Actress, Stephanie Okereke Linus and her husband, Linus Idahosa have their 8th wedding anniversary today April 21, 2020 and the actress released a rare photo of her son as she marks the event.
Idahosa and Stephanie welcomed their first child, Maxwell Enosata Linus in October of 2015.
On her Instagram page, Stephanie shared a new photo of 4-year-old Maxwell writing,
“Maxwell sending his love!!! Happy anniversary Mummy and Daddy. Love you loads! Prince Max.”
A Nigerian man has taken to his social media page to narrate how God saved him from his enemies.
Facebook user, Oche Prince Paul, shared a photo of a legless rat which he claimed was sent by his enemies to give him sleepless night. However, on the instruction of his pastor, he anointed his surrounding and uncovered the rat somewhere close to his door.
Sharing the photos, he wrote ;
Help me 2 tank God,After d instruction of my papa bishop David Oyedepo dis morng, of anointing service,asking us 2 anoint all our surrounding including the soil of our house which I did,so I ask my boy 2 go and clear d back yield, DAT is how we see dis evil Rat wit out leg close 2 d door we dont even know were it came 4rom but has been trap by d anointing praise d Lord, if any of my enemies say u will not sleep dia will all die 4 my sake because d God I serve is a living God, Tank u Jesus keep exposing dia yash
The Lagos state government has discharged nine more COVID-19 patients in the state.
This was announced in a tweet by Governor Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on New Media, Jubril Gawat.
According to Jubril, the patients include five females, and four males which includes one Polish national. 107 COVID-19 patients have been discharged in the state.
A South African gentleman has taken to Twitter to share his father’s reaction after he came out to him about his sexuality.
@wnglth on Twitter braced himself to tell his dad that he’s gay and while he wanted to tell him in person, he figured that the reactions from either of them after the revelation couldn’t be any different if he did it via chat.
Sharing screenshots of his conversation with his dad via instant messaging, @wnglth wrote,
So I finally decided to come out to my Dad after hours of beating around the bush
This period of Coronavirus pandemic is truly a trying time which has shaken the entire world and also threatened the lives of many people all over the world.
However, although there’s panic, anxiety and tension over the rise of the deadly virus, some patients in an undisclosed hospital in Nigeria found cause to laugh, after a good samaritan walked into the hospital, cleared their medical debts, gave them bags of rice and paid their transport fares back home.
A video which just surfaced the internet showed the elated patients singing songs of praises to God for the miracle and showering blessings on the giver. Of course, good men still exist!.
One of President Buhari’s bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato, on Tuesday passed away, after struggling with diabetes for three years.
In a statement released by Presidential aide, Femi Adesina, President Buhari described the officer, who had been working with him for many years before he won the 2015 elections, as “very thorough, trustworthy and dependable soldier who carried out his duty with diligence and focus.’’
The President prayed that Allah will ease his passage to paradise and grant his family, government and people of Jigawa State, the fortitude to bear the loss.
The deceased was part of a team that former President Umaru Musa Yar’adua restored to President Buhari as personal security and he had been off full duty for three years, treating diabetes.
Nollywood Actress, Funke Akindele seems to be getting back to happy days following the roller-coaster of events that happened to her some weeks ago.
Funke Akindele
Funke made news headlines after she violated the Government imposed social distancing & lockdown rules as she and her husband, JJC Skills hosted a party to celebrate his birthday. Funke and her Husband were later found guilty and paid a fine for their troubles. The ‘Jenifa’ actress also lost her ambassadorial role with the NCDC.
Funke has now moved on from those troubled times, admitted she made a mistake but she’s trusting God’s plans to be bigger than those mistakes.
Nigerian actress, Beverly Ifunaya Bassey better known as Beverly Naya, has stated that Twitter is a hub for Nigerians with displaced aggression.
Taking to the social media platform, Beverly Naya wrote that most users of the social media platform are just waiting for people to post so they can insult them.
According to her, the insults make them feel better about their own problems.
She wrote;
“Twitter is the hub for Nigerians with displaced aggression. Every time you tweet, even if it’s “hi”, you stand the risk of being insulted for sharing your perspective/opinions. Most times, the insults make them feel better about their own problems, don’t take it personal. Lol”
See tweet below;
Twitter is the hub for Nigerians with displaced aggression. Every time you tweet, even if it’s “hi”, you stand the risk of being insulted for sharing your perspective/opinions. Most times, the insults make them feel better about their own problems, don’t take it personal. Lol
A Lebanese national has been called out by an Instagram user for allegedly putting up a Nigerian lady for sale in Lebanon.
Wael Jerro placed a $1,000 price tag on the Nigerian lady identified Busari Peace Ufuoma in a closed group on Facebook ‘Buy and Sell in Lebanon’.
He reportedly wrote in the closed Facebook group;
Domestic worker from Nigeria for sale with new legal documents. She’s 30 years old, she’s very active and very clean. Price: 1000$??
Instagram user, @thereneebisaad who called him out wrote;
Dear People, come and see what this human is doing. Selling this Nigerian housekeeping lady for $1000. This is NOT OKAY??TRANSLATION: Domestic worker from Nigeria for sale with new legal documents. She’s 30 years old, she’s very active and very clean. Price: 1000$??I have reported to the Nigerian embassy. Please do the same if you know anyone in the Nigerian embassy in Lebanon
Kenyan socialite, Huddah Monroe has told men and women masturbating in quarantine to stop as women want kids.
According to Huddah Monroe, masturbation kills sex drive and also weakens the hormone responsible for producing sperm.
She wrote;
And I don’t know which men and women need to hear this but stop masturbating too much in this quarantine. Lol! That shit kills your sex drive! In both, Masturbation weakens the hormone responsible for producing sperm…we want kids you idiots
At a time when the world is in peril due to the coronavirus pandemic, a good samaritan has stepped up to help stranded patients clear their hospital bills and also helped with palliatives to cushion the stinging effect of the pandemic.
A video which making the rounds on social media captured the moment the elated patients sang songs of praises to God for the miracle and showering blessings on the giver. Of course, good men still exist!.
A security outfit of the Ogun State Government, So Safe’ has arrested 13 persons parading themselves as officers of Amotekun Corps in the state.
The 13 suspects who mounted a checkpoint at Lafenwa area of Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state, wore reflective jackets with Amotekun inscriptions and were allegedly extorting money from members of the public.
So Safe’s Director of Information and Public Relations, ACC Moruf Yusuf said;
“So-Safe Corps, an Ogun State owned security agency has recorded another great achievement as officers and men of the corps deployed to enforce the COVID-19 Stay-at-home directives of the Federal/ State Governments in Ado–Odo Ota Division at about 16:16hrs, noticed a strange set of criminally-minded ones who disguised as a lawful security outfit.
“The culprits who were thirteen (13) in number were apprehended, claiming to be officers of Amotekun, Ogun State Command.
“During preliminary investigation, the suspected fake officers claimed that their operation had a solid backing of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission.
“The suspects who were kitted with reflective jackets with Amotekun inscription with two(2) vehicles and three(3) motorbikes were caught at the spot they mounted a checkpoint and were extorting the public at Lafenwa, Itele Ota, located at Ado Odo Ota Local Government.
“The suspects have been transferred to the Nigeria Police, Itele Division for further investigation and likely prosecution.”
Billionaire businessman and Chairman of Globe Motors, Willie Anumudu, has died, at 68.
Late Anumudu died this morning Tuesday April 21 after a brief illness not related to COVID-19. He was to be air-lifted to Germany this morning but died about 4am.
He is survived by his wife Nkiru, and 4 children including popular stylist, Ozinna Anumudu.
A man identified as Yakubu Alhassan, was electrocuted in Anagada community, a surburb in Abuja while trying to fix a faulty fuse in a transformer.
The residents said the deceased popularly known as Yakubu NEPA was a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) but the company’s Public Relations Officer, Fadipe Oyebode, said the deceased was neither a staff, service provider nor contractor of AEDC.
A resident of the community, Ibrahim Yahaya, said the incident happened last Friday afternoon at about 12:47 pm.
“Actually the transformer which supplies electricity to Anagada sometimes trip off whenever there is electricity due to overload and in that process, the fuse pulls out. So the man now decided to go and fix the fuse. Anytime the light trips off, he is the one that goes there to fix the fuse on the transformer.” he said.
Fadipe Oyebode said the place where the 500 KVA transformer is located, is fenced with a gate, usually locked and fastened with a padlock.
According to him, the deceased gained illegal and unauthorized access to the 500KVA distribution substation for reasons best known to him.
“The circumstances surrounding the death are still unknown as several conflicting versions have been obtained – but he appears to have been electrocuted as facts revealed that his undertakers removed him from the substation and hurriedly buried him. Also, there is no medical report showing the cause of the deceased death, while the persons who removed the body of the deceased from the scene did not report the incident at the Nigeria Police,” he said.
He disclosed that investigations were still going on by AEDC and other relevant stakeholders, stating that the AEDC has also informed NERC, the industry regulator about the incident.
The deceased has since been buried according to Islamic rites.
Mourning his death on Facebook, Ahmed Kabeer said that Yakubu served Anagada community as a volunteer electrician.
“It’s very sad and painful to announce the death of Yakubu #NEPA a prominent person that serve Anagada community as a volunteer of electrification which he died as a result of putting fuse to prevent the overloading of a electrical circuit in our transformer which is situated at LEA PRIMARY SCHOOL ANAGADA.
May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.
Beautiful actress, Stephanie Okereke-Linus and her husband, Idahosa are celebrating their 8th wedding anniversary today.
Taking to her Instagram page to celebrate their union, Stephanie shared a lovely photo from their wedding and wrote: ‘Gosh! It feels like yesterday and It’s still fun to laugh and play together.
Its been a beautiful and amazing journey and…Yes, I do all over again!!! Dear God Almighty, we dedicate this day to you, with our hearts filled with Love, Gratitude, and Thanksgiving.
Four people have died and others were injured after a driver took a wrong lane in Sangotedo, Ajah, Lagos State.
According to reports, three out of the four people who died in the accident are siblings.
The siblings were in the area to visit their mother when they were killed this morning, April 21.
Three siblings and one other die in road accident after a driver took the wrong lane in Ajah (video)
A video from the scene of the carnage shows blood splattered on the road and a mangled car hanging on a gutter where it ended up following the accident.
Witnesses at the scene can be heard saying the driver took “one-way”.
Watch a video of the aftermath below;
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Former adult film star, Savage Trap Queen has in a new video outed celebrities who are encouraging women to twerk on Instagram Live.
Savage also called out celebrity stylist, Swanky Jerry over his statement on the issue where he asked men to stop judging women who go naked on IG Live.
The former porn star turned model made some allegations about Swanky’s sexuality and asked if he would be open to having sex with his “boyfriend” on IG Live.
Savage made these statements during an Instagram Live interview with OAP Daddy Freeze. In the interview, she discourages women from going naked on IG Live, adding that she’s been there and it doesn’t pay.
“There is no dignity in going nude on IG,” Savage Trap Queen said.
To the men supporting the videos and saying it’s no big deal, she asked: “Can you marry a girl stripping on IG live?.”
She continued,
“Our celebrities are supposed to be encouraging our youths, but instead, they’re luring them into the same things they stand against.”
She went on to state that all celebrities making women go naked and twerk on IG live for a “token” are “hypocrites”. She questioned why they can’t help the women financially without making them sell their dignity for it.
“Girls use your sense. it’s tactics. They are using you to grow their followers.”
“Nobody forced them, yes, but if you do not promote them, they won’t give in. Everybody knows everywhere is tight now. If you want to do giveaway, do giveaway, but don’t put people in a very tight corner. Stop using these girls.
“Girls, how many men do you see on IG showing their thing?
“You don’t have to go nude, you don’t have to start fingering yourself on IG. It’s immoral. I’ve been there. It’s nothing. It will only backfire.
Talking about Swanky Jerry’s post where the stylist asked men to stop judging women going naked on IG Live, Savage opposed Swanky’s support for the twerking women and attacked him for it by claiming he’s bisexual.
In her own words,
“Swanky Jerry, you’re bisexual. Can you come and start f***ing your boyfriend on IG?”
It was at this point Daddy Freeze cautioned his guest, telling her that she can’t make unfounded claims.
A Nigerian man has warned his fellow men to stay away from Benin women as he was caught in the middle of a huge fight between his mother and his wife.
In a video recorded by the husband, the wife and her mother-in-law are seen exchanging words.
The verbal battle between wife and mother-in-law got so intense that the wife accused her mother-in-law of belonging to “Ogboni” and killing her children. The wife was also screaming at the top of her voice, asking her husband to tell his mother to leave the aforementioned society. The mother-in-law then threatened to kill the wife since she is accusing her of belonging to a cult.
The man then proceeded to warn men in Italy not to marry Benin women. He advised them to use his experience as a lesson.
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Popular Nollywood Actress, Chioma Akpota has reacted after a news website erroneously used her picture to report about Davido’s fiancee who recovered from coronavirus.
“Till I find the right response for this tweet/post…
Let Us thank God that Chioma @thechefchi is completely free from Covid19 after testing NEGATIVE twice ! It gladdens my heart to know that she’d be reunited with her fiancé @davidoofficial and their baby boy”.
Nowadays, the message is very clear: #STAYHOME! Many countries are in Coronavirus Lockdown and we must stay home, as that is the only “vaccine” we have for now.
It’s never fun staying indoors for an extended period. Even worse, we can’t hang out with friends, see a movie at the cinema, drive anywhere or even take a breath of fresh air.
However, staying safe at home doesn’t have to be lonely or boring. There are still lot of fun things you can do to avoid boredom.
Below are some examples of things you can do during the lockdown
Workout
Staying in one place without activity is a recipe for sedentary living and bad for our health. Hence, daily exercise and good food help to keep us rejuvenated. Therefore, you should step up your fitness game indoors. For instance, if you’ve never cared about your fitness goals due to the hustle and bustle, now is a good time to start.
Learn New Things.
How about doing something new? You can take an online course to boost your career or academic goals. You can also learn a new language, join a cooking class or simply improve yourself by joining a program on mindset training.
Join Online Challenge.
There are fun things you can do online like the hilarious things people are doing on social media. From the million-mask challenge to PSA Dance, toilet roll dribbling, template memes, and lots more.
For example, one of the ways to stay productive this period is by joining the Stay at Home reality challenge.
TECNO Stay at Home Realities
The Stay at Home Reality challenge encourages people to post pictures of different activities they are doing during the lockdown.
You can post pictures about watching a movie, having breakfast, family moments, working at home and many more. However, you should post pictures from different parts of each day, morning to evening.
To participate, go to the TECNO social media pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and submit your entry with the hashtag #StayAtHomeRealities.
Every week, the most creative entries with the highest number of shares, likes, and replies will be announced as winners. Winners will be given the chance to choose between:
1-month premium cable subscription
Airtime Research (worth same amount)
Shopping Voucher.
The activity runs from 17th of April to the 30th of April, 2020.
Why not take advantage of the lockdown and have a fun time wherever you are? Who knows, you just might win one of the TECNO’s prizes while having fun this period.
In the latest episode of blackmailing of celebrities gone sour, Nigerian media socialites, Toke Makinwa and BBN’s Tacha made good sure to be way ahead of their blackmailers.
Both of them respectively received mails containing their nude photos from one “Tommik Online” threatening to release the photos to the public if they don’t respond to the mail within minutes after its receipt.
Toke Makinwa wasted no time in publishing the mail on her social media page, thereby rendering their threat void – she, in her post, stated that the images were edited and she is definitely not going to negotiate with con artists.
Sharing screenshots of the mail including her alleged nude, she wrote,
Is this really how low we’ve become? I understand that things are hard, I get that feeding off each other and scamming people will be on the rise but I’ve never and would never negotiate with con artists/scammers. I am sharing this ahead of your threats to release these edited/false images cos this is disappointing, this is not humanity, there is a pandemic killing people and there’s also certain human beings wanting to exploit people in a time when we should all spread love and kindness. Stop with your bloody emails already ?????. I am not the one, not yesterday, not today, not ever. I don’t have any money to give you.
Big Brother Naija’s Tacha on the other, took to her Twitter page to reveal that she also was prey to the predators but outsmarted them by posting their threat on her page too.
Sharing screenshots of the mail she received, she wrote,
You’re trying to have a good day, you wake up to messages from your team telling you to check your mail, you check your mail only to find this!! I have to deal with evil demeaning dms everyday!!! Every ******* day!
Apparently, both ladies received the mail from the same user as the content of the mail is akin to each other.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi has disclosed that 17 hospitals in the state have been exposed to Coronavirus.
Abayomi said the state Ministry of Health through one of its agencies Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFEMAA), is helping the hospitals decontaminate its facilties. Some of the hospitals have also been told to stop admitting patients until the process is complete.
The Commissioner said;
“They have to go through a process of Infection prevention and control training of all their staff and if they go through the HEFAMAA certification, they will receive guidelines on how to manage COVID-19 patients in the future should the case arise where government will partner with private sector to manage COVID-19.
“This scenario may present itself if we begin to see very large numbers of cases on a day-to-day basis and the Lagos state facility may be overwhelmed.”
Abayomi further revealed that the testing capacity has increased in the state, with each of the testing facilities testing 200 at a shift and a total of 1000 test per day.
Nigerian actor and politician, Yul Edochie is letting his fans and followers know that he’s also being hit by the economic plague ensuing from the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
The actor took to his Twitter page to beg some of his fans who are still sending him their account numbers so that he can bless them, to stop because as of this moment, he’s not as buoyant.
He went on to say that if they have the implications of him being a rich man like the character he depicts in his movies, they then have the wrong idea.
He wrote on his page,
“Some folks are still sending me account numbers, after 3 weeks of lockdown.
“Come on now guys, na all of us dey the matter oo.
“3 weeks nothing don enter, no work.
“Na for film I dey do money ritual, it’s not real.
“I dey wait for alert from Federal Govt.
“e don red everywhere”
Two new coronavirus related deaths have been recorded in Lagos.
Professor Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this on Twitter this morning as he said the first patient was a 45-year-old man who returned from India in January. The second patient was a 36 year old Nigerian female with severe underlying health condition. She had no history of travel or contact with any COVID19 confirmed case.
The second death involved a 36 year old Nigerian??; female with severe underlying health condition. She had no history of travel or contact with any #COVID19 confirmed case.
A Ugandan blogger has opined on infidelity in a relationship between male and female lovers and quite a number of people have found her stance absurd.
Sharon Godwin @AlumBaeOfficial who hails from Kampala, Uganda took to her Twitter page to share that a guy shouldn’t leave his woman who cheated on him but instead, he should realize that the man who his partner cheated with has something he doesn’t and as such, should work on himself.
Sharon is of the notion that the said man who was cheated on should find out the error in himself and thereafter apologize to his cheating partner because she’s innocent and he’s the one at fault.
Her whole opinion borders on the man becoming a better person for his cheating partner so she wouldn’t have to cheat again and the absurdity of her statement has a lot of people disgusted with her.
She wrote,
IF SHE CHEATS ON U,instead of leaving her just understand the fact that u lack something which the man she f*cked doesn’t.
Look deep within urself,find out the error & apologize to her.
Work on urself & towards becoming a better man for her.She’s innocent & ur the one at fault.
In other news, it was reported that a large number of Nigerians in Abuja disobeyed the STAY AT HOME order that was given by the FG in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Just as was seen in Lagos some days back, a video shows the heavy traffic that was witnessed in Abuja recently.
The man who recorded the video is heard complaining about the number of people who were out despite the lockdown.
“People cannot stay at home because people are hungry,” he said in reaction to the number of cars “coming into the Abuja Town.”
A Canada-based Nigerian man took to his Twitter page to praise the Canadian government after they sent him $2,290 as financial support during the Coronavirus pandemic.
His lauding of the Canadian government comes after they announced back in March that Canadians who are out of work because of the Coronavirus pandemic will be eligible for up to CAN$2,000 ($1,399) a month for four months.
According to the Nigerian man, with handle @ChuksJaphet, he received a deposit of $2,000 from the Govt of Canada few days ago and another additional cheque of $290 as support just yesterday.
He wrote,
‘Few days ago, we received a deposit of $2,000 from d Govt of Can , today we got another cheque of $290 as support. Meanwhile, all Nigerian Govt could say was come back home and I will bear d flight cost. Home ain’t where u were born. Home is where d leaders care abt u.’
The Borno State Government has declared a 14 day lockdown following three confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the state.
Governor Umara Zulum gave the announcement in a statewide broadcast where he said the order will take off from 10:30pm on Wednesday, 22nd of April, 2020.
Residents of the state have been enjoined to observe the lockdown, as public gatherings are restricted while offices and businesses in Borno State are to be fully closed during this period.
Zulum said;
In the exercise of the powers conferred on me, I have signed an executive order, declaring Covid-19 a dangerous disease. For this, I am hereby directing a lockdown that will require cessation of all movements in Borno State for an initial period of 14 days with effect from 10:30pm on Wednesday, 22nd of April, 2020. All citizens in Borno State are to stay in their homes. This means all public gatherings are restricted while offices and businesses in Borno State are to be fully closed during this period. Security and intelligence agencies have been briefed for enforcement.
Government will use this period of restriction to accelerate the tracing and isolation of persons who have been in contact with the index case.
The directive comes after the state’s Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Committee on the Control and Prevention of COVID -19, Alhaji Umar Kadafur disclosed that they have identified 97 people who had contact with the dead index case.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday April 19, confirmed eighty six new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number to 627, and this got mixed reactions from Nigerians
After the news was shared on Twitter, singer Zlatan reacted to the post with laughing emojis.
Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant to President Buhari on New Media has now been forced to caution the singer for making light of the new Coronavirus cases.
He wrote: ‘Zlatan, as President Buhari stated in his national broadcast on April 13th, ‘this is not a joke, it’s a matter of life and death.’
The management of St. Nicholas Hospital has announced that it will be suspending services in its Lagos Island branch following an exposure to COVID-19.
According to the hospital’s clinical director Ebun Bamgboye, the suspension would last for two weeks. He further revealed that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had been contacted over the development.
The statement reads;
“This is to inform you about of the suspension of our services in St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island branch for a period of 2 weeks.
“This decision is as a result of exposure to COVID -19. We have contacted the NCDC and as at 18th of April 2020, our facility had been decontaminated by the Lagos state government.
“The safety of all our staff and patients is of paramount importance to us. As such, we are complying with the directive of the HEFAMAA to suspend our services for 2 weeks (Saturday 18th April 2020 — Saturday 2′ May 2020)
“We understand the critical needs of our patients, hence we have introduced our telemedicine services where patients can consult our doctors via video and audio channels by calling.”
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