A nurse in New York City has been charged with stealing two credit cards of a dying Covid-19 patient while on admission at the Staten Island University Hospital in April. The 43-year-old nurse, Danielle Conti used the cards of late Anthony Catapano to buy gasoline and groceries. Catapano, 70, was hospitalized on April 4 after … Read more
Two persons were killed while several shops and vehicles were burnt on Friday when a tanker ladened with diesel fell around the Moniya area of Ibadan and burst into flames. The incident led to traders, commuters and residents of the area scampering for safety as the inferno continued to increase with high intensity. The extent … Read more
Nigeria is approaching a difficult era in response to the ongoing COVID-19 disease outbreak says Federal Government. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, gave the explanation at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) daily briefing on COVID19 on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no fewer than 381 persons tested … Read more
About thirty years ago at the Metropolitan Club, Kofo Abayomi Street (named after Kole’s father, Sir (Dr.) Chief Kofo Adekunle Abayomi) on Victoria Island, Lagos the hugely cerebral artist (Sculptor and Painter) Professor Ben Enwonwu pulled me aside just before the weekly Tuesday lunch to conspiratorially whisper as he surveyed the empty tables which would … Read more
Orji Kalu who was released today after five months at Kuje correctional facility, Abuja makes his freedom speech from his residence. Ekohotblog reports that the immediate release of the Nigerian majority whip of the Senate, Cheif Orji Uzor Kalu came has a huge surprise to many Nigerians. This online news platform gathered that the freedom … Read more
Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 195 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 195 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, May 6. This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that … Read more
Controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has taken to Twitter to slam popular blogger, Linda Ikeji and her son, Jayce. Kemi Olunloyo took to her twitter page to throw shades, revealing that the blogger isn’t as wealthy as she portrays to be and she also alleged that billionaire Dudafa gave Linda Ikeji ‘N242M Dasuki money’ READ ALSO: … Read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). PMS has been reduced from N113.28k per litre to N108.00K per litre across all its products loading facilities. This was contained in a statement issued by the corporation’s spokesman, Dr. Kenny Obateru in Abuja on Wednesday. … Read more
Nigerian singer, Daddy Showkey, has come down hard on Nigerians especially Lagos residents for violating social distancing rules. Ekohotblog recalls that on May 4, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari eased the lockdown issued in some states to contain the spread of coronavirus. Upon the ease of the lockdown, many have been found violating social distancing rules … Read more
Despite Brent-crude futures rallying in recent weeks, Nigeria is facing a fast-looming future without reliance on fiscal revenue from its massive oil wealth, Bloomberg reports. Amid the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought to a halt economic activity and travel, demand for crude has been crippled, resulting in a dramatic oversupply. Accordingly, … Read more
The Buhari administration through Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire has assured that they would conduct basic research on local herbs to cure COVID-19 patients. Dr. Osagie Ehanire who disclosed this during the daily press briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja said that before any local herb is administered to a COVID-19 patient, the Nigerian Institute … Read more
The environs of Ilorin, Kwara State capital was in disorder after residents of the state violated social distancing and the mandatory use of face mask on Monday. This is coming after the state government on Monday relaxed the lockdown order placed on the state. Following the directives of the state government to relax the lockdown, … Read more
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has accused the leadership of the House of Representatives of allegedly taking a $10 million bribe from Bill Gates to pass a compulsory vaccine bill. In a statement issued and signed by the spokesperson of the opposition political parties, Barrister Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, CUPP asked Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila … Read more
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it has observed poor compliance to physical distancing and use of face masks as ease of five weeks lockdown on Lagos, FCT and Ogun states began on Monday. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and PTF Chairman, made the observation at … Read more
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
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