A new bomb letter has been reported on Friday at the Okura Hotel in the south of Amsterdam, the Dutch police reported. “Employees from the mail room of the hotel found the letter and sounded the alarm. The hotel did not have to be evacuated. “The Dutch Explosives Clearance Defense Service is now investigating the … Read more
The Somali Government has confirmed that its commandos killed 30 militants and destroyed vehicles packed with explosives during a raid in the Lower Shabelle province. “They were planning massive operations and suicide car bombings against the people of Somalia,’’ Gen. Ismael Abdimalik Maalin, commander of the US-trained elite forces, told state-run Radio Mogadishu earlier. Maalin … Read more
The police in Abuja, on Friday, gave assurance that they would rescue two women abducted on Tokolo village road, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the kidnappers have contacted the families of the abducted women, demanding for N10 million to free them. The Divisional Police Office … Read more
Following fresh allegations levelled against Ex-senator, Shehu Sani by the complainant, Alhaji Sani Dauda,the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has obtained a court order to detain him(Shehu Sani) for 14 days. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2019/12/20/court-grants-efcc-permission-to-detain-former-agfadoke-for-fourteen-days/ Shehu Sani was arrested on New Year ‘s Eve by the EFCC operatives in Abuja for allegedly extorting $10,000 from … Read more
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that there was no diplomatic row with Ghana, also denied media reports that the country’s High Commission in Ghana has been evicted. The Nigerian Government said that the property located at No.10 Barnes Road, Accra was recently reallocated to Amaco Microfinance by Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Natural … Read more
The military forces on Thursday evening, repelled the Boko Haram insurgents in an attempt to attack Michika, a town in the northern part of Adamawa State. A source said that the insurgents who drove into town about 6pm on Toyota Hilux and several motorcycles through Koppa village, were engaged by the military in a gun … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, as APC’s Southeast leader. He said that APC would put more effort to win in at least three of five Southeast states in the 2023 general elections. The party’s Southeast zonal caucus met at the Uburu country home of … Read more
A Former Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly,Godfrey Dikeocha, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). He made this known after he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the PDP, commending President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft policy. According to him, “I believe in the anti-corruption principles of Mr. President, and he is fighting … Read more
Top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed on Friday in a US strike on Baghdad’s international airport, Iran and the US confirmed, in the most dramatic episode yet of escalating tensions between the two countries. The Pentagon said that US President Donald Trump ordered Soleimani’s “killing,” after a pro-Iran mob this week laid siege to … Read more
The Ex-President of the Senate, David Mark,Otukpo, Benue State residence was on Thursday,gutted by fire. The house is located in the GRA area of the town. The fire, according to workers in the compound, started from a nearby bush near the fence of the guest house and burnt two ambulances and over 15 motorcycles to … Read more
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said that president Buhari never thought of a third term agenda as President of Nigeria. Governor Sule made this known on a live TV programme”Politics Today”. He said that President Buhari will never accept to maneuver and change the constitution in order for him to remain in power. The … Read more
The Kwara State Government has moved in its heavy duty equipment and demolished the ancestral home of the late Olusola Saraki’s at Ile Arugbo, Ilorin. Ekohotblog garnered that the building was demolished at 4am on Thursday. When the enforcement team got to the scene about 3am, it was learnt that they were initially resisted by … Read more
The Nigerian Army has said that its troops have neutralised and captured more Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa’s Province(ISWAP) terrorists and rescued 165 women and children from their captivity in Borno State. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said that the operations were carried … Read more
At least four persons were confirmed dead while four others sustained injuries in a lone accident around Pipeline Junction, Ogere, Ogun, on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson for Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Thursday. Akinbiyi said that the accident … Read more
A father of two has reportedly drank a substance believed to be poison after killing his mother-in-law around the Arubaye area of Warri, Warri South L.G.A. A source said that the deceased mother-in-law, whose identity could not be ascertained was not in support of the marriage between her daughter and her killer. The incident occurred … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said that he was able to be re-elected because Rivers people stood up and said they will not allow darkness to take over light. He made this known at the 2020 Rivers State New Year Banquet at the Government House Port Harcourt on Wednesday night. He said he … Read more
Following claims by the Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders’ Forum that the north should retain the Presidency in 2023,the coalition of Groups from 19 northern states and Abuja, have advocated for a Southern President in 2023. The former vice-chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, had said at a book launch in December 2019 that … Read more
Human Right lawyer,Femi Falana (SAN) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision not to seek reelection for a third term was in the right direction. The senior lawyer stated this in a statement on Wednesday in reaction to President Buhari’s New Year broadcast. “It is good that President Buhari has disowned the group”, Falana stated. “However, … Read more
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has said that the military would be withdrawing troops from some internal security operations because relative peace had been restored in some states. Abubakar in his New Year message on Wednesday identified the operations as; Safe Haven and Whirl Stroke in the North-Central geopolitical zone, … Read more
Erstwhile Edo state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Charles Idahosa, has said that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,should spare Nigerians the drama of asking them to pray for him over the APC crisis. Reacting to Oshiomhole’s call on Nigerians to remember him in their prayers over his fate … Read more