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
The Rivers state police command is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of a young man identified as Leonard Chika, in front of his girlfriend in the Mile 3 axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Friday, May 15.
A Facebook user, Ezebunwo Ichemati, who shared the story online, wrote,
Another promising innocent life have been cut short this morning the 15th day of May 2020, in a mistaken identity hit that occurred this morning in the mile3 axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt.
What started about 5weeks ago as a minor battle for who takes matching ground rites from traders has gradually grown into a full blown cult war amongst two major cult groups in the heart of Mile3 Diobu, with both sides counting human loss.
The Rivers State police command especially the Mile3 divisional police station, cannot feign ignorance to the cult related killings numbering about 4 and the recent killing of this innocent young man named leonard Chika making it a total of 5 people murdered in cold blood in the streets of Mile3 Diobu.
The deliberate silence and inactions of the Rivers State police command have emboldened these daredevils that outside attacking their rivals, they also go in a looting spree and carry out destruction of people’s properties when on any mission.
Leo was a friend and a very hardworking young man who doesn’t mind doing anything to earn a living no matter how belittling as long as it is legal. Today in the presence of his girlfriend those who cannot give life shot and killed him in cold blood.”
Spokesperson of the state police command, Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident, said efforts are being made to arrest the suspected killers.
“Unknown gunmen killed him. We were able to identify him and then he was taken to the mortuary. Investigation has commenced and all hands are on deck to arrest the killers.
Preliminary investigations suggest it was a cult clash but we cannot lend credence to that until our investigation is concluded.” Omoni said
These days, it’s become commonplace for some social media users to beckon on their favourite celebrity to indulge in “online giveaways” — a request that can be prompted if said celebrity makes social media update.
With people hitting the update with responses like “Oga, do giveaway now”, “Bless your fans”, shower your blessings and so on.
Some of these celebrities actually revert and “bless” some of them but when a fan tried to stylishly ask veteran thespian, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde to partake in such, the actress also “stylishly” declined the offer.
Omotola had a chat session with her followers on microblogging platform, Twitter earlier and one of her followers thought it an opportunity to ask for “palliatives” from the actress.
Omotola certainly wasn’t digging the follower’s vibe and so she quickly shut him down before the intensity of the vibration increases and extends to other people.
Here’s how the actress responded to the follower below,
The proud mother of four continues to wow her fans and followers with mummy goals and how well she appears to balance her career and her family.
Her husband, Prince Okojie took to his social media page recently to shared a video of her lovely kids; Purity, Henry and Angel, having a good time at the pool where they displayed quite impressive swimming skills.
Prince Okojie and Mercy Jonhnson, got married in the year 2011, and as of 2020, their union is blessed with four children —three girls and one boy.
Skimming through Mercy’s social media pages, it is obvious that she balances her career as an actress and family life.
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.
A Pregnant Coronavirus Patient has been successfully delivered of a bouncing baby boy in Lagos State.
The good news was announced by the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and he revealed that both Mother and Child are doing well.
His words ;
I bring you great news from our isolation facilities. Today, a pregnant COVID19 positive patient was delivered of a baby boy through the caeserian section at the Gbagada Isolation Centre. Both Mother and baby are doing well.
“Today’s achievement is a pointer that our strategies in Lagos state are working and yielding the desired results. It is also a sign of victory and motivation for us as we push ahead in the battle against the Coronavirus pandemic.”
I bring you great news from our isolation facilities. Today, a pregnant #COVID19 patient was delivered of a baby boy at the Gbagada Isolation Centre. Both mother and child are doing well. pic.twitter.com/PnEXglUEMu
A lesbian lady has taken to her social media page to share photos of the bruises she obtained as a result of physical abuse from her partner.
The lady while sharing the photos, urged anyone in an abusive relationship to ‘Get Help’ and not put up with anyone laying their hands on them.
Sharing the photos, she wrote ;
To all my lesbians out there in an abusive relationships, GET HELP. Don’t put up with anyone putting they’re hands on you. Stud, Stem, Fem , GET HELP. Today I finally realized that even me being masculine can’t protect me from someone who wants to cause harm Hundred points symbol?
Gambian actress and model, Princess Shyngle has revealed that she is a very jealous person when it comes to friendship.
In a post she shared on her social media page, Princess Shyngle says she does not know why she is very jealous but if any of her friends or bestie starts getting close to someone else, she always feels betrayed and would cut them off.
Sharing this side of her, she wrote;
I am a very jealous person when it comes to friendship, I don’t like sharing my friends I don’t know why. If you’re my friend or bestie I need you to stick with me alone ??? if I see you close to anyone else I feel betrayed and I cut you off. It’s very hard for me to make friends and open up to someone so when I do I hold on tight until I see you acting the same with other girls then I don’t feel special. Please I need your opinion y’all is that normal or not ????❤️
A Nigerian lady has pleaded with married men to be cautious and careful of their wives.
According to the lady, women are now the ones killing their husbands for no reason.
She said women are now poisoning their husbands and most of them are getting away with it. She advised men to stop eating alone and make sure they eat with their wives, so that if the food is poisoned, they will both die together.
The lady said she has heard about many cases of women killing their husbands and it is gradually becoming a norm.
A Ghanaian nurse who made the rounds on social media during the week for twerking in her uniform while on duty, has been declared wanted by the authorities in Ghana.
In the video, the nurse twerked while someone’s hand tapped her butt.
The video elicited condemnation from social media users as the accused her of disrespecting the uniform and profession.
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) have now reacted and they directed all District and Regional Executives to assist in identifying the nurse so that she can be disciplined.
They warned other nurses to desist from such “unacceptable behaviour especially when in uniform in order to protect the dignity of the profession.”
Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Mike Edwards and his pregnant wife, Perri Shakes Drayton have finally revealed the gender of the baby.
Mike and his wife.
The popular celebrity couple have taken to their YouTube channel, “Mike and Perri” to reveal that they’ll be having a baby boy soon.
The couple who recently wowed their fans with “Duduke” dance video challenge also announced they will soon launch their own blog as they expect the arrival of their “Mini Mike” as Perri called him.
Speaking further in the video, Mike and Perri asked fans to anticipate their marriage anniversary coming up soon.
Their fans have since taken to their YouTube channel to congratulate them.
Popular Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage has taken to Instagram to share an adorable video of herself and her son, Jamil Balogun.
The excited mother of one, while sharing the video said her son wakes her up from sleep every morning with kisses on her forehead.
Jamil appeared to have crawled his way into the bed to disturb his mum. In the opening part of the short clip, the young man could be seen offering morning greetings to his mum.
Sharing the video via the photo-sharing app, Savage wrote;
BBNaija’s Tacha has praised singer Falz, for reaching out to the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede on behalf of the five female officers who participated in the viral #BopDaddyChallenge.
The entertainer who is also a Lawyer, yesterday, reached out to the NIS boss asking him to reconsider the terms of punishment meted out to five female officers of the Service.
Tacha in a recent tweet lauded the Nigerian artiste for dropping his mic and putting on his lawyer wig again for the sake of his fans who were queried and redeployed.
Her tweet below;
Falz coming through for the 5 ladies that NIS punished for doing the “Bop DaddyChallenge” is one of the best things I have seen in a while. He dropped his mic and put on his Lawyer wig for his fans! we LOVE to see it.
His letter to the Comptroller-General, Muhammed Babandede read in part;
“Recent news surrounding five female officers of yours who came under fire for featuring in a fun video online has particularly caught my attention.
“The said ladies were pictured changing from their official uniforms into casual outfits while my music was playing in the background.
“Immoral behaviour’ ‘Sabotage’ & ‘Any other act unbecoming of a public officer’ were the offences levelled against them as they were alleged to have caused ‘a lot of embarrassment to the NIS.’
“Consequently, I have also learnt that the Service has decided to post these officers to remote areas of the country as a punitive measure. The Senior Staff Posting Order dated 12th May 2020 stated that the posting be ‘at no cost to the service’ and be done ‘on or before 19th May 2020’.
“As a terribly concerned citizen, I am writing to you a second time as my initial attempt to reach you via text/WhatsApp was met with no response.
“The Public Service Rules which guide the operations of the Immigration Service state that any senior officer seeking to be posted or transferred must submit an application for such transfer listing his or her reasons for desiring such transfer (Chapter 2 Rule 020503).
“The Public Service Rules also state that ‘Officers on posting, transfer or on assumption of duty on new appointment at their new station, different from their city/town of domicile shall be entitled to transport fare for self… In addition, they shall be eligible for hotel accommodation for the first 28 days or an allowance for the first 28 days in lieu of hotel accommodation (Chapter 13 Rule 130105).
“Had the posting been in order, the seven-day time frame accorded the officers would have been an impossible one as inter-state travel is currently prohibited.
“In the light of the above, I respectfully request that you further reconsider the decision to post these officers.
“It is important that we continue to breed a strong sense of solidarity particularly during these trying times. Hopefully, we can defeat this pandemic together.”
In response to the letter Falz wrote to NIS, the redeployment of the 5 female officers has since been suspended.
The Federal Government on Friday, May 15, pleaded with COVID-19 survivors to stop giving details of the drugs used for their treatment to discourage self-medication.
The Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, made the plea at a press briefing in Abuja, following recent video testimonies of some high profile survivors, talking about the drugs administered on them at the treatment centres.
Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, expressed concern that some of the testimonies disclosing the prescription for treatment of the virus could encourage patients to indulge in self-medication instead of seeking help from health authorities.
He urged all Nigerians that have symptoms of COVID-19 to test for the virus and, if positive, go into the isolation centres for care by experts.
Mustapha said: “The PTF congratulates and appreciates the testimonies of Nigerians who have recovered from COVID-19, which has given us more insights and further strengthens the need to adhere strictly to guidelines issued.
“However, an emerging issue from all these testimonies is the issue of prescription for treatments. We should always remember that the symptoms of COVID-19 mimic some illnesses we already know but treating the symptoms is not the same as treating the virus. For this reason, we strongly discourage self-medication.”
He also said that five states in Nigeria were currently participating in the on-going World Health Organization (WHO)-coordinated solidarity trial to find a cure for the pandemic, saying that at the end of this trial, relevant health authorities would make statements on acceptable drugs for treating COVID-19.
A Nigerian Lady has taken to her facebook page to reveal her experience after she contracted the novel Coronavirus disease.
The lady who has now recovered from the virus, said she decided to give details of what she went through so people would stop doubting the existence of the virus.
She shared the photos above and wrote ;
I WENT, I FOUGHT AND I CONQUERED- I AM A COVID-19 SURVIVOR
Here is my COVID-19 Experience and Testimony
Have you ever have air hunger , looking for air to breath but it seems far away… and my heart beat was out of control. That was how I was from 25th April to 2nd May, 2020. That was the severe type of COVID-19. My case was critical but God was there, He preserved and kept me as always.
This is summary of my COVID-19 experience
I was exposed, I went on self Isolation for 14 days, Within those 14 days, I got tested, my result came out on 27 th April , 2020, I was called by NCDC representative to get my things ready. I never had symptoms until 16 day when I noticed I couldn’t breath I have to sit all through the night.
Due to NCDC late response, I was evacuated the 3rd day with worsening cases to the first Isolation centre in Lekki. The next day, I was dying but thank God for my Friend, Lola who raised alarm( I never knew we were in the same centre until that morning).I was placed on Oxygen and transferred to Yaba Isolation Centre. While admitting me, I was told by the Doctor that if my condition worsen, I will be transferred to ICU,Intensive Care Unit. Thank God, I never went there.
I was on Oxygen for 5 days, but God delivered me on the six day. I read about a study that if you lie prone, that is lying on your stomach with head of the bed raised, helped patients with COVID-19 who has breathing problem recover fast so I did it and it helped me sleep better if not, I have to sit down throughout the night. Also, some breathing exercises helped me a lot to inflate my lungs, I spent 17 days in Isolation centre, I was discharged yesterday, 14th May, 2020 having tested Negative.
I sincerely want to appreciate the Love of my life, Samuel Peter, my Love for the part he played in speeding up my transfer to Yaba, his prayers strengthened my faith to hold on despite death knocking on my path, You’re one in a billion. Some guys would have disappeared at the mention of COVID-19…kikikikk…Lol
But he stood by my side, all through and always brightened my day, I love you dearly, thank you.
My beloveth Sister
Ann Uvere, my prayer warrior you are sister in deed, I love you and her Husband Onyebuchi Emmanuel, a man with a heart of gold, thank you so much.
May God bless the Doctors and Nurses, they were indeed wonderful and nice.
Above all, I want appreciate God, the giver of life and every good thing. For keeping and Preserving my life once more.
That my one week Facebook vacation, was a battle for life, I fought and beat COVID-19. Most of those posts were from my hospital bed…Lol.
For you out there who still think COVID-19 is a Scam , wake up from your denial and know that COVID-19 is real.
Actress Wunmi Toriola has revealed the stern warning she got from an Instagram follower who misunderstood her intentions to help him.
The drama started after the fan had slid into her DM begging her to tell him the title of the song she was listening to and when Wumi told him the title (albeit without the use of punctuation marks and whats not), the fan seemingly suffered a brain freeze as he lashed out on the actress.
A 29-year-old lady identified as La’Teasha Macer has made some shocking allegatons that rapper, Jay-Z is her biological father.
La’Teasha who is already a mother, says she’s been told by her family her whole life that Jay-z is her father and her family members are online backing up their claims.
La’Teasha was born in 1990 in Cambridge, Maryland where her aunt, Terry Turner, says she introduced her mother, Lisa, to Jay-Z.
According to Aunt Turnerm Lisa and Jay Z used to hook up at Lisa’s sister’s house before she got pregnant and gave birth to La’Teasha Macer.
Early this month La’Teasha created an Instagram account with the name ‘jayzfirstdaughter’ and has been posting several pictures, write ups and videos saying she is Jay-Z’s daughter born from an affair he had almost three decades ago.
Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, have just welcomed a baby girl with his beautiful wife Dinma.
The football star took to Instagram to share the good news with adorable photos of he and his wife with their newborn daughter, who they have named, Jaina.
He wrote: ‘I’m Fortunate to know that ‘’God is gracious’’ – JAINA .’
Popular Nigerian singer, Korede Bello says in a new post on his Twitter page has said we all suffer.
However, he added that it is only the wise ones that find out why they suffer.
The popular singer added that once the reason for the suffering has been established, then the wise ones will also choose who or what is worth suffering for.
He made this known via a tweet he sent out via his official Twitter handle on Friday.
He said, “We all suffer but only the wise ones find out WHY they suffer. And then choose who or what is worth suffering for.”
A Nigerian Pastor identified as Goodwill Val Aloysius has taken to his facebook page to kick off his self-invented coronavirus ‘Prevention’ oil.
The Good Pastor set the price of this oil at a paltry sum of 100 USD.
Sharing the photo of him with a sample of the ‘COVID SAMPLE’, he wrote ;
THE SOLUTION IS HERE!!!
Get This COVID-19 PREVENTION OIL and gain spiritual immunity to the deadly Pandemic with a seed of faith of 100 USD (100$)
Speaking further, he advised his members not to defend him against critics.
His words ;
To all my social media followers all over the world, I plead with you in God’s name not to talk back or try to defend me by replying insultive comments made on social media to me.
The only thing i need from you right now is, if you have access to the Presidency or NCDC not NDDC please. Tell them the prophet that can end this wicked pandemic is here.
Popular Ghanaian actress, Moesha Boduong has made it clear that she wants nothing to do with a ‘broke man’.
Moesha revealed that she vowed never to date a broke or poor guy because of her bitter experience with her first boyfriend.
“My first boyfriend was a man without cash and we were struggling together but he cheated on me severally and got my heartbroken. After such experience, I vowed never to date a broke guy. I can’t date a man without a car, a man with at least a Corolla or a Hyundai isn’t bad for a guy who wants to date me,” she explained.
The actress also advised other ladies against dating several men.
“Sleeping with different men will never make you successful or rich. No man will spend on a hoe, men love women who are exclusive. Don’t believe in everything you read on social media and don’t believe in rumours and gossips” she said.
According to a report by The Nation, a 20-year-old woman, Abiola Komolafe, has narrated how her one-month-old son was sold to a child trafficking syndicate by her aunt, shortly after she was delivered of the child in Onitsha, Anambra State.
Komolafe was paraded alongside 182 suspects by the Delta State Police Command in Asaba, for crimes ranging from terrorism, robbery, kidnap, murder, cultism and child trafficking.
The state police commissioner, Hafiz Inuwa said the child trafficking syndicate specialises in trafficking young pregnant girls and selling their babies.
Inuwa disclosed that the gang was uncovered following a diligent investigation by his men.
According to the CP, the syndicate comprised three women who are assigned to trick young pregnant girls to Onitsha to deliver babies who are in turn sold, while the young mothers are deceived to believe their babies died during delivery.
Inuwa said: “In the course of investigation, Tolulope Bosede confessed that she tricked Abiola Komolafe from Akure to Onitsha, where she successfully gave birth to a baby boy. But she later took the baby from her and sold him to Mrs Nkaneme Melife,37, in Onitsha, while she lied to the mother that the baby died some hours after delivery.”
“The buyer, Mrs Nkaneme Melife, also later sold the child to another buyer, Mrs Ekunno Ifeyinwa, 56, of Onora family house Abba village, Onitsha. Meanwhile, the two buyers have been arrested along with one Josephine Unnoha and the stolen child recovered.”
The police boss added that the arrest of members of the syndicate led to the recovery of another two weeks old male child suspected to have been stolen by Mrs Ekunno Ifeyinwa.
Speaking with The Nation, Komolafe, said her ordeal started after she lost her parents and was forced to live with her aunt in Akure, Ondo State.
She explained that she trained as hair stylist and make up specialist after her secondary school education.
She said she became pregnant for her lover who bolted afterwards, leaving her in a quandary.
She said: “My aunt promised to take me to a woman in Onitsha, who would assist me by giving her a nanny’s job and support my unborn child. I believed her because she was nice to me after I lost my parents, following which she accommodated me in her house in Akure.
”Shortly after I got to Onitsha, I gave birth at a hospital but I was told that my child died during delivery.”
She said she was crestfallen due to the loss of her son, but never suspected any foul play.
She said on the way back to Akure, the driver of the commercial bus she boarded informed her that he overheard her aunt and another woman haggling the price of a baby boy, and inquired whether it was her baby that was referred to.
“As we were going back to Akure , the driver inquired if I had just given birth because she overheard my aunt and another woman haggling the price of a baby boy. I told the driver that I had just given birth but was told my baby died.
“I begged him (the driver) to drive into any police station for proper investigation on my missing child. As we drove into Asaba, Delta State, the driver pulled into a petrol station to buy fuel and raised the alarm that attracted police on guard duty at the filling station and the suspects were arrested.”
She said her aunt does not wish her well and she does not feel any sense of betrayal by informing the police.
She expressed joy that her son had been recovered, and commended the police for acting with despatch to recover her son.
Komolafe’s aunt, Mrs Tolulope Bosede pleaded for mercy. She blamed her action on the devil.
Meanwhile, Komolafe said she would stay back in Asaba to rearrange her life once again: “I will not go back to Akure. I will find a job in Asaba as a hair stylist and earn a living to fend for my son.”
A quite heartbreaking video shared online shows the moment a woman broke down in tears after her husband, Babafemi Adebayo lost his life to Coronavirus.
In a video recorded shortly after his death, his wife is heard saying:
“Babafemi are you sleeping? Please wake up. Your mother is at home, your children are at home, your elder and younger siblings are at home. Please wake in the name of Jesus. Jesus have mercy on me. Jesus, take pity on me.
“Ahhh, Adebayo. Babfemi. I’m calling you. It’s me calling you, not someone else. Your wife is yje one calling you. I ask you to wake up in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus Christ, I’m calling you.
“It’s your body that’s being bundled so. Jesus take pity on me. I’m begging you.”
Watch the heartbreaking video of his wife expressing her love for him, singing his praise, and begging him to wake up,
Liberian singer, CanC has announced to her fans that she’ll be giving up her “dancehall queen” title as she’s chosen to follow Jesus Christ, her Lord and personal saviour.
The repentant singer took to her page recently to announce her new found faith and revealed that she’s in her redemption process even though no one might understand why she’s become repentant in a short time.
CanC shared how God “fought” to have her attention and how He continued to save her when she had near death experiences and also saved her from some bad circumstances.
In her testimony of redemption, she says all the affluence she garnered as a dancehall queen could never bring her the healing she truly wanted and she’s ready to give it all up to follow the Lord cause she’ll rather not suffer here on earth and in hell too.
Nollywood actress and spouse of Nigerian music legend, 2Baba, Annie Idibia shared on her Instagram page recently, an adorable video of their second daughter, Olivia, singing Simi’s new song, ‘Duduke’, which is currently the number one song in Nigeria at the moment.
Olivia who is Annie and 2Baba’s second child is captured on camera singing the song with loads of passion and emotions.
According to her mother who shared the video on Instagram, Olivia loves the song so much and she decided to jump on the ‘Duduke challenge’ by singing the lyrics of the song.
Annie wrote,
“So my lil princess just tried @symplysimi #dudukechallenge #duduke
A Nigerian lady identified as @dazzlingvi on Twitter has taken to the platform to express her pain after losing both parents and six siblings within the space of 2 years.
dazzlingvi
Narrating her sad ordeal, Vee said she doesn’t know what she ever did to deserve such punishment from God.
Vee said her dad’s death is the most painful of all, because they were really close. She also spoke about the death of her 6 siblings, and ended it up with an emotional question – “How does one recover from this sort of pain?”
Her tweet reads ;
Even if I’m the worst sinner in the world, I don’t think I deserve this sort of punishment from God. 6siblings gone, both parents gone in space of 2years how does one recover from this sort of pain? I feel like my heart is literally being ripped apart. I’m alone in the world.
It’s was my Dad that taught me how to use sanitary Pad, he was the one that gave me the sex talk don’t let boys come close to you and so on, it hurts so bad that I wasn’t able to do all I wanted to do for him before God took him from me.
Social media users have since empathized and sent in kind words of encouragement.
A Nigerian lady identified simply as Oluwaseyifunmi, who recently turned 30, has taken to her social media page to reveal that she’s searching for love.
According to Oluwaseyifunmi who is a programmer, she can’t cook or wash and is often busy with work.
She went further to ask well-meaning twitter users to find her a boyfriend.
“I’m 30 and looking for love. I can’t cook, I can’t wash and I’m often too preoccupied with work. Twitter, find me a boyfriend.
“I’m one of those ladys who know exactly what they want in a man and go for it.
Before we can even date, you have to prove your husband material skills to me.
Can you cook? Can you wash? can u change a baby’s diaper? Can you pound yam? Can you kill aminals? Can you fight? Huh?”
