An FCT high court has sentenced one Mister Obinna Echanu to death by hanging for killing an Uber driver. Obinna was standing trial alongside one Mister Everly Nnerun for allegedly conspiring to kill the Uber driver identified as Edwin Ali on December 26th, 2016 along the Abuja airport road. Read Also: Record-Breaking US Astronaut Returns … Read more
NASA’s Christina Koch returned to Earth safely Thursday having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts after almost a year aboard the International Space Station. Koch touched down at 0912 GMT on the Kazakh steppe after 328 days in space along with Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian … Read more
NASA’s Christina Koch returned to Earth on Thursday having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts after almost a year aboard the International Space Station. Koch touched down on the Kazakh steppe at 0912 GMT after 328 days in space along with Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian … Read more
A diesel-laden tanker went up in flames at the Abule Osun Bus Station, in the Ojo barracks axis of the Badagry expressway, Lagos. The incident involving the 11,000 litres tanker took place adjacent the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) construction yard Read Also: Traffic Gridlock: LASG Calls For Support For Construction Of Junction Improvement … Read more
The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, has called for the support of stakeholders for the construction of junction improvement works at Ikotun roundabout in lgando-lkotun LCDA. The Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. ldris Salako made this plea at the stakeholders meeting held on … Read more
Two Augusta 109P helicopter and one Mi-171E helicopter has been launched by President Muhammadu Buhari to win the war against the Boko Haram insurgency. During the launching on Thursday in Abuja, Buhari assured that the Federal Government will do its best to tackle insecurity. See Also: Germany Announces New Immigration Policy For Nigeria He vowed … Read more
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has debunked a trending social media report alleging that traffic officials, particularly LASTMA officers, have been banned from apprehending violators of traffic laws and restricted to traffic control. A release issued by the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Olajide Oduyoye, refuted the claim that the decision emanated from a … Read more
Detectives attached to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCIID), of the Lagos State Command have commenced a manhunt for a 23 years old man, one Michael Okhide, who allegedly stabbed his 60-year-old father, one Barr. Clement Okhide and mother, to death before bolting away. The young man was also … Read more
The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, on Wednesday disclosed that more than thirty-four suspects were arrested after a clash between the Police and a protesting bike riders at Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State. According to a statement signed by Bala, 86 motorcycles were also impounded at Aboru area during the clash. … Read more
A 21-year old lady identified as Katherine Akpan has come out to narrate her near death experience over the night as an insect creeped into her ear. Ekohotblog gathered that, Katherine was used to sleeping with earphones puffed into her ears, but this particular night, she forgot. Katherine said she had slept off at about … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office on Wednesday, Febuary 5, 2020 arraigned one Aminu Dan Manya before Justice Isah Muhammad Bargaja of the Sokoto State High Court on a three-count charge bordering on Obtaining Money by False Pretence to the tune of Six Million Eight Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira (N6,840,000.00). … Read more
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, FNCS, FBCS, FIIM, has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to revise the Policy on SIM Card registration and usage. According to a statement from the Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Femi Adeluyi, this … Read more
The Senate has given Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government a two-week window period to appear before the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, to defend President Buhari’s loan request presently before the National Assembly. President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan made the call on MDAs to appear before the Panel, this happened after … Read more
Chairman, House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, claims foreign countries are funding insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria. He stated this at the security meeting where Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila strongly urged the security chiefs to proffer solutions to the worsening insecurity in the country. Mr Gbajabiamila described lawmakers’ call for the … Read more
Okon Essien, a police inspector accused of extra-judicial killing, has committed suicide The policeman hanged himself on Wednesday in a cell at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba. A source who pleaded anonymity told our reporter that Essien was brought to the SCIID on Tuesday for allegedly killing a man at the … Read more
The United States has advised the Federal Government to do more in protecting Nigerians and humanitarian organisations that are assisting the country in the face of activities of Boko Haram insurgents and other religious and ethnic violence. The US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, made the call in Washington DC during a joint media briefing … Read more
In a bid to tackle the security challenges in the country, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has asked the armed forces to take the battle to the criminals in their hideouts. He stated this on Wednesday when he met with the service chiefs and the joint House Committees on Defence, Army, … Read more
The Ogun State Government has expressed willingness to pay N30,500 as minimum wage to workers in the state with retroactive effect from 1st January, 2020. The state government announced that it had reached an agreement with organised labour to begin payment of the new minimum wage. This was contained in a statement by the Chief … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Thursday, February 6th, 2020 1. Pompeo To Make First Africa Trip As US Secretary Of State US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa, the State Department said Wednesday, putting a focus on a continent rarely prioritized by … Read more
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa, the State Department said Wednesday, putting a focus on a continent rarely prioritized by the Trump administration. The State Department said that Pompeo will travel to Senegal, Angola and Ethiopia from February 15 to 19, meeting the leaders of all three … Read more