Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chief executive officer (CEO) of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission ( NIDCOM), has reacted to the composition of the primary election panel of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state. Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo, was appointed chairman of the primary election committee after the party conducted screening exercise for its aspirants. Godwin … Read more
The subsidiary Operation LONG REACH conducted by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized several terrorist at the Bula Bello, Ngoske area of the Sambisa Forest. The coordinator, defence media operations, major General John Enenche stated this in a statement released to journalists in Abuja. Enenche said the continued efforts of … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Monday, June 22nd, 2020 1. COVID-19 In Nigeria: Over 20,000 Cases, 6,879 Discharged, 518 Death Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 436 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Sunday evening, June 21. READ MORE 2. … Read more
….AS IT LOSES PERMANENT SECRETARY , USMAN MUSA DALLAU The Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has expressed sadness over the death of Malam Usman Musa Dallau, Permanent Secretary, Niger State Planning Commission. In his condolence message signed by his Chief Press Secretary Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, the Governor described late Musa Dallau as a hard-working, … Read more
The Federal Government has released N13.642billion for the payment of hazard allowances and group life insurance for health workers and Federal civil servants nationwide. It said all the issues raised in the 14-day strike action notice have been met. It asked the striking doctors to live up to their Hippocratic Oath by calling of the … Read more
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described as “false and mischievous” allegations levelled against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission over alleged abused of his office as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The ICPC on June 17 alleged that the land which housed a school, Zinaria International … Read more
Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has condoled with the people of the State and in particular Bida/Gbako/Katcha Constituents on the death of a former Federal Law Maker at the Lower Chamber, Alhaji Shaba Isah Ibn Bello, popular called (Bandollia.) The Governor said Government and people of Niger State are deeply pained by the death … Read more
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has commended members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) for calling off their nationwide strike following his interventions and those of others. Gbajabiamila said by their action, the resident doctors have once again proved that they truly have Nigerians at heart, saying the … Read more
As part of efforts to intensify operations under Operation ACCORD aimed at curtailing the activities of bandits and other criminals in the North West and North Central region, troops under Operation SAFE HAVEN have neutralized 3 kidnappers during a commando operation at Qua’an Pan LGA of Plateau state. This was contained in a press statement … Read more
Report has it that palpable fear has enveloped Umuchaku Lowa, a community in Ihitte Uboma council of Imo State, following the rape and murder of Mrs. Suzzana Iwuoha a mother of four while harvesting cassava in her farm last Wednesday. Operatives of the state security outfit, Operation FLUSH, have apprehended one of the suspects. It was … Read more
The Police Command in Ogun has advised parents to monitor and guide the movements of their female children in order to reduce the incessant rape cases. DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) of the command, gave this advice in an interview with Newsmen on Sunday in Ota, Ogun. According to him, parents … Read more
Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has ordered the closure of the agency’s head office for a week to enable full decontamination of the building. Okah-Donli made the disclosure in a statement signed by NANTIP’s Head of Media and Publicity of NANTIP, Mrs Stella Nezan, in Abuja. … Read more
Dewald Kruger, General Manager, The Envoy Hotel, joined other stakeholders in the hotel industry to call on the Federal Government to renovate some of the nation’s tourism sites which were in deplorable condition. Kruger made the call during a webinar organised by the Nigeria Travel Week and Travelscope Magazine. The theme of the programme was: … Read more
The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Epe Chapter, on Saturday, held a-day walk, sensitizing the people of the community on how to curb the spread of Covid-19. The Chairman of the committee, Mr Dele Ogunbekun while addressing Journalists on the sideline, stated that the association was founded some years ago with the primary aim of … Read more
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Sunday, June 21st, 2020 1. COVID-19 In Nigeria: NCDC Records 661 COVID-19 Cases, See Breakdown Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announcing 661 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. READ MORE 2. Primate Ayodele Sends … Read more
The FCT Police Command says it has launched a massive manhunt to arrest the unidentified gunmen who shot one Sunday Ike ‘m’ on the head and robbed him of his light blue Toyota Camry car with registration number BS 286 KWL in Gwarinpa. The unfortunate incident happened on 19th June, 2020 at about 2300hrs at … Read more
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, (ACPN) has confirmed the death of Pharm. Sunday C. Ike, it’s national publicity secretary who was murdered on Friday night. Ike, according to Pharm. Samuel Adekola, national chairman, ACPN, in a telephone conversation with pharmanewsonline.com, was gruesomely murdered by some unknown gun men inside his pharmacy premises located … Read more
No fewer than 50 houses were destroyed at Badariya area, Mobile Police Barrack, Bayan-Kara and parts of Gesse III in Birnin Kebbi following rainstorm on Friday. A cross-section of the victims interviewed by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene on Saturday expressed shock over the incident. They, however, said it would be difficult … Read more
The Police Command in Ebonyi said on Saturday that it had arrested two teenage boys aged 15 and 14 years for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, told the Newsmen in Abakaliki that the suspects had confessed to the crime. Odah said that the … Read more
No fewer than 16 cultists of two separate cult groups have renounced membership of their cult groups in Rivers State. The repentant cultists also surrendered one AK-47 riffle, one pump action gun and three matchetes. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, the National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), said this in a statement … Read more