A delegation of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediating in the crisis rocking Mali met on Sunday with ousted President Mr Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The team also met with the leader of the military junta Col. Assimi Goita. It pressed for the release of the 75-year-old Keita. The high-level delegation is led by … Read more
Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC) has reiterated the commitment of the government to safety of lives on waterways. In a statement by the Director General, Mr. Lanre Mojola, LSSC, Office of the Sustainable Development Goals and Lagos State Waterways Authority have trained and deployed 48 COVID-19 volunteers as safety marshals To jetties. He said the … Read more
An unidentified armed bandits over the weekend attacked a community in Sokoto State, kidnapping many residents of the area. Ekohotblog gathered that the victims include a new bride, nursing mother and her baby. The incident happened at Sutti Village under Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. Also Read: Ogun Govt Lefts Weekend Lockdown Residents … Read more
Following the conduct of the local government election in Ondo State on Saturday, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been declared winner in 14 out of 18 local government areas in the state. With four local governments yet to be announced, which the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) said the results were being expected, … Read more
Four persons have died in Epe on Sunday when a Toyota Camry was involved in an accident with a tricycle. Spokesperson, Lagos Emergency Management Agency, (LASEMA), Mr Nosa Okunbor, confirmed the incident. He said the Toyota Camry with registration number LSR-724FW and a tricycle were involved in the accident. Also Read: 1 Dead At Osun … Read more
Barcelona new signing, simply identified as Miralem Pjanic, has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), Ekohotblog reports. The Spanish giants signed Pjanic from Juventus in a swap deal that saw Arthur Melo move the opposite direction. According To reports, the club confirmed the development, stating Pjanic will be in quarantine for 15 days and miss the … Read more
Not fewer than two people were killed in ethnic clashes in Ivory Coast following President Alassane Ouattara’s controversial announcement he would run for a third term, a hospital source, and local residents said Sunday. Young opposition supporters on Saturday took to the streets to voice loud and violent protest in several major cities, especially the … Read more
Access Bank PLC has commenced disbursement of loans through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) credit support scheme to ramp up capacity of pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. The body said the move was also to support the nation’s efforts to tackle coronavirus. The loan scheme is part of a six-point palliative by the Central Bank … Read more
As part of plans to resume international flight operations in the country, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has created nine new Performance Based Navigation Area, known as Navigation 10 (RNAV10) regional routes across the nation’s airspace. This disclosure was made by the Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, in Lagos on Sunday. Akinkuotu listed … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has asked Nigerians to disregard any message from some personalities, claiming they are beneficiaries of COVID-19 funds. This week, several people shared screenshots of messages in which they received, asking them to claim up to N50,000 as palliatives from the federal government. Meanwhile, the agency in an SMS … Read more
Fire gutted 14 shops and 16 kiosks at the Adeniji Adele Market in Lagos Island on Sunday morning, Ekohotblog reports. The fire was said to have started around 3am as a result of electrical malfunction in one of the affected shops. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), a distress call was received around 3:13am … Read more
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to rescind his assent to the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 [CAMA 2020]. The body told Buhari to send the legislation back to the National Assembly to address its fundamental flaws, including removal of “repressive provisions particularly sections 839, 842, 843, 844 and … Read more
The management of Chevron Nigeria Limited, says it has engaged the leaders of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers over the 175 workers laid off by one of its contract companies, Ekohotblog reports. Mr Esimaje Brikinn, the company’s General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, disclosed this in an interview with NAN … Read more
Not fewer than 544 Nigerians stranded in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) has been successfully evacuated, Ekohotblog reports. The evacuation was the last before the opening of the country’s air space on August 29. The country’s air space was shut in March 2020 as a result of the global lockdown occasioned by … Read more
A police inspector, simply identified as Hosea Yakubu, has died after he was allegedly tortured by four military men at Eleme Petrochemical gate, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that Yakubu was beaten to a pulp by the soldiers attached to the company last week Sunday for driving against traffic. A brother to Yakubu … Read more
Another batch of 75 stranded Nigerians in Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq have been successfully evacuated, Ekohotblog reports. The evacuees who are mostly students departed Egypt at about 10 am local time in Egypt. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the special flight coming from Astana, Kazakhstan through Dubai, and to Cairo also had on … Read more
Ivory Coast President, Mr Alassane Ouattara was formally chosen by his party to run for a third term in October election, despite the fact that the opposition has described it unconstitutional. Mr Ouattara, who has been in power since 2010, said in March that he would not stand again but changed his position after the … Read more
Four Malian soldiers were killed and one seriously injured on Saturday when an explosive device detonated as their vehicle drove by, in the centre of the country, AFP reports. The explosion in the Koro region, near Mali’s border with Burkina Faso, comes just days after a military putsch against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Also Read: … Read more
An unidentified persons lost their lives on Friday night when a container- truck fell on a commercial bus at Ijesha bus-stop area of Odo-Olowu in Lagos. Ekohotblog gathered that the truck loaded with an empty 40-feet container suffered brake failure and rammed into the stationary bus. Due to the impact of the collision, the container … Read more
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has said that those wailing over the new Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) should better stop because there is no going back. The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) revealed that the new act has come to stay in the country despite the public outcry that has greeted it. The Commission … Read more