October 26, 2020. An elder statesman, Mr Buba Galadima, has made an explosive revelation about COVID-19 palliatives, Ekohotblog learnt. Mr Buba Galadima, spoke on Monday during an interview aired on AIT. Allegations of hoarding had been made against some federating units. The former National Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) accused a state of … Read more
The leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has offered to pay Nigerian soldiers and police officers salary amid the outcry by Nigerians on the ongoing police brutality in the country. Kanu’s statement is coming at a time protesting youths in Nigeria are agitating for the end to police brutalization and … Read more
October 26, 2020 The Social Economic Right and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) 48 hours to revoke the N9 million fine placed on the African Independent Television, Channels Television, and Arise TV for using unverified video footage in their coverage of the #ENDSARS protest. Issuing this ultimatum in a statement … Read more
October 26, 2020. The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Enugu State chapter has reportedly expressed concern over the hijack of the End SARS protest by hoodlums. The same position was also canvassed by the Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma. They said the level of destruction witnessed in the State … Read more
October 26, 2020. Buratai and General Officers Commanding (GOC) of the Divisions and Operation Commanders are in a closed-door meeting over #EndSARS Protest. Ekohotblog reports that the hierarchy of the Nigerian Army, including the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, General Officers Commanding (GOC) of the Divisions and Operation Commanders, are brainstorming on … Read more
October The National Christian Elders’ Forum, (NCEF), says whoever authorised the deployment of troops to attack the protesting youths during the #EndSARS protests, should be court-marshalled for murder. NCEF also strongly suggested that the country should be renegotiated. These are resolutions reached at the end of the forum’s emergency meeting. They noted that the #EndSARS … Read more
October 26, 2020. A group of Concerned Youths in Enugu State has condemned the claimed attack on the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, in the wake of the destruction of public and private properties by some people under the guise of the End SARS protest. Ekohotblog reports that as some hoodlums who infiltrated the End SARS protest … Read more
October 25, 2020 Barely 7 days after, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared his stand on the shooting of #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos by suspected security operatives. Ekohotblog reports that President Buhari vowed to ensure justice for “peaceful protesters who lost their lives.” The President, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media … Read more
October 25, 2020. The Founder and General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has defined the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) as ‘State-Aided Robbery Squad’. Ekohotblog during his Sunday sermon, the cleric claimed that “although the Special Anti-Robbery Squad has been disbanded, the spirit of … Read more
October 25, 2020. A cleric in the Fagba area of Lagos, Mr Solomon Ajao, has recounted the devastating loss a clash among youths in the community left on his family. Mr Solomon Ajao church and apartments within the premises were burnt down in the clash and his family displaced. Ekohotblog reports that some youths, claiming … Read more
October 25, 2020 Hundreds of hoodlums, on Sunday, invaded the Idu Industrial Layout in Abuja, raiding several warehouses. Ekohotblog reports that the thugs made away with bags of rice, cartons of tin tomatoes, cereals, milk, bales of Ankara materials, and other items. It was gathered that despite the presence of policemen, the defiant mob continued … Read more
October 25, 2020. Martin Luther King III said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Ekohotblog reports that Mr Martin Luther King III, son of late civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to guarantee the fundamental freedoms of peaceful protesters in Nigeria including their right to protest. The … Read more
October 24, 2020. WAEC office in Calabar, Cross River State has been set ablaze. Ekohotblog reports that the office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in Calabar has been set ablaze by suspected hoodlums in the state. Apart from setting the office on fire, the hoodlums also attacked several cars, removing some body parts … Read more
October 24, 2020. Awka State youths has looted COVID-19 palliative. Youths in Awka have ambushed and looted a trailer conveying COVID-19 palliatives stored in a warehouse to an unknown location in the state. Ekohotblog gathered that the youths were earlier successfully repelled from the State Emergency Management (SEMA) warehouse in Awka where the materials were … Read more
October 24, 2020. The Forensic analysis of videos showing the killing of protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos by soldiers on Tuesday as authentic in spite the Nigerian Army’s classification of the reports as fake and the Defence Headquarters’ claim that the footages were doctored. A report published by the Digital Forensic … Read more
October 24, 2020. Lagos Government has released fund to Support Victims Of Business Owners In Lagos following the #EndSARS Protests Vandalization. Ekohotblog reports that Lagos State Government has released a Support Fund for the Victims Of #EndSARS Protests Vandalization. To access the state government support fund, owners of Business who were victims of the vandalization … Read more
October 23, 2020. An American-based Nigerian Socio-Economic Development Practitioner, Dr. Owens Hercule, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to start searching for a replacement for the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, without further delay. Owens cautioned the President against extending the tenure of Adamu, who will clock 35 years in service early 2021. … Read more
October 23, 2020. Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mr Obafemi Hamzat has reportedly revealed that genuine protesters were peaceful throughout the End SARS protest which took place recently across different parts of Lagos. While speaking during an interview with newsmen on Friday, the Deputy Governor called for reconciliation among residents amid the EndSARS crisis across the … Read more
October 23, 2020 Mr Deji Adeyanju, a human rights activist, has linked the shooting in Lekki toll gate in Lagos State to President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Adeyanju, who is the convener of Concerned Nigerian claimed that President Buhari ordered the shooting at Lekki toll gate. Ekohotblog recall that gunmen believed to the soldiers had attacked … Read more
October 23, 2020. Founder and Spiritual Director of the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke, Anambra State, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obimma, popularly known as Fr. Ebube Muonso, has narrated how he escaped death by the whiskers when suspected cults boys in his community, Nkwelle-Ezunaka, attacked him because of a sermon he preached in the church. The … Read more