The Lagos State Government has confirmed that it recorded fresh COVID-19 related deaths. The State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi said this in a tweet on Tuesday. He noted that although no fresh cases of the coronavirus disease had been recorded on Monday, April 20, there were related deaths from the pandemic. READ ALSO: … Read more
Lately, the Police Division in Agbowa, Ikosi Ejinrin LCDA of Epe Division, Lagos State, has been in the news but for the wrong reasons. First, it was via a video recording of alleged extortion of a resident of the community by the Divisional Traffic Officer in the area. And as it is with all negative … Read more
Police operatives and some medical personnel at Osun/Oyo border on Sunday evening reportedly intercepted a car, said to have conveyed a sick man, who eventually died while being checked. According to reports, the vehicle was stopped at Odo Oba, Iwo, an entry point to Osun from Oyo State while attempting to enter Osun State. The … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has stated that the most affected age group of the COVID19 pandemic in the country is within the age group of 31 to 40 years. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the age group most affected by COVID-19 is between 31- 40 years. The was … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will temporarily suspend immigration into the United States to ‘‘protect the jobs of American citizens’. In a tweet early today, Trump said: “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing … Read more
A former minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, Chief Abimbola Osuolale Richard Akinjide is dead. According to a family source, the 88-year-old who lives in his Ibadan, Oyo State home died 1:00am on Tuesday. He was reportedly indisposed for about three years before his death. Richard Akinjide was born in Ibadan, the Oyo … Read more
Nigeria confirms 86 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, the highest number of the infection to be confirmed in a day since the advent of the virus incursion into the country. According to the National Centre for Disease Control, 70 of the new infections are in Lagos while 7 are in FCT Three of the … Read more
Pastor EA. Adeboye has advised governments all over the world to include religious leaders in COVID-10 committees to at least help with the spiritual aspect of the fight against the deadly virus. Speaking via Redeemed Christain Church of God’s channel, Dove TV, Adeboye said the return to normalcy has begun and it would be steady … Read more
Google is set to launch an emergency fund to help local news outlets struggling to maintain operations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The internet giant gave no specific figure for its fund, but said it would offer grants ranging from the “low thousands of dollars” for the smallest operations to “low tens of … Read more
Nnamdi Kanu has made a shocking allegation about Buhari’s office after Abba Kyari’s death. Ekohotblog had reported earlier that Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, died of COVID-19, four weeks after testing positive to the disease. This online news platform understands that the Presidency through a statement by Femi Adesina, the … Read more
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have kidnapped an Anglican priest, Reverend Anthony Oyi in his farm in issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. The priest, his wife, children and another man were whisked away from their farmland but the wife and children were eventually dropped off and the man taken away. There … Read more
An unidentified staff of the World Health Organisation, WHO, Bauchi State Office has tested positive for coronavirus disease. The test result of the patient was received from the officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Sunday. The WHO staff was said to have returned to Bauchi after having close contact with a … Read more
The presidency has advised all State House correspondents who were present at the burial of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, to self-isolate for 14 days. This was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Director, Information, State House, Attah Esa on Sunday. He said the journalists in attendance … Read more
Pandemic wracked Europe will need at least another 500 billion euros from European Union institutions to finance its economic recovery. The figure is in addition to the agreed €500 billion packages, the head of the eurozone bailout fund said. In an interview with Italy’s Corriere della Sera paper, published on Sunday, European Stability Mechanism Managing … Read more
Some Nigerians have accused the federal government of violating the social distancing rules while asking for a refund of N100,000 fine paid by actress Funke Akindele. Ekohotblog reports that this erupted after photos of the burial rites of Abba Kyari, the deceased chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari surfaced online. Kyari, on Friday died … Read more
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has commended the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for taking proactive steps to protect Rivers people from coronavirus. In a Government House press statement by Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant to Governor Nyesom Wike said the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Rivers and Bayelsa State Chapter also praised … Read more
Veteran actor, Yinka Quadri, has bemoaned the attitude of people towards acting, stating that people now join the industry for fame. Quadri said this during a live Instagram chat with comedian, Gbenga Adeyinka. According to him, many join the industry just because of the kind of lives emulated by top thespians without having passion for … Read more
…..Initiative Aimed To Complement Gov Sanwo-Olu’s Feeding Programme Rendeavour, Africa’s largest private city developer and partner to the Lagos State Government on the Alaro City project, has commenced free food programme that will provide food for 10,000 people daily to cushion the effects of the lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of … Read more
Ekohotblog reports that the SCOAN founder trended last month, for an infamous prophecy in which he claimed the COVID 19 would disappear on March 27. This online news platform understands that the SCOAN General Overseer had revealed during a church sermon last month, that the pandemic will be over by the end of March. “This … Read more
Former Vice President for the Africa region at the World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has come hard on China for failing to act responsibly in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak, stressing that the Asian country should atone for this irresponsibility by writing off the debt African countries are owing. In an op-ed first published … Read more