United States prosecutors have accused suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, of evading justice. Officials who are prosecuting the super-cop on behalf of the Federal Bereau of Investigation (FBI) said they would proceed with the trial of three other co-conspirators in the international wire fraud and money laundering case that will commence in … Read more
President Buhari thanked Nigeria’s partners and friends all over the world for their assistance since the outbreak of COVID-19… President Muhammadu Buhari had a long list of critical issues on Friday as he addressed world leaders at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). He took to the podium to address the … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has compensated families of two operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) who died in the cause of duties with N10 million each. Represented by the Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr Gboyega Soyannwo, the Governor emphatized with the affected families, describing the monetary support as a token and the government’s … Read more
The communique indicated that total revenue distributable for the month included gross statutory revenue of ₦477.504 billion, VAT of ₦166.228 billion The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of ₦696.965 billion as federation allocation for the month of August. Oshundun Olajide, a Deputy Director of Information at the Office of Accountant General … Read more
The Buhari-led government has issues serious security warnings to Nigerians ahead of the October 1 celebration. EkoHotBlog reports the alert was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. READ ALSO: BREAKING: FG Bans SS1, SS2 Students From Writing WAEC, NECO, NABTEB The Minister … Read more
NDLEA Boss, Buba Marwa bags traditional title as Aare Atunluse of Yorubaland. Chieftaincy appointment in yorubalandhas never been arbitrary or random to say the least. Rather, it is based on meticulous selection based on integrity and patriotism without regard to any ethnic cultural bias. As the only monarch that can confer chieftaincy title to a … Read more
…Says “We’ll deliver Ekiti For PDP” Otunba Bisi Kolawole has obtained his expression of interest and nomination forms, to contest the 2022 governorship election in the Ekiti State. EkoHotBlog reports that Bisi Kolawole purchased the governorship form on Friday, at the PDP National headquarters, Abuja accompanied by the Director General of his campaign, Hon. Segun … Read more
A top Police officer has been hacked to death during following a clash between commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada in Lagos. EkoHotBlog reports that the top police officer identifid as, Kazeem S. Abonde Chief Superintendent of Police was killed on Thursday in the Ajao area of Lagos State. Recall this online news platform earlier reported … Read more
Residents of six communities in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun have decried four months of power outage in the areas. They said that the total power blackout had paralysed economic and social activities, as well as raised the level of criminals activities in the communities. The affected towns were Ipetumodu, Edunabon, Moro, Yakooyo, … Read more
The handbook also warned corps members to desist from travelling with their laptops, tablets and mobile devices… The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has advised members to be ready to pay abduction-for-ransom syndicates currently on rampage across Nigeria. A security advisory introduced in March 2021 asked college graduates serving as corps members to inform their … Read more
Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines & Naija news today, September 24, 2021 can be accessed below. EKOHOTBLOG has compiled top Naija news headlines from Nigerian newspapers today, this means the latest Naija news and happenings in Nigeria can be accessed on this page. Below are the Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today: 1. [COVID-19] … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 1. COVID-19: 170 Persons Discharged As NCDC Announces 44 New Cases, One Fatality The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 163,837 COVID-19 cases. READ MORE 2. … Read more
The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has shut down a tertiary institution following the discovery of a COVID-19 case. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Saturday in Ibadan by Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde on behalf of the Task Force. The statement noted that the Task Force … Read more
A female cadet was dismissed from a Nigerian police academy because she got pregnant, Guardian reports. A senior police official named Ibrahim Zanna is reported to have given this information during a recent matriculation ceremony at the police academy in Kano. The unnamed woman was one of 26 cadets dismissed ‘for flouting the code of … Read more
Gombe State Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Aishatu Umar Maigari has lost three of her brothers to a ghastly motor accident. It was gathered that the motor accident occurred on Saturday, October 31, along Gombe-Kano road on their way to Kano. The deceased were: Usman Umar Maigari, 30; Al’amin Sani Abdulkadir, 30 and … Read more
Ute-Okpu and Idumuesah communities in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State have raised alarm over the outbreak of a ravaging mysterious sickness resulting in no fewer than 15 deaths so far. But the Delta State Government said there is no cause for alarm as it’s health authorities have despatched epidemiologists into the … Read more
October 31, 2020. Nigeria’s power sector has recorded another national peak generation of 5,520.40MW. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs division of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed this in a statement on Saturday. She disclosed that the new generation passed the previous also recorded this week. She praised the collaboration between players … Read more
October 31, 2020 Following the recent #ENDSARS protest that led to the attack on major assets believed to be owned by National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, AllNews on Saturday visited various newsstands In Ojodu, Ogba axis of Lagos to find out the current political sentiments of Lagosians and to survey … Read more
Lekki Shooting: LCC To Show Footage Of Lekki Massacre The management of the Lekki Concession Company, (LCC), is set to show footage of the October 20, 2020, Lekki massacre to the Lagos Judicial panel, Ekohotblog has learnt. Mr Gbolahan Agboluwaje, the Head of the Legal Department of LCC, made the made this known after Mr … Read more
October 31, 2020. The new Burna Boy song on the Lekki shooting “20:10:20” has been well-received. The track censured the military attack on End SARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate. Famous for human rights abuses, the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), terrorized several Nigerians. Many were summarily killed or wounded publicly or in degrading … Read more