Pro-Iran demonstrators left the besieged US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday after the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force ordered them to withdraw a day after their dramatic incursion. Outraged US air strikes killed 25 Hashed fighters over the weekend, thousands of Iraqi supporters of the largely Iranian-trained Hashed had encircled and vandalised the embassy compound on … Read more
The Sokoto State House of Assembly has passed the executive bill to integrate all State revenues into law. The new law is targeted at generating sufficient revenue for the State. The Assembly also passed into law a bill to provide for the establishment of a fiscal responsibility agency. Presenting the report on “A Bill for … Read more
Suspected thugs have attacked the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, and some members of his cabinet in the early hours of Wednesday at the 2020 countdown event organised by the state government in Osogbo. The event, held at Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, ended abruptly about 1:00am, when some people started throwing stones in the direction … Read more
Following an auto crash around J3, on Ijebu Ode-Ore Expressway,the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) Command in Ogun, has confirmed the death of one person. Mr Clement Oladele, the state FRSC Sector Commander made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ota. Oladele said that the lone accident happened at about … Read more
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has signed the 2020 budget into law. The Governor said that their 2020 budget christened ‘Budget of Growth’, passed by the State House of Assembly, provides for a aggregate expenditures of N187,858,525,273.00. Education has the largest percentage of the budget provision, followed by infrastructure. He said that the amount is … Read more
Abia state Governor,Okezie Ikpeazu has said that he would commence the payment of the N30, 000.00 minimum wage by January this year. The Governor made this in his New Year broadcast to Abians, stating that this was as a result of the report of a committee he set up to that effect. “I have also … Read more
Erstwhile Deputy Majority Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon Pally Iriase has said that the crisis rocking the Edo House Assembly points to the fact that the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki is fighting democracy. Iriase, a member of think tank of the APC in 2015, revealed this in a chat with the Thenewsguru saying … Read more
Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal has said that any attempt to divide Nigeria in 2020 will be futile, adding that ‘Nigeria is one indivisible entity ordained by Allah’ Tambuwal gave the commendation in his New year Message released by his spokesman, Muhammad Bello in Abuja, on Tuesday. According to him, the travails holding Nigerian compatriots together … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly arrested Sen. Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly between 2015 and 2019. According to The Nation, Sani was arrested for alleged extortion of $20,000 (N7.2 million) from the owner of ASD Motors. “He was said to have collected the $20,000 … Read more
Two lastma officers and a policeman lost their lives in Apapa, Lagos since the Federal Government commenced an initiative to restore smooth traffic in the area. Executive Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Apapa Restoration of Law and Order in Apapa, Mr Kayode Opeifa, made this known on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit … Read more
Angried mob has set on fire two trucks belonging to Dangote cement company for allegedly crushing two persons to death. Ekohotblog garnered that the accident occurred in Imowo in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday. The two victims, a motorcyclist, and a passenger were on the road when the trucks reportedly … Read more
A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday, revoked the bail of a teenager, Zubairu, who allegedly assaulted a soldier, Yusuf, attached to the Bauchi State Command. The judge, Murtala Nasir, revoked the bail and ordered Zubairu to produce other accomplices, Khalifa and Dawle, who were still at large. The defendant was … Read more
Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday signed the 2020 budget of N1. 168trillion into law. The signing, which took place in the Governor’s office at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja had the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Speaker Mudashiru Obasa; Chairman, House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning Hon. Gbolahan Yishau; Commissioner for Budget … Read more
An Angolan court has ordered the freezing of assets held by former President Eduardo dos Santos’ daughter Isabel, state news agency Angop reported on Tuesday. Report says it is the latest high-profile case in government’s anti-corruption drive. The asset freeze followed an injunction application by the state, which is seeking to recover around 1 billion … Read more
Fire has taken over some parts of the popular kara cattle market along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, as many shops and cars are affected. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2019/12/31/nigerian-army-clarifies-damaturu-explosion/ However, traffic is building up on the expressway as a result of the incident. More Details Later
No fewer than 10 persons were killed in Iran on Tuesday when the bus they were travelling in careened into a canyon west of Tehran, state news agency IRNA reported. “Ten people died in the incident and 11 were transferred to the nearest hospital,” emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi. The accident occurred at 5:00 am … Read more
Erstwhile Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General in Oyo State, Michael Lana, has warned the 21 Ibadan monarchs sacked by court to stop parading themselves as kings or risk being jailed. Lana, who made this statement available to newsmen in Ibadan, the state capital, said it was contemptuous for the chiefs to continue to parade … Read more
The military court martial to resume trial of the aide-de-camp to a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, and six soldiers attached to him. Our correspondent was told that the trial of Badeh’s ADC and security details was over alleged dereliction of duty and security breach, which were believed to have … Read more
A pan-Igbo group, the Igbo National Council, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to caution the leader of Arewa Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima,who said that 2023 was not the right time for the Igbo to produce Nigeria’s president. The INC president, Chilos Godsent, who stated this in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Monday, said … Read more
Sokoto State House of Assembly, has suspended sitting to tuesday following the death of a lawmaker representing Kebbe Constituency, Isa Harisu. The late Harisu collapsed when he arrived in the State House of Assembly on Monday for the day’s business in parliament. The lawmaker was quickly rushed to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, where … Read more