Niger state Governor, Abubakar Bello’s election has been reaffirmed by the Supreme Court. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/01/08/2023-presidency-jonathan-declares-disinterest-says-he-is-busy-1/ The court dismissed the appeal filed by Mohammed Nasko of the peoples democratic party challenging the victory of Bello of the All Progressives Congress in the March 2019 election. More Details Later
Britain on Wednesday condemned Iran’s missile attacks on Iraqi bases housing coalition military, and voiced concern over “reports of casualties” from the strikes. “We condemn this attack on Iraqi military bases hosting Coalition – including British – forces,” said Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/01/08/2023-presidency-jonathan-declares-disinterest-says-he-is-busy-1/ “We are concerned by reports of casualties and use … Read more
Air France said on Wednesday that it has suspended until further notice flying through Iranian and Iraqi airspace after Iran fired ballistic missiles against bases housing US troops in Iraq. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/01/08/iran-vows-to-attack-israel-other-us-allies/ “As a precautionary measure and following news of air strikes underway, Air France has decided to suspend until further notice all flights … Read more
Angry mob has stormed the police station, forcefully took a suspected robber away and set him ablaze, using petrol and tyres. A youth activist, Jiji Jack, who spoke to our correspondent, said that the police arrested the suspect, who had been a thorn in the flesh of the residents of Kornya town because of his … Read more
The suspected pirates have freed the three kidnapped expatriates from the creeks of Sigbene community, in Burutu Council Area of Delta State. A joint security operation, which embarked on a manhunt for the suspects, was said to have effected their release. Government sources, who pleaded anonymity, said the expatriates, two Russians and one Indian, were … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to inaugurate a new gas pipeline, with tensions in Libya and Syria also on the agenda. Putin arrived late on Tuesday after paying a surprise visit to Syria his first to Damascus since the war began – at a moment of acute … Read more
A director and a cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the Katsina state Government Alhaji Muhammed Inuwa have been arrested by the police for the disappearance of N16m from the office. Sources said that police arrested the duo after it was discovered that the office had been burgled by unknown persons who allegedly … Read more
The U.S. Maritime Administration website has renewed its warning about threats to U.S. commercial vessels from Iran and its proxies in the Gulf and surrounding area. The notification, valid from Jan. 6 to Jan. 13, is not substantially different from an initial warning issued on Friday. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/01/07/iran-places-eighty-million-dollars-on-trumps-head/ “There remains the possibility of Iranian … Read more
Hundreds of Adamawa youths on Tuesday blocked the federal highway passing through Girei community to Yola, the state capital, and other parts of the state to protest against incessant kidnappings in the area. The youths, who are from Girei Local Government Area, rendered many travellers and motorists stranded. They vowed that they would not open … Read more
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has reportedly appealed to a former member of the Ogun State Judicial Service Commission, Abayomi Omoyinmi, to accept out of court settlement in a suit filed against him. Ekohotblog garnered that Omoyinmi was appointed a member of the Commission through a letter by former Governor Ibikunle Amosun on February 2012, … Read more
The Presidency has said that no law in Nigeria mandates President Muhammadu Buhari to declare his assets publicly. Buhari’s Spokesperson, Femi Adesina made the remark while stressing that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has no legal justification to ask the President and his Vice, as well as state governors and their deputies to … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission,(INEC) has said that kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello was currently shielded by immunity clause, which protects him against any form of prosecution,following double registration at the end of his tenure. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Voters’ Education and Information Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known yesterday in Abuja. He pointed … Read more
A Kenya pastor stabbed his wife during a church service and then slit his throat in a murder-suicide witnessed by the shocked congregation, local police told CNN yesterday. On Sunday, Elijah Misiko, an assistant pastor with the Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, left his front row seat and approached his wife, Senior Pastor … Read more
Erstwhile Governor of the old Western Region, Brigadier General Oluwole Rotimi (retd.),has said that he had given up hope on the present generation of political leaders in the country in view of their selfish approach to governance. Rotimi, who was the Chairman at the 21st Benjamin Oluwakayode Osuntokun Lecture, held at the Emeritus Professor Theophilus … Read more
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Adams Oshiomhole’s Ward 10 in the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State has endorsed Governor Godwin Obaseki’s re-election bid. A Government house statement said that the leaders gave their endorsement during a visit to the Governor at the Government House, in Benin City, on Monday. READ … Read more
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
Nigerian singer Esegine Allen better known as Orezi is demanding a sum of one million Naira from Bolt (formerly known Taxify) as damages, after he broke his jaw in an accident on third mainland bridge, Lagos. Orezi was involved in the auto crash on December 6, while he was in a rush to catch up … Read more
The Northern Governors Forum is mourning the demise of the Chairman, Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Prof. Simon Mallam, who died in a gas explosion in Kaduna. The gas explosion killed both the professor and his son alongside three others on Saturday at Sabon Tasha area, Kaduna. In his condolence message issued on Monday in Jos, … 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
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