Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s Chief Press Secretary , Mr Taiwo Adisa, says his boss contracted Coronavirus from ‘known people’ in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Mr. Adisa who spoke on Silverbird Television (STV) on Tuesday morning, said there was no need to use the issue of COVID-19 pandemic in the state as political tool.
Adisa stressed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally on March 18, should not be politicized as at the time of the rally, there was no known incident of the virus in the state and the governor didn’t show any symptom of coronavirus.
He said ;
“The issue of the March 18 PDP southwest Zonal Unification Rally doesn’t come to play because there was no known incident of the virus in Oyo State and the governor didn’t also have any symptom(s) as at that time.”
“The governors went back to Abuja the following day and they held a series of meetings. The governor had contact with people that are known. So, we should not politicise an issue like this”.
Billionaire business magnate, Deji Adeleke has joined the list of wealthy Nigerians helping other nationals during this coronavirus pandemic.
According to journalist Dele Momodu, the singer’s father The billionaire donated one billion naira for relief materials to help Nigerians, dividing the donation into two, one for his state and the other for the federal government.
Adeleke donated N500 million to the federal government and donated foodstuffs worth N500 million to the people of Osun state.
Momodu made this known in a post shared on his official Twitter handle. The journalist and owner of Ovation magazine also prayed that God would continue to replenish the billionaire’s pocket.
DR ADEDEJI ADELEKE CONVID-19 DONATION… Dr Deji Adeleke (aka BABA OLOWO) Donates N500milliion worth of food stuff across Osun State and N500million to FG. MAY GOD REPLENISH SIR… pic.twitter.com/1zwqoeSWbQ
Singer, Burna Boy has informed a Nigerian man that the responsibility of making life better for the common man lies in the hands of the government and not his.
He said this during an exchange with the Twitter user who asked him to go back to his community to do something meaningful for them during this Coronavirus pandemic.
As the country unites together to battle the global pandemic called Coronavirus, some dishonest traders have deemed it fit to inflate food items but some youths of kaiama community in Bayelsa would not have that.
The youths went round markets making sure traders do not increase the prices of food items due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Facebook user, Dickson Tari, who shared the photos on the social media platform, wrote
”The youths of kaiama community are currently going round their markets making sure custard of garri is not sold above the rate of N800. Buyers are also directed to report any case of increment.”
A Facebook user has advised women to watch their words and actions while with their men during the Coronavirus lockdown to reduce cases of domestic violence
Mma Eka wrote:
I don’t subscribe to a man raising his hands on a woman for anything in the world but no woman should dare a man either. Everybody has an elastic limit, which if overstretched, breaks.
Stop telling a man, you cannot do anything” what can you do? Do your worst ….these are challenging words and no man wants to be challenged. Stop running your mouths like public taps.
Some women go as far as jumping on the man and holding his shirt, then her head on his chest, shouting kill me today, kill me today, what’s that?
Don’t be the reason, a gentleman loses his cool and regrets later. You see this compulsory vacation? Don’t do anyhow o, if you don’t want to see anyhow and if you think I’m giving men reasons to be violent, then you are delusional. Yesterday, I gave men tips on how to live peacefully with their wives this vacation, now it’s time to balance it up.
Yes, women are known to be loud mouthed, but reasonable women know when to shut it. There’s a saying that ” you can regret the words you spoke but you can’t regret the silence you kept.
Use wisdom often, it works better.
My name is Mma Eka, the truth you know will make you free but it will first piss you off!
A group of irate men in Onitsha, Anambra State reportedly went into town today to attack traders who increased prices of food items.
According to reports, a female trader was used as an example for other traders as a big bowl of her garri was thrown away by the said men who were not happy that she hiked the price of her goods with over a 100% increment from N500 to N1500.
A Facebook user identified as Jestymoore Nnokwa who shared the story wrote;
“Today In onitsha, igbo boys went into town to see those wicked and cruel market women selling food items at exorbitant prices, unfortunately for this Garri seller, she was selling Garri of N500 for N1500 and the boys threw everything away on the ground. They were upset with what they saw in the market today in onitsha market.
Instead of traditional coffin, a man in Eastern Cape, South Africa was buried in his car with a safety belt on.
Apparently, two years ago Tshekedi Pitso shocked his family when he told them he wanted to be buried inside his favourite car.
Pitso, who was 72 years old at the time, had bought himself a 1980s E500 Mercedes Benz adding to a fleet of Mercedes Benz that he owned.
Pitso’s niece Sefora (Pitso), 49, said at first the family was shocked at the news, but he always spoke about how he would love his funeral to be.
The village of Jozanashoek in Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape, where Pitso was a chief and also a member of United Democratic Movement (UDM), came to a standstill on Saturday as their chief was buried in Mercedes Benz.
“My uncle made it clear that he wanted to be buried inside his car. He was a lover of Mercedes Benz and as a family we had to grant him his wish,” she said.
South African grandfather buried in his favourite Mercedes Benz according to his last wish (photos/video)
Villagers watched in awe as Pitso in his car, was towed to his grave in the family grave yard.
Pitso was dressed in a cream white suit and seated behind the steering wheel with both his hands placed on the steering wheel.
More photos below and the video below…
Passing of Tshekede Bufton Pitso , of #Sterkspruit .My condolences to the family , relatives , friends & UDM members. We thank Pitso 4 everything he did for the UDM. I was on my way to his funeral but Rev Meshoe’s #CoronavirusTest results yesterday , changed everything
OAP, N6 has reignited his feud with Toke Makinwa by taking a swipe at her following her comments on China and Coronavirus.
Toke Makinwa said a week ago that the world should fine China for the Coronavirus pandemic that originated from Wuhan. She received backlash for her comments and she later reacted to it
Well, N6, who had beef with Toke last year and slammed her by releasing her old photos (read here), reigned the feud by telling Toke that she doesn’t have the range to discuss Coronavirus.
Reacting to Toke’s comment on China, N6 wrote: “Sis!! Stick to Topics you know About. You don’t have the Range for this Type of Discussions.”
The police in Imo State have arrested a housewife, Mrs Ada Amuzie, for allegedly killing a commercial sex worker, identified as Happiness.
The police said Amuzie had accused Happiness of dating her husband, Ejike Lambert. It was gathered that Happiness, in order to get even with Amuzie, went to her house at Imika Obiti, armed with a knife.
However, Happiness was unlucky as Amuzie overpowered and stabbed her with the knife, it was alleged.
The spokesman of the police in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, in a statement said that on 28/3/2020 at about 11:45pm, in Imika Obiti, Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the state, operatives of the Divisional Police headquarters in Ohaji, acting on a report, arrested one Ada Amuzie, 26, for the murder of one Happiness, a commercial sex worker.
He said, “Preliminary investigation revealed that the said Ada Amuzie had accused Happiness of dating her husband (Ejike Lambert).
On that faithful day, she went and engaged Ada Amuzie in a fight in her matrimonial home, she took along a knife, and during the fight, the suspect overpowered her, collected the knife and stabbed her below her breast, thus leading to her death.”
Ikeokwu added that the corpse has been deposited in a morgue, while the suspect was arrested and would be charged to court accordingly.
Following the order given by Head of States, President Muhammadu Buhari on the evening of Sunday, March 29th, the 14 day total lock down was effected in Lagos and Abuja at 11:00pm on Monday March 30.
While Ogun state government postponed the lock down directive till Friday April 3, the police have blocked the inbound and outbound sections of the Lagos-Ibadan express way.
The total lock down order is also being observed in Abuja as some streets have already been deserted. It is expected that with this lock down, health officials will identify, trace and isolate all individuals who have come into contact with confirmed cases within the 14 day total lock down in the two states and the FCT.
As of Monday night and Tuesday morning, these are some photos taken in both cities,
Nigerians on social media have dragged Regina Daniels Mother, Rita Daniels for shedding ‘fake tears’ over coronavirus in an attempt to court attention.
Yesterday, Rita Daniels shared a video of herself weeping bitterly and lamenting over the loss of lives and destruction of the economy due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. (Read Here)
However, Nigerians were not in the mood for the emotional drama and the accused her of fake-crying out to God.
A Nollywood actress, Osiobeloveth has on social media, accused the Rivers State Task force of destroying food items she acquired in a market with her friend.
Loveth stated that the task force officials also poured kerosene on the food items which were quite expensive given the current situation of the current.
Sharing a video of the contaminated food she bought, the actress wrote
This is what happened today in port harcourt things I bought with my friend today were destroyed by Wike task force they poured kerosene on things i and my friend already paid for considering how expensive things are in the market now everything we bought were destroyed before our own eyes we couldn’t move we just stood there in shock at a point we had to run and this is not even in the market ooo this country is one hell of a crazy place to be in.
A video making the rounds on social media shows the moment a Nigerian father whose daughter was reportedly receiving poor treatment at a coronavirus isolation centre demanded his daughter be returned home as it was better she died in his house.
In the emotional video, the man can be seen complaining bitterly over the poor condition his daughter is allegedly being subjected to at an isolation center.
The man who introduced himself as Mr Olanutu, told reporters during an interview that his daughter who is diagnosed with the novel Coronavirus, has been left unattended to by the medical staff at one of the isolation centers.
His words ;
”Let the Minister come and see what is happening. If I am telling lies, my name is Mr Olanutu.
What the hell are they doing here? She hasn’t seen a doctor since morning, she hasn’t seen a nurse, she hasn’t been fed and you are telling me that I should not take her out. Let her go and die in my house, simple. I don’t care anymore. For the fact that you have Coronavirus does not mean you should be left around”
A Florida Pastor, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne has reportedly been arrested by the police for holding fully-packed church services despite a stay-at-home order that was given in the state.
Before his arrest, the evangelical pastor had insisted that he wouldn’t close the doors of his Tampa Bay megachurch until the End Times begin.
He also encouraged those in attendance at his River at Tampa Bay Church to shake hands, to show they were not afraid of contracting the coronavirus.
A video from the church service on Sunday March 29, showed dozens of people packed inside the church and standing shoulder-to-shoulder.
Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne was arrested on Monday March 30 on misdemeanor charges of unlawful assembly and violation of public health rules after defying social distancing orders at The River at Tampa Bay church.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said at a press conference,
“I made a decision to seek an arrest warrant for the pastor of a local church who intentionally and repeatedly chose to disregard the orders set in place by our president, the governor, the CDC and the Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group. His reckless disregard for human life put hundreds of people in his congregation at risk and thousands of residents who may interact with them this week in danger.”
The church has claimed on its website that the restrictions are a violation of the First Amendment, and in a March 18 post on Facebook, the church said it was providing an “essential service” that made it exempt from the social distancing orders.
Authorities said the sheriff’s office spoke to attorneys for the church to explain they were in violation of government orders, and officers attempted to meet in person with the pastor but he refused.
Howard-Brown turned himself in to a neighboring sheriff’s office and was booked and released within 40 minutes. Florida has more than 5,200 confirmed coronavirus cases and at least 63 deaths, according to the state’s health department.
Nigerians on social media who reacted to the news of Governor Seyi Makinde testing positive for Coronavirus, have asked that Davido who was spotted with him days ago to rerun the test he turned out negative for.
It should be recalled that before Governor Makinde announced his test result, Davido disclosed that he and his son tested negative for the coronavirus but his fiance, Chioma however tested positive for the virus.
With Davido’s close contact with the Oyo State Governor 5 days ago, Nigerians are now calling on the music star to undergo the test again.
Beautiful Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright, has cause to celebrate as she turned a year older, today, March 31, 2020.
Wright who turned 53, took to her Instagram page to celebrate her new age with a stunning photo, accompanied by a beautiful caption thanking God for her life.
The Yoruba actress who looks way younger than her age, captioned her beautiful photo: “Wish myself the today and for evermore. Happy birthday Ajokepretty. I give all glory to almighty God.”
Who started it? Who contained it? Who is now profiting from it??? When I said the world should fine China I was called insensitive, nations should wake up and fix their economy, build factories, empower your people so we all don’t depend on their economy. Happy quarantine
HipHop mogul, Drake’s baby mama, Sophie Brussaux has shared more photos of herself with Drake and their son, Adonis, after the Canadian rapper shared first pictures of the child to introduce him to the World.
Sharing the new photos, Sophie wrote,
‘Thanking God everyday for blessing me with such a beautiful family and amazing friends. I wish that much on everyone, keep safe and positive, sending a lot of positive vibes to the world. PS : all this time you thought @champagnepapi was dark-haired…but Adonis’s parents are really blonde.’
Drake and Sophie, who is a former French porn star welcomed their child on Drake’s birthday in October 2017, but kept it a secret until rapper, Pusha-T revealed it in an explosive diss track in May 2018 that Drake had a secret son with the former pornstar.
In June of 2018, Drake confirmed Adonis is his child on his Scorpion tracks “Emotionless” and “March 14.” He rapped:
“I wasn’t hidin’ my kid from the world / I was hidin’ the world from my kid….Breakin’ news in my life, I don’t run to the blogs / The only ones I wanna tell are the ones I can call.”
“I had to come to terms with the fact that it’s not a maybe / That sh*t is in stone, sealed and signed / She not my lover like Billie Jean but the kid is mine….Sh*t, we only met two times, two times.”
The Nigerian Federal Goverment claims it has begun the immediate cash transfer to poorest households in the country in a way to support them as the country try to fight coronavirus.
The Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Farouq, made this known via a press conference in Abuja. She said her ministry has commenced advance payment of conditional cash transfer to the poorest households in the country.
The minister said ;
“In Mr. President’s speech, paragraph 54, he directed that the conditional cash transfer should be given in advance of two months. This we have also done. We have directed immediate cash transfer to the poorest and most vulnerable households in the country.
“Because of this COVID-19, the vulnerable groups have to expanded, because we are aware that there are people who live on daily wage, so we are also going to look at those groups of people to see how we can get this food relief intervention to them in this period.” she said
Lagos and Abuja are currently on lockdown as part of measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus. As of this morning, Nigeria has 131 confirmed cases of Coronavirus.
Officers of the Ogun state command Ogun state have arrested a masquerader for allegedly going against the federal and state governments’ order on social distancing and public gatherings in order to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease.
The masquerade was apprehended after it allegedly threatened to deal with the policemen if they insist on dispersing his followers.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who briefed the press about the arrest, said ;
“Upon the report, policemen from the Ibara Division moved to the area and warned the people to disperse, but the masquerader confronted the policemen and threatened to deal with them if they insisted on dispersing his followers.
“The masquerader was subsequently arrested and taken to the station, where he was warned to be law-abiding before he was released to a reliable surety.”
Nigerian singing sensation, Paul Okoye, was left in total shock after an ungrateful follower of his showed their level of ingratitude following a gesture made to them.
In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis in the country, a handful of people have taken advantage of the situation as they storm the social media pages of celebrities to seek for financial aid to help them through these times.
Celebrities like Toyin Aimakhu, Don Jazzy and others have partook in sharing love and care to people who may not be able to fend for themselves in these times.
Now, singer, Paul Okoye joined the league of these celebrities but after he blessed one of his followers, the anti-gratitude he got in return is what has him in utter shock.
According to Rudeboy, upon receival of the money, instead of the receiver to show appreciation for the gesture, they instead questioned the amount and the substantial things it could possibly be used for.
Shocked the entitlement and ingratitude, Paul took to his page to slam the follower and stated that when he asked to return the money back, he was blocked.
In a new video that’s been uploaded on the internet, the 16th ruler of Iwo Kingdom in Osun state, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi Ilufemiloye Telu 1 is seen praying to God with some rather surprising prayer points.
Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale who hails from Molasan Compound, Gbaase Ruling House, Iwo, Osun State is videoed praying in his native dialect for God to rain on him the disease that’s currently plaguing the world.
The King asks that wherever the disease might be in any part of the world, that God should take it from thence and place it on him as he’s ready to lay his life down.
According to the traditional ruler, God asked him to do it and so he’s only professing what has already been ordained by God for him.
The video has caused a lot of stir online with users wondering why he feels he needs to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Wishing her fans a good day with a really beautiful photo on her page, Mercy Johnson has her fans and colleagues gushing over her photo that has garnered close to 200k likes.
Proud mother of three and delectable Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson took to her page to serve her fans a rather cute photo of herself showing her carrying a heavy baby bump and everyone couldn’t get enough of the photo.
Some of her colleagues too, were in love with the photo as they took to the comment section to shower her with love comments and emojis.
Celebrities like Nancy Isime, Uche Jombo and others were love struck with the photo and professed their love for it in the comment section.
Mercy shared the photo on her page, writing,
Its a lot of Stress plus the discomfort is inexplicable but time heals it all.
Hoping everyone is safe and adhering to the rules to stop the spread as cases are increasing in numbers.
Wash your hands,avoid large gathering, practice the social distancing rule plus sanitize and have a nose mask on. This too will pass.
In some parts of the world, there’s been news that toilet paper has become a scarce commodity as people rush to het them cause they see it as one of the health-coping mechanisms for Covid-19.
Well, the hike in the demand for toilet paper has people stocking up a lot of the product in their houses and as such, having excess of it… this situation is peculiar to a lot of people who panic bought the tissue paper and so what to do with the excess is what coulda potentially sprung up the #toiletpaperchallenge.
In a series of videos online, celebrities and netizens are seen making videos of themselves juggling toilet paper as they would juggle a soccer ball… the least raises to do is 10 concurrent ones and the challenge is quite viral on the internet.
Nigerian DJ and singer, DJ Cuppy has now, also taken part in the challenge and we’re quite impressed with her juggling skills with a toilet paper.
She shared the video on her IG page calling herself a ‘baller’ and fans and followers are having a field day watching her ‘ball’.
iROKOtv boss, Jason Njoku has narrated how his 73-year-old mother survived after suffering from coronavirus.
Sharing photos of his mother in a hospital in the UK, he wrote:
“My mum has been an @NHSuk healthcare worker for 25 years. 14-16th March she was ill at home with ALL the symptoms of Covid19. Mrs Njoku & I screamed at her to go to the hospital.
“17th March my mum went to A&E & was hospitalised. 20-21st March were on verge lungs collapsed as she battled with Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). They prepared her for ICU & intubation (Mortality rate is 40%) We cried & we prayed through the entire weekend. 6 people on her ward died. Aged 20s, 40s, 50s and 60s. She is 73 with diabetes. @NHSuk saved her life. ????
“Even with on 15L of pure Oxygen (The highest option available) she still struggled to breath & was about to be put on a ventilator. That means the machines would take over her breathing. By God’s grace on the night of Sunday 21st she started to improve. Yesterday she came home.
“My mum has never been in the hospital more than 3 days her entire 73 years. I retired her a decade ago she still works 2-3 days a week just to keep active. The overwhelming of health systems causes the spike in deaths. Its math. My mother was part of that math. She survived.”
Moments ago, Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde announced via his social media page that he’s tested positive for the Corona virus after running a test, although he’s asympomatic.
His latest news has had residents of his state and well meaning Nigerians worried and hopeful for a speedy recovery for the governor.
But another thing that has people concerned about his news is in the regard of the people he’s come in contact with and who could have potentially been infected through him.
Pondering about this has some netizens recalling that he was in a photo with singing sensation, Davido about a week and few days ago.
This version of events has had tongues wagging as just three days ago, the singer announced that his fiance is also positive with the virus but his own results came out negative.
His announcement had some people in doubts over the verity of his own result. People wondered whether or not he was being sincere with the news of his fiance or he was just pulling a stunt.
Others were even more bothered as to whether or not his own results truly came out negative cause not too long ago, he was seen pictured in close range with his fiance at an event and there was no form of social distancing whatsoever so there’s the threat of him contracting the virus.
Now, people have another reason to wonder about the singer’s fate after Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde revealed that he’s tested positive for the virus and about a week ago, they were both photoed —in close range— together.
The photos has caused another debate on social media over Davido’s Covid-19 result as it’s clear that he’s been in contact with two persons. However, one cannot wish for the worst for the singer but the circumstances surrounding him over the virus is what has people in thoughts.
The Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, has claimed certain herbs, leaves, and vegetables can treat the novel coronavirus.
On Monday, March 30, the monarch shared a tweet where he recalled that a divine proclamation came out to the world last year, June 6th, 2019, during the World Ifa Festival – Otura Meji.
He then went on to reveal that the treatment for the virus can be found in Africa and he listed the herbs that he claims cures the virus.
Read his tweets below ;
“A divine proclamation came out to the world last year June 6th 2019, during the World Ifa Festival – Otura Meji. We foretold about the impending rage of this invisible pandemic war, but few heard us. Please note that Efod/ Urim and Thurim are in the holy Books.
“They are the same as our ancient readings that have not failed us till date. On this throne, I work very closely with all the nations of the world most especially the nation of Cuba.
“Centuries go by, the nation of Cuba hold dearly the tenets of our ancestors and rely on the blessings of the mystery of nature, and as a result they have the best medical care in the world. They are the ONLY country that have come out boldly to help the world.
“The Almighty is above religion and he is moving now, the world will now respect nature WHOLLY. Remember nature does not need you, we all need nature to survive. Truly, the world will NEVER remain the same again!
“To solve this ailment is through natural elements put together above all from nature. It has been tested!!! I have used it and also used it for some of the chronic Corona patients with testimonials.
“PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED (The world did with the warning Last Year June). I also challenge researchers both in Nigeria and the world to make these natural herbs into clinical medicine and extract the vaccines from it.
“I am ready to work with them and provide huge access to the herbs. It is real and it works. I have a lot gathered together for the use of mankind.
“I’m also currently working with Yem Kem International (Alternative Medicine Expert) pharmaceutical company for the packaging and distribution of these globally. It is about time to save the world now. Tomorrow may be too late. Let’s all keep safe.”
