Oil fell by the most since 1991 on Monday after Saudi Arabia started a price war with Russia by slashing its selling prices and pledging to unleash its pent-up supply onto a market reeling from falling demand because of the coronavirus outbreak. Brent crude futures fell by as much as $14.25, or 31.5%, to $31.02 … Read more
The Senate today will conduct the highly anticipated public hearing on the anti-social media bill sponsored by Senator Musa Sani from Niger State. The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, on Tuesday, November 20 last year for further legislative input. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, told the panel … Read more
Members of the Inspector General of police intelligence response team in Ogun state have apprehended a gang of nine including herbalists and clerics who admitted to killing a woman for rituals. Surprisingly, the leader of the gang, Segun Olaniyi who calls himself the ‘devil’, in confessing to the crime pleads for mercy. Meanwhile, the police … Read more
The National Association of Academic Technologist (NAAT) has frowned at the Federal Government’s inability to implement the new minimum wage for its members, the union also expressed displeasure at the non-payment of the arrears as a result of the N30, 000 minimum wage signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari last year. NAAT, at its … Read more
In a bid to boost the country’s business sector, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said on Tuesday the Senate will consider a crucial bill that specifically seeks to amend the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA). In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Assistant (Media), Lawan said the Senate has commenced … Read more
The police in Rivers State have killed a suspected notorious criminal ring leader, Ekeni Ore-Owaji Titus Sunday. Sunday, also known as ‘Small Witch’, was killed by a combined team of security operatives in Andoni local government of the state. According to Spokesman for the Rivers State Police Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, “On sighting us, we … Read more
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the son and daughter of the presiding Pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Pastor Komolafe Amos, in Anguwar Wadata in Abaji, opposite the newly established Government Science and Technical College (GSTC), Abuja. The two abducted victims are: Yemi Komolafe and Samuel Komolafe, Daily Trust reports. It was … Read more
A 16-year-old girl has allegedly stabbed a 49-year-old security guard to death at Aboru area of Lagos. The girl (name withheld) allegedly stabbed Babatunde Ishola, 49. to death at Ogundele Street, Aboru, PM news reports. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday said the incident occurred on Saturday at about … Read more
The Police in Lagos has arrested a fake soldier who engaged in okada business on the prohibited Agege Motor Road. He was arrested on Thursday around 8:30am. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana said “On 6/3/2020 at about 0830 hours, operatives of Alagbado Police Station on enforcement of restriction order on Motorcycles along Madalashi … Read more
Pastor Chris Okafor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry, aka Liberation City has been caught performing a fake miracle. Ekohotblog through NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, arrested 44-year-old Muslim woman, Bose Olasunkanmi, who was used by Pastor Chris and some popular Nigeria … Read more
More than 40 people have been rescued following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China on Saturday, state media reported. We reported yesterday that a 80-room Xinjia hotel in coastal Quanzhou city of China used as a coronavirus quarantine facility collapsed with about 70 people w trapped under … Read more
The governor of Imo, Hope Uzodinma, on Sunday, March 8, narrowly escaped death when he was attacked by youths in the Ohaji Egbema area of the state. According to reports reaching EkoHotBlog, it was gathered that some youths in the area upon sighting the official SUV jeep of Uzodinma, started calling him a thief in … Read more
A 47-year old popular cattle dealer Mr Ayo Faseki has been abducted by some gunmen in Uro Quarters of Ajowa town in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victim, was reportedly kidnapped at his residence on Omuo Ekiti Road that day. Speaking on the incident, the brother of the victim, Mr … Read more
The appointment of Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary, as the chairman, disciplinary committee of motor park managers, by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has sparked different reactions as it has caused a division in the camp of family heads in Ibadanland, otherwise known as ‘Authentic Mogajis’ of Ibadanland. A faction of the … Read more
The Cultural and Creative Arts Department of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED) recently conducted Induction for their new students of Introduction to Theatre and Drama. Theatre Arts injection is annually performed in Tertiary Institution especially in the Departments of Theatre Arts/ Performing Arts/ Creative Arts/ Dramatic Arts and other related departments. It is … Read more
Tragedy struck at the weekend at Oku Abak community in Abak Council Area of Akwa Ibom, as a woman simply identified as Eka Sammy was reportedly beheaded in her farm and the head dumped in front of her house. According to Vanguard, the woman fondly called Mma Iko Mbakara was ambushed in her farm while … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being investigated by Britain’s parliamentary watchdog amid questions over who paid for his recent Caribbean holiday, it was reported Sunday. Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds, with whom he recently announced he was expecting a baby, went on a trip to the privately owned island of Mustique over the New … Read more
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday felicitated with Nigeria former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as a member of South Africa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council and also expressed confidence on her capability to deliver. The former president in a post on his verified Facebook page on Sunday said “I congratulate Dr. … Read more
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be taking the first step towards the resolution of the crisis rocking it. The crisis is threatening the position of the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, who was restrained by a court order on Wednesday to stop parading himself as APC chairman, following an … Read more
Following series of investigations carried out by the Assets and Recovery panel set up by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, it was learnt that two former governors of the state, Mallam Isa Yuguda, his successor, Mohammed Abubakar, and their associates, must refund to the government over N1tn allegedly looted during their tenures. The panel … Read more