Needless Controversy Over Amotekun By Abiodun Komolafe

Needless Controversy Over Amotekun! By Abiodun Komolafe

I hope it would not amount to ‘Hate Speech’ to make some confessions, especially, with a particular reference to Nigeria’s sociopolitical landscape. First and foremost, let’s not deceive ourselves: Muhammadu Buhari has seen it all as one of Nigeria’s luckiest few, favoured by God. So, he has nothing to lose again. Having been privileged to … Read more

Bayo Osiyemi @ 70: Celebrating A ‘Wordsmith’, The Son Of A Goldsmith!

Bayo Osiyemi @ 70: Celebrating A 'Wordsmith', The Son Of A Goldsmith!

Like the birth of every great men across the globe, the birth of a son of a famous goldsmith in the ancient town of Ijebu-Igbo, now alienated in modern day Ogun State, was symbolic. The birth of the boy into the royal family of Osiyemi 70 years ago was described by traditionalists, soothsayers and missionaries … Read more

Police Halts Initiation Ceremony Of Cultists In Delta

Date Is Set For Fresh Nigeria Police Recruitment- Ogun CP

Twenty-four suspected cultists have been arrested by the Police during initiations of new members at the Ashaka area in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspects had just arrived in Ashaka from Ubulu-Okiti when Police arrested them based on information. The Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Muhammed Hafiz Inuwa confirmed the report. … Read more

DPR shuts down 29 illegal gas plants in Osun

DPR Seals Off 17 Illegal Gas Plants In Ibadan

The Department of Petroleum Resources, Osogbo field office said it had sealed 29 Liquefied Petroleum Gas facilities for allegedly operating without valid licences in the state. Mr Olusegun Daboh, DPR’s Head of Operations, said this in an interview with the Newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo. Daboh said the illegal gas stations were sealed in Ile-Ife, … Read more

Police Apprehends Suspect With Explosive Device In Kaduna Church

The police in Kaduna State says they have arrested a middle-aged man with dangerous items suspected to be Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at a Church located at Sabon Tasha area of Chikun local government area of the state. Read Also: IPOB claims Kanu’s presence with US leaders bodes well for Biafra The Command’s Public Relations … Read more

Buhari Mourns Arthur Nwankwo

President Muhammadu Buhari says posterity will always remember the labour and sacrifices of Arthur Nwankwo, a chieftain of the defunct National Democratic Coalition and prolific writer who died on Saturday at the age of 78 years. Mr Buhari said this in a statement by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, on Sunday. Below is the statement from … Read more

IPOB claims Kanu’s presence with US leaders bodes well for Biafra

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday hailed the leadership of the Republican Party in Iowa, United States, for inviting its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to President Donald Trump’s campaign rally at Des Moines Iowa. The group claimed that Kanu was a special guest at the rally that held on Thursday, January 30, 2020 in the … Read more

Helicopter Crash Greatly Strengthened My Faith, Says Osinbajo

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the helicopter crash which he was involved in last year has greatly strengthened his faith. Professor Osinbajo made the disclosure this during the thanksgiving service at the villa chapel in Abuja, celebrating his survival and 11 others from tragedy a year ago. The Agusta Westland W 139 … Read more

Japanese Billionaire Cancels Search For Moon Trip Girlfriend, After 28,000 Women Applied

Fashion e-commerce mogul and founder of Zozotown, Yusaku Maezawa, is no longer looking for a female “life partner” to join him on SpaceX’s maiden tourist trip around the moon. Maezawa, who is the 22nd richest man in the world, had invited single women over the age of 20 to apply to a matchmaking event, as … Read more

Suicide Bomber Apprehended In Oyedepo’s Church

A suicide -bomber whose name is yet- to -be -identified has been arrested on Sunday in Living Faith Church, Sabo , Kaduna. Reports had it that a worshipper said the suicide- bomber was found in the church’ s toilet while trying to detonate the bomb and was quickly apprehended by the security agents stationed at … Read more

Osinbajo Recounts Helicopter Crash He Survived In 2019, Goes For Thanksgiving In Church

Vice President Yomi Osinbajo speaks against Police Harassment, Extra Judicial Killings and need for the senior police officers to curtail the excesses.

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has marked one year of surviving the 2019 helicopter crash with a thanksgiving service at the Aso Villa Chapel on Sunday in Abuja. NAN reports that the Vice President was joined at the thanksgiving by his wife, Dolapo, family members and his aides, including some of those who were with him … Read more

Pharmacists reveal Why Lassa Fever drugs can’t be stocked

Nigerian pharmacists say they do not stock the Lassa fever drug of choice, Ribavirin, because it is not a medication for the treatment of “typical day-to-day ailments”, adding that only the Federal Government can stock products like that. The pharmacists and operators of pharmaceutical outlets disclosed this to EkoHotBlog as Nigeria continues to fight the … Read more

Amotekun: Southern Kaduna lauds, scrutinize community security outfit

Amotekun 

The people of Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State are studying the Western Nigeria Security Network, also known as Operation Amotekun, to develop their own community vigilante system to protect residents from suspected Fulani bandits. The President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union and former member of the House of Representatives, Jonathan Asake, stated this during … Read more

Sanwo-Olu Restates Commitment To Massively Invest In Education

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reiterated the commitment of his administration to massively invest in quality education to guarantee a brighter future for the young ones. Assuring that the State Government would spare no effort to improve the learning and teaching environment in schools across the State. Speaking on Saturday at the 2nd … Read more

Suspected Herdsmen Allegedly Kill One In Ogun State

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Suspected herdsmen have allegedly hacked a farmer to death in Fagboun village, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. According to the village chief, Simeon Fagbohun, the heinous act was perpetrated by some herdsmen who recently invaded the community. “What we know is that they (the herders) took their herds to his farm which … Read more

Registrar confirms the killing of fourth seminarian abducted in Kaduna

Recall that Four students of the seminary were abducted when heavily armed gunmen invaded the school located at Kaukau in Chikun Local Government Area, on January 9, 2020 The Registrar, Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Rev. Father Joel Usman, has confirmed the killing of the fourth seminarian abducted by bandits suspected to be kidnappers in Kaduna. … Read more

Magu meets UK govt, seeks Expedited Extradition of Diezani, Etete before March

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Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has met with United Kingdom Government officials in London, in an effort to expedite the extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to face trial in Nigeria. Diezani, who served as Minister of Petroleum resources under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, is … Read more

Tragic: Three Die In Road Accident On Their Way To Bury Colleague

Accident

Three persons who were hearing impaired and staff of the Special School for the Blind and Deaf in Ikoro Ekiti, Ijero Local Government area of Ekiti State, Friday lost their lives in an auto crash. Eyewitness revealed that many occupants of the vehicle sustained various degrees of injuries in the fatal accident, Daily Post reports. … Read more

Abducted Taraba NBA Vice-Chairman Regains Freedom

Abducted Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in Taraba State, Zainab Kashimi, has regained her freedom. According to a family source, who preferred to be anonymous, Mrs. Kashimi was set free unhurt in the early hours of Sunday without any ransom paid and she has reunited with her family. Read Also: Pastor Adeboye … Read more

Okada riders bid Lagos Farewell as police enforce ban

The enforcement of the ban on motorcycle and tricycle operations in major areas of Lagos state took effect on Saturday, this has caused most commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada riders to start leaving the state A resident of Ishaga Close, Itire, Yusuf Salau, told EkoHotBlog in the early hours of today that a number … Read more