Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged security agents to show high professionalism as the lockdown order announced on three states by President Muhammadu Buhari commences by Monday night. The Governor urged those who will be carrying out the enforcement to show high professionalism in dealing with erring persons, cautioning that high-handedness may lead … Read more
Ekohotblog gathered that Owigs and Obigs Nig Ltd, an indigenous Nigerian company has dragged Zenith Bank Plc to Court of Appeal over a failed international deal worth N23.2bn. A report on PaparazziPressNig.com said Owigs and Obigs had some time in 2014 appointed Zenith bank as the Confirming Bank in conformity with international trade protocol known … Read more
As efforts intensify in the search for a vaccine cure for Covid-19 , the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has ordered the manufacturing of Chloroquine for an emergency stock for possible clinical trial treatment of Coronavirus in the country. In a statement to this effect, Director-General of the agency, Prof. … Read more
Senator Dino Melaye has kicked against the lockdown order President Buhari issued on Lagos, Abuja and Ogun state. Ekohotblog recalls that Buhari on Sunday March 29, announced a lockdown in these states as part of efforts to stop the spread of Coronavirus in Nigeria. Reacting to the new directive, Dino Melaye stated that President Buhari … Read more
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has established a situation room in its Operations Department to receive reports from field commands on the dreaded Coronavirus Disease. Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeeem, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja said the measure would enhance the flow of information between FRSC headquarters and the field commands. … Read more
Many Lagos residents have refused to obey the state government’s directive on social distancing, a policy introduced to curb the novel Coronavirus disease which has killed over 25,000 people around the World and has infected more than 50 people in Lagos. Ekohotblog reports that the residents defied the large gatherings order as they trooped out … Read more
Kebbi State Government has announced restrictions on travel to and from that state with effect from Saturday March 28, 2020. Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu gave the order in a special broadcast to the people this Friday in furtherance of measures to preventing the spread of Corona Virus to the state. The Governor explained that the … Read more
Coronavirus in Nigeria has taken a new twist with the Federal Government set to close all motor parks, ban inter state travel in Nigeria. Ekohotblog understands that the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has announced plans to ban the interstate movement of people as a strategy to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in … Read more
As the novel virus continues to swarm the world with a seeming rage, some Lagosians are of the notion that the pandemic is as a result of sin and that God is using the situation to prove to man his supremacy and putting a check to the excesses of man. Notable among such commentators is … Read more
Sunday March 22, I was at the Port Harcourt local Airport as early as 6am. I had been informed by Arik that Airport and land borders in Ghana would close midnight Sunday. I had to leave Nigeria. I was slated to leave on Monday 23rd, so, I had to get to the Airport in PH … Read more
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said the country is working to develop more isolation centres following the outbreak of the coronavirus. Dr. Ehanire said this on Friday in a press conference where he noted that every country is scrambling to build isolation centres. According to him, Nigeria is working to increase the … Read more
Despite ongoing effort to reconcile warring factions in the All Progressive Congress, APC, the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Chief Osita Okechukwu, on Friday, insisted that the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, is no longer a valid member of the party. Okechukwu, while reacting to the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja to … Read more
Please, excuse me if the above headline sounds offensive; it is not intended to be so, but rather influenced by an annoying acquiescence of the custodians of our healthcare system to an obviously serious national issue. Put mildly, it is to nudge them to the reality of danger and its associated consequences staring everyone in … Read more
The intractable cold war between the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and some aggrieved prominent traditional rulers on Monday appears to have been resolved following the intervention of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors at the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti, had in attendance a renowned historian … Read more
Spanish top-flight club, Valencia, has confirmed that 35% of its players & staff tested positive for coronavirus. The club announced last weekend that players Mangala, Garay and Gaya and two other staff were infected with the coronavirus, however as at the time of this report, things are getting worse. According to the latest report by … Read more
The Kano State House of Assembly during plenary on Monday suspended five of its members for six months in connection with last week scuffle in the house. The Speaker, Abdulazeez Gafasa who announced the suspension of the members, said the members were suspended for misconduct and violation of the rules of the house. The suspended … Read more
As the controversy over the new Southwest security outfit, Amotekun, continues unabated, the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, clarified on Friday the agency is prepared to work in concert with the Nigerian police and other security agencies to protect the lives and property of Nigerians. Akeredolu, who spoke to some editors in Abuja, also said … Read more
Ogwashi-uku, a small village close to Ogwash-uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State, has been thrown into confusion as an inspector of Police attached to the State Command was found dead inside a patrol van in the area. The Police patrol team which was at a checkpoint along Ogwashi-Uku axis of the Asaba-Ughelli expressway … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured that Nigeria will soon see the end of the insurgence that has bedeviled the North-Eastern part of the country like she saw the end of the Nigeria/Biafra civil war. President Buhari gave the assurance when he received the European Union (EU) Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, at the Presidential … Read more
A bill to bar the President, Governors and other public office holders from foreign medical trips without court approval, has been slated for second reading in the House of Representatives. A copy of the legislation obtained yesterday, entitled: “Public Officers International Medical Treatment Trips Regulation Bill, 2019,” is sponsored by Sergius Ogun(PDP-Edo). The proposed Act, … Read more