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,
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.
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,
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.
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.”
Veteran Actor, Ukwak Asuquo, who attained fame for his role as Boniface in the Nigerian television drama series, The Village Headmaster, has died.
Asuquo’s death was announced by the Public Relations Officer of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Monalisa Chinda Coker.
The statement reads in part ;
, “With deep sorrow and gratitude to God for a life well spent, we announce the demise of Mr Uwak Auquo, popularly known as Boniface in the rested television drama series, The Village Headmaster…”
UPDATED: There were reports that a Taxi driver was allegedly beaten to death on Tuesday, 7th of April 2020, by security operatives because he carried passengers who were not wearing face masks. This report is FALSE. And this we are issuing a correction!
ross River state, Commissioner for Finance, Mr Asuquo has issued a correction to that effect;
Sharing a photo of the Taxi Driver with the security operatives, he wrote;
“The gentleman in a black T-shirt is the man alleged on @instablog9ja this morning to have died in Calabar following an altercation with Security Agents. The picture above was taken after the video was recorded showing the man on the ground.”
“According to the Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr @donsuky who also serves as the Secretary of the Cross River COVID-19 Taskforce, “The driver fell on the floor in a bid to beg the security agents not to seize his car after defaulting the State’s ‘no mask, no movement’ order by carrying passengers in his vehicle who had no masks.” The driver was let off with a warning.
He further disclosed that His Excellency, Gov. Ben Ayade took the humane consideration of not deploying the army on the streets after witnessing some extreme tactics in other states.”
“Please kindly disregard any fake news in circulation on this matter.”
Fans of Nigeran singer, Naira Marley, who are popularly referred to as “Marlians” stormed the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba —despite the lockdown order— on Wednesday morning to show support for the singer as he was being arraigned for flouting the social distancing order of the state government.
Naira Marley was arraigned alongside politician, Babatunde Gbadamosi but the state government decided to not go forward with the prosecution.
Naira Marley and Babatunde were both guests at actress, Funke Akindele’s husband’s birthday house party – an event that caused the actress to be arrested and face humiliation on social media.
See photos of the singer’s fans at the court earlier this morning below,
Some residents of Gbagada in Lagos state got punished by soldiers after they came out en masse to exercise despite the lock down order given by the government.
The gym enthusiasts who have flouted the stay-at-home order for some days now, eventually met their embarrassing fate after soldiers stormed their workout session to intensify it by punishing them.
Videos of the fitness enthusiasts on the expressway circulated online – Twitter user @Engr_Series shared a video of residents of Lagos state exercising on the now deserted Ikorodu road.
He wrote,
”So much for social distancing. The gym moved to Ikorodu this morning, from Haruna down to Agric busstop… Is this really a lockdown?”
A Nigerian lady has shared her opinion on a particular topic via her Twitter page – Iganya Odiba, took to her page to somewhat call out parents who make their son’s girlfriend to cook for the family during her first visit.
Iganya is of the notion that it is wrong for parents to ask a lady to take up such chore especially when she’s just meeting them for the very first time.
Odiba, an advocate for feminism, took to her page to write,
“It’s terrible practice to make your son’s girlfriend cook a meal for your family especially on her first visit to yours. Is that how you people welcome people to your homes?”
A Nigerian lady on Twitter has taken to her page to give a piece of advise to her fellow ladies and it looks like quite a number of them agree with her.
According to @RealTambou on the microblogging platform, any lady whose boyfriend allows her to smoke or drink with him, the said boyfriend doesn’t see a future with such lady.
Quite a number of people —mostly females— have agreed with @RealTambou as her tweet has been retweeted and liked on the platform thousands of times.
@RealTambou wrote on her page,
If your boyfriend allows you to drink alcohol and smoke shish. Trust me he doesn’t see you in his future.
If your boyfriend allows you to drink alcohol and smoke shish. Trust me he doesn't see you in his future.
Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) has announced the disbursement of a N50 million financial relief package for all Nigerian artistes as the nation continues its fight with the Coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement released by the society, President of the association, Tony Okoroji, stated that from the genesis of the pandemic in the country and eventual lockdown of some states, himself and other board members have received calls from many artistes who are desperate for any kind of assistance as they have been affected by the pandemic and the current lockdown which has also stopped entertainment activities across the country.
Okoroji said the orgaization’s board has therefore approved the release of 50 Million Naira to be shared amongst about 4,500 members on the society’s register as at May 19th, 2019 as an Anti-Corona Emergency Relief Distribution from COSON. Each member is to receive N11,000.
“I have personally received calls from several members of COSON who are desperate for immediate assistance of any kind. Other members of our Board have received similar messages. At a time like this, COSON must be responsible and responsive to the needs of our members and we should do everything we can to help them wade through these hard times. That is the very reason why COSON was set up.
I am proud of the quick response of members of the COSON Board who showed great understanding that we must be our brothers’ keeper at a time like this.
Starting immediately, with the co-operation of the banks, each qualified member of COSON will receive a modest sum of eleven thousand naira in what we have termed Anti-Coronavirus Emergency Relief (ACER) General Distribution. We are able to do this because of the deft management of our resources. We wish we could do more. I however believe that most people are aware of what we have been through in recent times. Let me thank the COSON management team of Vincent Adawaisi, Isa Aruna and Anthony Imuse who burnt the midnight oil to ensure that the decision of the Board is executed with dispatch” he said
On outstanding Specific Distributions, the COSON Chairman said,
“Every member of the Board is very eager that all outstanding specific distributions should be paid without any delay. The issue was prominent in our discussions on the emergency relief distribution. While the Board and the General Assembly have approved the specific distributions, it is common knowledge that COSON funds in two banks are frozen. The money for the specific distributions is domiciled in the frozen accounts. The money is safe. Not one Naira is missing.
It is also common knowledge that we have gone to court to have the accounts unfrozen and immediately that happens, the money will be paid. In any case, all those entitled to Specific distribution will also receive the Anti-Coronavirus Emergency Relief (ACER) General Distribution.
It is unfortunate that it is some of our colleagues that requested the banks to freeze the accounts which has brought this suffering to innocent COSON members and even to those who took the action. That is why we need to be very careful about what we say and what we do.
I hope that we will use this very challenging period to think deeply. We have built COSON to be there for musicians through thick and thin. We work hard to ensure that COSON takes care of musicians while they are alive and celebrates them even in death. Has anyone forgotten how in an unprecedented manner we buried the late Ras Kimono like a king?
Said the COSON Chairman, “Some people may think that because things are going well for them today, they will never need COSON. I have been in the industry long enough to know that the day will come when each of us needs an institution like COSON. When I hear people in our industry call on government to clamp down on COSON or that those who owe us money should not pay us, I ask why anyone would choose to urinate into a well from which he might soon draw water to drink when he is desperately thirsty”
Chief Okoroji concluded,
“I know that I cannot please everyone but I am working hard every day to lift up the musicians of Nigeria, promote and defend our industry and provide visible solutions to the problems of each of us. I have absolutely no interest in the cantankerous name calling and rabid character assassination which many appear to dwell in and which do not provide even one
cup of garri for any Nigerian artiste or one cube of Maggifor his pot of soup”.
The Police in Texas are currently in search of a young woman who claims to be positive for Covid-19 and is going around the city ‘willfully spreading it’.
According to a post by the Texas Police department on Twitter, she will be charged —once caught— with “terroristic threat”.
The Police identified the lady as Lorraine Maradiaga, 18, who shared a number of troubling videos on her Snapchat over the weekend.
In one of the videos, Lorraine films herself in where she says is a Walmart store and issues a strange threat to the camera, saying,
“I’m here at Walmart about to infest every (expletive), because if I’m going down, all you (expletive) are going down,”
In another video, Lorraine appears to be sitting in a car at a coronavirus drive-through testing site. A nurse is heard telling the person driving the car to go home and wait for the test results.
Maradiaga also filmed herself later that day repeatedly coughing into the camera and saying,
“If you want to get the coronavirus and (expletive) die, call me.”
We have no confirmation Maradiaga is actually a threat to public health. We are, however, taking her social media actions very seriously.
— Carrollton TX Police (@CarrolltonTXPD) April 5, 2020
ew this girl think she’s bad or something. she deadass has corona and refuses to stay in quarantine. this is so the most selfish thing i’ve seen ? (she lives in the carrollton/ farmers branch area) so y’all be careful and if y’all see her throw a brick at her for me? pic.twitter.com/V24MMAboRt
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has placed the country’s Minister for Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, on a special leave for two months, one month of which will be unpaid.
The leave comes after a picture of her having lunch with her politician friend, MP Mduduzi Manana, during lockdown emerged on social media.
In a statement released Wednesday morning, the president expressed his disapproval of the minister’s actions, stating that it undermined the requirement that all citizens stay at home during the lockdown.
Ndabeni-Abraham had over the weekend, paid a visit to a friend and had lunch with his family – her action however contravened the lockdown order of the government for all citizens to stay in their homes as the nation fights to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
South Africa so far, has 1749 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, 45 recoveries and 13 deaths.
See the statement placing her on special leave and reactions from South Africans below,
A Nigerian lady who showed the biblical qualities of a good samaritan has reportedly spent over N1 million in feeding Lagosians who are going through serious hardship due to the ongoing lockdown in the state.
The woman, who is a professional caterer, said she started her benevolent act even before the official lockdown commenced.
