Men of the Lagos state police command Rapid Response Squad on Friday April 17th, arrested a bar owner and his customers at the Isheri/Berger area of the state for violating the state government’s lockdown order.
The arrested bar owner claimed he was only preparing nkwobi.
See photos from the arrest below;
The corpse of late Chief of Staff to President Buhari, Abba Kyari, has arrived Abuja for burial.
Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Kyari will be buried in line with the guidelines for the burial of patients who died from coronavirus.
Garba said Kyari’s wife has asked to see his corpse before he is buried at a private ceremony later today. Kyari died on Friday April 17th from Coronavirus.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had earlier this month stated that corpses of persons, who die of Coronavirus in the country can’t be claimed by their families for burial.
According to Mohammed, such bodies would be contagious and therefore must be handled by ministry of health officials.
He said:
“Coronavirus is very dangerous and contagious; there is no medicine for it yet and it is not just capable of killing, overwhelming healthcare system, it will destroy the economy.
“In some countries, they are putting dead bodies in big refrigerators because the morgues have filled up.
“Nigerians should not forget that these are not the type of corpses that can be claimed for burial because it must be handled by the ministry of health.”
A New York mother who showed no symptoms after contracting Coronavirus has unknowingly infected 17 of her 18 children.
The mother, Brittany Jencik of Penfield, N.Y., near Rochester, said she infected her kids including, some who were adopted while asymptomatic about five weeks ago.
According to her, it after she became seriously ill from the virus, her children started showing symptoms for COVID-19.
‘It was terrifying. I was a little ahead of them in the timing of it all,’ the mother said.
‘I was as afraid of my life as I had ever been, and not much scares me,’ she tells WHAM.
Explaining her struggles with the killer virus, Jencik, who doesn’t know how she got infected with Coronavirus said: ‘I was extremely concerned that I was never going to be the same.’
After weeks of isolation, the family is slowly recovering from the deadly virus.
So far, New York State, the nation’s epicenter of the outbreak, has had more than 223,699 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 2,800 deaths. In total, the US has over 708,837 infections and 37, 308 deaths.
The Government of Rivers State has cautioned fishing communities against eating or selling dead fishes found floating in rivers of Finima in Bonny LGA and Oyorokoto in Andoni LGA.
Rivers state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Igbiks Tamuno, called on the people living in the affected communities not to eat dead fishes as the ministry would carry out full scale investigation to ascertain the actual cause of the death.
The affected fish species is croaker, popularly known as ‘Broke Marriage’ and called ‘Onah’ in Ibani dialect.
Those who recently visited St. Edwards hospital in Ajah area of Lagos state, have been advised by its management to self-isolate after one of its patients tested positive for Coronavirus.
The patient who never provided information about previous contact with a COVID-19 case, was admitted at the hospital on April 11 with cardiac symptoms. He however underwent a Coronavirus test and turned out positive, after the hospital received a call from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on April 12.
St. Edwards hospital directed those who visited the facility between April 11 and April 15, to immediately self isolate, stay at home and avoid contact with people including their family (by staying in a room) for 14 days.
The statement reads;
“The Hospital received the team from NCDC, and sample was taken from the patient on that Sunday, April 12, 2020.
“NCDC communicated the result on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, which confirmed the patient to be positive and said they were coming to evacuate the patient.
“NCDC did not come on Tuesday but eventually came on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, and evacuated the patient.
“The hospital has been cooperating with NCDC, WHO and all other health agencies that have called or visited since the incident.
“The hospital had been decontaminated on April 15 working with NCDC and following the guidelines stipulated by NCDC. Though NCDC counselled that they can start normal work after one (1) hour of decontamination, the hospital decided to remain closed and reopen for business on Friday, April 17, 2020.
“In line with guidelines prescribed by NCDC, those who visited the facility between April 11 and April 15 should immediately self isolate, stay at home and avoid contact with people including your family (by staying in a room) for 14 days.”
Also making a clarification on Twitter, the hospital wrote;
“St Edward hospital does not treat covid 19 patients. I am a cardiologist. One of my hypertensive diabetic patient tested postive for covid19 and he was sent to the isolation centre according to protocol. Anybody can have covid19. We cannot start neglecting or sending away patients because we think they may have covid 19. Patient have to test positive before you can send them to the isolation centre. Unfortunately, the test takes about 3 days for the result to comes out. While you are waiting, you have to do your best as a doctor to keep the patient alive”
Popular Nigerian comedienne cum actress, Chioma Omeruh, better known as Chigul, has taken to her Instagram page to call out young men who are sliding into her DMs to ask her out.
In a video shared on her page, she warns said men to stay away from her – she says the men coming to her should go back to their online classes instead of trying to woo her.
The actress went on to joke that some of them would call her baby instead of addressing her as mommy. Chigul also noted that she wouldn’t mind if she is a bit older than men withing a range of four or five years but the ranges twenty and ten is something she cannot do.
She said she would rather prefer to be approached by men who are within the same age range as her – Chigul, who has starred in a few blockbuster Nollywood movies went on to say that she would have nothing to talk about with the men.
She told all young men coming at her to find somebody else. In the video shared on her page, the actress went on to say that a lady dating a young guy cannot work in Nigeria because this is not America.
South African rapper, Nasty C has disclosed who he feels is the best rapper in the continent and surprisingly, unlike most rappers would say, it’s not himself.
Nasty C in a recent Instagram live interview, was asked who his top five African rappers are and he replied that he doesn’t know a lot of rappers but he does have a top-five list.
He stated that in his own opinion, M.I Abaga is his number one rapper in Africa.
The South African rapper who was recently signed to Def Jam Records and released a single titled “There they go”. Nasty C who is also regarded as one of the best rapper in Africa can be watched below,
Ya all should just keep Quiet. Nasty C has confirmed this #Dremo #blaqbonez #ycee #davido #surulere pic.twitter.com/LgJxdFZCX7
— decopoly (@WhenGodsayyes) April 17, 2020
Abba Kyari, will be buried on Saturday, 18th April, 2020.
Kyari, who died from coronavirus complications, was until his death, the Chief of Staff to President Buhari.
Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Basir Ahmad, announced his burial arrangement on twitter.
He tweeted, “Mallam Abba Kyari will be buried later today in Abuja according to Islamic rites.”
Mallam Abba Kyari will be buried later today in Abuja according Islamic rites.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) April 18, 2020
Beautiful Nollywood actress, Destiny Amaka who’s quite open about her sexuality, has lamented on her concerns on the scary spread of deadly Coronavirus across the country as well as the lockdown extension by President Muhammad Buhari.
Destiny while bemoaning her loneliness, told Sun News that sadly she had deposed all her s3x toys before the pandemic.
In her own words,
“I feel so lonely this lockdown period. I think I feel it more because we know we can’t go out to get anything even s3x. But, truly I’m sure we’ve all been without s3x longer than these few weeks.
I don’t even own any more sex toys, I got rid of them, but I definitely need to stack back up. I have to look for ways to get boldly contact or wait till we come out of this. It is really ain’t that serious yet.
On the other hand, I think it’s a blessing that I am single during this time. I can’t imagine having boyfriend issues during this time, it won’t be a funny encounter.
I’m really happy I get to spend all the lockdown weeks with myself and put all the energy I need to become a better me,” she said.
On marriages possibly packing up within this trying times, Destiny Amaka maintained that marriages are unique and, “what will crash will crash with our either it this quarantine. It might fasten the process but what will be will be. Two people have to chose to make it work or simply walk way.”
The stunning actress also noted that she actually panicked when it was officially announced that a celebrity who attended African Magic Viewers Choice Award 2020, tested positive to Coronavirus.
“I was at the AMVCA and when I got to know about the Coronavirus issue, I wasn’t so worried after all, I didn’t mingle too much as I wasn’t feeling too well. However, I was more concerned about an event I went to later that week. With all these going on, I think celebrities should abide by the laws and regulations put out by the government,” she added.
Nigerian reality star, Alex Asogwa has taken to her Instastory to blast Nigerian men, saying they know nothing about relationships.
Alex wrote that relationships with Nigerian men are boring because they’d all be following routines.
Her post reads ;
Most Nigerian guys just know zero about these things.
Relationships be following routines, boring to stupor.
Flowers, Racing in the rain, surprise trips, star gazing. Movie nights E.t.c.
They throw these kinda things outta the window.
All the know is, will you come over / can i come over. Umu ekwensu
Once upon a time Big Brother Naija housemate, Abiri Oluwabusayomi, popularly referred to Khloe has faced a bit of backlash after she, in a HOT FM live Instagram show said she cries when people talk about how the show made her popular.
In the live session Khloe said the show was only a course breaker for her. In her own words,
“I was always been friends with people who were shakers. I was hustling then and Big Brother was like a course breaker for me. People say ” Who knows this one before big brother, if not for big brother”… Tears always role down my eyes”
However, Nigerians came at her telling her not to be ungrateful. See some reactions below…
One DOmingo Loso wrote,
“In all honesty big brother paved the way for you and so many others, even Tacha was quite famous on IG before big brother, but Na big brother explode her career.”
Mr Uzz wrote,
“You people should stop saying BBN made her popular na so that tears will not fall from her eyes again. Una hear?”
Olamide Babs wrote,
“But there’s absolutely no lie in that.
I for one never knew who you were till you entered the house.
Don’t mind them, it’s the tone they use in saying it that gets to you.
No vex ??”
Habbass Momodu wrote,
“Repeat after me “I will never be ungrateful in my life”.”
Mykel 97 wrote,
“Who you?
Who know you?
Were are you from?
???????????????”
Watch her below,
Vid crtsy: IB9JA
Nollywood actress and entrepreneur, Tonto Dikeh, has sent a word to people wishing the destruction of others.
The mother-of-one has had moments with haters on social media and in her post on Instagram she has delivered a statement for those who stand against her.
Tonto wrote ;
“He who must destroy others to succeed must know that destruction awaits him at the gate of success.”
The Oyo state government says wearing of face masks in public places is now compulsory.
Gov. Seyi Makinde announced this on Friday in Ibadan while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State COVID-19 Taskforce meeting held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan.
Makinde, who noted that the directive was one of the measures to prevent, curtail and control the spread of coronavirus, said that the State COVID-19 Taskforce had reached a decision to implement the measure. “If you must leave your house to any public place, then you must wear face mask,” he said.
He also said the state government would produce an initial one million face masks to kick start the mask wearing policy in the state.
The governor also said that 100 tailors would be inaugurated on Monday for the production of 10,000 face masks each, adding that his government was collaborating with experts who had designed the face mask model to train the tailors.
Makinde said that each of the 100 tailors would engage the services of others and each cluster would be able to produce 2,000 daily thereby hitting the target of 10,000 within the week.
The governor further said that the resumption date for workers had been tentatively shifted to April 27, adding that the new resumption date would still be subjected to further evaluation. He attributed the postponement to the report of the new cases of COVID-19 in the state.
The governor further disclosed that two persons tested positive to the coronavirus on Friday. According to him, two persons also tested positive to the disease on Thursday, bringing to 15 the cases of COVID-19 in the state.
Makinde said his administration had taken proactive steps to ensure food security in the state by working with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and other Ibadan-based agricultural institutes to provide seeds and seedlings to farmers. “Efforts have been made to enlighten the farmers on how to stay safe from COVID-19 so that they will not miss the present planting season.
“On palliatives, a lot of pressure has been mounted on the government to share palliatives, but the date we met on ground is not accurate. “If we had used it, the items would have gone to the wrong hands. But now, we have our own data and we have double checked and the data is authentic. “Hopefully, before the end of next week, we will share the palliative to the public,’’ the governor said.
Nigerian singer, Kcee has finally reconciled with his lovely wife, Ijeoma and this is confirmed by a lovely family photo he shared on his Instagram page.
The Limpopo singer is not necessarily accustomed to showing off his wife on social media, unlike his younger brother, Emeka Okonkwo, AKA E-money who first hand shows off his beauty wife and kids on his Instagram.
The reason for Kcee’s behaviour is not unconnected to the marital issues he faced with his wife at the early stage of their marriage which had them estranged for a long time.
Probably the goodness of isolation has brought the couple back and better and the elated singer wants his fans and the world at large to know that his family is whole again.
The singer shared a family photo and gave it the caption,
I found the greatest fortune on earth by having you all as my back bone , thank you all for being everything i wanted in a family. Thank you all for being steadfast all the times I was absent giving to the nature of my job, thank you all for always loving me excessively even in the midst of my imperfections.
To you my dear wife , in my next world pls don’t hesitate to be my wife again .
Sommy and Kanye, words can’t express how much daddy loves you both .
My whole life revolves around you all.
I will go to the ends of the earth just to ensure that happiness never abandons you all and most especially I am grateful that you all granted my birthday wish by allowing me celebrate you all today .
And to you my fans, thank you for staying true all these years! You too are my familyDaddy kcee. ❤️❤️❤️
In another post, the singer thanked God on behalf of his kids as he wrote,
I want to thank God for the gift of life and these gifts he gave me! My beautiful kids are one of the reasons while I thrive everyday to be the best in everything I do! They fuel my drive to succeed!!! Daddy loves you SOMMY & KANYE
I pray that God’s protection and love will always be abundant for you.
And in yet another post, the singer gushed about his wife, calling her the love of his life and thanking her for always standing by him… he wrote,
To the woman of my dreams,
The Love of my life!
The mother of my children!! I love you!
Thank you for always standing with me. You aren’t just the woman of my dreams, you help me build my dreams!! Your arms are my comfort!
You are my motivator, My chief financial officer, my best friend, my adviser and many more!
Thank you for everything you do! @pixieworldevents ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the life of yet another Nigerian man in the United States.
The deceased, identified as one Jonathan Amarachi died after contracting the ravaging viral disease in New York.
Show Promoter, Paul Okoye aka Paulo, on Friday night took to social media to mourn the deceased.
MyManWhy??? JonathanAmarachiNewYork RIP CoronavirusWhyWhy?? SoManyThingsWePlanThisSummer Smh GonesosoonBrother”
As at the time of filing this post, there’s been a total of 17 deaths in Nigeria while the United States has the highest mortality rates from the Covid-19 pandemic with over 37 thousand cases.
Head of states, President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari has reportedly died of the novel Coronavirus.
This was made known via a tweet shared by Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
The tweet reads,
The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari.
The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But he died on Friday, April 17, 2020.
May God accept his soul.
Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly.
Also, Bashir Ahmad, Personal Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, and Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, confirmed the passing of the former Chief of Staff.
Ahmad tweeted,
“Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has died. May Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him the highest rank of Jannah. Allah ya jikan sa”.
Completely out of any word, so devastating. It is indeed very hard on us, but I strongly believe that we all belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. May Allah accept Mallam Abba Kyari’s shahada, forgive all his shortcomings, and grant him Jannatul Firdausi.
While Adesina wrote,
“Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon”.
It should be recalled that the President’s aide tested positive to the virus after his trip to Germany and was hospitalized for more than three weeks without showing any form of recovery.
One of HipHop rapper, Offset’s baby mamas, Shya L’amour has slammed him on social media and at the same time released receipts showing that he asked to have sex with her though he’s married to Cardi B.
Shya, a singer took to her page to share the chats she alleges are from Offset – in the chats, Offset is asking to have sex with Shya “one last time” and the date shows the messages were sent after his marriage to Cardi.
Offset and Shya, real name Nicole Algarin, have aforetime, made news as regards their ongoing child support battles over their daughter, Kalea; whom Shya says Cardi has taken in as her own.
In a previous interview with TMZ, Shya said Cardi has been a positive influence on Offset and he’s grown a lot with her in his life. She also acknowledged that Cardi is kind and treats her daughter, Kalea and Offset’s other children well.
In more recent times, Shya is now blasting Offset for financially cutting her and their daughter off, and coupled the announcements with messages from 2018, which show the Migos rapper begging to smash while married to Cardi B, who was pregnant with Kulture at the time.
“Can I have it one more last time,” the message she claims is from Offset reads.
And Shya replied, telling him that the only reason she will be seeing a married man will be to discuss their daughter.
Shya blasted,
“I was going to refrain from posting but him and his hoe too disrespectful after I’ve been trying to be cordial and empathetic. I found out the same time the world did that they was married and he been cut off since then!!! Stop f***king playing with my name!!!”
Offset is yet to respond to the allegations. See the screenshots she released,
The underlying infamous beef between Ghanaian Legislator, Honourable Kennedy Agyapong and self-acclaimed ‘Angel of God’, Bishop Daniel Obinim is not showing signs of a dissolution anytime soon as the MP has made fresh allegations against the man of God.
Hon. Kennedy Agyapong —a Member of Parliament for Assin Central in Ghana— made the recent allegations during an interview on Net2 Tv’s “The Seat” show.
Agyapong launched the fresh attack after Obinim’s wife, Florence Obinim defended her husband while reacting to the allegations the legislator made against him weeks ago.
Hon Agyapong said to Obinim back in March,
“If you have the power to heal why have you not heal your own father up till now? You are a Fool!! He is suffering on the sickbed with leg rotten and you seem to care less about that. Nobody should step in I will deal with him”
Kennedy Agyapong also claimed that Bishop Obinim and his Junior Pastors have been sleeping with their female Church members. He went on to allege that the popular Bishop scammed his female member.
After Florence Obinim defended her husband, Hon. Agyapong reacted in a new video by attacking the her, calling her a “foolish woman“.
In the interview containing fresh allegations by the MP, he shares that Bishop Obinim has had an affair with the blood sister of his wife identified as Jemima.
He mentioned that because of his affair with her, he was able to use his wife to stop the marriage ceremony between Jemima and her suitor. Hon Kennedy Agyapong added that, Bishop Obinim also forced Jemima to have a abortion for him to hide his acts from the public.
The MP also accused the Bishop of sleeping with his junior Pastor’s wife. According to the MP, the junior Pastor, known as Saviour, personally narrated to him the issues which necessitated his departure from Obinim’s Church to join his supposed rival, Reverend Obofuor.
The MP showed alleged conversations between Obinim and Pastor Saviour in which he (Obinim) threatened him (Saviour) with death. The MP promised to bring the man himself on TV to narrate his story if Obinim denies his allegations.
Reacting to the allegations from the MP, Bishop Obinim, who is the head pastor of God’s Way International Church, stated that all the claims by Kennedy Agyapong are lies.
Obinim added that henceforth he is not going to engage the legislator further, neither will he respond to any of his allegations.
Healthcare workers at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Azare, Bauchi State, have grown worried for their lives after the COVID-19 treatment centre was set up there even after two doctors died due to exposure to Lassa Fever patients.
The healthcare workers there disclose that they aren’t provided with Personal Protective Equipments, (PPE) to keep them safe while treating patients and when they ask for PPE, they are usually turned down and expected to be mute about it, this is according to journalist, Fisayo Soyombo.
Two doctors died recently at the institution, three weeks apart after they were exposed to Lassa Fever patients.
Now, a COVID-19 isolation centre has been set up and the same staff are expected to treat Coronavirus patients but they are apprehensive and fear for their lives.
In addition to that, the state of the centre leaves little to be desired. Soyombo shared photos of the isolation centre, writing,
“At Federal medical centre (FMC) Azare, Bauchi State, two healthcare workers recently died three weeks apart after exposure to Lassa Fever patients.
“Why? Most healthcare workers at this hospital are turned back when they request for PPEs before attending to patients.
“Now that a COVID-19 isolation centre has been set up there, staff are apprehensive.
“They know they won’t get PPE as usual. And the management wants them to be mute.
“By the way, here’s what the hospital’s Lassa Fever isolation ward looks like.
“FMC Azare staff are asking FG for help; they’re not afraid to treat COVID-19 patients but they want PPE. They want protection.”
Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Tacha faced subtle embarrassment on social media jungle, Twitter lately after she shaded influencers who can’t spell correctly.
The brand influencer, in a bid to shade her colleagues who can’t spell correctly, shared a short tweet with a laughing emoji directed at them.
Her moment of fame was cut short after she received a reply from a tweep who quickly reminded her of a wrong spelling she wrote on an art work she created while in the Big Brother house.
It shouldn’t be forgotten so quickly that during her time in the BBNaija house, in one of their workshops, Tacha was roasted on social media because of her blunder with the spelling of words, ‘daughter’ and ‘Port Harcourt’.
At the time, the housemates were tasked by their house host, Biggie to celebrate themselves by painting the walls of the house with distinct and memorable designs that suits their fancy.
The self-acclaimed “Port Harcort first daugter’s” design got the attention of social media and people were amused that the reality tv star who holds herself in high esteem has a problem with spelling her favourite phrase.
Here’s the recent exchange of Tacha and the tweep,
British actor with Nigerian background, John Boyega has given a part description of the kind of wife he would love to get married to.
According to the Star Wars actor, one of qualities his future wife must possess is being a Christian.
He says he’s looking to adopt the system his parents have followed which has had them married for 25 years, saying it’s nice to survive with your companion by your side.
“My mum and dad have been together for 25 years, so that’s the system to follow. It’s nice to survive with your companion by your side. I’m sure it’s a good thing. But I’ve never experienced it. I do know, however, that she’s got to be Christian.”
In a tweet shared by the actor, he hints of what he will be doing with his potential partner as soon as the coronavirus pandemic is over. He tweeted,
“If we survive this pandemic, we’re skipping flirting stages and straight to baecations. You can tell me your favourite colour on the plane. Life is too short.”
Talented Nigerian actress, Kehinde Bankole who doubles as a Television host has shared that veteran actress, Joke Silva is one of the top Nigerian women who inspires her.
There’s no surprise there as it’s a fact that the veteran actress, with multiple awards to her name is one of the prominent and classic thespian who paved the way and encouraged a handful of the new actresses in the Nigerian movie industry.
Kehinde Bankole, a well recognized actress herself revealed that she draws inspiration from Joke Silva in an Instagram post on her page recently.
The actress shared a photo of Joke Silva and captioned it,
https://www.yabaleftonline.ng/tag/Meet one of the top Nigerian women who inspire me. Ajoke Silva.
Staying power. Compassion. Longevity. Talent.
You definitely can’t disagree with the features Kehinde attributes to the classic Nollywood actress. Kehinde Bankole, an ex-beauty pageant made her acting debut during her reign as Lux ambassador in classic family drama series, Super story; “Everything it Takes”.
What’s a little vanity in gushing over your apparent good looks and charming personality after blessing quite a number of people during a deadly pandemic eh?
We’re definitely seconding Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham‘s observation about herself in a new Instagram post shared on her page.
The stunning mother of one, has had us in talks about her over the last few days and it’s thanks to her generous attitude during these Covid-19 times.
The actress, who tends to be goofy most of the time, took to her page to share a makeup free photo of herself and praising her beauty while at it.
Sharing the photo while stating that she’s extremely fine in Yoruba, a lot of her fans and colleagues also agree with her as they took to the comment section to assert her statement.
With the thousand of likes the photo has gathered in the space of a few hours, it’s no doubt that a lot of people agree with her that she’s such a beauty.
You go Mummy Ire!
Popular Nigerian singer, Peruzzi, real name Tobechukwu Victor Okoh has shared with fans and followers his real reason why after going to medical school, ditched the discipline for a career in music.
We’re not new to the fact that the singer, sometime ago, before he became what he is today was on the path of being a medical doctor however, we’ve not really known why he switched sides.
Signed to Afropop crooner, Davido’s record label, DMW, Peruzzi shared his reason for ditching medicine on an Instagram live interview with Nigerian music executive, Ubi Franklin on the 16th of April, 2020.
According to Peruzzi, going to medical school was influenced by his mother but in the long run, he had to choose what he wants for himself.
In how own words,
“I went to medical school because of my mother. I had to abandon the lab coat (Doctor’s robe), because it wasn’t giving me what i want.”
The singer also stated that he found satisfaction in music as music is what he loved doing.
Asked who inspires him in the entertainment industry, Peruzzi said the following people, Tuface Idibia, Annie Idibia, Davido and Larry Gaaga.
In December of 2019, music lovers who were “dettying” the end of the year at that time with no worries of #Covid-19 witnessed the memorable moment sensational Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage brought out yet another sensational music artiste, Yemi Alade to perform at her concert.
Before that time, there was speculated to be an underlying beef between the two artistes and this was fueled by their respective fans who were quick to debate on who’s better between the both of them.
Tiwa Savage’s gesture of bringing Yemi Alade up her stage during her concert and sharing a hug while at it, was geared at making people realize that they both possess mutual respect for each other and as such, shouldn’t be pitched against each other.
Now, in an Instagram live session Yemi Alade featured, the lovely polyglot singer is heard saying “there’s so much to look up to in Tiwa Savage” and the feeling is mutual but the only problem is the people always trying to pit them against themselves.
The songstress goes on to say that rather than people trying to turn one against the other, they should just accept the difference in their art and appreciate them.
Here’s a video of the songstress talking on the subject (courtesy of IB9JA),
In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Fifty-one new cases have been reported as of Friday evening, April 17th 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, Oyo, Kano, and FCT, Kwara, Katsina, Ekiti.
Their tweet reads,
Fifty-one new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
32 in Lagos
6 in Kano
5 in Kwara
2 in FCT
2 in Oyo
2 in Katsina
1 in Ogun
1 in EkitiAs at 10:10 pm 17th April there are 493 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 159
Deaths: 17
For a breakdown of cases by states-
As at 10:10 pm 17th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT
Lagos- 283
FCT- 69
Kano- 27
Osun- 20
Edo- 15
Oyo- 15
Ogun- 10
Kwara- 9
Katsina- 9
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Delta- 4
Ondo- 3
Ekiti- 3
Enugu- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1
Some rebellious residents who were caught flouting the lockdown order in Kano State were punished by the taskforce enforced to make sure residents comply with the directive.
In a video shared on the internet, a group of men supposedly in Kano state are seeing doing the “frog jump” punishment after they were caught flouting the order.
Watch video below,
As at the time of filing this post, Kano State has 21 confirmed cases as reported by the Nigerian Centre for Disease control (NCDC).
The Managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Usman Mohammed has stated that the Nigerian federal government cannot provide free electricity to its citizens.
While speaking on Thursday April 16, the head of the agency owned by the federal government said the proposal for “free electricity” is mere propaganda.
In Usman’s own words,
“There is this information that went round that power is going to be free. I don’t know where that information came from.
“But I can tell you that there is nothing like power is going to be free because the federal government cannot make power free. The federal government does not own the power.
“In the electricity industry, apart from transmission, which is just the transporter, all the other chains do not belong to the federal government. So, I cannot understand how somebody will concoct that information.
“But these are some of the people involved in propaganda who brand information that is very unnecessary, to be honest.
“I think at this stage what we need to do is to sustainably supply electricity and that is what we are doing.”
The Government of Kaduna state have announced the discharge of three patients from the state Isolation center after testing negative twice to the novel Coronavirus.
Kaduna state now has only three confirmed case of COVID19.
The state Commissioner for health, Amina Mohammed-Baloni made the disclosure on Friday evening April 17. She said the patients whose identities were not disclosed, have been discharged from the hospital.
In her words ;
“The three patients are among the six persons that have tested positive for Covid-19 in the state. They have each tested negative for two consecutive tests, and have now been discharged,” she said at a briefing.
“This brings to four the number of persons Kaduna State has discharged this week. There are now only two cases of Covid-19 that are yet to be discharged and we look forward to being able to do soon.
“I wish to acknowledge the sterling efforts of the medical team, surveillance teams, members of the Emergency Operations Committee and other stakeholders involved in the efforts of the Ministry of Health to manage and contain Covid-19.”
The Government of Ogun State, on Friday evening, announced plans to relax the presidential lockdown order in the state.
The announcement comes following the discharge of six more COVID-19 patients leaving it with only three confirmed cases.
Thee state governor, Dapo Abiodun said residents of the state would be allowed to move within the state on Monday April 20, Wednesday April 22 and Friday April 24 between the hours of 7am and 2pm on each of the days.
The governor further implied the relaxation of the lockdown order is to afford residents the opportunity to attend to essential activities including businesses, getting food items and other basic supplies.
He wrote on twitter ;
Ogun State residents will have a window of relaxation from the renewed 14-day lockdown in the State as follows:
Monday (20th April), Wednesday (22nd April) and Friday (24th April, 2020). The period of relaxation will be between the hours of 7am and 2pm on each of these days.
Our administration remains focused on the wellbeing of the people, and we will do all that is humanly possible and scientifically expedient in our fight against COVID-19.
I am confident that our compliance to directives, advisories and measures will encourage the numerous teams and individuals who have contributed to this cause, including our Medical Team, the State COVID-19 Task Force, security agencies, and the private sector.
I urge everyone to continue to stay at home, and if we must go out during the windows, let’s continue to maintain distancing and hygiene measures.
The windows will be observed between 7am (morning) and 2pm (afternoon) on Monday, 20th April, 2020, Wednesday, 22nd and Friday, 24th. This translates to a total lockdown tomorrow, Saturday 18th; Sunday, 19th; Tuesday, 21st; and Thursday, 23rd.
— Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun – MFR (@dabiodunMFR) April 17, 2020
