Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Thursday, February 6th, 2020 1. Pompeo To Make First Africa Trip As US Secretary Of State US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa, the State Department said Wednesday, putting a focus on a continent rarely prioritized by … Read more
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa, the State Department said Wednesday, putting a focus on a continent rarely prioritized by the Trump administration. The State Department said that Pompeo will travel to Senegal, Angola and Ethiopia from February 15 to 19, meeting the leaders of all three … Read more
US President Donald Trump drew on staunch Republican support Wednesday to defeat the gravest threat yet to his three-year-old presidency, winning an acquittal in the Senate on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump the third US president ever placed on trial, Trump readily defeated the effort to expel him from … Read more
Oyo State Commissioner for Energy, Mr. Seun Ashamu has given reasons for the near total blackout experienced by the people of the State from the early hours of Wednesday, February 5. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makikde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa quoted the Commissioner as saying that the early morning inferno … Read more
Robert Lewandowski scored his 34th and 35th goals of the season as Bayern Munich beat Hoffenheim 4-3 to reach the German Cup quarter-finals. The Poland striker nodded in his first just before half-time before scoring in the second half to make it 4-1. Bayern’s Jerome Boateng and Hoffenheim’s Benjamin Hubner had both scored early own … Read more
Tottenham battled past Southampton in a thrilling FA Cup fourth-round replay to set up a home tie against Norwich City. Spurs went ahead when Tanguy Ndombele’s shot deflected in off visiting defender Jack Stephens, before Shane Long made it 1-1 after Nathan Redmond’s effort had been parried by Hugo Lloris. Danny Ings curled a shot … Read more
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been sued by activist and lawyer, Mr. Tope Akinyode, for banning commercial motorcycles otherwise known as Okada, and commercial tricycles in six Local Government Areas and nine Local Council Development Areas. The Lagos State Government, the state Attorney-General, the Speaker and the House of Assembly where included … Read more
Residents, shop owners were asked not to panic as security men paraded a road on Wednesday at the Ugbor-Amagba axis of Oredo Local Government Area in Edo State while demolishing T. Latifa Hotel owned by Mr. Tony Adun also known as Kabaka. The hotel was pulled down by the Edo State Government because the owner … Read more
Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has launched a new security outfit named “SHEGE KA FASA”, which is targeted at addressing security challenges in the Northeast. Spokesperson of the group, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said formation of the security outfit became neccessary following the spread of insurgency from the North-East region in 2008 to other parts of the … Read more
Two pupils of the Royal Kings Foundation Nursery and Primary School at Nkpor-Agu in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State, were victims of a fallen overhead tank filled with water, which landed on the top of the roof in their classroom, while lessons where going on. Police public relations officer in Anambra State, SP Haruna … Read more
As the restriction of operations of motorcycles ( Okada) and tricycles ( Keke) bites harder in Lagos, commuters lave lamented that the pains they encounter daily . NAN reports that in spite of the restriction, there has been gridlock on the corridor since Monday. The usual gridlock at Iyana -Ipaja , Iyana- Dopemu, Cement, … Read more
Following a fire breakout in a transformer at Ibadan on Wednesday, Usman Muhammed, Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has assured that power will be restored to affected areas. The MD who was represented by the head, Transmission Service Provider, Engineer Victor Adewumii, made this known having visited the Ayede power station on … Read more
A baby in China’s epidemic-hit Wuhan city has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus just 30 hours after being born, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. The infant is the youngest person recorded as being infected by the virus, which has killed nearly 500 people since emerging late last year. CCTV quoted experts as saying it … Read more
Bus conductor, Wale Hassan, 30, has appeared before a Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over alleged armed robbery and raping of a 59-year-old woman. Hassan, a father of two, is facing five counts charge bordering on conspiracy to commit robbery, armed robbery contrary to section 297 (2)(a), 299 and rape contrary to section … Read more
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin has upheld the judgement of a High Court which jailed a former Chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State Polytechnic, Dr Saadu Alanamu, for 12 years. A statement signed on Wednesday by the spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Rasheedat Okoduwa, said … Read more
Oyo state government has said that communities that damage or do not maintain public infrastructures provided for them risk being blacklisted from further government support. The Board Chairman of the Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), Dr. Idowu Oyeleke gave the warning while addressing journalists shortly after the meeting of the Board at … Read more
A plane carrying 177 passengers skidded off the runway at an Istanbul airport and split into two after landing in rough weather on Wednesday, but officials said no-one had died. The aircraft had flown into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport from the Aegean city of Izmir in very wet weather, NTV broadcaster reported, showing images of … Read more
Reports reaching our end revealed that there was a protest in Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State on Wednesday over the ban imposed on a motorcycle (Okada) and tricycle (Keke) operators in the state. In a video obtained by our correspondents from the scene of the incident, people were seen running helter-skelter as the protesters … Read more
A young school pupil has been killed after being hit by a stray bullet during a clash by police and commercial motorcycle riders popularly known as Okada riders in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos. Policemen trying to disperse the protest, which has since been hijacked by hoodlums, fired bullets in the crowd, hitting and killing … Read more
Bayelsa State Government has appointed a 118-year-old woman, Mrs Omonigbalebo Dani Orogono as special adviser on elder matters to the vice chairman, Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA The letter, signed by the Personal Assistant to the Vice Chairman, Bedford Ineye read: “It is my pleasure to inform you that you have been appointed as Special Adviser on Elder … Read more