EFCC has re-arraigned two British Nationals over P&ID Scam. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned two British nationals over their alleged involvement in the controversial Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) gas processing contract. The contract led to the $9.6bn arbitral awards to P&ID Limited by a United Kingdom … Read more
President Buhari is set to embark on fresh London medical trip. EKOHOTBLOG reports that former presidential aide to Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said that some sources within Aso Rock revealed to him that President Muhammadu Buhari is set to embark on another medical trip to London, United Kingdom (UK). The socio-political activist, … Read more
Since the Taliban takeover, many foreigners have left Afghanistan, but some journalists and aid workers remain in the capital The United States and Britain have warned their citizens to avoid hotels in Afghanistan, days after dozens of people were killed at a mosque in an attack claimed by the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, ISKP … Read more
The revised policy applies to those who have been fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. The United Kingdom has reviewed its travel protocols for travellers from Nigeria who have taken their complete jabs of the COVID-19 vaccines approved by authorities in the country. This was announced in a statement … Read more
EFCC has arrested former Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has interrogated the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, for alleged fraud and failing to explain how he came to own 22 properties in Nigeria, the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) According to … Read more
The 12 million files constitute the biggest of such leak in history Several world leaders have denied wrongdoing after featuring in the Pandora Papers – a huge leak of financial documents from offshore companies. The 12 million files constitute the biggest of such leak in history. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Jordan’s King Abdullah II … Read more
Buhari and Tinubu have won awards in London. EKOHOTBLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has been conferred the Nation Builder Award at an event organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC), United Kingdom chapter, to celebrate Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary in London. The chapter’s Publicity Secretary, Jacob Ogunseye, made this known via a … Read more
Tinubu has spoken to Nigerians from London, United Kingdom. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he is very healthy and doing well in London, United Kingdom (UK). Tinubu made this known while addressing some members of the House of Representatives who … Read more
A popular Nigerian General Overseer is dead. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the founder of Victorious Army Ministries (VAM), Reverend Joseph Agboli, has been pronounced dead. It was gathered that the cleric died on Wednesday after a battle with a heart-related ailment. EKOHOTBLOG learnt that the General Overseer had been under treatment in London hospital. Agboli, in … Read more
Former President Jonathan’s ex-aide has been arrested in the Netherlands. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a former Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku, has been arrested in Amsterdam, the Netherlands over child pornography complaints. It was gathered that Kuku circulated child pornography materials in 2018. The former Chairman of the … Read more
President Buhari has made a fresh appointment. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the acting Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC). The appointment of the acting Chief Judge of the FCT High … Read more
Recalls that President Buhari departed Nigeria for the United Kingdom on July 26, 2021. EKOHOTBLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari will return to Nigeria on Friday (today) from the United Kingdom. It was gathered that President Buhari would return to Nigeria by 5pm on Friday after spending two weeks in London. According to a police … Read more
A Nigerian footballer has been shot dead by police in United Kingdom (UK). EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Kingdom Police are investigating the Thame Valley force after a man was shot dead by officers who attended a call-out to a house where a child was found with serious injuries. Police officers were called … Read more
…her family had no idea she was pregnant, and that social services and council chiefs are investigating the matter. An 11-year-old girl has become Britain’s youngest mother after she gave birth earlier this month having fallen pregnant aged just 10 years old. The mother and her baby, that was delivered after over 30 weeks of … Read more
He has entered a not guilty plea A British Member of Parliament (MP) faces trial over accusations he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy in 2008, it was revealed on Friday after reporting restrictions on the case were partially lifted. Imran Ahmad Khan, 47, who represents the northern English city of Wakefield for the ruling Conservative … Read more
The World Health Organization estimates at least 11 billion doses are needed to stand a chance of beating the virus. Leaders of the major industrial nations have pledged one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries as a “big step towards vaccinating the world”, Boris Johnson has said. At the end of the G7 summit … Read more
Johnson is the first prime minister to get married while in office in nearly 200 years. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secretly-planned ceremony at Westminster Cathedral. The wedding took place in a “small ceremony” on Saturday afternoon, a Downing Street spokesman said. The spokesman added that the couple … Read more
When elected in 2019, the 56-year-old became the first prime minister to live at Downing Street as part of an unmarried couple… British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have set a wedding date for next year after delaying plans due to the pandemic, The Sun tabloid reported Monday. Known for his … Read more
The green list covers Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, and Israel Britain on Friday announced it was lifting a coronavirus ban on people in England going on holiday to Portugal and Israel due to their low infection and high vaccination rates. “From May 17 you will be able … Read more
His father blamed his disappearance on depression following the lockdown and long stay at home The body found on Monday in the search for missing 19-year-old Nigerian student Richard Okorogheye has been formally identified as his. “Our deepest sympathies are with Richard’s family at this incredibly difficult time,” UK’s Metropolitan Police said in a tweet … Read more