US Capitol Riot Committee Summons Trump’s Former Personal Attorney

Capitol Riot

Giuliani travelled the US after the 2020 election to promote the baseless claim that Trump had won…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that the congressional panel investigating last year’s US Capitol riot have issued a subpoena to former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. The House of Representatives committee demanded Giuliani and three others hand … Read more

[COVID-19] US Makes Good On Promise Of 3.2m Pfizer Vaccines To Nigeria 

COVID-19

…the vaccine donations were a part of the U.S. government’s continued partnership with the Nigerian Government in combating COVID-19 EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria has received 3.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States as authorities step up efforts to curb the spread of the disease in the country. The Executive Director … Read more

UK, US Refuse Nnamdi Kanu’s Request To Be Observers At His Trial

Nnamdi Kanu

The IPOB leader is facing a seven-count amended charge preferred against him by the Federal Government EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States and the British Government have turned down a request by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to send representatives to observe the his trial holding at … Read more

Power Outage In US & Canada As Winter Storm Hits

Winter Storm

There were also forecasts of possible coastal flooding in some areas, including in New York City and parts of Connecticut…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that a major winter storm has brought heavy snow and ice to parts of the US and Canada, putting more than 80 million people under weather warnings. More than 145,000 people … Read more

‘Move Away From Coastline’ – US, Japan Warn Against Tsunami

Tsunami

The huge underwater volcanic eruption caused waves of more than a metre to crash into Tonga EKO HOT BLOG reports that US and Japan have advised people on their Pacific coastlines to get away from the shore as a precaution against tsunami waves caused by a volcano eruption in the South Pacific. Japan has warned … Read more

US Man Gets Pig Heart In World-first Transplant

Transplant

The transplant was considered the last hope of saving Bennett’s life…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that a man in the United States has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour procedure in Baltimore, doctors … Read more

New York Man Indicted For Threatening To Kill Trump

Trump

Trump is referred to as “Individual-1” in the indictment EKO HOT BLOG reports that the US Secret Service arrested a 72-year-old man in New York on Monday after he allegedly phoned them threatening to kill ex-president Donald Trump, a criminal indictment showed. Prosecutors in Brooklyn say Thomas Welnicki “knowingly and willfully threatened to kill, kidnap, … Read more

Baby Lost During Afghanistan Airlift Chaos Reunited With Family

Afghanistan

…he handed Sohail over the airport wall to a uniformed soldier who he believed to be an American…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that an infant boy handed in desperation to a soldier across an airport wall in the chaos of the American evacuation of Afghanistan has been found and was reunited with his relatives in … Read more

Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ App Set For February Launch

Trump

Trump says the new platform will be an alternative to Silicon Valley internet companies…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that former US President Donald Trump’s media group is aiming to launch its long-promised social network in February, according to a listing at Apple’s App Store. A “Truth Social” app is “expected” to be available on February … Read more

US Relives Capitol Attack One Year After

Capitol

Live footage of US politicians cowering from the mob shocked the world EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Joe Biden has heavily criticised former President Donald Trump on the first anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol. In a televised speech Biden accused his predecessor of spreading “a web of lies” that led to … Read more

US, EU Warn Sudan Military Against Appointing Own PM

Sudan

The former prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, resigned on Sunday amid a political deadlock…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States, Norway, Britain and the European Union have warned Sudan’s military against appointing their own prime minister, saying it would risk plunging the nation into conflict. The countries said they would not support a prime … Read more

US Leaks Document On China’s Weaponry That Aims To Paralyse & Control Enemies

China

…there are concerns that China will use any of such weapons to maintain control over its own citizens – including ethnic minority Uighur Muslims.  EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States government has sanctioned China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences and 11 affiliated research institutes for using ‘biotechnology’ that ‘controls the brain’s to support … Read more

Former US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Dies At 82

Harry Reid

…Reid was born and raised in the mining town of Searchlight, Nevada on December 2, 1939…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from humble beginnings to lead the upper chamber during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at … Read more

Women Cannot Travel Long-Distance Without A Male Relative – Taliban

Taliban

The move followed the Taliban barring many women in public-sector roles from returning to work in the wake of their August 15 seizure of power…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have said that women seeking to travel long distances should not be allowed on road transport unless they are accompanied by … Read more

NASA’s Revolutionary $10bn Space Telescope Launches

NASA

The European Space Agency aptly referred to it as “an awesome Christmas present”  EKO HOT BLOG reports that James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier space observatory of the next decade, successfully launched on Christmas morning. The telescope lifted off atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 7:20 a.m. ET. “We … Read more

More Than 2,000 Flights Shelved Globally As Omicron Hits Hard

COVID-19

…United cancelled more than 170 flights on Friday, or nine percent of those that were scheduled.  EKO HOT BLOG reports that over 2,000 flights have been cancelled and thousands delayed around the world as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupts holiday travel. According to tracking website Flightaware.com at 1540 GMT on Friday, a total of … Read more

Omicron: US To Reverse Travel Ban On Southern Africa

Travel ban

The official said the curbs were no longer necessary amid a US explosion of cases… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the US is ready to lift a travel ban it imposed on eight southern African nations over a new coronavirus strain. The White House said the 29 November measure, affecting South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, … Read more

Omicron: Israel Unveils Red List, To Block US Travels

Omicron

…Bennett reiterated that he would continue to restrict travel in order to avoid further lockdowns. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Israel’s health ministry Sunday recommended banning Israelis from travelling to the United States and added several European countries to its Covid “red list”, aimed at containing the Omicron variant’s spread.  Barring US travel for Israeli … Read more

Two US Senators Test Positive For COVID-19

COVID-19

The announcements came as the emergence of the Omicron variant has thrust the nation…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker tested positive for COVID-19, according to tweets Sunday from their official accounts. The Massachusetts Democrat, who is vaccinated and boosted, said she is experiencing mild symptoms. The New Jersey Democrat, … Read more