Tunisian President, Kais Saied, has extended the state of emergency in the country to another month beginning January 1, 2020. The Tunisian presidency made this known in a statement on Monday. “The decision was made after consultations with outgoing Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, who is running the government affairs and President of the Assembly of … Read more
There was pandemonium today in Damaturu,Yobe state capital following an explosion of a military armoured tank that caught fire. Residents of Damaturu scamper for safety when the explosion occurred. Ekohotblog gathered that firefighters have been deployed to the scene to put off the fire. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2019/12/30/firefighter-dies-while-fighting-a-bushfire-in-eastern-australia/ The incident reportedly occurred opposite the Federal Polytechnic … Read more
Minister of information,culture and tourism, Lai Mohammed said, the Government has placed travel restrictions on all ministers. He said that they can only travel out of the country eight times in a year. He said President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that no minister should go on foreign trips more than twice in a quarter. Besides, … Read more
The Ekiti State Government has terminated the contract awarded to Messers Time Building & Construction Company for rehabilitation of Ilupeju-Ire Road,demanding refund from contractors. The Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Aare ‘Muyiwa Olumilua, made this known while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the Ekiti State Executive Council meeting in his office in Ado … Read more
Imo state Governorship candidate of the Action Alliance(AA) in 2019 general elections, Uche Nwosu, has said that he would support any candidate who emerges winner at the Supreme Court. Nwosu, who spoke to newsmen at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, said that he had put behind him the recent Supreme Court judgment which disqualified … Read more
The Management of the Lagos State University(LASU), Ojo, has cautioned its students following the alleged murder of one of its final-year-female students, Favour Daley-Oladele. It also called on them to remain calm to allow the law enforcement agents conclude their investigation into the matter. According to the university’s spokesman, Mr. Ademola Adekoya, said on Sunday … Read more
The Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Barr. Anselm Ojezua, has said that no man can play God in the state’s politics. He made this statement while speaking to newsmen after a meeting of party leaders at Jattu-Uzaire, Etsako West Local Government Area, Ojezua said there was no division in Edo APC. … Read more
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Beirut home of Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday, calling for Hassan Diab’s resignation less than 10 days after he was appointed. Lebanon is without a cabinet and in the grips of a deepening economic crisis after a two-month-old protest movement forced Saad Hariri to stand down as prime … Read more
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has cautioned the international community to stop exploiting Africa which he described as the richest continent on earth. He issued the warning while flagging off the 2019 Carnival Calabar on Saturday. He said: “Let me use the opportunity to speak to the international community that Africa is indeed … Read more
The Katsina State chapter of the Nigerian Labor Congress,(NLC) and the State Government are expecting to end the current negotiations on the consequential salary adjustments latest by December 31 this year. NLC state branch chairman, Comrade Hussaini Hamisu, who made this statement yesterday at the sideline of ongoing negotiations with the state government on the … Read more
Seventy-three people died in a car bombing on Saturday morning in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the head of the Medina hospital, Mohamed Yusuf, told dpa. Some 54 injured victims were brought to the hospital for treatment, he said. Eyewitnesses spoke of a scene of devastation after a truck at a checkpoint exploded in a busy … Read more
The Nigerian Army has intercepted 85 bags of smuggled rice in a compound in Abor-Uwani community in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The raid was part of the ongoing “Exercise Atilogwu Udo 1’’. Deputy Director, Public Relations of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Col. Aliyu Yusuf made this in a statement on … Read more
A massive car bomb exploded in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, leaving more than 20 persons dead, police and witnesses said. “The blast was devastating, and I could confirm more than 20 civilians killed, there were many more wounded, but the toll can be higher,” police officer Ibrahim Mohamed told … Read more
Kano state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabir Getso, has called on the residents to comply with the monthly environmental sanitation in the state in spite of the festivities. Getso made the call in a statement through the ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Bashir Habib, in Kano on Friday. He also warned commercial tricycle operators to … Read more
A one time Military head of states, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida,(rtd) has announced that he is in search of a new wife. IBB said that he would not take a wife much younger than him because that will be a problem for the woman and for himself (IBB) Speaking with The Sun, the former Head … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to apologize to Nigerians for their “misrule”, start getting ready for their fizzling before 2023, instead of begging for a place in history. National Publicity Secretary,Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement on Friday, said that Buhari’s comment on … Read more
Two persons have died while nine persons injured in an accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. The Ghastly accident, which occurred opposite new Makun in the Mowe area of the state, involved a Toyota Hiace commercial bus with the number plate, KSF 272 YN. The Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement … Read more
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has charged troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole to ensure that peace was restored to the troubled communities in the North-East. Abubakar gave the charge when he visited the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri, Borno State, to celebrate the Christmas on … Read more
Cross River state Governor, Ben Ayade has said that carnival is a business venture in Nigeria as at today. Ayade who spoke on the essence of the Bikers parade said that apart from the Biker parade spicing up the event, the ceremony is organized to bring everybody together on a tripod. “Before now the carnival … Read more
Erstwhile Cross River state Governor, Donald Duke, has faulted past military administrations for causing the transfer of senior personnel to states they were not familiar with. NAN reports that Duke spoke on Friday at a lecture organised by the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star in Calabar, while insisting that local policing is the only … Read more