A female Police Inspector with the Rivers State Command has reportedly been accused of subjecting her 13-year-old niece to various forms of abuse.
Head of Child’s Right and Rehabilitation Network, CRARN, Sam Itauma who disclosed this on Wednesday, said the police officer, one Inspector Christy Inyang Victor tortures the girl at the slightest provocation and in a more recent incident, doused her with hot water, stripped her naked and forced her to sleep outside at night.
Itauma who took to Facebook to share photo of the alleged victim, wrote,
We have persistently received a barrage of reports about a police officer by name Inspector Christy Inyang Victor in Ahoda Town of Rivers State who continually subjects her 13 years old niece by name Rita to a string of torture and various forms of abuses.
In this particular case, she stripped the girl naked, forced her to sleep outside as she usually does, in the wee hours of the night and bathed her with hot water after she severely battered her.
The case was reported to Divisional Police in Amoku, Rivers State where she serves but no action was taken. Instead, without minding the grievous injuries and burns she inflected on the little girl, she has continued to brutalize her at the slightest provocation.
She stopped Rita from going to school after she sat for her Junior Secondary 3 exams in 2019, albeit passing with flying colors.
In order to safe the life of this little girl, we call on the Rivers State Commoner of Police to order a full blown investigation of the matter and take appropriate action.
Ghanaian Dancehall star, Shatta has called out Pastors who collect tithes and offerings online during lockdown, tagging them, ‘Scammers’.
The quite outspoken musician described these present-day pastors as sophisticated scammers. In an interview on 4 Syte TV on April 7, 2020, Shatta Wale jabbed pastors who have failed to reach out to their members in these difficult times to portray the love they preach.
He noted that he cannot understand why pastors would still be asking their members for tithe and offering during this time of coronavirus which has compelled the government to impose a partial lockdown.
Shatta Wale reiterated the concerns of many when he said that people have paid offerings to the church for so many years so this is the time for the church to also give back to its members but they have rather set-up online platforms to rip them off even more.
”We are in a period where I don’t think pastors should even try that. Your members come to church and they give collection, now there is a problem. The collections they gave like for the past 30 years, where are those collections?” he quizzed.
He suggested that these men of God can at least use some of the monies collected over the years to buy some food items for their members to help them cope amid the partial lockdown.
”Coronavirus is killing your church members, some of your church members don’t even have cars, some don’t have houses…they rent and you’re still collecting tithes online?.”
Shatta Wale described pastors who have failed to express this gesture physically as sophisticated scammers. ”These are scammers like hard sakawa guys and that’s why some people like Kennedy Agyapong will get pissed and start bombarding them. As a man of God, don’t you have pity?.”
A rather bright student who hails from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State, has been lauded on social media for designing and manufacturing a “manual ventilator” in 2 days to aid in the treatment of Coronavirus patients.
Usman Dalhatu, 20, from Gombe state, is a 200-level student of Mechanical Engineering at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU).
Usman, who has been an inventor since his secondary school days, made the manual ventilator with locally sourced materials.
Usman said he designed and produced the manual ventilator as part of the effort to assist the Federal Government to fight the Coronavirus pandemic.
Watch a video of him explaining how the manual ventilator is used,
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Looks like award winning veteran Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji is a part of the group of the people who call themselves “Marlians” on the internet.
The gorgeous thespian had us in our feelings when a video of her doing popular singer, Naira Marley’s dance-steps was shared on her TikTok page.
Genevieve who is known to lead a private life off social media, is seen in the video skillfully doing the popular dance steps with a bright smile on her face.
The “Lionheart” actress won the hearts of many Marlians as she danced to the singer’s song “Tesumole”. This is the first time we’ve seen Genevieve show some impressive dance skills as some years back, she was videoed dancing to Olamide’s ‘Science Student’ graciously.
Watch her dance below,
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Twitter co-founder and chief executive officer Jack Dorsey has said he is committing $1 billion (N367 trillion) of his personal fortune for coronavirus relief through his philanthropic fund.
Dorsey, took to his official Twitter page on Tuesday, April 7, to make the disclosure, said the fund would focus on health and education for girls and ‘universal basic income’ efforts after the pandemic.
He tweeted: “Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime “I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short, so let’s do everything we can today to help people now.”
I’m moving $1B of my Square equity (~28% of my wealth) to #startsmall LLC to fund global COVID-19 relief. After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl’s health and education, and UBI. It will operate transparently, all flows tracked here: https://t.co/hVkUczDQmz
Sensational Nigerian music artiste, Divine Ikubor popularly referred to by his stage name, Rema has in a recent interview revealed that God used Don Jazzy for him to become what he is today.
According to him, he is a tither and being one, he believes is what made God use his record label boss, Don Jazzy intervene in his musical career.
Rema, who was asked how he became big in less than 6 months as all his songs became hits, said in a chat with Precious Pomaa of City People,
“Yeah, I actually expected it because I worked really hard for it, having sleepless nights, prayed, gave my seeds, tithes and left the rest for the lord which gave him no other option to bless me.
It is actually spiritual how I found myself in the midst of Don Jazzy and everybody in a blink of an eye, everything worked very fast for me. I wouldn’t say I expected it no more but everything that came to me I deserve it, I am really not the kind of guy that like to post on Instagram, the only thing people see about me is my music and my studio section or repost but a lot is happening behind the screen, a lot of tears, sweat and a load of blood.
But people tend to believe that we over hype, but it’s not over hyping because it’s really happening while some people where sleeping, I was on the road every single night.”
Asked about his relationship status, Rema said,
“My home is actually my peace, basically, I find my own peace either in church or home. My own personal space, but yeah! It will be nice to find someone I can share it with, but then, I have not found the right one.”
A 27 year old mum has narrated the ordeal her 12 week old baby girl had to pass through while fighting Coronavirus.
Baby, Winter-Rose Watson, was rushed to hospital on Friday by her single mum, Jade Watson, 27, after she struggled to breathe and developed a temperature of 39.1C.
The baby tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus when taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital, in Lancashire, UK.
Jade, 27, from Burnley, said: “It was the worst experience of my entire life, I was so scared.
“To see my baby struggling like that was so painful, I couldn’t believe what was happening. I’m so grateful she was able to pull through.”
“On Thursday she had a really bad temperature, it was about 38.5 degrees.
“So I contacted 111 and they advised me to stay at home.
“But at about 5am on Friday I’d set my alarm to check on her and she’d got really warm, even more than she was before.
“I didn’t even need to touch her, there was heat just coming off her. She was gasping for breath.
“I called for an ambulance but it took around three hours to get here. Her temperature had gone down slightly but it was still 39.1.”
“On Saturday morning the doctor came and told me she had tested positive for coronavirus.
“It was the worst thing in the world to hear.
“She was on a drip to try to get her fluids back up but there was nothing else they could do to help her fight it.”
After treatment by medical staff, Winter returned to her home on Monday and is recuperating.
Jade said: “She’s still got the virus and I don’t know if I’ve had it or not, as the only symptom I had was a headache that wouldn’t go away, even after taking headache pills.
“My son was with me a couple of days before Winter went into hospital, but now he has to isolate with his dad at his home as we don’t know if he could have it too.
“It’s been such a difficult time as I’ve not been able to have anyone come and visit. Even when I was in the hospital I was on my own, it was hard.
“There’s been talk of this virus not affecting babies the same way as others, but it does, and it has affected Winter so much. I had never seen her looking so helpless.
“I’d only been out of the house really to go to Lidl and Home Bargains but people need to listen to the advice, and stay indoors.”
Veteran Actor, Ukwak Asuquo, who attained fame for his role as Boniface in the Nigerian television drama series, The Village Headmaster, has died.
Asuquo’s death was announced by the Public Relations Officer of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Monalisa Chinda Coker.
The statement reads in part ;
, “With deep sorrow and gratitude to God for a life well spent, we announce the demise of Mr Uwak Auquo, popularly known as Boniface in the rested television drama series, The Village Headmaster…”
UPDATED: There were reports that a Taxi driver was allegedly beaten to death on Tuesday, 7th of April 2020, by security operatives because he carried passengers who were not wearing face masks. This report is FALSE. And this we are issuing a correction!
ross River state, Commissioner for Finance, Mr Asuquo has issued a correction to that effect;
Sharing a photo of the Taxi Driver with the security operatives, he wrote;
“The gentleman in a black T-shirt is the man alleged on @instablog9ja this morning to have died in Calabar following an altercation with Security Agents. The picture above was taken after the video was recorded showing the man on the ground.”
“According to the Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr @donsuky who also serves as the Secretary of the Cross River COVID-19 Taskforce, “The driver fell on the floor in a bid to beg the security agents not to seize his car after defaulting the State’s ‘no mask, no movement’ order by carrying passengers in his vehicle who had no masks.” The driver was let off with a warning.
He further disclosed that His Excellency, Gov. Ben Ayade took the humane consideration of not deploying the army on the streets after witnessing some extreme tactics in other states.”
“Please kindly disregard any fake news in circulation on this matter.”
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Fans of Nigeran singer, Naira Marley, who are popularly referred to as “Marlians” stormed the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba —despite the lockdown order— on Wednesday morning to show support for the singer as he was being arraigned for flouting the social distancing order of the state government.
Naira Marley was arraigned alongside politician, Babatunde Gbadamosi but the state government decided to not go forward with the prosecution.
Naira Marley and Babatunde were both guests at actress, Funke Akindele’s husband’s birthday house party – an event that caused the actress to be arrested and face humiliation on social media.
See photos of the singer’s fans at the court earlier this morning below,
Some residents of Gbagada in Lagos state got punished by soldiers after they came out en masse to exercise despite the lock down order given by the government.
The gym enthusiasts who have flouted the stay-at-home order for some days now, eventually met their embarrassing fate after soldiers stormed their workout session to intensify it by punishing them.
Videos of the fitness enthusiasts on the expressway circulated online – Twitter user @Engr_Series shared a video of residents of Lagos state exercising on the now deserted Ikorodu road.
He wrote,
”So much for social distancing. The gym moved to Ikorodu this morning, from Haruna down to Agric busstop… Is this really a lockdown?”
A Nigerian lady has shared her opinion on a particular topic via her Twitter page – Iganya Odiba, took to her page to somewhat call out parents who make their son’s girlfriend to cook for the family during her first visit.
Iganya is of the notion that it is wrong for parents to ask a lady to take up such chore especially when she’s just meeting them for the very first time.
Odiba, an advocate for feminism, took to her page to write,
“It’s terrible practice to make your son’s girlfriend cook a meal for your family especially on her first visit to yours. Is that how you people welcome people to your homes?”
A Nigerian lady on Twitter has taken to her page to give a piece of advise to her fellow ladies and it looks like quite a number of them agree with her.
According to @RealTambou on the microblogging platform, any lady whose boyfriend allows her to smoke or drink with him, the said boyfriend doesn’t see a future with such lady.
Quite a number of people —mostly females— have agreed with @RealTambou as her tweet has been retweeted and liked on the platform thousands of times.
@RealTambou wrote on her page,
If your boyfriend allows you to drink alcohol and smoke shish. Trust me he doesn’t see you in his future.
If your boyfriend allows you to drink alcohol and smoke shish. Trust me he doesn't see you in his future.
Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) has announced the disbursement of a N50 million financial relief package for all Nigerian artistes as the nation continues its fight with the Coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement released by the society, President of the association, Tony Okoroji, stated that from the genesis of the pandemic in the country and eventual lockdown of some states, himself and other board members have received calls from many artistes who are desperate for any kind of assistance as they have been affected by the pandemic and the current lockdown which has also stopped entertainment activities across the country.
Okoroji said the orgaization’s board has therefore approved the release of 50 Million Naira to be shared amongst about 4,500 members on the society’s register as at May 19th, 2019 as an Anti-Corona Emergency Relief Distribution from COSON. Each member is to receive N11,000.
“I have personally received calls from several members of COSON who are desperate for immediate assistance of any kind. Other members of our Board have received similar messages. At a time like this, COSON must be responsible and responsive to the needs of our members and we should do everything we can to help them wade through these hard times. That is the very reason why COSON was set up.
I am proud of the quick response of members of the COSON Board who showed great understanding that we must be our brothers’ keeper at a time like this.
Starting immediately, with the co-operation of the banks, each qualified member of COSON will receive a modest sum of eleven thousand naira in what we have termed Anti-Coronavirus Emergency Relief (ACER) General Distribution. We are able to do this because of the deft management of our resources. We wish we could do more. I however believe that most people are aware of what we have been through in recent times. Let me thank the COSON management team of Vincent Adawaisi, Isa Aruna and Anthony Imuse who burnt the midnight oil to ensure that the decision of the Board is executed with dispatch” he said
On outstanding Specific Distributions, the COSON Chairman said,
“Every member of the Board is very eager that all outstanding specific distributions should be paid without any delay. The issue was prominent in our discussions on the emergency relief distribution. While the Board and the General Assembly have approved the specific distributions, it is common knowledge that COSON funds in two banks are frozen. The money for the specific distributions is domiciled in the frozen accounts. The money is safe. Not one Naira is missing.
It is also common knowledge that we have gone to court to have the accounts unfrozen and immediately that happens, the money will be paid. In any case, all those entitled to Specific distribution will also receive the Anti-Coronavirus Emergency Relief (ACER) General Distribution.
It is unfortunate that it is some of our colleagues that requested the banks to freeze the accounts which has brought this suffering to innocent COSON members and even to those who took the action. That is why we need to be very careful about what we say and what we do.
I hope that we will use this very challenging period to think deeply. We have built COSON to be there for musicians through thick and thin. We work hard to ensure that COSON takes care of musicians while they are alive and celebrates them even in death. Has anyone forgotten how in an unprecedented manner we buried the late Ras Kimono like a king?
Said the COSON Chairman, “Some people may think that because things are going well for them today, they will never need COSON. I have been in the industry long enough to know that the day will come when each of us needs an institution like COSON. When I hear people in our industry call on government to clamp down on COSON or that those who owe us money should not pay us, I ask why anyone would choose to urinate into a well from which he might soon draw water to drink when he is desperately thirsty”
Chief Okoroji concluded,
“I know that I cannot please everyone but I am working hard every day to lift up the musicians of Nigeria, promote and defend our industry and provide visible solutions to the problems of each of us. I have absolutely no interest in the cantankerous name calling and rabid character assassination which many appear to dwell in and which do not provide even one
cup of garri for any Nigerian artiste or one cube of Maggifor his pot of soup”.
The Police in Texas are currently in search of a young woman who claims to be positive for Covid-19 and is going around the city ‘willfully spreading it’.
According to a post by the Texas Police department on Twitter, she will be charged —once caught— with “terroristic threat”.
The Police identified the lady as Lorraine Maradiaga, 18, who shared a number of troubling videos on her Snapchat over the weekend.
In one of the videos, Lorraine films herself in where she says is a Walmart store and issues a strange threat to the camera, saying,
“I’m here at Walmart about to infest every (expletive), because if I’m going down, all you (expletive) are going down,”
In another video, Lorraine appears to be sitting in a car at a coronavirus drive-through testing site. A nurse is heard telling the person driving the car to go home and wait for the test results.
Maradiaga also filmed herself later that day repeatedly coughing into the camera and saying,
“If you want to get the coronavirus and (expletive) die, call me.”
We have no confirmation Maradiaga is actually a threat to public health. We are, however, taking her social media actions very seriously.
— Carrollton TX Police (@CarrolltonTXPD) April 5, 2020
ew this girl think she’s bad or something. she deadass has corona and refuses to stay in quarantine. this is so the most selfish thing i’ve seen ? (she lives in the carrollton/ farmers branch area) so y’all be careful and if y’all see her throw a brick at her for me? pic.twitter.com/V24MMAboRt
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has placed the country’s Minister for Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, on a special leave for two months, one month of which will be unpaid.
The leave comes after a picture of her having lunch with her politician friend, MP Mduduzi Manana, during lockdown emerged on social media.
In a statement released Wednesday morning, the president expressed his disapproval of the minister’s actions, stating that it undermined the requirement that all citizens stay at home during the lockdown.
Ndabeni-Abraham had over the weekend, paid a visit to a friend and had lunch with his family – her action however contravened the lockdown order of the government for all citizens to stay in their homes as the nation fights to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
South Africa so far, has 1749 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, 45 recoveries and 13 deaths.
See the statement placing her on special leave and reactions from South Africans below,
A Nigerian lady who showed the biblical qualities of a good samaritan has reportedly spent over N1 million in feeding Lagosians who are going through serious hardship due to the ongoing lockdown in the state.
The woman, who is a professional caterer, said she started her benevolent act even before the official lockdown commenced.
A Nigerian gentleman has taken to his social media page to give the narrative of how he expressed his love for a lady and what the latter asked him to do so as to prove his affection.
The gentleman, identified simply as Chidi, in his narrative, shared that upon conversing with the lady told her that he’s in love with her and the lady simply asked him to prove it.
Bewildered by the lady’s proposal, he then went on to ask her to kindly drop a hint on how she wants him to prove his love for her – it’s apparent that the lady’s ‘hint’ is what propelled Chidi to share his experience with netizens.
Sharing his experience via his Twitter account, @chidibanx wrote,
“I confessed my love to a girl and she said she needs me to prove it, i asked her to give me a hint on how i should prove my love is real then she sent me her account number.”
Wuhan, China the epicenter of the Coronavirus pandemic, was placed on a major lockdown for more than 10 weeks to contain the outbreak. The lockdown has been finally lifted on Wednesday.
The city of over 11 million people was shut off on the 23rd of January, with no one allowed to enter or leave. Most of the nearly 82,000 confirmed infections and 3,331 deaths in China have been in Wuhan.
However, as the virus has been brought under control in Wuhan, China, the lockdown has been lifted.
Photos taken on Wednesday, April 8, show people leaving their homes, all wearing masks, some clad in the white full-body protective suits.
A lot of people are also seen travelling as they’ve finally been allowed to reunite with families and go back to their jobs.
The Strait Times China correspondent, Elizabeth Law was at Wuhan to capture the city after the lockdown was lifted.
She revealed that people have not lowered their guards despite that fact that the virus appears to be under control.
There are usually at least 3 layers of security checks in public places; involving temperature checks, disinfectant spray, and people are constantly reminded to stay at least 1.5m apart.
The result of the second Covid-19 test done on the Chairman of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Alhaji Ibrahim Shetima, has turned out to be positive.
The chairman has been in isolation at a special ward in the UCH after he tested positive for the novel disease about two weeks ago.
Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Toye Akinrinlola, stated that the chairman showed symptoms of the virus shortly after the last board meeting of the hospital began in Ibadan.
A test was conducted on him and it revealed that he was positive for COVID-19. Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof Jesse Otegbayo, was also at the board meeting and later tested positive for the virus.
After days of treatment, a reconfirmation test was carried out on the CMD which came out negative on Sunday. However, a second test on the Chairman, Ibrahim Shetima, has remained positive.
On Tuesday, April 7, UCH PRO, Akinrinlola, said Shetima will continue to receive treatment at the UCH and that a third test will be done in a few days.
He said,
“As I earlier said, the chairman only attended the first day of the board meeting on Tuesday, 24th of March, 2020. It was at the meeting that he began to exhibit symptoms of COVID-19. The meeting was suspended and a test was done and result came out positive. He was placed in a special ward at the hospital for treatment.
“A repeat test, which was done to see if he was negative after a series of treatments, was conducted two days ago (Sunday) and the result still showed positive
“He is being treated at an isolation centre at the UCH. He will continue treatment and a third test would be done at an appointed time.”
He added,
“The chairman’s case is not severe. He is sharp and alert but we have to attain that negative status before we can consider him as fully recovered. The record we have places him around 65 years of age.”
A video making the rounds on social media shows the moment a Nigerian lady who identified herself as a single mother cried out over the lockdown order issued by some state governments and the federal government over Coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The lady lamented bitterly that the lockdown was affecting her business as the married men she sleeps with for money are no longer picking her calls because they are at home with their wives.
She said;
“I am a hungry single mother slay mama, all the married men I sleep with for money are not picking my phone calls because they are home with their wives”
See video below ;
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A 66-year-old Briton in Lagos has died from Coronavirus-related complication making it the third death in the state since the Coronavirus Pandemic.
The state Commissoner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, who announced the death, wrote ;
“Lagos recorded another #COVID-19 related death: a 66-year-old Briton, who travelled from India via Dubai to Lagos on 17th of March, 2020.
As of 7th of April, 2020, there are 10 new cases of #COVID-19 confirmed. The total of #COVID-19 cases in Lagos rises to 130.
“Another #COVID-19 patient was discharged after full recovery. This brings the number of discharged patients to 32.”
?Lagos recorded another #COVID19 related death; a 66 year old Briton?? who travelled from India via Dubai to Lagos on 17th of March, 2020. Let's #StayHome and #StaySafe to stop the spread of #COVID19 infection #ForAGreaterLagos
— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) April 8, 2020
Lagos currently has 130 confirmed cases of the disease.
COVID-19: Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin Foundation donates 250 million Online via its social media platforms and relief materials worth 25million to the Federal Government through Delta State Govt,
In response to the plead of the masses As a result of the hardship brought about by the Stay-at-home order to curtail the Covid19, one of the preventive measure against Coronavirus, The president of (JOFF) Foundation Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin General Overseer of Christmercyland Delivrance ministry warri Delta State Nigeria is giving out the sum of 250 million naira to the world to reach out to the masses,
On the 3rd of April 2020 Prophet Fufeyin made it known that he will be blessing Nigerians with 250million Give away via its social media platform which will last for 14days started from 1st of April to 14th of April 2020 Due to the hardship coronavirus has put the general public,
– in his usual philanthropic nature He also donated trailer load of Indomie (3,000) Three thousand pieces of Hungry man size Noodles, (5,000) Five thousand piecess of Alcoholic based Hand sanitizers, 3,000 piecess of Face Mask, 2,050 pieces of hand Hand gloves with other relieve materials worth over 25million naira and a cash gifts to the Federal Government through the Delta State government,
This items was received on behalf of the Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa by the Senior Special Assistance to the Governor on Local Government Affairs, a member of the Delta State Executive Council, Hon. Prince Kelly Punahwo, Uvwie Local Government Chairman, Hon. Ramsey Otega Onoyake, Hon. Asupa Forteta, Delta State House of Assembly member Representing Burutu Constituency,
Hon. Dr. Michael Tidi, Warri South Local Government Chairman, Mr. Sunday Okujere, Director of Governor’s Office, Annex, Warri and Hon. Ovie Bini, Councellor, Uvwie Local Government.
While addressing the press on the 3rd April 2020, Prophet Fufeyin stated he has made preparations for other trailer loads of foodstuff to be sent to other parts of the country and riverine and rural Areas of Nigeria,
The donation, according to Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, is part of its support to the State Government is to curtail the challenges of the Coronavirus (COVID- 19) pandemic and alleviating the economic hardship of the less-privilege in the state.
The JOFF President, Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, said: “Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and the present challenging social, economic and public health realities, this is the time to show love and I want to appeal to all clergymen to show love by supporting the efforts of government in helping to cushion the effects of the pandemic on Delta residents.”
Receiving the relief material on behalf of the state governor, the Senior Special Assistance to the Governor on Local Government Affairs, member, Delta State Executive Council, Hon. Prince Kelly Punahwo Said: “We want to say thank you for this your laudable kind gesture for the people of the state and for your support against the COVID-19 pandemic. We receive the relief material and we will pass your message to the governor and you will hear from him”.
Uvwie Local Government Chairman, Hon. Ramsey Otega Onoyake appreciate the General Overseer of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry (C.M.D.M), popularly called Mercy City alias ‘The Arena of Solution and Power’ Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, for his immense contribution to the people of Delta state through his foundation. He also called on more clergymen in the state to support the local government to be able to help combat the spread of the virus as the local government doesn’t find it easy because “we are the grassroots and this donation today will go a long way”.
With the outgoing fight against Coronavirus, the MD/CEO of Mercy Television Ltd, Snr. Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin popularly called Owomowomo 1 is also giving out over 250 million naira to people all over the world via its Mercy TV channel and social media platforms as they’ve been affected by the lockdown policy all over the world, to support citizens and nations. It’s a way of showing love to mankind.
Prophet Fufeyin opined that clergymen should support the Federal government in the little they can to eradicate this Deadly virus, while he also thanked the clergymen that has reach out to the public due to the Covid19 Pandemic virus,
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has declared a Special intervention packages for its citizens to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Recall that on March 30, he declared a 2-weeks lockdown on Kumasi and Accra and Kumasi, the two most populous parts of the country as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
The President, in his 5th state-wide broadcast since the pandemic began, announced that the government will cover the water bills of its citizens for the months of April, May and June.
Some communities in the country had complained they lacked water to effectively wash their hands as a preventive measure to stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus. The President in his speech, said private water companies have been contracted to provide water to these communities. He also assured the citizens of stable electricity supply.
“The Ghana Water Company Ltd and the Electricity Company of Ghana have been directed to ensure the stable supply of water and electricity during this period. In addition, there will be no disconnection of supply.
Furthermore, government will absorb the water bills for all Ghanaians for the next three months that is April, May and June. All water tankers, publicly and privately-owned, are also going to be mobilised to ensure the supply of water to all vulnerable communities.” he said
The fact that health workers won’t pay taxes for the next 3 months and there’s a 50% increase in basic Salary is a big step in motivating our heroes at the front lines. Good one Nana Akufo Addo. My president
Pastor Sam Adeyemi has countered Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s claim of government shutting down churches, enforcing the lockdown to install the 5G network and the Antichrist being the cause of Coronavirus.
Pastor Sam was speaking in an Instagram live session with Pastor Poju Oyemade who is the founder and senior pastor of The Covenant Nation, he said he studied how the 1918 pandemic affected Nigeria and found out that churches, mosques, schools and markets were also shut down at that time.
Adeyemi stated that people are giving extreme interpretations of the current crisis, even though it has nothing to do with the Antichrist.
Adeyemi said;
“I went online, there was a pandemic 100 years ago, let me go and study it and check it out, because the interpretation that people are giving to this pandemic, they range from one extreme to the other,” Adeyemi said.
“I don’t even want to go into the details now, but there’s quarrel on social media now; from 5G to 10G and other things. I decided to check, how did it affect Nigeria?
“I found a research article by a history lecturer at the University at Birnin Kebbi. Beautiful research!”
“I had to buy it. But I was happy buying it, because when I read it, it was amazing, it dug into the British archives, all the records that the colonial officers kept.
“[In] 1918 September, when the thing hit, the way air travel now is the main thing for global transportation and it was air travel that moved the coronavirus around, it was sea travel that spread the influenza around then.
“The ships that brought sick people into the Lagos port; I got the names, the dates they arrived, how it spread in Nigeria.
“I’d tell you the one that I saw and almost screamed, they closed churches, they closed mosques, they shut down schools, they shut down markets. 1918. So, some of us now think it is the anti-christ that is at work, he does not want us to gather together and fellowship.
“We should just be thanking God that we have internet now and we can be relating without meeting together. They shut churches in 1918. So when the leader takes perspective like that, then you can calm people down and tell them there will be life after this thing.”
Adeyemi concluded that though there are opportunities in every crisis, it is a leader’s duty to see the opportunities and not to project fear on his/her followers.
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Research is the way forward not conspiracy theories. – Air travel, not 5G, is responsible for the spread of coronavirus. – Lesotho has had 5G since August 2018 and as of today, no recorded case of coronavirus! People, READ! ~FRZ –#DaddyFreeze#FreeTheSheeple#ThisYearGoRuggedOpic.twitter.com/0xRmWAA8gT
AY has appealed to Nigerians on Twitter after being dragged on the social media for two days for defending Funke Akindele and her husband, JJC Skillz.
The duo were recently prosecuted by the state government for violating a lockdown order in the state by holding a houseparty.
The comedian had asked all those who called out the actress for violating the lockdown order to do same to those in government, after she and her husband were handed a fine of N100,000 each and also sentenced to 14 days community service, three hours per day excluding Saturday and Sunday.
He tweeted;
YES! NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW. BUT I WISH THOSE OF YOU WHO CALLED OUT @funkeakindele CAN DO SAME WITH YOUR COUNTLESS OPPRESSORS IN GOVERNMENT… EVEN WHEN THE SKY IS FILLED WITH CLOUDS THE SUN STILL SHINES ABOVE. FUNKE WILL RISE AGAIN.#LESSONSLEARNT
Following the outrage his tweet incited, AY pleaded for mercy from Nigerian Twitter users. He also disclosed that the insults he got have left him with no appetite
AY wrote in a rejoinder tweet;
TWITTERIANS ABEG NA! SINCE YESTERDAY MY CHEST HAS BEEN PAINING ME WITH NO APPETITE 4 FOOD.THE INSULTS ARE TOO MUCH.CAN YOU ALL JUST REDUCE MY SENTENCE TO JOINING @funkeakindele
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SELF ISOLATION FROM TWITTER FOR 14 DAYS? I AM SORRY. UNA PITY PERSON PAPA NA
The Lagos State Police command has granted bail to singer Naira Marley and former Lagos state governorship candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi, and his wife.
The trio were detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba on Monday April 6 after they turned themselves in for questionning.
Recall that they were all invited for questionning for attending the birthday party of JJC Skillz on Sunday April 5th, thereby violating the social distancing order of the Lagos state government.
The lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic in the state stalled their arraignment at the state magistrate court yesterday April 7.
A police source who confirmed they have been granted bail, said they would be arraigned in court today Wednesday April 8.
A dog wearing a mask is seen on a street following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC2YOF9HRFIT
A veterinary doctor has warned people that pets like cats and dogs could help pass Coronavirus between humans even though the chances of that happening are very slim.
The Vet doctor was responding to concerns about whether humans can catch Coronavirus from their pets.
A tiger at a New York City zoo tested positive for Coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known Covid-19 case in a US animal or tiger and transmitted it to other six other lions and tigers in the zoo. Scientists say pets can’t transmit the virus to humans but a vet doctor Dr Scott Miller says he believes pets can transfer the virus using their fur.
Dr Scott speaking on British daytime TV programme ‘This Morning’ with TV Host Philip Scoffield said: ‘So at the moment we don’t believe that cats can, or any animal, pass it back to us from the initial infection.
‘Now we don’t believe at all that dogs or cats can transmit it back to us as an infected host. ‘What we are concerned about is that they may be able to act as a surface – so if someone with Covid-19 coughs on their dog and then takes it for a walk, then you pet their dog and then touch your face, you could potentially pick up Covid-19 that way – although the chances are very very low.’
Dr Scott added: ‘This case with the tiger – there’s also been one reflected in a domestic cat in Belgium – where that cat did actually did show some coronavirus symptoms, i.e. had respiratory symptoms and had diarrhoea.
‘Its owner did have coronavirus, both were tested and proven to have a positive result, but they have both since recovered. ‘There is some concern and that is something very much that the veterinary profession will be watching, but it all boils down really to just good hygiene, and don’t touch other people’s pets at this time.’
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Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday 7th of April, 2020 led some security operatives to the operational base of Caverton Helicopters in Port Harcourt, to effect some arrests over the violation of movement restriction put in place to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
The governor demanded for the Caverton’s pilots to be interrogated on why they flew expatriates into the state and ordered the company to produce all passengers they brought into the state.
The Governor was said to express fear over the fact that the identities of the expatriates were unknown and demanded that the company fish them out to verify their medical status.
Wike had signed an executive order closing all land, air and sea borders as part of his numerous measures to contain the spread of the pandemic.
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