National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has waded into the interest rates policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Tinubu said the current financial system in Nigeria opposes growth as the interest rates affect domestic investment, the private sector, and job creation. Tinubu warned that to attract investment borrowing that will … Read more
24-year-old Kenyan woman, Winfred Nduku allegedly stabbed her two children, aged 2 and 6, to death, before attempting suicide after a fight with her own mother. A police spokesperson at the Kayole Police Station confirmed the tragic incident to Kenyans.co.ke, adding that Nduku was recuperating at Mama Lucy Hospital. The spokesperson said the sad incident … Read more
Jigawa State has recorded its second death from the COVID-19 pandemic. The patient who is a pregnant woman from Zareka ward in the Miga Local Government Area of the state died as a result of a miscarriage at her isolation centre. The member of the State Task Force who confirmed the news disclosed that the … Read more
President John Magufuli of Tanzania has ordered a probe on the country’s COVID-19 test kits after goat and pawpaw tested positive for coronavirus. President Magufuli while speaking at an event in Chato in the northwest of Tanzania, revealed that the COVID-19 testing kits which had been imported from abroad had “technical errors”. Magufuli said he … Read more
Banks in Lagos generally opened for business on Monday but with many of them not ensuring that their customers kept to the physical distancing rule set by the authorities. Ekohotblog recalls that the Lagos State Government while giving guidelines for the residents of the state to adhere to during the gradual easing of the lockdown … Read more
As Lagos residents embark on their normal daily activities, many of them wear seen wearing face masks but snubbing the much-clamored for social and physical distancing. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari on 27 of April ordered the gradual easing of lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic in two states, Lagos and Ogun and the federal capital … Read more
Popular Lagos monarch, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi has celebrated his first wedding anniversary with his second wife, Olori Hadiza Yakasai. The couple got married in Kano, May 2019. He took to his official Instagram page to pen a heartfelt message to her. He wrote: “Happy 1st Anniversary to my beautiful wife. The past year has … Read more
Nigerian singer Aituaje Iruobe, known professionally as Waje has called for calm in the investigation of murder against Clarence Peters. Lagos State Police Command announced that the popular music video director was being investigated for murder over the death of professional dancer, Love Divine, known as Kodak. Lagos Police PRO, Bala Elkana said: “It is … Read more
A video fast trending captures the moment Indians were throwing their idols (gods) into a river. Some assume Indians no longer have faith in their idols after recording massive death cases of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, Ekohotblog gathered that the idols called ‘Ganapati’ were disposed of in year 2015 by Indian civil authorities for … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu on Sunday said 27 policemen have been assaulted in the course of enforcing COVID-19 lockdown across the nation. According to the statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the IGP was reacting to a viral video that showed a woman identified as Kehinde Afolake … Read more
The management of Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Abeokuta, Ogun state capital through Head, Public Relations, Segun Orisajo On Sunday confirmed reports that an unknown pregnant woman died of coronavirus on Friday. Segun Orisajo also stated that it had shut down the Accident and Emergency Complex of the centre where the patient died. He said, “Three … Read more
As Lagos state eases lockdown on Monday, the chairman of the state council of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), has mandated that commercial drivers should not allow passengers without facemasks to board their vehicles. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday, April 27, approved the easing of lockdown … Read more
Nigeria’s foremost luxury and lifestyle company Polo Limited, as part of its multi-level intervention in providing succour for segments of the society affected by the COVID-19 lockdown recently visited the press corps of the Lagos State Government. In charting a different path from the norm of donations so far, the company delegation led by the … Read more
As the statewide lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari entered the third day, the Ogun State Government Monday evening confirmed that it had uncovered two fresh cases of the coronavirus pandemic in the state. The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who addressed journalists at his private residence in Iperu Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area of … Read more
TB Joshua, the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has linked the deadly coronavirus pandemic to an error in advanced technology. While answering a series of questions on Emmanuel TV, the acclaimed prophet ‘‘said the world leaders know what they are doing. If the world leaders say enough is enough, it will be. … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has berated recent comments made by scientists suggesting a vaccine for the new coronavirus should be tested in Africa as “racist” and a hangover from the “colonial mentality”. “Africa cannot and will not be a testing ground for any vaccine. We will follow all the rules … Read more
Taraba State’s Commissioner for Rural Electrification, Alexander Markus Senlo, has died after battling a brief illness. Senlo, a former local government council chairman and two-time commissioner, died in a Yola hospital on Monday. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, Taraba state is one of the 25 Nigerian states that has not recorded any case of … Read more
Justice has finally been served and Funke Akindele, her husband along with other guests at the birthday party will spend the next 14 days in an isolation centre. A Magistrate court sitting in Lagos on Monday sentenced Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and her husband Abdulrasheed Bello a.k.a JJC Skillz to 14 days community service each. … Read more
Naira Marley, a Nigerian musician, has been detained by the police over Funke Akindele’s COVID-19 House Party. Ekohotblog reports that the Lagos State Police Command says it has detained singer, Azeez Fashola better known as Naira Marley for attending a birthday party organized by Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele for her husband. This is coming after … Read more
The mother of Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has died after contracting COVID-19. Dolors Sala Carrio was 82 years old. A statement by Manchester City said: “The Manchester City family are devastated to report the death today of Pep’s mother Dolors Sala Carrió in Manresa, Barcelona after contracting Corona Virus. “Everyone associated with the club … Read more