Nigerian talent manager and special adviser on tourism in Cross River state, Ubi Franklin, has joined the fight against coronavirus.
Ubi has now decided to donate his salary for four months to the cause.
The coronavirus pandemic is an issue that has been plaguing many countries in the world for a few months now and many governments are left feeling almost overwhelmed as the virus threatens to cripple its healthcare system.
This has led to a lot of kind, rich and well-meaning people to join hands with the government and assist in any little way they can.
Ubi Franklin, has joined the fight against coronavirus with his own act of kindness.
He took to his Instagram page to share the news of his donation, by giving out his four months salary to help the fight against coronavirus.
The talent manager shared an official document backing this claim on his Instagram page. He also accompanied the post with a caption.
The caption reads: “Donation of my four months’ salary towards the fight against covid-19.”
Controversial Nollywood Actress, Etinosa Idemudia made an attempt to mock Halima Abubakar for using another woman’s baby photo to announce the birth of her son and the latter hit back with a warning.
Etinosa took to Instagram to ask, “How can you steal another person’s baby and upload it as yours OMG!!”
See Etinosa’s posts below ;
However, Halima Abubakar was not going to let yet another negative energy spoil her day and she hit back by taking a screenshot of Etinosa’s post and sharing on her page with a warning included in her caption.
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed that the state has discharged seven coronavirus patients.
Sanwo-Olu took to his twitter page to make the announcement which reads ;
“Good people of Lagos, I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is as a testament to our resolve to overcome the lethal #COVID19 pandemic ravaging the world. Today, we discharged 7 more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for #COVID19. This is in a bid to intensify our search for possible cases of #COVID19 in different communities across the State known as Active Case Search.”
Good people of Lagos,
I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is as a testament to our resolve to overcome the lethal #COVID19 pandemic ravaging the world.
Today, we discharged 7 more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for #COVID19
Nollywood Actress, Halima Abubakar has finally revealed why she opted to use another Woman’s baby photo to announce the arrival of her own baby.
Halima explained that his birth was premature and she really could not show her fans a ‘fragile child’, hence her reason of using another photo.
Sharing the photo of her baby’s hands, she wrote;
He will be discharged tomorrow from icu. I didn’t post cos he was premature.God saved him.I just had to post this. For the people who didn’t see me, I have no close friends.I can’t show you a fragile child, I risked this just to post. @ruggedybaba update paddy mi.i Had to do this.Thank you. Besafe and stay safe.THE WORLD JUDGE WITHOUT KNOWING.I JUST HAD TO POST THIS AND HAVE A GOOD DAY?mummy m
Nollywood Actress, Halima Abubakar has reacted to the backlash she got from social media fans after she was exposed for using another woman’s baby photo to pass it off as her child.
In her response, Halima released a video of her baby bump as a response to those accusing her of faking her pregnancy.
Halima also explained that she only used the photo pending when she takes a picture of her son. However, some people accused her of faking her pregnancy.
The actress has now debunked the ‘fake pregnancy’ accusation by releasing a throwback video of her when she was pregnant.
The Nigerian Federal Government has granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 prison inmates as part of measures to de-congest prison facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this at a press conference which held at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Abuja today, April 9.
According to the Minister, those eligible for the pardon include inmates that are 60 years and above; those suffering from ill-health likely to result in death; convicts serving three years and above and have less than six months to serve; inmates with mental issues; and inmates with an option of fine not exceeding N50,000.
Aregbesola said that out of the said number, 70 inmates will be released today from Kuje maximum custodial centre.
“In a symbolic gesture of the amnesty given to the 2,600 inmates across Nigeria, 41 Federal inmates and 29 FCT inmates making a total of 70 inmates who met the above criteria will be released today from the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja. This amnesty will not apply to inmates sentenced for violent extreme offences such as terrorism, kidnapping, armed banditry, rape, human trafficking, culpable homicide and so on.
The Governors of the 36 states under whose jurisdiction most of the inmates were incarcerated will complete the exercise in line with the federal principle.” he said
A man has been arrested for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 20-year-old man in Nnewi Anambra State.
According to Police spokesman, Haruna Mohammed, the suspect said it was intended for money rituals.
Haruna said ;
“On the 8/4/2020 at about 1pm, following a tip-off, police operatives attached to Nnewi Division arrested one Josephat Unachukwu .
The 58-year-old suspect allegedly had unlawful carnal knowledge against the order of nature with a 20-year-old man to prepare charms allegedly given to him by a fetish priest for money rituals.
The case was reported to the police when the victim started exhibiting strange ailment. Suspect has equally made a voluntary confessional statement to the police and blamed his act on demons. .
Meanwhile,victim was taken to the hospital for medical examination. The Commissioner of Police, John B. Abang, has ordered for immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal investigation Department for discreet investigation in order to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.”
Nigerian singer Davido has reacted to yesterday’s fire incident that gutted the office of the Accountant General.
According to report, the fire started from around the third floor, razing the building upwards including the accountant-general office and most of the important offices.
Reacting to the news, the father of three took to his social media page to expresse his displeasure.
The DMW Boss said that the money donated to combat COVID-19 must be returned. According to him, he does not agree with the story that the AGF’s office caught fire.
The singer’s father is one of the people who donated a huge amount to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.
See his reaction below ;
Make dem return our money o … which one be say office don burn ….
A couple in India have named their newborn son ‘Lockdown’ to mark his significant birth amid the coronavirus pandemic
The couple, Manju Mail and Raghunath welcomed the child in Bacheri village in the Sheopur district of central India, on Monday during the country’s 21-day strict lockdown.
After the arrival of their bundle of joy, they were asked what name should be written on the birth certificate and they said ‘Lockdown.’
The mother, Manju said: ‘He is Lockdown, as he was born during the lockdown period,’ the Times of India reported.
Her husband said : ‘My son and our family will remember this time of crisis throughout out life. It is a significant name.
‘The whole world is using the lockdown as a means to steam this pandemic. We should not take Lockdown lightly.’
Nigerian Singer, Naira Marley has reacted to the social media snitches who he believes got him arrested for attending a house party.
Naira Marley was among the attendees at Funke Akindele’s house party on Saturday, April 4, 2020.
In his reaction after all the charges were dropped, Naira Marley wrote on twitter ;
“Snitches on twitter will get you arrested and still want you to fight the government. From now on its just Marlians Only. Let’s all listen to the government and give them our full support,”
Snitches on twitter will get you arrested and still want you to fight the government for them????????? from now on it’s just Marlians Only. Let’s all listen to the government and give them our full support ?
Nigerian Power Distribution companies have promised Nigerians two months of free electricity to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic.
This comes after the Speaker of the House of Reprsentatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced that a stimulus bill will be passed by the house once they reconvene that would mandate the Power Holding Company of Nigeria to give Nigerians two months of free electricity.
In a statement released on Wednesday April 8, the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors ANED said the modalities for the free power would be worked on as soon as possible and they would notify Nigerians.
The statement reads in parts ;
“The electricity distribution companies recognise the challenging effects of the coronavirus on the economic and daily lives of our customers. In fulfillment of our commitments to the nation, we hereby align ourselves with the efforts of the National Assembly and the Federal Executive to mitigate the hardship that is currently being borne by our customers and other citizens all over the country.
We are committed to working with them to ensure more efficient power supply within this difficult period, as the nation battles with the ravages of COVID-19. We are also completely aligned with the plans to ensure palliative measures, including free electricity supply to all Nigerians for two months, to make life easier, during the lockdown period. Details of implementation to come soon.”
Renowned man of God and philanthropist, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin has joined the league of well meaning affluent Nigerians who are supporting the country in the fight against Covid-19.
The billionaire prophet, who has in times past, displayed his utmost generousity to those in need, has waded in the battle to fight Covid-19 as he donates a tremendous amount of N300 million to the cause.
In an interview with StrokesAfrica recently, the Prophet revealed that through his Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin (JOF) foundation, he’s given back congregational tithes and offerings to Nigerians for a charitable cause.
According to Prophet Fufeyin, this is the best time yet for known men of God to give back to their members, followers and the society at large.
Surprisingly, Prophet Jeremiah deems the collections of tithes and offerings from members through an online channel —as done in some churches— as “insensitive” as this is a time where people are striving hard to survive.
It’s the wake of this hardship after the lockdown directive by the government that has the Prophet giving back to Nigerians through his JOF foundation.
He began this charitable cause by releasing over 25 million Naira to his church workers, members and staff to alleviate the effects of the current lockdown situation.
Prophey Fufeyin has also, so far, disbursed over 250 Million Naira on all of his social media platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter) since the genesis of the lockdown directive and this will stretch through to the 14th of April and potentially, further than that.
As is his generous nature, he is still willing to continue giving for as long as it takes. He also reinstated that his Prophecies towards the annihilation of the Covid-19 pandemic remains unwavering.
Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin also implored other well-meaning Nigerians and men of God to recreate his endeavours so as to heal the world stealthily.
Nigerian Actress, Halima Abubakar has been bursted after she used a picture of another woman’s baby to announce the bith of her own child.
An American mother who apparently, welcomed a baby few weeks ago, has now called out Halima for stealing her baby photo.
If you recall, Halima had shared a photo of a mother holding on to her child, while announcing that she welcomed a baby on the 3rd of April, 2020.
However an American mother on Instagram, @the_arielb, the original owner of the photo which was first shared on Instagram on the 13th of March, called out the actress for stealing the photos which went viral.
She also shared her private chat with Halima Abubakar. See the screenshots below;
New photos show 15 Chinese doctors who have arrived Nigeria to help in the fight against Coronavirus. The doctors arrived the country in an Air Peace flight.
Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Zhou Pingjian, Executive Director, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, Mr Jacques Liao as well as senior officials of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Health received the doctors who arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by 5:15pm today April 8.
See photos below,
This comes after the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) rejected plans by the Federal Government to invite the Chinese medical team to help Nigeria in her fight against the deadly Coronavirus.
NMA President, Francis Faduyile had described the move as a,
“misplaced priority and a thing of embarrassment to the membership of the Association and other health workers, who are giving their best in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic under deplorable working conditions.”
Popular Nigerian singer, Small Doctor has reacted to the claims circulating the internet that he handed himself to the police, because he attended actress, Funke Akindele’s house party over the weekend.
Days after security operatives arrested some of those who attended Funke Akindele’s house party for her husband, JJC Skillz’ 43rd birthday, it was reported that Small Doctor turned himself in today to the police as he was also a guest.
In a new post on his Instagram page, the singer has now said he wasn’t even present at the actress’s event over the weekend, so why should he be arrested?
Watch the video below,
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It was reported earlier today that the Lagos State Government withdrew the charges filed against singer, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, and former governorship candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi for attending same party.
34 fitness enthusiasts who were arrested 0at Gbagada, Lagos State, have been sentenced to one month community service for violating the social distancing directives of the government.
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba convicted the defendants today, following their plea of guilty to a one-count charge of working out in a group larger than 20 persons on the Gbagada-Oworonsoki Expressway.
The court also ruled that they should be quarantined for 14 days at the Infectious Diseases Hospital Yaba or any other place designated by the government.
A Nigerian police officer has narrated how he helped out a woman who narrated the challenges she’s been facing since the lockdown order issued by the federal government in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT to check the spread of Coronavirus.
Edward Onoriode disclosed he met the woman and her daughter who were walking towards Ikeja while on his way to work this morning. The policeman said the woman who complained about drinking garri throughout yesterday during their discussion after he gave her a lift, revealed she was going to Maryland to see if her elder sister can lend her N5,000.
The woman also disclosed that she sold drinks in traffic before the lockdown, but can’t anymore since she feeds from the interest she makes from her daily sales. Onoriode said he gave the woman money he withdrew from a nearby ATM before dropping her off at Maryland
He wrote;
On my way to the office this morning, I saw this middle age woman & her daughter walking towards Ikeja. So, I slowed down & gave them a lift since I’m heading towards their direction.
On our way, I asked the woman where she’s heading to in this Lockdown, she said Maryland.
I further asked her why she’s going to Maryland bcoz she look so disturbed and unsettled.
In her words “I want to go & see my sister if she can borrow me money so me & my daughter can get something to eat.”
I was so touched.
She continued;
“Throughout yesterday, we drank garri & the garri was given to us by my neighbour. I can’t keep begging for garri bcoz my neighbour is also managing. So, I decided to trek to Maryland to see if my elder sister can lend me N5000 so we can manage to feed ourselves”
I then asked her; “Before the Lockdown, what do you do for a living?”
She said she and her daughter sells Drinks and Water in Traffic. But due to the Lockdown, she can’t sell and if she doesn’t sell, she can’t feed. Meaning, she feed from the interest she gets daily.
I asked her if she has a bank account. She said; ” I never open account. Na my Neighbour account I dey use if dem wan send me money and i no sabi her account number.”
I had to drive to the nearest ATM spot at Ikeja, withdraw some money, hand over to her & drop her at Maryland.
Truth is, people are really suffering. For the few of us who have what to eat at anytime even if the Lockdown is extended to another two months should do the little we can to assist those who doesn’t have.
I can’t count the number of people who call me daily asking for money just to feed. Things are really hard. At this point, the govt need to do something ASAP to relieve the suffering of the people else, things will get out of hand in days to come if this Lockdown continues.
There are a lot of people that can’t feed if they don’t hustle.
Two suspects have been arrested by the Ogun state police command for armed robbery.
The suspects identified as Ayomide Joseph and Olajide Ajisomo were arrested after robbing one Adegoke Sodipe at gunpoint at Ikugbonmire junction while on his way back from Lagos with his brother.
According to one of the victims identified as Sodipe, they were robbed by three robbers who dispossessed them of their personal belongings which include Infinix phone valued at N25,000, UBA ATM card, and So-safe corps identity card.
Addressing the newsmen on the incident, the Police Public Relations in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspects were apprehended after the robbery victims raised an alarm.
Oyeyemi said;
“Upon the report, the DPO Mowe division SP Marvis Jayeola quickly dispatched his detectives to the scene where the arrested member of the gang was handed over to the police.
“Having taken possession of the suspect, the operatives embarked on intelligent-based investigation, which led to the arrest of the second suspect. A locally-made double barrel shot gun was recovered from them”.
The Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered that the suspects be transferred to Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) for discreet investigation
Award-Winning Nigerian Singer and African Giant, Burna Boy has lambasted Nigerians who dedicated their time on social media to drag Nollywood Actress, Funke Akindele.
Funke Akindele dominated the news headlines since Sunday after she hosted a birthday party for her husband, JJC Skillz amid the coronavirus lockdown thereby flouting the social distancing and ban on public gathering.
She was consequently sentenced to 14 days of community service and made to pay a fine of N100,000.
Burna Boy, in his reaction, said that Nigerians will suffer and they deserve whatever they are getting from the government, and it is a pity most of them on Twitter use their energy for the wrong purpose.
Watch the video below ;
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WWE legend Hulk Hogan has controversially claimed the world may not need a vaccine for coronavirus because the pandemic is an act of God.
The dreaded virus which was first reported in Wuhan, China, has already claimed thousands of lives with nearly 1.4 million people contracting it globally.
With the numbers surging by day, major global activities including sports have been suspended in a bid to combat further spread.
But with scientists and medical experts holed up in laboratories in an attempt to find a cure for the virus, Hogan has suggested the epidemic may just be more than a medical puzzle.
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.”
?mummy m
