A yet-to-be-confirmed number of people have been reported injured after a petrol-laden tanker exploded in the Maitama district of Abuja, the nation’s capital. Eyewitnesses said the incident, which occurred on Monday night along Shehu Shagari Way, left many people injured, including passengers in a commercial vehicle. EDITOR’S PICKS: School Proprietress Allegedly Killed, Burnt By Son … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that following the recent burning of some farms in Kontagora, the Niger State Emergency Management aAgency (NSEMA) has disbursed N70 million with grains to 50 of the victims. Speaking while presenting cheques to the beneficiaries at the agency’s headquarters in Minna yesterday, the director general of the agency, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba Arah, … Read more
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has been shot dead EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Director with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Alhaji Mohammadu Kudu Lawal has been shot dead by suspected unknown gunmen. It was gathered that Lawal was shot dead on his way to Abuja, the federal capital territory (FCT) on … Read more