A self-acclaimed commissioner for Ogbanje affairs, Adaeze, took to her Facebook page to explain the kind of ‘ogbanje’ she is, while reiterating about the act of giving.
Read the post below;
“Ka ubochi afor mara anyi mma..isee
I am as pure as that white am wearing..so don’t get it wrong…they’re different type of Ogbanje…river Ogbanje they’re so kind and pure..they don’t try to bring others down either they will take u along with them to raise
So don’t be deceived…no matter how rich you’re if you’re good in giving you’re clearing ur way my dear..no matter the amount of money u have..you will still look for more..if u think am lying go and ask Dangote..because with all his wealth yet his still producing more goods..so don’t let any single good u did for someone as nothing…because once u help someone solve there problem..
Almighty will bring someone to solve your own problem too..a word is enough for the wise..much love from Adaeze?..believe me I prayed for u all this morning ??
A video making the rounds on social media shows the moment policemen punished lockdown violators in a very unique and funny way.
In the awareness video released by the Tamil Nadu police, the police force made the lockdown violators sit inside an ambulance which has a fake COVID-19 patient in it.
The patient inside the ambulance is not actually coronavirus positive. The move has been taken to create fear among the stubborn violators so that would adhere to the lockdown rules.
Watch the video below ;
Police arrest lockdown defaulters and put them in an ambulance with fake covid19 patient. ? pic.twitter.com/ikhQqWTP0p
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa was captured struggling to get his facemask on after delivering a speech on the importance of wearing them, in a blunder livestreamed yesterday.
President Ramaphosa announced that the nation would be easing some of their lockdown restrictions from next month.
Adding that non-essential trips should not be made and those leaving the house to take public transport are asked to wear masks.
In a now viral video posted on Twitter, President Ramaphosa struggled for a full minute to hook the tribal motif mask to his face.
In one attempt, the mask was covering his eyes and nose while in another attempt, it almost ended up on his throat.
As the president attempted to hook the mask to his ears and pull it to cover his nose and mouth as required, a sign-language interpreter looked on, confused by the seemingly complicated but otherwise mundane task.
A Food Vendor has been called out on twitter following a business transaction that went wrong.
A customer who ordered a food tray from a food vendor was left disappionted with the food delivered to her and she took to Twitter to call out the vendor.
The customer said she ordered a food tray worth 30,000 Naira for a client and paid in full but when it was delivered, the food didn’t look as attractive as what was in the photo sent.
See below ;
What was orderedWhat was delivered
Frame 1 what my sister @Gracymama1 ordered VS Frame 2 what was delivered Now re some vendors not wicked ?? N’ways I’m tagging u @Princess_Bonnie because she has refused 2 tag u Dz isn’t fair & bad 4 business
Nigerian actress, Stella Damasus, turned 42 today and her husband, movie director Daniel Ademinokan took to his Instagram page to celebrate her.
Sharing a beautiful photo of the actress, Daniel wrote:
‘@stelladamasus everyone you have come in contact with can testify that truly you are one of a kind. An enigma. Stellz, happy birthday to you my partner in crime, and a million other things. LOL.
You are loved, you are blessed, you are special, you are favoured, and may your days forever be filled with light.
As a family, we are blessed to have you. As a husband…I can never have enough words to describe the incredibly memorable, blessed and remarkable life I’ve had with you.
This is the beginning of the best days of the rest of your life. Happy Birthday Love.
A man Coelho, 32, died from coronavirus complications and his wife, Katie retrieved all of his belongings from a month-long stay at the hospital, Buzzfeed News reports.
Among these items was his phone, which Katie went through and she found a note that Jon had written for her in the event of his death.
Coelho wrote ;
“I love you guys with all my heart and you’ve given me the best life I could have ever asked for, I am so lucky it makes me so proud to be your husband and the father to Braedyn and Penny.”
After two miscarriages, Katie and Jon decided to have a child through IVF. Born with neurological problems, Braedyn was expected to live for only six weeks, but he has since defied those odds, thanks to the help of his mother, who now cares for him full-time.
In the meantime, Jon provided for his family, working at a nearby courthouse, which he continued to do during the coronavirus pandemic since he was considered an essential employee.
Since Braedyn was a high risk for coronavirus, Jon was extremely cautious about putting his son in harm’s way. “My husband wore gloves, masks, he washed his hands,” Katie said. “He was so super vigilant because he was so afraid of what would happen to our son if he caught it.”
Despite his best efforts, Jon was informed on March 24 that he come into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. At first, Jon only showed mild symptoms, such as fatigue, migraines, and loss of the sense of smell, but when a test confirmed that he also had contracted the virus, he kept himself isolated in a section of his home.
In a matter of 24 hours, his conditions worsened. Jon’s persistent cough limited his ability to breath, so his doctors suggested that he go to the hospital to undergo nebulizer treatments. After spending nearly one week in the hospital, Jon wasn’t getting better, and his doctors decided to have him intubated.
Even though Jon was still struggling with his breathing, doctors were optimistic that he would make a full recovery.
On the seventh day, Jon was woken up because he was breathing too hard, and was believed to be having a panic attack. He briefly spoke with Katie, telling her, “I love you and I’m sorry,” before being re-intubated.
After his health worsened, Jon started to get better, and was even taken off a ventilator this past Tuesday. “The doctor I’d spoken to said, ‘We’re going to be able to wake your husband up in two days,’” Katie recalls the conversation she had with his doctor that night. “And they started talking to me about recovery.”
Hours later, Jon went into cardiac arrest and died. While Katie may be confused about where it all went wrong with her husband’s health, there’s no confusion regarding how Jon felt about her.
Pastor Lazarus Muoka, the General Overseer of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement, has dragged world leaders over measures they put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, including closure of churches.
In a video that was shared on the church’s official page on Facebook, Pastor Muoka said that God allowed the Coronavirus pandemic to happen so everyone can return to him. He stated that the devil has taken advantage of the virus and looking for solution elsewhere, instead of returning to the house of the Lord.
Pastor Muoka further added that if the world returns back to God and enters into a covenant with him, Coronavirus will be crushed within one minute. He also slammed world leaders for tampering with churches in a bid to a cure to the deadly disease.
The Lord’s Chosen General Overseer who insinuated that Coronavirus is God’s wrath against man, insisted that it cannot be stopped by closure of borders, washing of hands, use of vaccines and wearing of face masks.
A Road Safety Officer, Ahmed Lawan Dalorima has called on the Borno State Governor to immediately set up a committee on monitoring doctors in the state.
Dalorima made the appeal on Thursday, after he rushed some accident victims to two hospitals only to be told that there were no doctors or nurses to attend to the injured persons.
He said a doctor later came by and referred him to a private hospital which Dalorima says is owned by the doctor.
See Dalorima’s post and more photos below:
I was very much disappointed with what happened earlier today, I was driving to my command when suddenly there was a car crash along damboa road.
As a safety officer, I took my personal vehicle and decided to take the RTC victims to the hospital but tragically I went to Borno state two major Hospitals which were Nursing home (Mamman Shuwa General Hospital) and Borno State General Hospital just to be told that there was no single doctor to attend to the victims, not even professional nurses in the whole of the hospital except for security and cleaners.
Am appealing to the Hospital Management Board, Ministry of Health State/FGN), and H. E the executive governor of Borno state to as matter of urgency set a committee on monitoring the doctors.
One of the doctor said he is closed that we should take the victims to a private hospital which I later found out that the private hospital belongs to him.
To be fair and just to clear the elephant in the room, Nigerians are the problem of our country.
Nigerians are more wicked and dangerous than Covid-19.
At such a trying times, we do not have doctors in public hospital because the doctors have built their personal hospitals and making profit out of it and still earning salaries for the work they haven’t done.
Below is the picture of the victims car whom was along with his wife and two sisters when the horrific accident occurred but there was no hospital with a doctor, than Shameful and I hope my message reaches the Hospital Management Board, Ministry of Health and the government of Borno state.
It’s time we take a stand and face our leaders on the matters on ground, justice and respect isnt something that is given to you rather its something that you can only earn. What’s worth doing, is worth doing right
A Nigerian Man has taken to micro-blogging site, twitter to recount how he faked his own death and printed an obituary poster just so he could leave the relationship he was in at that time.
Read his hilarious narration below ;
One time in final year after defending my project, I met one sweet Post Graduate at Alakahia. She was way older than me but she was sweet.
We did talking stage for like 1 week before she agreed to come to my place and that day was one of the biggest mistakes of my life.
Because of small pre marital sex, this woman was calling me 30 times a day.
If Nepa takes her light – “Baby, you won’t believe what just happened”
If the light comes back – “Baby, they brought it back oh”
“Baby, our compound water tank is empty”
I was even managing the calls until one Sunday she sent me her Sunday picture, she was wearing white and white.
I asked her whether she was wearing costume for kingdom dance performance in church but she said it’s Olumba Olumba Obu. (If you know, you know)
I started sweating.
I got drunk that evening and told her “I’m ending this relationship. I’m not feeling it”
The woman just laughed and said
“Don’t worry, you will soon start feeling it”
The next day, she came to the house and seduced me and I fell and forgot that I’ve broken up with her.
When my eyes cleared, I broke up with her again.
She just laughed and said she’ll see me tomorrow.
The same thing happened again.
In fact, it went on like that for weeks, I will break up, she will sexually bring me back to the relationship.
One time I even blocked her number everywhere and left the house to my mother’s house for a whole week.
E no work.
One day after I came back, she was passing by and saw my car and I was back in the relationship.
I thought deeply and enlisted the counsel of my friend and roommate
@iamFrankgod
and he told me what to do.
I told her I was driving to Owerri for a wedding that weekend and on Monday morning Frank called her and told the babe that I had an accident and died.
Obviously, the babe was devastated and tried to call me but I kept giving different people the phone to back up my story.
We even designed small Obituary poster and sent to only her on WhatsApp so she will rest.
I stayed in my mother’s house until the eve of convocation, I decided to drive to Alakahia and spend time with one new babe.
I was just sitting inside my car, waiting for the babe I went to see to come out of her house when I saw my ex and her both coming out of the gate.
She was obviously just escorting the new prospect to know the person who’s coming to pick her up. As I recognized her, she was also recognizing me inside the car.
I wanted to come down and explain but which Ghost does that??
As she wanted to start shouting, I quickly started the car and zoomed away.
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, recently left social media buzzing after she shared a throwback photo of herself online.
Dressed in a black spaghetti-strap fitted jumpsuit, the actress accessorized the look with a colorful veil and some jewelry, which she revealed to be gold.
The mother-of-one taking note of her flat ‘behind’, was thankful for surgery because she no longer looks like her old self.
Sharing the photo, she wrote:
“#TBT I have always been a babe..E don tEy we start to wear gold,☝️#SEE MY FLATASS♀️ #THANK GOD FOR SURGERY”.
A Nigerian Twitter user with the name, Dahunsi John Oluwaseun, has taken to his page to give the narrative of how a Nigerian mother almost died of shock after she discovered that her son who was a 300-level Engineering student in a private university, had been conning her by collecting double his tuition fee from her.
According to Dahunsi, the student’s mother had been collecting loans to pay her son’s fees until she was faced with the bitter truth that he had been defrauding her.
A man of Angola Nationality, Francisco Tchikuteny Sabalo who fathered 281 children from 47 wives at Mungongo Island in Angola has died and was buried on the 19th of April, 2020.
Reports have it that about a thousand mourners and sympathisers flouted Angola president João Lourenço’s directive banning large gatherings – as a measure to curtail the spread of coronavirus – to pay their last respects to Francisco Tchikuteny Sabalo.
EyewitnessMedia gathered that Pai Grande, who died at the age of 73 after battling prostate cancer for over a year, was initially taken to the country’s capital city of Luanda as well as other places for treatment, but was returned home when his condition worsened to ensure that “if God called him, at least he would die beside the children and their mothers,” one of his sons said.
A dedicated family man and respected personality in his community, Pai Grande was described as “a complete human being” who was an advocate for education. Speaking to VOA in 2015, Sabalo, who said it was his wish for some of his children to take up careers in science and technology, revealed he spent over $1,500 on school supplies annually.
Three of his daughters currently are studying medical sciences and two sons are learning computer science, all at the high school level.
During the funeral, his first wife vowed to do everything she can to keep the family together as per her husband’s wish.
“I will do anything to keep his children fed and OK,” she told VOA.
Pai Grande’s family live on subsistence farming, growing crops and rearing livestock. They also generate revenue from their sales.
Blood sample with respiratory coronavirus positive
A staffer of the World Health Organisation and two other people have been confirmed positive for coronavirus in Bauchi State.
This brings the total number of active cases of COVID-19 in the state to six, three of whom are officials of WHO.
The PUNCH had reported on Sunday that the first positive case in Bauchi was a WHO staffer, who had contact with an infected professor at a mosque in Kano.
The second case at the WHO office in Bauchi was confirmed on Tuesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
The three new cases were contained in the Situation Room Release Update from the COVID-19 Emergency Operation Center in the Bauchi State Ministry of Health obtained by our correspondent.
Speaking with The PUNCH on the telephone, the Information Officer, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Ibrahim Sani, confirmed the new cases.
Asked if any of the new cases is a WHO staffer, he answered, “Yes, one of the positive cases is a staff of the WHO. He is a contact of the first case. Then, there is a woman and another man who both returned to the state from Lagos.
“The woman is from Giade Local Government Area of the state while the other person is a resident of Bauchi metropolis.”
The veteran actor died on Friday morning on the 24th of April, 2020 from a yet to be disclosed ailment.
Yomi Obileye was known for Tade Ogidan’s movie, Hostages in 1997.
His death was confirmed by Nigerian actor and comedian, Gbenga Adeyinka who took to instagram to make the announcement.
Sharing a photo of the actor, he wrote ;
“If tears could build a stairway and memories were a lane, we would walk right up to heaven and bring you back again. “
“Rest In Peace Uncle Yomi OBILEYE . Thanks for the memories. I can’t help but want to watch “HOSTAGES” again. Sleep well Egbon and May God give your family and fans the fortitude to bear the loss.”
A lady on Twitter has had some users of the app come at her after she said the male users of the app are too broke for her an das such she’ll be heading to “IG”.
Sharing kinky photos of herself on her page, @Ivy_queens wrote alongside,
“Twitter men are too broke for me, I’m going back to IG
It’s considered to be the social media jungle where savages reside and Twitter users made sure to not disappoint with the savage replies that they threw at her.
Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus says she’s “somehow” enjoying the ongoing lockdown, adding that it has allowed her time to think up new ideas for work.
As COVID-19 continues to ravage the world, economies have witnessed a shortfall in earnings as industries and individual firms are ordered to remain shut in order to contain the novel coronavirus.
Badmus, who came into limelight after she featured in ‘Jenifa’, a 2008 film, joined her celebrities colleagues, who have been baring their thoughts on the pandemic and industry operations.
“Somehow, I’ve been enjoying the lockdown. But I pray it gets called off on time. Ever since, I’ve been at home, trying new things. I’ve come up with different ideas for work,” she said in a clip shared on Instagram.
Nigerian Social Commentator, Oyemykke, has reacted to the trending video of a Zambian father who was filmed slapping his son for missing his Mathematics and English Language examination but getting an A in Music after paying $21, 000 school fees at the American International School of Lusaka, Zambia.
The instagram celebrity is of the opinion that beating a child has a way of preventing them from reaching their full potential.
In a video posted on Instagram, Oyemykke said beating a child can also be categorized as domestic violence and that beating a child has a way of adversely affecting them.
Nigerian reality TV star, Tacha has taken to the streets of Lagos with her friend Sir Dee, to share relief items to the needy.
Sharing photos from her outing with Sir Dee, the controversial celebrity wrote;
“Glad to be out on the streets of Lagos with my friend @sirdee_da and my team to give out food stuffs TIN TOMATOES PALM OIL RICE BUTTER SALT SUGAR CUSTARD SPAGHETTI BREAD GROUNDNUT OIL TO MENTION JUST FEW.
Please people, no act of kindness is too little, do what you can to help those around and we shall all survive this epidemic.“
Comedienne turned actress, Wofai Fada, has said even if she’s in a relationship, aspiring suitors can always ask her out.
In a recent Instagram live session with television hot, Idia Aisien, the My Flatmates actress revealed she is opened to dating others as long as she isn’t married.
In her words: “I usually say, as long as I’m not married, you can always shoot your shot. I don’t like when people just come up and ask, “Are you in a relationship?” Oga just try and see. You’ll know whether I’m in a relationship or not when you ask me.”
The video sparked mixed reactions from social media users. While some supported her, others opined that she wasn’t secured in her current relationship, hence her need to announce she is opened to dating other people.
The Beat 99.9 FM Lagos, has appointed popular curvy OAP, Mrs. Tolu Oniru- Demuren, as the Acting Program Director.
She replaces pioneer director Olisa Adibua, who left in 2019.
Toolz as she is popularly called has cut her fame as the station’s On-Air Personality. She studied Business and Mass communications at London Metropolitan University.
Before returning to Nigeria in 2008, she worked for MTV Europe for several years and later Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group.
Toolz, as a compere, host, entrepreneur, influencer and an award-winning On-Air personality, has tons of recognitions and awards to her name. With experiences gained within and beyond the media and entertainment industry over the years, Toolz hopes to lead the Beat FM family, into the next phase of its growth.
Nigerian Comedian and Actor, Ayo Makun has taken to his social media page to share deep thoughts on the condition of things as the country battles to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
AY noted that the country was currently fight two main pandemics which are ; Coronavirus and Hunger virus.
Makun wrote on twitter ;
All we keep hearing daily is “STAY AT HOME”.The rich wants the poor to stay home to avoid the spread of Corvid19, but HUNGER VIRUS won’t allow the poor to stay home.We can only control d spread of d virus when the rich helps the poor by providing enough food to stay at home.
Two main pandemics at the moment we are fighting……
1. Coronavirus
2. Hunger virus.
Two main group of people at the moment fighting the the pandemics…… 1. The Rich and
2. The poor.
The the global irony and the African outlook…… The rich is afraid of the virus.
The poor is afraid of hunger.
The rich wants the poor to stay home to avoid the spread, but hunger won’t allow the poor to stay home.
The poor fears that if they stay home, the hunger virus will kill them.
The rich fears that if they also come out of their homes the coronavirus will kill them……. What a delicate situation we have ……… Opinion:
In other to restore the world or Nigeria to it’s normal social equilibrium.
The rich should assist the poor with food, so that they can stay at home.
When the rich succeeds in keeping the poor at home by providing enough food.
The spread of the coronavirus which the rich fears the most will be chased out!
This is common sense…..Yet because some people have the microphones, all you hear is …… “stay at home”………. “stay at home” .
How can they stay at home when the hunger virus is at home.
Nigerian singer, Teniola Apata otherwise known as Teni ‘the’ Entertainer has revealed she has almost finished her foodstuffs at home as a result of the coronavirus-induced lockdown in Lagos state.
However, it seems the singer has a ‘plan B’ in place as she also hinted that she would be moving to her elder sister, Niniola’s place.
She wrote:
“Food don Dey finish for my house, Na to run go Nini side remain.”
Food don Dey finish for my house, Na to run go Nini side remain
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has issued an order for the arrest of two policemen caught on video fighting each other in Edo State.
In the 1:36 minute long video shared on Twitter by @parodyspokesman, the two policemen are seen fighting while some persons try to hold them back.
A tweet by the verified Twitter handle of the Nigeria Police, @PoliceNG, on Thursday evening, identified the two cops as Corporal Ozimende Aidonojie (F/NO.491112) and Constable Salubi Stephen (F/NO.516384).
The message by the Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, DCP Frank Mba revealed that the policemen are currently in detention and facing disciplinary action.
It reads: “The two policemen, F/NO 41112 CPL Ozimende Aidonojie and F/NO 516384 PC Salubi Stephen in this viral video have been identified, arrested and detained. They are currently undergoing internal disciplinary sanctions at the Edo State Police Command Headquarters.
“The Force wishes to apprise the general public that this show of shame is certainly not in our character and we will not condone such indiscipline.
“In the best tradition of transparency and accountability, the outcome of the trial will be made public. This, we believe, will also serve as deterrent to other police officers.”
Three medical doctors at the Alimosho General Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, have tested positive for COVID-19.
This was disclosed in a statement released by the Medical Guild in Lagos, signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the guild, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo and Dr Ismail Ajibowo respectively. The Medical Guild is an umbrella body of doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government.
According to the statement, the three affected doctors have been admitted at different isolation facilities in Lagos for treatment and are in stable conditions. The statement added that doctors at Alimosho General Hospital, Ikorodu General Hospital, Lagos General Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) have also been exposed to COVID-19 cases and have been tested for the ravaging virus.
”Since the incidents, we have been working with our Reps in those centres and the Medical Directors to ensure testing of those involved, with a plan for care in the unfortunate incident of positive cases. We regrettably want to inform that we have 3 colleagues who have tested positive ( from Alimosho and LASUTH) and they have been admitted at the various isolation centres. Thankfully they are all stable as we speak.
The Guild has been providing support to them while we await results from other centres.” the statement in part reads
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, on Thurday April 23, disclosed that 40 medical personnel have tested positive for the novel virus.
The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford.
Two volunteers were injected out of more than 800 people recruited for the study.
Elisa Granato, pictured above, is a scientist and was the first volunteer to be injected. Elisa said she volunteered because she wanted to try to support the scientific process.
Half of those who volunteered will receive the Covid-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine which protects against meningitis but not coronavirus.
The design of the trial means volunteers will not know which vaccine they are getting, though doctors will.
The vaccine was developed in under three months by a team at Oxford University.
Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the Jenner Institute, led the pre-clinical research.
“Personally I have a high degree of confidence in this vaccine,” she said.
“Of course, we have to test it and get data from humans. We have to demonstrate it actually works and stops people getting infected with coronavirus before using the vaccine in the wider population,” she added.
The Coronavirus vaccine is made from a weakened version of a common cold virus (known as an adenovirus) from chimpanzees that has been modified so it cannot grow in humans, according to BBC.
The Oxford team has already developed a vaccine against Mers, another type of coronavirus, using the same approach – and that had promising results in clinical trials.
The only way the Oxford team will know if the Covid-19 vaccine works is by comparing the number of people who get infected with coronavirus in the coming months from the two arms of the trial.
That could be a problem if cases fall rapidly in the UK, because there may not be enough data.
Prof Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, who is leading the trial, said: “We’re chasing the end of this current epidemic wave. If we don’t catch that, we won’t be able to tell whether the vaccine works in the next few months. But we do expect that there will be more cases in the future because this virus hasn’t gone away.”
The vaccine researchers are prioritising the recruitment of local healthcare workers into the trial as they are more likely than others to be exposed to the virus.
A larger trial, of about 5,000 volunteers, will start in the coming months and will have no age limit.
The Oxford team is also considering a vaccine trial in Africa, possibly in Kenya, where the rates of transmission are growing from a lower base.
The trial volunteers will be carefully monitored in the coming months. They have been told that some may get a sore arm, headaches or fevers in the first couple of days after vaccination.
They are also told there is a theoretical risk that the virus could induce a serious reaction to coronavirus, which arose in some early Sars animal vaccine studies.
But the Oxford team says its data suggests the risk of the vaccine producing an enhanced disease is minimal.
Another team at Imperial College London hopes to begin human trials of its coronavirus vaccine in June.
The Oxford and Imperial teams have received more than £40m of government funding.
In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, One hundred and eight new cases have been reported as of Thursday evening, April 23rd by the National Centre for Disease Control.
In a new update on their Twitter page, the NCDC reports that there’s seventeen new cases in Lagos, Plateau, Ogun, Gombe, Kwara, Borno, FCT, Akwa Ibom.
Their tweet reads,
108 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
78 in Lagos
14 in FCT
5 in Ogun
4 in Gombe
3 Borno
2 in Akwa Ibom
1 in Kwara
1 in Plateau
As at 11:30 pm 23rd April there are 981 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
A Kenyan landlord has gone against a Government order as he removed his tenant’s door and roof over inability to pay rent amid the coroanvirus lockdown.
This comes after President Uhuru Kenyatta urged landlords in the country to reduce monthly rent for their tenants as many were struggling financially because of the global pandemic.
39-year-old Jane Wamucii, a mother of three told Nairobi News on Thursday that her landlord decided to send her packing from her one room apartment without granting her an eviction notice.
Ms Wamucii said ;
“I have lived in this house for close to two years now and I have never had any difference with my landlord. My children were at home when the owner came and removed the iron sheets and door. I came and found that it was true.”
“It is raining heavily and I fear that my children could contract diseases. Well, I have been trying to reach out to him but in vain. The landlord and other individuals stormed the house and took away my foodstuff and other household items. We have been sleeping on the floor and we can’t bear the cold.”
Ms. Wamucii, who has bar said she hasn’t been able to cater for her family following the country’s nationwide lockdown to combat the Coronavirus pandemic.
Few days ago, the Landlords and Tenants Association (LATAK) in Kenya directed all tenants to stop paying their rents until further notice due to the impact of Coronavirus pandemic.
The association’s Secretary-General Ben Liyai said: ‘‘LATAK directs all tenants not to pay rent until when President Uhuru Kenyatta orders businesses to resume normal operations,” said Liyai.
“All the landlords must forthwith stop evictions, harassment and disconnection of electricity and water to tenants,’’ he added.
The WHO Official is reportedly the third official of the International health agency to test positive for Coronavirus in the state.
