Veteran Nigerian journalist Jacob Zango has passed away in Kaduna State after a brief illness. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Kaduna State Chapter, in a statement issued on Friday by Secretary Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, announced that Zango died on Wednesday. The statement also noted the grief expressed … Read more
Popular Nigerian Journalist Arrested By FIB. The Oyo-state-based broadcaster and social activist Oriyomi Hamzat is the owner of Agidigbo 88.7 FM, Ibadan. EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: Terrorists Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church Kidnap Priests, Others BREAKING: Again, EFCC Storms Okorocha’s Residence To Arrest Him [PHOTOS] [JUST IN] 2023: Another APC Chieftain Defects To PDP [PHOTO] EKO … Read more
A popular Nigerian journalist has arrested at Lekki Tollgate during #EndSARS Memorial Protest in Lagos State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a journalist of Legit.ng has been arrested by security operatives at the Lekki toll gate on Wednesday. The journalist’s phone, EKOHOTBLOG reports, was taken from him as he was confined to a vehicle belonging to security operatives. Recall that … Read more
Prominent Nigerian journalist has died. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a popular Nigerian journalist who worked with Uniq FM Ilesa, in Osun State, Otunba Olatunbosun Abe, well known as Hinpele O International, has passed away. A source disclosed that the veteran presenter died in the early hours of Sunday, adding that the son of the deceased, Kunle … Read more
The United States has granted asylum to a popular Nigerian journalist, Ohimai Amaize, a former African Independent Television (AIT) presenter who fled Nigeria last year. Ekohotblog reports that the journalist confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES in an e-mail Sunday. The mail sent by the popular Nigerian journalist reads as thus; “I have just received … Read more