Eko Hot Blog reports that it was all smiles and celebration as members of the Eko Club International (ECI) converged on the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (US), over the weekend. The club held its second quarterly meeting of 2024 in Philadelphia from Friday, May 31, 2024, to Sunday, June 2, 2024. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
Dr. Malik has been named the new head of hospital board Eko Hot Blog reports that the Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed a Doctor of pharmacy, Abdulraheem Malik to lead the state’s hospital management board. EDITOR’S PICK Lagos Court Remands Six Men For Allegedly Inflicting Injury On Woman, Others Gbajabiamila Makes … Read more
Activists at the protest said Locke had a right to possess a weapon in his own home and was never given the chance to disarm himself… EKO HOT BLOG reports that hundreds of protesters took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis on Saturday demanding justice in the fatal police shooting of a young Black man, … Read more
The ballot question would have essentially removed power from the mayor and police chief in an effort to re-imagine policing Ekohotblog reports that following demands for change in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, voters in Minnesota’s largest city rejected what would have been an unprecedented effort to disband the police department at the ballot … Read more
The ex-cop and three of his colleagues arrested Floyd on suspicion of having passed a fake $20 bill in a store in Minneapolis… Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has appealed his conviction for the murder of George Floyd, citing 14 complaints about his high-profile trial earlier this year in a case that roiled the … Read more
Chauvin and three colleagues arrested George Floyd in May last year on suspicion of having passed a fake $20 bill in a store in Minneapolis He then knelt on the back of Floyd’s neck for nearly 10 minutes, indifferent to the dying man’s groans Former policeman Derek Chauvin could be ordered behind bars for 30 … Read more
The Brooklyn Center police chief says the officer mixed up her firearm with the taser she had been meaning to use Authorities in and around Minneapolis have announced a curfew for Monday night after a police officer shot dead a young Black man, dramatically escalating tensions in the US city. “I have declared a state … Read more
The fatal incident comes as the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd enters its third week in a courthouse just 10 miles away… The mayor of a Minnesota town ordered a curfew after dozens of people gathered following the death of a man in an officer-involved shooting … Read more
Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd whose killing by police sparked worldwide protests against racism, made an emotional plea to the US Congress Wednesday to “stop the pain” and pass reforms that reduce police brutality. One day after burying his brother in Houston, Philonise Floyd appeared in person before a House hearing, where he described … Read more
48 hours after George Floyd’s Death at the hands of a police officer, protesters marched in the streets of at least three major US cities. In Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed Monday, the second night of protests were marked by looting and buildings on fire as crowds of protesters clashed with police, who fired … Read more