President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron has announced that the nationwide imposed Coronavirus lockdown will continue for the next one month as the death toll has now hit the 15,000 mark in the country.
The restrictions started on 17th of March and would continue to be enforced strictly until May 11 according to the president.
While addressing the nation on Monday evening from the Elysée Palace in Paris, French President Macron apologized for not being prepared enough to tackle the virus but said that after May 11 the lockdown could slowly be relaxed if people adhere to the lockdown rules.
According to the president, from May 11, there will be the gradual reopening of schools, crèches, colleges and high schools but larger public events, stadiums, restaurants, cafes and bars aren’t expected to open “before mid-July”.
Macron said the relaxation of the lockdown rules,
“will only be possible if we continue to be responsible in respecting the rules’ while saying that the epidemic was “beginning to steady” in France although the country has “several more months to live with virus”.
“The epidemic is starting to slow down. The results are there. Thanks to your efforts, everyday we have made progress”. He added
“Over the next four weeks, the rules must be respected,”
“There has been problems with everything from the supply of masks to protective gel, and that health workers “did not have enough protective equipment”.
“Mistakes were made.
“Were we sufficiently prepared? Obviously not – no one is prepared for a crisis of this magnitude”.
“We’ll end up winning,” Macron said. “But we’ll need to live with the virus for a few months.” He concluded
France has been the third hardest-hit country in Europe after Italy and Spain and now has 136,779 confirmed cases.
Following head of states, President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision for a two weeks extension on the lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states due to the Coronavirus pandemic on Monday evening, Nigerians have have mixed feelings towards the development.
While some are in total support of the extension and impressed with the strategy the President is implementing, others are against it.
A lot of people are concerned about the money that’s supposed to be earned during this period for their sustainability and some others just can’t cope with staying at home.
Since the President’s announcement on Monday evening, they’ve taken to Twitter and other social media platforms to express their feelings.
A couple were nabbed engaging in sexual intercourse at a public park which is just a stone’s throw away from the Buckingham Palace amid the Coronavirus lockdown.
According to The Sun, the couple were seen having sex in London’s sun-soaked St James’s Park, just metres away from Birdcage Walk, as shocked onlookers walked past on Saturday afternoon.
The pair, who were spotted by two police officers on horseback were only issued a verbal warning about the government’s social distancing guidelines.
The anonymous cyclist who filmed the incident told the paper,
‘The Queen would have been outraged — they were at it like rabbits in the shadow of Buckingham Palace.’
The cyclist continued: ‘Families and joggers went past as they went at it but they didn’t give a damn who saw them.’
The cyclist added: ‘I was surprised nothing was done during lockdown because they were clearly very close to the pavement.’
Confirming the incident, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said,
‘At around 12.50hrs on Saturday 11 April mounted branch officers on routine patrol in central London encountered a man and a woman who appeared to be having a picnic on Birdcage Walk, SW1, in central London.
‘Officers engaged with the pair and spoke to them to remind them of the current government guidance, including around social distancing, and advised them to return home. The officers did not observe any sexual activity taking place.
‘The individuals involved explained that they were homeless and the officers then gave them advice to signpost them to a third party agency that they could contact about seeking shelter.’
Nigerian Olympic silver medalist, Blessing Okagbare has reportedly filed for divorce from her husband, former Super Eagles player, Igho Otegheri following a stint of marital crisis.
The couple got married some six years ago in Sapele, Delta State in a wedding ceremony which was attended by family, friends and loved ones.
However, the couple who relocated to the United States have gone their separate ways amid allegations of infidelity, laziness and other irreconcilable differences.
LIB gathered that Blessing Okagbare initiated the divorce process which has led to rows of face-offs between members of their families. The professional athlete’s family is reportedly yet to return the bride price to her estranged husband’s family.
When LIB reached out to Mr Otegheri on the divorce saga, he said;
She has said all the stories,I don’t have anything to say..I leave everything to God.Thank you
In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, fourteen new cases have been reported as of Monday evening, April 13th by the National Centre for Disease Control.
In a new update on their Twitter page, the NCDC reports that there’s seventeen new cases in Lagos, Edo, Kano, Ogun and Ondo.
Their tweet reads,
13 in Lagos
2 in Edo
2 in Kano
2 in Ogun
1 in Ondo
As at 09:50 pm 13th April there are 343 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 91 have been discharged with 10 deaths
A troubled couple have shared heartbreaking photos of their six-month-old baby who had just survived heart surgery but has now been diagnosed of having Coronavirus.
The baby, Erin Bates, nicknamed ‘miracle baby’ is now on an oxygen machine as she has struggling with windpipe problems since birth.
Born weighing just 5lbs 4oz, and after months of treatment her parents felt she stood a good chance of recovery but on Friday a diagnosis of Covid-19 was confirmed.
The pictures of the baby released by Metro UK with consent of her parents, show the baby girl lying in hospital on a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine supplying oxygen, surrounded by wires, tubes and equipment.
Her dad, Mr Bates, a mechanic for Toyota, said:
‘People are still not taking this outbreak seriously and that upsets me. I take it personally.
‘Even before we went into lockdown, when we went into a supermarket we were anxious because our daughter is susceptible to viruses. ‘But people still don’t seem to have any concept of personal space.
‘There was a picture I’ve seen of a beach where there was an ice cream hut open with people queuing outside like it was a normal day. It horrifies me that people still are not sticking to the lockdown measures. It does upset both of us.’
Mr Bates said that when their daughter was born, he and his wife were ‘over the moon’ because they had been trying for 10 years to conceive and had been told they might not be able to have children but now she’s born she’s been fighting for her life from the very first day of her journey on earth.
She had open heart surgery in December In January and also suffered respiratory syncytial virus, which causes bronchiolitis and pneumonia in babies and can be fatal.
She then sufferered tracheomalacia and bronchomalacia which required use of the CPAP machine.
Posting on Facebook about her daughter’s diagnosis, Mrs Bates, a travel agent, wrote,
‘Both myself and Wayne are utterly heartbroken yet again that we are in a position where we may lose our little girl if she doesn’t carry on fighting.
‘Please, please, please keep Erin in your prayers. We can’t lose her over this virus. She has battled through too much – we need her, she completes us.’
She added: ‘I hope that those who haven’t taken this virus seriously read this and I hope it now sinks in.’
A Nigerian man has written to love doctor, Joro Olumofin over the current situation he’s facing with his girlfriend as they isolate together following lockdown order by the government.
It looks like this gentleman’s woes is far from over as it has been declared by Head of States, President Muhammadu Buhari that there would be an additional fortnight extension of the lockdown in three particular states in the country.
The gentleman revealed to Joro that for close to a week now as the lockdown order is in course, his girlfriend has been wearing the same panties and the stench from it is beginning to make it difficult for him to breathe.
He revealed that at the morning of the day he sent a mail to the love doctor, he performed oral sex on his partner and after discovering that she’s been wearing the panties without washing for days, he’s scared he may have contracted STIs.
He wrote to Joro,
Joro she has been wearing the same underwear for 6 days straight now
What pain me is that I gave her head this morning. She was hiding the pant. She quickly throw the pant under the bed
See her pant Joro
I sent you pic n video
She saw her period 2 weeks ago so I no it is not blood. I perceive the pant it is not blood but the smell is so bad so bad
Why do this ?
I just remember my mother warning me of girls with dirty pant
Please Joro share
Save my life do I need to do sti test or corona test ?
Tell boyfriends n husband across teh world to inspect there gf n wife pant Joro
I feel sick. Cold n fever is upon me
I can’t breathe
Nigerian gospel singer, Nathaniel Bassey and his wife Sarah Bassey took to Instagram to celebrate their 7th wedding anniversary.
Nathaniel Bassey, 42, who penned down a heartfelt to his wife, disclosed that he met her 12 years ago while he was on a ministry assignment in Akwa Ibom.
He wrote;
SARANATA 7…
About 12 years ago I met her. Went on a ministry assignment to Eket Akwa Ibom State.
She was assigned to protocol the woman of God @bemighoomayuku I was ministering with. Not knowing she left her spiritual responsibility to desire this guest music minister (Just kidding)
Anyway, long story short, She agreed to marry me. And there was nothing in the material to motivate her. Well, I remember telling her “I love God, and I work hard, and if you agree to marry me, I’ll take you away from this mkpok local government and we would travel the entire world impacting lives for Christ..” Sure she thought within her “…with this your Akpuruka Kia car abi ..?” At the end, she entered that same Akpuruka motor . And the rest they say is history. I remember someone saying to her “Is this the best you can do for your self???” But hey! She took the risk. And today she says it was well worth it.
We called our wedding/marriage THE SARANATA PROJECT. Coined from both our names. And the God who does not abandon His projects has
been helping us. Through thick and thin, He has kept us. We have both seen The forces of hell and darkness literally come for us. I mean, Real attack. Well, understandably so. They can’t stand the damage we keep doing to them. But each time, we have come out victoriously. So today, I say THANK YOU LORD. We are here because you kept us. And to my darling, I say Thank you for taking that leap of faith. It takes one with deep conviction to have done so, even when I said I had no regular salary etc.
So please don’t judge her when she looks so beautiful and has the good things of life. SHE PAID THE PRICE.
My prayer today is Psalm 138:8. “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.”
??Psalms? ?138:8? ?KJV?? He will perfect that which concerns us, and never abandon His project, in Jesus’ name.
His wife, Sarah in her wedding anniversary message to her husband, also recalled meeting him at the airport.
Sarah wrote;
I remember when I first saw this tall handsome guy walk out of the airport(still does) that Thursday afternoon, he was our guest but he wasn’t my business as I was focused on receiving a female guest minister.
The ride back to my local assembly was a long one and he wasn’t suppose to be in the same car as I, but there he was.
On a number of cases I caught him @nathanielblow stealing glances at me through the vanity mirror…………the rest they say is history, and I’ll keep telling it in parts.
Those same soft brown beautiful eyes haven’t stopped starring even now as I write this but boy am super glad I get to see them everyday.
Happy anniversary to us babe! 7 down 4eva 2 go.
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA
MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020
1. Fellow Nigerians
2. In my addresson Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory to stay at home for an initial period of fourteen days starting from the Monday, 30th March 2020.
3. Many State Governments also introduced similar restrictions.
4. As your democratically elected leaders, we madethis very difficult decision knowing fully well it will severely disrupt your livelihoods and bring undue hardship to you, your loved ones and your communities.
5. However, suchsacrifices are needed to limit the spread of COVID-19 in our country. They were necessary to save lives.
6. Our objective was, and still remains, to contain the spread of the Coronavirus and to provide space, time and resources for an aggressive and collective action.
7. The level of compliance to the COVID-19guidelines issued has been generally good across the country.I wish to thank you all most sincerely for the great sacrifice you are making for each other at this critical time.
8. I will take this opportunity torecognise the massive support from our traditional rulers, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) during this pandemic.
9. I also acknowledge the support and contributions received from public spirited individuals, the business community and our international partners and friends.
10. I must also thank the media houses, celebrities and other public figures for the great work they are doing in sensitizing our citizens on hygienic practices, social distancing and issues associated with social gatherings.
11. As a result of the overwhelming support and cooperation received, we were able to achieve a lot during these 14 days of initial lockdown.
12. We implemented comprehensive public health measures that intensified our case identification, testing, isolation and contact tracing capabilities.
13. To date, we have identified 92% of all identified contacts while doubling the number of testing laboratories in the country and raising our testing capacity to 1,500 tests per day.
14. We also trained over 7,000 Healthcare workers on infection prevention and control while deploying NCDC teams to 19 states of the federation.
15. Lagos and Abuja today have the capacity to admit some 1,000 patients each across several treatment centres.
16. Many State Governments have also made provisions for isolation wards and treatment centres. We will also build similar centers near our airports and land borders.
17. Using our resources, and those provided through donations, we will adequately equip and man these centres in the coming weeks. Already, health care workers across all the treatment centers have been provided with the personal protective equipment that they need to safely carry out the care they provide.
18. Our hope and prayersare that we do not have to use all these centres. But we will be ready for all eventualities.
19. At this point, I must recognise the incredible work being done by our healthcare workers and volunteers across the country especially in frontline areas of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory.
20. You are our heroes and as a nation, we will forever remain grateful for your sacrifice during this very difficult time. More measures to motivate our health care workers are being introduced which we will announce in the coming weeks.
21. As a nation, we are on the right track to win the fight against COVID-19.
22. However, I remain concerned about the increase in number of confirmedcases and deaths being reported across the world andin Nigeria specifically.
23. On 30th March 2020, when we started our lockdown in conforming with medical and scientific advice,the total number of confirmed cases across the world was over 780,000.
24. Yesterday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases globally was over one million, eight hundred and fifty thousand. This figure is more than double in two weeks!
25. In the last fourteen days alone, over seventy thousand people have died due to this disease.
26. In the same period, we have seen the health system of even the most developed nations being overwhelmed by this virus.
27. Here in Nigeria, we had 131 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 12 States on 30th March 2020. We had two fatalities then.
28. This morning, Nigeria had 323 confirmed casesin twenty States. Unfortunately we now haveten fatalities. Lagos State remains thecenter and accounts for 54% of the confirmed cases in Nigeria. When combined with the FCT, the two locations represent over 71% of the confirmed cases in Nigeria.
29. Most of our efforts will continue to focus in these two locations.
30. Majority of the confirmed cases in Lagos and the FCT are individuals with recent international travel history or those that came into contact with returnees from international trips.
31. By closing our airports and land borders and putting strict conditions for seaport activities, we have reduced the impact of external factors on our country. However, the increase in the number of States with positive cases is alarming.
32. The National Centre for Disease Control has informed me that, a large proportion of new infections are now occurring in our communities, through person-to-person contacts. So we must pay attention to the danger of close contact between person to person.
33. At this point, I will remind all Nigerians to continue to take responsibility for the recommended measures to prevent transmission, including maintaining physical distancing, good personal hygiene and staying at home.
34. In addition, I have signed the Quarantine Order in this regard and additional regulations to provide clarity in respect of the control measures for the COVID-19pandemic which will be released soon.
35. The public health response to COVID-19 is built on our ability to detect, test and admit cases as well as trace all their contacts. While I note some appreciable progress, we can achieve a lot more.
36. Today, the cessation of movement, physical distancing measures and the prohibition of mass gatherings remain the most efficient and effective way of reducing the transmission of the virus.By sustaining these measures, combined with extensive testing and contact tracing, we can take control and limit the spread of the disease.
37. Our approach to the virus remains in 2 steps – First, to protect the lives of our fellow Nigerians and residents living here and second, to preserve the livelihoods of workers and business owners.
38. With this in mind and having carefully considered the briefings and Report from the Presidential Task Force and the various options offered, it has become necessary to extend the current restriction of movement in Lagos and Ogun States as well as the FCT for another fourteen days effective from 11:59 pm on Monday, 13th of April, 2020.I am therefore once again asking you all to work with Government in this fight.
39. This is not a joke. It is a matter of life and death. Mosques in Makkah and Madina have been closed. The Pope celebrated Mass on an empty St. Peter’s Square. The famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris held Easter Mass with less than 10 people. India, Italy and France are in complete lockdown. Other countries are in the process of following suit. We can not be lax.
40. The previously issued guidelines on exempted services shall remain.
41. This is a difficult decision to take, but I am convinced that this is the right decision. The evidence is clear.
42. The repercussions of any premature end to the lockdown action is unimaginable.
43. Wemust not lose the gains achieved thus far. We must not allow a rapid increase in community transmission. We must endure a little longer.
44. I will therefore take this opportunity to urge you all to notify the relevant authorities if you or your loved ones develop any symptoms. I will also ask our health care professionals to redouble their efforts to identify all suspected cases, bring them into care and prevent transmission to others.
45. No country can afford the full impact of a sustained restriction of movement on its economy.I am fully aware of the great difficulties experienced especially by those who earn a daily wage such as traders, dayworkers, artisans and manual workers.
46. For this group, their sustenance depends on their ability to go out. Their livelihoods depend on them mingling with others and about seeking work. But despite these realities we must not change the restrictions.
47. In the past two weeks, we announced palliative measures such as food distribution, cash transfers and loans repayment waivers to ease the pains of our restrictive policies during this difficult time. These palliatives will be sustained.
48. I have also directed that the current social register be expanded from 2.6 million households to 3.6 million households in the next two weeks. This means we will support an additional one million homes with our social investment programs. A technical committee is working on this and will submit a report to mebythe end of this week.
49. The Security Agencies have risen to the challenges posed by this unprecedented situation with gallantry and I commend them. I urge them to continue to maintain utmost vigilance, firmness as well as restraint in enforcing the restriction orders while not neglecting statutory security responsibilities.
50. Fellow Nigerians, follow the instructions on social distancing. The irresponsibility of the few can lead to the death of the many. Your freedom ends where other people’s rights begin.
51. The response of our State Governors has been particularly impressive, especially in aligning their policies and actions to those of the Federal Government.
52. In the coming weeks, I want to assure you that the Federal Government, through the Presidential Task Force, will do whatever it takes to support you in this very difficult period. I have no doubt that, by working together and carefully following the rules, we shall get over this pandemic.
53. I must also thank the Legislative arm of Government for all their support and donations in this very difficult period. This collaboration is critical to the short and long-term success of all the measures that we have instituted in response to the pandemic.
54. As a result of this pandemic, the world as we know it has changed. The way we interact with each other, conduct our businesses and trade, travel, educate our children and earn our livelihoods will be different.
55. To ensure our economy adapts to this new reality, I am directing the Ministers of Industry, Trade and Investment,Communication and Digital Economy,Science and Technology,Transportation, Aviation,Interior,Health, Works and Housing, Labour and Employment andEducation to jointly develop a comprehensive policy for a “Nigerian economy functioning with COVID-19”.
56. The Ministers will be supported by the Presidential Economic Advisory Council and Economic Sustainability Committee in executing this mandate.
57. I am also directing the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the National Security Adviser, the Vice Chairman, National Food Security Council and the Chairman, Presidential Fertiliser Initiative to work with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19to ensure the impact of this pandemic on our 2020 farming season is minimized.
58. Finally, I want to thank the members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 for all their hard work so far. Indeed, the patriotism shown in your work is exemplary and highly commendable.
59. Fellow Nigerians, I have no doubt that by working together and carefully following the rules, we shall get over this pandemic and emerge stronger in the end.
60. I thank you all for listening and may God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
President Buhari during the live broadcast has extended the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja for another 14 days, effective from 11:59PM, 13th of April 2020.
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the recovery and release of six more COVID19 patients from the isolation centre in the state.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this on Twitter this evening, bringing the total number of patients to have been discharged to 61.
His tweet reads ;
”My dear Lagosians, I bring you more good news of progress in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, 6 more persons; 1 female and 5 males have been discharged from the IDH, Yaba, after their full recovery and testing negative twice to COVID-19
These additional discharged cases brings the number of patients who have been managed and discharged from our facilities to 61. I appeal to residents to continue to observe the recommended precautionary guidelines of social distancing and a high level of personal hygiene.”
Good people of Lagos,
Today, 6 more persons; 1 female and 5 males have been discharged from IDH, Yaba, after their full recovery and testing negative twice to #COVID19
This good news brings the number of patients who have been managed and discharged from our facilities to 61.
Popular Nigerian singer, Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua otherwise known as Seyi Shay, has cried out over the adverse effect the coronavirus-induced lockdown is having on her finances.
Taking to her social media page, the singer lamented the amount of money she has lost due to the lockdown.
Her tweet reads ;
“I don’t even wanna talk about how much money ive lost cos of this global lockdown, Shows, endorsements, deals!!!! I pray The Almighty restores EVERYTHING that my fellow artistes and YOU have lost !
Noone wants to talk about it, but me i go talk am ooo! This is real inside life. This sucks!! Plenty work and gigs locally and internationally CANCELLED! God when #weshallovercome ko ni da fun corona virus!”
I don't even wanna talk about how much money ive lost cos of this global lockdown ???! Shows, endorsements, deals!!!! I pray The Almighty restores EVERYTHING that my fellow artistes and YOU have lost ! ?? #weshallovercom e
— Seyi Shay INTERNATIONAL BAD GYAL (@iamseyishay) April 13, 2020
Sensational singer, Davido has given ‘assurance’ to some non-Christians as he guarantees that a couple of them will make heaven.
We’re not quite sure why the singer came to that conclusion but it might not be unconnected to the recent happenings and charitable gestures that has been made in the wake of the Covid-19 in the country, by non-Christian organizations or people.
Davido took to his Twitter page moments ago just to say bluntly that a lot of people who fall into this calibre will make the eternal home that’s meant for peculiar people.
Some of his fans have since responded to his tweet stating that truly not only people who are called “Christians” will make heaven but those who are actually believe and do God’s words.
President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast by 7pm today April 13, on the next line of action, as the two weeks lockdown in Lagos and Abuja comes to an end.
A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, reads
”President Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Monday, April 13, 2020 at 7pm. Television, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of NTA and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast”.
Nigerian gospel musician, voice-over artiste and producer, Yemi Oluwadaisi has passed away.
Late Oluwadaisi was the presenter of ‘How E Be’ with Ododo on Faaji 106.5 FM and also a co-producer and researcher of the morning show ‘Oyela’ on the same station.
Journalist Lara Wise, who confirmed the news on Monday, said that the ‘Araba Nla’ singer died on Sunday.
“I lost a friend yesterday.
I didn’t know she passed
A mutual friend called from Australia to inform me this morning
Yemi Yemi Oluwadaisi
‘Ore-Ore’
Rest In Peace dear sister.
You have joined the heavenly choir” she wrote.
Officers of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested a painter identified as Niyi Abegunde, for allegedly killing a 69-year-old woman, Grace Ajibola, after he saw over N2million in her bank account when she sent him to withdraw for her at an ATM.
Evang. Ajibola
Mrs Ajibola, who was an evangelist with the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Imole, Agbeni, Ibadan, was killed in her house at Johnson Awe area of Oluyole Estate.
According to reports, the woman first engaged his services in November 2019 and was impressed by his works thus
he became a regular face in her house and sometimes attend the monthly vigils she used to organize. The deceased also used to send him on errands with her car. .
However, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, when she sent him to help her withdraw some cash from her bank account through an ATM, the Niyi decided to check her account balance and found over N2 million in it.
Niyi
Later in the day, he went to Mrs. Ajibola’s house, strangled her to death then fled with the ATM card, one phone and some other valuables.
According to reports, he had already withdrawn the sum of N120,000 from the account before he was arrested at his hideout in Akure, Ondo State.
Davido’s fiancée, Chioma Avril’s bestie, Kiku has revealed she is bisexual via a Q&A session she had with some of her followers on Snapchat.
As expected, mixed reactions trailed Kiku’s disclosure and she went on to affirm that her parents know about her sexuality and have also accepted her the way she is. She added that the least people can do is hate her even though whoever she decides to “mess with” both boy or girl, is nobody’s business.
Kiku also lashed out at a follower who alleged that she has Coronavirus since she stayed with Chioma before she tested positive for the virus.
The coronavirus pandemic has cost a woman the loss of her entire family, a sad event that occurred within three days.
Sandy Brown from Michigan, said she’s suffering from ‘indescribable grief ‘ after losing her husband, Freddie Lee Brown Jr. and son Freddie Lee Brown III within a short period of time.
“There’s not even a word created to describe my pain. It’s unimaginable,” she said.
According to Detriot News, Sandy’s husband fell sick in March, coming down with chills and muscle aches.
The 59-year-old who had a kidney transplant began having trouble breathing and was admitted to Ascension Genesys Hospital, the outlet reported.
Sandy’s Husband tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on a ventilator. Few days later, Sandy received a call that his lung collapsed and to rush to the hospital, where she learned that doctors were unable to save him, according to the report.
When Nurses told her not to go into his hospital room, she insisted, putting on protective gear to say goodbye to her husband, the newspaper reported.
“I’m going in that room,” she reportedly told them. “I don’t care what I have to do. I’ll sign whatever I need to sign.”
The next day, her 20-year-old son, Freddie III, who had asthma became sick with a fever and a cough. Sandy took him to the same hospital, where his health improved before he began struggling to breathe, the outlet reported.
Three days after her husband’s death, the heartbroken woman received the same call from the hospital asking her to quickly rush down to the hospital, where she was later informed that her son had died from the virus related complication.
“In three days, I lost my husband and son to an ugly plague,” Sandy told the newspaper. “I watched my son go from completely well and whole and happy to being gone in three days.”
A 14-year-old boy, Ekene Emmanuel Ezeh, has been electrocuted in Abaji, the Federal Capital Territory.
Speaking to Daily Trust, on Saturday, the father of the deceased, Mr. Augustine Ezeh, said that the incident happened last Wednesday afternoon, April 7, around 2:pm, when electricity was restored in the area.
According to Mr Ezeh, he was at his workshop when someone rushed in to alert him that his son had been electrocuted.
“I immediately rushed to see my son foaming from his nose and mouth, and when I grabbed him, his body shocked me too. I had to use a wooden bench to push him down,” he said.
Sadly, Ekene who was student of the Government Secondary School (GSS) Abaji, died before he arrived the Abaji General Hospital.
The remains of deceased which has been deposited at the general hospital’s morgue, would be conveyed to Igboeze Local Government Area of Enugu State for burial on Tuesday, April 14.
Controversial OAP, Toke Makinwa has listed the major problems Nigerians are facing at the moment as she reflects on the year 2020.
The media personality took to her Instagram Stories to write about the increasing rate of crime Nigerians are suffering in addition to the Coronavirus lockdown and the hunger resulting from it.
She wrote: “There is a pandemic out there killing people, there’s hunger threatening to kill people, there’s crime threatening the peace of the people. What type of year is this??? God pls have mercy.”
A pastor of a church in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government area of Ogun State, was on Sunday arrested for holding an Easter Service, in defiance of government’s COVID-19 lockdown directive.
The pastor of a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Jonathan Olowonisile, was arrested alongside his associate and two others.
Reports gathered that worshippers in the service fled immediately they sighted policemen from Ogijo police station.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, who is the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrest. Oyeyemi said the pastor was nabbed for leading a congregation contrary to the ban on mass gathering.
“Our men arrested one Pastor Jonathan Olowonisile today, (Sunday) for contravening the order against high density gathering,” he said.
Dutch and English club, Liverpool defender, Virgil Van Dijk has revealed that he’s a big fan of Nigerian singers, Davido and Wizkid.
The 28-year-old who is currently the UEFA Men’s player of the year and first defender to win the award revealed this in an interview session with Simon Crabtree through a video calling app.
He said,
“I listen to a lot of Afrobeat music particularly by Nigerian musicians. I love Wizkid and Davido. I know you might not know them just go check them out.”
The Liverpool star is apparently a big of Afrobeat in general but particularly likes Nigerian musicians which is quite cool to realize that borders and language didn’t affect the musical choice of the footballer.
Watch him below,
Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk is big of Fan of Afrobeat especially Nigerian Afrobeat and listens to Wizkid and Davido. pic.twitter.com/BFxfc5txvS
Popular Nollywood Actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie joined her fellow Christians to celebrate Easter and to that regard, shared a beautiful family photo for the special event.
In the photo, the actress was seen rocking a matching outfit with her family of 5. They all wore white t-shirts paired with stripe black and white pants.
The mother-of-3 prayed that the hope and promise that comes with the resurrection of Jesus Christ would be with people now and always.
See her post below ;
Happy Easter from all The Okojies! May the hope and promise that comes with the resurrection of Christ be with us all now and always!
AY’s wife Mabel addresses those who think she did cosmetic surgery, saying if she I wanted to go under the knife, she’d do it with pride.
Mabel seems to be done with people accusing her of doing surgery.
In a recent post shared to her Instagram page, she addressed people peddling the speculations. According to her, people need to stop as they are beginning to sound like broken records. She urged them to learn to appreciate God’s work rather than be better.
She also revealed that if she ever wanted to have some work done on her body, she’ll do it proudly.
She wrote: “There is nothing that I have not heard,from she has done her body to fake body and surgery body bla bla bla. They keep singing it like a song don’t you guys get tired? You all are beginning to sound like a broken record Seriously though,let’s stop the bitterness and appreciate God’s handwork. The truth is,if in the future i choose to go under the knife, I will do it with pride”.
A Nigerian woman rights activist, Adetoun Onajobi has revealed how she went from being a single mother of two to a girlfriend before eventually becoming a wife.
Adetoun took to her page to share how years ago, she was down and under till God found her and sent an helper her way. In a lengthy post on her page, she shares how her husband was at the time a really sought after man but still, he was engulfed with her.
She wrote,
EVERYONE HAS A STORY TO TELL??? MINE CAN LIFE U UP ?
NO ONE CAN STOP YOUR SHINE STAY STRONG
FEW YEARS AGO THE WORLD TURN DOWN AND COMPLETELY AGAINST ME
SICKNESS CAME
BUSINESS FAILED
ALL T HE PPLE I LOOKED UP TO FAILED ME
I WAS A SINGLE MOTHER WITH NO HOPE OF MAKING IT
I FOUND CHRIST. HE BECAME MY PILLAR AND STRENGTH
THEN I DECIDED TO GIVE LIFE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
I MET MY HUSBAND THEN I WAS A SINGLE MOTHER OF 2.HE WAS A MAN EVERY WOMAN WANTED.
GOD HAD ORDAINED HIM FOR ME YET OUT PATHS NEVER CROSSED
ONE DAY HE DROVE PASS MY SHOP, MY HELPER POINTED ME TO HIM ( HIS DRIVER) TELL GOD LET MY HELPER POINT ME TO MY DESTINY HELPER IJN??? THE DRIVER SAID OGA BUT SHE IS NOT UR SPEC OOOO???, LARRY SAID I WILL MANAGE HER LIKE THAT ?? IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE BIG WOMEN, FINE BABES, WIFE AS A CO TENANT,
WE STARTED TALKING. FOR 1 YEAR HE WILL COME CHASING ME IN MY SHOP. I WAS NOT A SOCIALITE. ALL THE BABES WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR HIM AT PARTIES, HOT SPOTS, OFFICE YET I WAS HIDDEN?
ALL I HAS WAS GOD
. MY HUSBAND WILL LEAVE LEKKI TO OPIC ISHERI ?TWO ENDS OF LAGOS STATE
I WAS STEADFAST IN MY HOPE I WAS STRONG
IT WAS TOUGH BUT MY ATTENTION WAS GEARED TOWARDS HIS HEART NOT THE MANY LADIES AROUND HIM.
I WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO TOUCH HIS HEART. AND I DID
TODAY I AM A WIFE AND I AM BLOWING IT HOT. I AM EVERY GRATEFUL TO GOD AND MY HUSBAND FOR ACCEPTING ME THE WAY I AM AND HAS MADE THE BEST IN ME TO SHOW.
HE SUPPORTS ME WITH EVERYTHING
I HAVE REMAINED HIS DAUGHTER, FRIEND, WIFE, MOTHER AND ALL
MY DEAR SINGLE LADIES AND SINGLE MOTHERS ???? NEVER GIVE UP. SEE URSELF THAT SOMETHING GREAT IS IN YOU. DONT LET ANYMAN MEET U WITH LOW SPIRIT. STAY STRONG
YOU WILL TESTIFY LIKE ME THE PIC OF A WIFE STILL HAS A TESTIMONY I WILL SHARE WITH U ALL SOMEDAY ??
MY BIBLE SAYS DRY BONE SHALL RISE AGAIN ?.
COVID-19: THE PROPHECY, The CONFIRMATION and THE SOLUTION.
Strokesafrica.com, whilst conducting a very meticulous and analytical investigation into the prophecies and controversies surrounding African Prophets and Prophecies regarding The Outbreak of COVID-19.
We discovered that, It is true as it’s often said that God will do nothing except he reveals such to his servant The Prophets. So much that, in every generation, it’s God’s prerogative to choose certain annoited individuals (Prophets) to reveals his secrets, so as to save his children from the plagues, disasters or troubles ahead.
The Prophecy and Confirmation
However, history has made it very clear to the world that Senior Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin falls in this category of Men whom God has annoited specially and has decided to use in an unusual manner in this generation as none of his words of prophecy has failed.
It will also interest you to know that years before the CoronaVirus (COVID-19) Outbreak. God has revealed this Global War-like disaster/pandemic according to The US President Trump to his servant Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin. He saw it coming, spoke and prayed about it. The video links below will give you more details.
THE SOLUTION:
There is no problem without a solution. The Man Of God came out on the 21st of March 2020 to pray and cry for mercy for the world and against the spread of the deadly virus (obviously God has answered his prayers of Mercy).
He then gave a clear word of Prophecy stating that from that day till 28th April 2020 the virus will be seen to be gradually disappearing from one nation to another the same way it came as a result of his prayers of mercy and that of believers from around the world.
He stated clearly that between that day and a month and one week later the virus will be seen to be disappearing from the face of the earth in the same manner it started from one country to another.
In confirmation to this prophetic declaration, weeks after this Prophesy China, where it all started recorded more VICTORIES over the CORONAVIRUS.
However, strokesafrica.com has come to this logical conclusion that Indeed There is A Genuine Prophet Of God In The Land!
A Nigerian man has taken to his Twitter page to share photos of an alleged robber he accused of terrorizing their estate in Ogun State, despite the lockdown order over the Coronavirus pandemic.
According to @iammotola, they called the police to come pick him up but they said their “cell is full’.
He tweeted;
Caught one in our Estate this evening and the other one escaped….Fact be told; we called the Police and they said cell is Full. This is disheartening, we’re not safe !!!
He also revealed that they forcefully dumped the robber at the police station. See the tweet below;
A 15-year-old girl girl has taken her own life after struggling to cope with the stay-at-home orders amid the Coronavirus outbreak.
The teenager, Jo’Vianni Smith of Stockton was found dead inside her home after she hanged herself last week.
Her mother, Danielle Hunt, said she believes that stress from the health crisis may have played a role in her daughter’s death, according to the outlet.
“I felt that I was doing all that I could as a parent to leave the communication open,” Hunt told the news station, adding that “sometimes we may need to stop and worry about the kids that we don’t think we need to worry about,” adding that Jo’Vianni did not leave a note behind.
Jo’Vianni was also a promising student-athlete, playing softball on travel teams as a catcher and second baseman, sports blog Extra Innings Softball reported.
A coach at Jo’Vianni’s school, Bear Creek High School, told Recordnet that ‘the cause of death reportedly was due to the stresses and pressures from coping with the self-isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.’
