yet-to-be-identified assailants. NAN also reports … Read more

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello Celebrates ‘father Of Nigeria’s Modern Democracy’, Abdulsalami @78

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has felicitated with Nigeria’s former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar on the auspicious occasion of his 78th birthday. The Governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mrs Mary Noel Berje, eulogized the former military leader as full of drive, passion and … Read more

Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, June 15th, 2020

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Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Monday, June 15th, 2020 1.BREAKING: Gombe Leads As COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria Hits Over 16,000 COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to rise as the latest statistics provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveal Gombe overtakes Lagos with the most number of … Read more

Ibidun Ighodalo Death: Pastor Ighodalo Breaks Silence On Wife’s Death

Ibidun Ighodalo Death: Pastor Ighodalo Breaks Silence On Wife's Death

………Buhari, Oby Ezekwesili, Dele Momodu, Others Mourn Ibidun Ajayi-Ighodalo Popular Lagos Pastor and husband Ituah Ighodalo has spoken out about the death of his wife, Ibidun Ajayi-Ighodalo. Ekohotblog reports that the wife of Senior Pastor of Trinity House Church, Ituah Iguodala, Ibidun Ighodalo died at age 40 on Sunday, June 14, 2020. Pastor Ituah Ighodalo … Read more

Is Donald Trump Fit For November Presidential Election Election?

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President Donald Trump turned 74 on Sunday, June 14 five months to the November presidential election. But is he fit to withstand the grueling re-election campaign? Some doubts about his fitness are emerging after some incidents during his appearance at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. Scrutiny of a president’s health is … Read more

Health Minister Diagonised With COVID-19

Ghana’s president has announced that Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has contracted COVID-19 and is undergoing treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in Accra. According to local reports, the minister was admitted to the hospital last Tuesday and is “in a stable condition”. It was gathered that the Minister contracted the virus after … Read more

BREAKING: Gombe Leads As COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria Hits Over 16,000

Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases as Lagos daily infection drops to 38.

COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to rise as the latest statistics provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveal Gombe overtakes Lagos with the most number of COVID-19 for the day as Nigeria records 403 new infections. Ekohotblog reports that on Sunday evening, June 14th, NCDC confirmed 403 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. This … Read more

This Couple’s Photo Will Sure Get You Worried

Love they say is indeed a beautiful thing and this particular one has got a lot of people talking on social media. A photo of a couple circulating the social media space just isn’t the normal everyday couple. The gentleman in the said picture is over 6ft tall and it is presumed the lady is … Read more

Villa Security Incident: Buhari Not In Danger – Presidency.

The Presidency has assured everyone that the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammadu Buhari, is not, and was not at any time in any form of danger arising, either from deadly infections or the reported incident by security personnel which is currently under investigation. This was contained in a press statement issued on … Read more