The National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) in Bayelsa State has said that the scheme did not record any casualty in the shooting of a commercial bus driver and another individual by a policeman in Yenagoa. It was learnt that a mobile policeman on Monday evening shot a driver with Peace Mass Transit and one person at … 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
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the reinstatement of Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA),Ms.Damilola Ogunbiyi. Her reinstatement was announced in a tweet by the Federal Government via the Twitter handle, @NGRPresident, today. “President @MBuhari has directed that the suspension of Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi from her role as Managing Director of @realREANigeria, be reversed. … 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
The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed charges against the President in Council, Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SCN), Joseph Olorunjuwon Agbenla for alleged abuse of office. Agbenla, who retired as the Permanent Secretary / Surveyor-General, Lagos State, is charged with receiving about N5million as allowances for conferences not attended. The four-count charge filed before the … 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
The spokesperson for the Buhari Media Organisation(BMO), Niyi Akinsiju, has said that foreigners will no longer be allowed into Nigeria without having at least $200 (N72, 000) once the visa on arrival policy takes effect. The BMO spokesman made this known while featuring on a Live TV programme on Monday. He said: “If we are … Read more
Ondo State Government has said that Dr Olusegun Mimiko-led Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) administration left N220bn debt at the end of its tenure in 2016. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo, made this known while featuring on a Channels Television programme on Monday. Ojogo said that the current administration in the state … Read more
An $80million bounty has been placed on Donald Trump’s head in Iran in the wake of General Qasem Soleimani’s assassination, Mirror.co.uk reports. During the televised funeral, an unidentified eulogist speaking on official state television said that one US dollar should be tabled for every Iranian in the country, with the cash going to whoever killed … 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
Policeman guarding a new generation bank at the Ekeki axis of Bayelsa capital city,Yenegoa, has shot a commercial bus driver and two of his passengers. The yet-to-be-identified police operative reportedly boarded a commercial tricycle and escaped the scene shortly after wrecking havoc in the area. It was learnt the bullet, which was shot at close … Read more