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
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
Kaduna state Governor Nasiru El-Rufai has ordered the closure of all gas refill stations located within residential areas in the state. The Governor, who gave the order on Monday, appealed to residents to report such gas outlets to government for immediate action. News Agency of Nigeria reports that El-Rufai, who visited scene of Saturday’s gas … Read more
An Armenian man has been arrested for releasing “false information” on Facebook claiming the country’s prime minister had congratulated Donald Trump for killing Iran’s top General, the security service said Monday. “On January 2, the Facebook page ‘Diana Arutyunyan’ published information according to which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulated the United States for its actions … Read more
About fifty landlords in St Savior road and eight adjoining streets in Edo state have stopped further construction of road project on monday, requesting the construction firm to tell them where the flood water will be channelled to. The construction workers had resumed work after the New Year holiday but the landlords comprising old men … Read more
A religious police responsible for the enforcement of sharia in Kano state”hisbah corps” have arrested not less than 15 homosexuals. Ekohotblog garnered that the hisbah corps made the arrest during a party organised by fresh graduates of the Bayero University Kano. Hisbah board deputy commander-general, special duties, Shehu Tasi’u Is’haq, who confirmed the arrest of … Read more
The Lokoja police command have rescued three kidnap victims from their abductors after six days in captivity. The state Police Public Relation Officer, DSP William Aya, said that the victims were kidnapped at about 2:15p.m on Decemeber 30, 2019 at Eika/Itakpe junction, off Lokoja-Okene Road. According to the Police Command, Mohammed Salisu Cache, Abdulraq Mohammed … Read more
The House of Representatives Committee has commended the effort of the Nigeria Airforce in destroying Boko Haram logistics facility at Gujeri, Borno State,assuring them its support in desecrating the terrorist. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the House Committee on Airforce, Hon. Muhammad Shehu Koko described the recent success of the airforce as … Read more
One person has been killed while others injured at the weekend in a communal clash between Oruma and Otu-Asiga communities in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/01/04/buhari-says-he-is-not-in-hurry-to-withdraw-troops-from-conflict-zones/ Ekohotblog gathered that the youths from both communities engaged in a free-for-all using machetes and other weapons in the clash that unsettled the leadership of … Read more
Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani will be laid to rest on Tuesday in his hometown of Kerman as part of three days of ceremonies across the country, the Revolutionary Guards said. The US military killed Soleimani on Friday in an air strike outside Baghdad international airport that shocked the Islamic republic and sparked fears of … Read more