The Lagos State government says it is considering a full re-opening of the critical sectors of its economy.

The state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this today when he spoke at a briefing after the State’s Security Council meeting held at the State House in Marina.

According to the governor, the State Government would be rolling out the Register-to-Open initiative as part of the plans that would enable it to assess the level of readiness of the players in the identified sectors for supervised operations. The governor said officials from the Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC) and Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) will be visiting restaurants, companies, religious houses to assess their level of readiness.

With the size of the State’s economy and numbers of businesses that operate in its domain, the Governor said the Government could not afford to keep people and businesses on lockdown permanently.

“We are at a level where we are reviewing the other arms of the economy. In the coming days, we will be starting what we call Register-to-Open, which means all players in the restaurant business, event centres, entertaiment, malls and cinemas will go through a form of re-registration and space management.

“There is a regulation that will be introduced to supervise this move. We will be coming to their facilities to assess their level of readiness for a future opening. I don’t know when that opening will happen in the weeks ahead, but we want these businesses to begin to tune themselves to the reality of COVID-19 with respect to how their workspaces need to look like.

“For us, it is not to say they should re-open fully tomorrow or any time; there has to be a process guiding the re-opening. We will be mandating LASEPA and Safety Commission to begin the enumeration process and the agencies will be communicating with all relevant businesses and houses in the days ahead. I must, however, caution that this should not be misinterpreted as a licence for full opening; it is certainly not. The State’s economy is not ready for that now.” he said

He added that the Government agencies also would be visiting places of worship to evaluate their level of preparedness ahead of full reopening. He stressed that social distancing and hygiene would be fully considered in determining whether mosques and churches can re-open in the future.

“We are reviewing and considering how the phased unlocking will happen. If we see huge level of compliance, then it can happen in the next two to three weeks. If not, it could take a month or two months. It is until we are sure all of these players are ready to conform to our guidelines,” the Governor asserted.

He urged businesses, religious houses, and residents to maintain the status quo while the State works out modalities for full re-opening.

The Governor disclosed that all the 10 staff of the Government House who tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) had fully recovered and returned to their beats. He said the disclosure was necessary to further promote transparency in the reporting and management of coronavirus cases by the State Government.

He enjoined banks and markets to strictly enforce orderliness in their premises. He directed that elderly people must be given the priority to transact their businesses in banks and markets between 9am and 10:30am, after which other younger customers should be allowed to transact.

President Buhari is expected to address the nation in a broadcast tomorrow Monday May 18, as the first phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown comes to an end.

This was disclosed by Aliyu Sani, national coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics today Sunday, May 17.

The President is expected to announce to Nigerians whether or not the nation would go ahead with the second phase of the easing of the lockdown.

Former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has revealed that he didn’t join politics because he wanted to “solve Nigeria’s problems” but out of unemployment.

The current Minister Of Transportation disclosed during a recent interview with PUNCH that unemployment drove him into politics.

PUNCH quoted the minister saying ;

“I didn’t join politics because I wanted to be a leader or because I wanted to solve Nigeria’s problems. I joined because of unemployment. I also believe there is a part that grace played in it,”

27-year-old Ghanaian man, Derrick Amponsah, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a 15-year-old student and biting her clitoris, leaving her to bleed profusely after the act.

Ghanaian media reports that the incident took place at Manso Yawkrom in the Amansie West District of Ashanti Region.

Derrick was arraigned before the Bekwai Circuit Court. Police Prosecutor, Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Ofori, told the court that the suspect used his fingers, penis, and mouth to abuse the girl at about 11 a.m. on April 15, 2020.

The suspect pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and defilement. Both acts contravene Sections 84 and 101 respectively the of Criminal Offences Act, Act 29 of 960.

The presiding judge then sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment.

Social media has been in a frenzy with the news of a controversial and highly misplaced video on Facebook, made on the 9th of May, 2020, by a Facebook user, “Atheist Yanick Aka”, who is also the spiritual son of self- proclaimed “Prophet-Messenger and Light of the world, outside of whom none can be saved”, Prophet Kacou Philippe.

In the video, fanatical Atheist, Yanick Aka, negated the March 21st, 2020 prophecy of Billionaire Prophet, Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin; a prophecy predicting the gradual receding of the COVID-19 pandemic, that has since been confirmed in many countries. He said that the prophecy was not fulfilled, and that any evidence given to perpetuate the fact, was false.

Yanick went on to insult Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin as well as other critically acclaimed Men of God, calling them all sorts of names and making some disturbing accusations.

See video here:

Days later, on the 17th of May, 2020, spiritual son of Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, and Lead Pastor of Household of Mercy and Deliverance Ministry, Lokoja, Prophet Gideon Isah has put out an informative reply to the heretic, Yanick Aka.

Prophet Gideon Isah started by reminding the general public that the prophecy made by his spiritual father, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin was very precise and had clearly stated that the pandemic would gradually start to end in 38 days, from country to country, “batch by batch”. Evidence also clearly shows that this has been the case since late April.

He went on to say that his spiritual father even predicted the coming of the pandemic in 2014 and 2016, respectively. In the former, he had called it World War III and a time of mass death, unlike anything he had ever experienced; a term that was echoed 6 years later, by US President, Donald Trump. In the latter prophecy, he called it a worldwide disease that would take many lives.

Prophet Gideon Isah also invalidated the baseless claims of Yanick Aka that sought to defame the character of his spiritual father, showing evidence of how Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin has been a true father, provider and spiritual mentor to the flock that God has given him. He pointed out that Yanick Aka is only a psychopath and a puppet to his spiritual father and sponsor, Kacou Philippe, a highly controversial troublemaker who was convicted and imprisoned in 2016 for his misleading, satanic and mischievous practices, and subsequently banned from preaching in many countries, for 5 years.

The self- proclaimed “Prophet- Messenger” also has four children by four different women, and still had the nerve to get his puppet to point accusing fingers at other men of Faith, because he himself has been banned from continuing his Antichrist activities.

Prophet Gideon Isah sang the praises of his spiritual father and urged people not to be led astray by the lies of a messenger sent by the enemy of the Body of Christ.

He stated that things such as going to the mountain to pray or dancing to the glory of God, were things done by the Fathers of Faith, in days of old, and were therefore biblical, God-approved practices for men of God to carry out. He condemned Atheist Yanick Aka for trying to demonize the sincere walk of God’s true prophets.

He also said that the wrath of God would be meted out upon these men who tried to distort the word of God in their favor and claim to be demigods on earth as they’re are Worshiped by their follower.

Prophet Gideon Isah called Yanick Aka and his spiritual father out, asking them to show proof of how they have been helping their nation and congregation to survive the COVID-19 Lockdown measures, before pointing accusing fingers at men who are making enormous impact, in this period. He attested to Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin making massive donations and giveaways to the needy, and to assist the Federal Government.

May God’s word reign supreme.

By: Tolu Jacobs

A Nigerian woman who recovered from COVID-19 has told of the effect garlic, ginger, lemon, and tumeric concoction had on her.

The survivor shared what it was like fighting the deadly virus after spending two weeks in the hospital.

She expressed gratitude for her life and said the symptoms is like nothing she has ever experienced.

She shared her symptoms with her followers and said that “the Virus is better heard of than experienced.”

She also warned people about using the garlic, ginger, lemon and tumeric concoction touted as a good herbal remedy to combat the symptoms of COVID-19. She said drinking the concoction “was so corrosive it was slowly peeling off her abdominal lining.”

She wrote:

“Okay so I did not realize how ungrateful I was to be alive until COVID 19 taught me a great lesson. This past two weeks fighting for my life in the hospital no be moinmoin.

‘Let me tell you what the virus does.

“**Dry throat first. You will cough tire nothing will come out.

“** Running nose plus better migraine *** The neck pain is first class.

“***It will so take away ones sense of smell you can’t even perceive bleach as pungent as it is.

“**Every food will taste like shaft infact as strong as salt is couldn’t taste it.

“** Then your lungs will feel like its full of water. To breath will be like you are panting for your life.

“**Then when you call for help pray that the person is not dead before ambulance arrives.

“Take it easy with the garlic ginger turmeric lemon concoction ooo. It was so corrosive it was slowly peeling off my abdominal lining.

“The Virus is better heard of than experienced.

“Guys the virus no dey play please stay safe.

“FYI…. I work frontline so I always wore my face mask, face shield and even goggles. I changed my gloves less than every 5mins, washed my hands and used hand sanitizer to the extent my skin was peeling yet still I caught the virus. I’m thankful to God that this picture i have here is not my Obituary.

“STAY AT HOME AND ALLOW NO GUEST TO COME VISIT. STAY SAFE.”

In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, 176 new cases have been reported as of Saturday evening, May 16th by the National Centre for Disease Control.

In a new update on their Twitter page, the NCDC reports that there’s new cases in Lagos, Oyo, FCT, Niger, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Anambra, Edo, Rivers, Nasarawa, Bauchi, Benue, Zamfara

Their tweet reads;

176 new cases of #COVID19;

95-Lagos
31-Oyo
11-FCT
8-Niger
8-Borno
6-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Anambra
2-Edo
2-Rivers
2-Nasarawa
2-Bauchi
1-Benue
1-Zamfara

5621 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1472
Deaths: 176

A breakdown of cases by state;

Lagos State has announced the recovery and discharge of 67 more coronavirus patients.

The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement via his twitter account on Saturday, May 16, 2020.

According to the Governor, the 67, comprises 22 females and 45 males including 3 foreign nationals – 2 Indians and a Chinese.

Read his tweet below ;

67 fully recovered #COVID19 patients; 22 females and 45 males including 3 foreign nationals – 2 Indians and a Chinese were discharged to join the society.

The patients; 24 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 22 from Onikan, 11 from Agidingbi, 2 from Lekki and 8 from Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation Centres were discharged after testing negative to #COVID19 in two consecutive readings.