A mild drama was on display on Saturday after a groom-to-be identified as Rufus Aplang walked out of church during his wedding and abandoned his supposed bride, Judith, in Plateau State.
Aplang fled the God’s Glory Ministry, Jos, venue of the wedding, when it was time to take the wedding vow on Saturday.
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According to NAN, his action sent family members, friends, colleagues and associates into wild confusion.
Aplang, was quoted allegedly to have said before walking out of the Church that he had planned 10 years ago to disgrace his supposed bride on their wedding day.
An eyewitness, Miss Julian Dogo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos, that the fleeing groom gave shocking answers to the pastor while he was taking his marital vows.
“Aplang was asked on the altar by the pastor, do you take Judith as your wife for batter for worse? Then he replied with a No.
“The pastor put the same question to him, and he replied, ‘Pastor, I heard you clearly, and understand English very well and my answer is still No’
“Then the pastor said to him, but you are well dressed and came ready for this wedding, and he replied, ‘sorry, I made up my mind 10 years ago to disgrace her on our wedding day’
“As soon as he said that, he walked out of the church, and was followed by his best man and his friends who drove out of the church premises,”Dogo told NAN.
However Judith, the supposed bride, collapsed inside the church and was taken to an disclosed hospital around Plateau State Polytechnic in Jos
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a man identified as Habeed Kasali, for reportedly killing his kinsman he suspected of having an affair with his wife.
The 35-year-old native of Totowu village in Igbesa allegedly stabbed 32-year-old Bamidele Johnson with scissors multiple times after a fight ensued between them which lead to Bamidele’s death.
Ogun State Police Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said said;
“They are both natives of Totowu. The incident occurred on Saturday. The suspect confronted the deceased that he was having an affair with his wife despite several warnings and it led to a fight.
“In the process, the suspect used scissors to stab the deceased several times on his chest, eye and neck which made Bamidele to lose consciousness. He was immediately rushed to Crest Hospital at Isuti Road in Egan, Lagos but was confirmed dead by the doctor.
“Having realised that the victim had died, the suspect took to his heels, but the DPO Igbesa SP Abayomi Adeniji quickly dispatched his detectives to go after him and he was eventually arrested where he ran to.
“The body of the deceased has been recovered to Ota General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy. The Commissioner of Police Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.”
MC Fish clocked a new age on Sunday, 22nd March and his wife, actress Anita Joseph took to her Instagram page to eulogize him.
She wrote;
“You Complete me “ Life with you has been sweet “ It won’t even make sense with someone else “ I said yes to the best man in d Universe !! And we are uniquely and gorgeously Made for each other The Days are Long when your not Close to me !! Thank you for coming into my world Thank you for Completing me And been True in a world where there’s no TRUTH Thank you for been my best friend this 3years I Love you Forever King The Choosen You will always Lead.. Your blessings are released and your Hands Are Blessed .. Welcome to your Best year Ever … This year you shall experience Gods ultimate grace ,favor ,kindness in JESUS Name Amen Thank you for pushing me Baba I would v given you the world and all the gold in it if I can But we are Enough and We love our small Circle KING @realmcfish may the rest of your years be the very best My handsome Husband
Micheal ori ihe di mma ya gazie nna m
However, some of her followers were not in the birthday spirit and took to the comment section of the said post to ask her to keep her relationship off social media.
Anita wasn’t pleased with their comments and she took out time rain curses on one of them. See their exchange below.
A cleric slumped and died while officiating Mass in Rivers State on Sunday, March 22, 2020.
Rev. Father Cyprian Kooro, of the St. Helen Catholic Church, Ogbogoro, Rivers State, was in the middle of celebrating Mass with his parishioners when he collapsed suddenly.
He was immediately rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, where he was pronounced dead.
Former Nigerian Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has announced that his son tested positive for coronavirus.
The former vice president who broke the news via his verified Twitter handle, stated that the NCDC (Nigeria Centre for Disease Control), has been duly informed about the situation and that his son has been moved to Gwagwalada Specialist Teaching Hospital in Abuja for treatment and Management.
“My son has tested positive for coronavirus,”
“The @NCDCGov has been duly informed, and he has been moved to Gwagwalada Specialist Teaching Hospital in Abuja for treatment and management. I will appreciate it if you have him in your prayers. Stay safe, coronavirus is real,” he wrote.
Former Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus.
Fellaini, who joined Shandong Luneng FC last January from Manchester United, returned to China on Friday to join up with his club and has now contracted the virus.
The midfielder took to his Instagram page on Sunday afternoon to reveal he had been diagnosed with the deadly disease.
Posting on Instagram, he wrote; “Dear friends, I have been tested for coronavirus and my test result is positive. Currently, I am back in China and being treated in the hospital. I can assure you that everything is fine for me now. Thanks to the fans, medical staff and the club for their care and attention. I will follow the treatment and hope to return to the game as soon as possible. Please everyone stay safe”
Chinese media reports say Fellaini is in isolation at Jinan hospital, which specialises in infectious diseases.
A 38-year-old Nigerian man identified as Idorenyin Edet has narrated how he escaped death following the recent explosion that rocked Abule-Ado community in Lagos.
Read the interview with PUNCHNG.com’s Alexander Okere.
How were you affected by the explosion?
I was at home on that day dressing up for a church service when I perceived the odour of a petroleum product. I ran to the sitting room and when I got there, it looked like fuel had been spilled there. When I went outside, I saw that the environment had been taken over by fumes. I had to call my wife to come outside. But she ran back inside to pick up her phone.
As she was coming outside, there was an explosion. The explosion flung me to the ground by some distance. It blew off everything I had on. I saw myself naked; the only thing I saw were my shoes, boxers, and singlet.
How much impact did it have on your apartment?
My building went down completely. When I stood up, I started vomiting blood. Blood also oozed from my ears. That was the only thing I could remember. I don’t even know how I got to hospital.
How close was your building to the point where the explosion occurred?
My building is close to that of the man who died with his wife. He was my neighbour.
What happened to your wife?
I have not set my eyes on my wife. I was told she was taken to a place in Festac Town but was rejected. I was later told that she was taken to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi. I am worried about her.
Have you spoken to her lately?
I only spoke to her the day the incident occurred.
Have you experienced that kind of incident before?
No. I have not experienced it before.
How would you describe the one that happened last Sunday?
People have been saying it was a bomb explosion. But if it was, it would have exploded at once. But in this case, the fumes were there for about five minutes to the extent that I could not perceive fresh air; and before I knew what happened, the explosion took place.
Singer, Davido performed to an audience of more than 50 persons in popular night club, Stone Cafe in Ibadan, despite warnings by federal and state governments to Nigerians to avoid social gatherings and observe social distancing.
On Sunday, March 22, 2020, Governor Seyi Makinde confirmed the first case of coronavirus in Oyo state. The governor in a statement said the confirmation test for the suspected case at Bodija has come back positive.
However, in a video posted on the Instagram page of Stone Cafe Ibadan, it was confirmed that Davido held the show at the club on Saturday night.
The video showed Davido sitting in the club, while a large number of people trooped in to greet him. The video also showed him posing for photographs with Asiwaju Segun Olalere, the CEO of the club.
“It’s @davidoofficial x @bredhkn in the building. And they came through with the full squad. This isn’t a throwback . They are here live! 10:42pm”, The club wrote.
Nigerian gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi has disclosed that he told his parents to choose how they wish to die following the outbreak of coronavirus in Nigeria.
Bisi Alimi who disclosed that many Nigerians think coronavirus is a fluke, said he called his parents last night and told them to choose how they wish to die; alone in isolation or with their children around them.
His facebook post reads ;
Last night I called my parents and say something a child shouldn’t say, I told them they can choose how they wish to die; alone in isolation or with their children around them.
I know this is not really a nice thing to say, but I have to say it cos we live in extraordinary time.
When I called, my dad was out and I was upset. He is over 80 and my mum 70.
He fought in the war. He is a restless being like my husband and I knew staying indoor will hard for him.
I do mean really hard for him.
When he got back I called again and told them of the situation in Europe and that was when it became clear to me that social media is a bubble, there are many Nigerians (majority) who still think this is a fluke though they are equally scared.
I told my parents that for once life is giving them a choice on how they wish to die (this will seem extreme but it is not)
If they refused to stay at home and catch the virus, considering their age and vulnerability, they are unlike to survive it, but that’s not the deal, the deal is, they will die in isolation with no one to wish them goodbye.
However if they stay in and don’t allow visitors, they have a choice that when death comes, they will have their children by their side to bid them good bye.
This message applies to everyone, most especially my Nigerian friends, I know it is hard and it is going to be challenging but please STAY AT HOME!
Nigerian multi-talented entertainer, Julius Agwu, has said that the entertainment industry is now a safe haven for many Nigerian graduates who do not want to get involved in fraudulent activities.
The 46-year-old multi-talented entertainer also maintained that the comedy industry is not congested but comedians only need to re-strategise.
In an interview with Saturday Beats, Agwu said, “When I look around, I’m excited about what is happening in the industry, because many graduates are now into entertainment.
“I thank God for Instagram because everybody now has the privilege to make money for themselves so far they are not stealing or doing any fraudulent activity to earn a living.
“I also don’t think the comedy industry is congested. If it is congested, then people should stop laughing.
“Comedians will always be there but after sometime, people may feel that the comedian should go back and re-strategise because he or she is no longer funny.”
Speaking about his career since his recovery from a brain tumour, the comedian said that he has not retired but is taking time to rest.
He said, “I have not retired from comedy; I’m only taking my time and I would come back. I have been resting after my sickness. I may mark my 25 years on stage this year.
“Many people will be proud of it. Health-wise, I’m good. Many people have been telling me that I look good too.”
Agwu also noted that life has taught him some salient lessons. He added, “I have learnt a lot about life. I wouldn’t want to say some things but the fact is that I have grown. Life has taught me that it is important to strategise. The truth is one doesn’t win all the time and at some point, one has to settle down and watch certain things unfold.
“But in all, one unforgettable lesson is that one needs to hold God tight and not despise Him. I also learnt the value of friendship but I don’t want to say more than that.”
A 96-year-old retired headmaster has explained that in his days as a young man, no woman could resist his charms.
Samuel Adejuwon, a retired headmaster based in Akure, Ondo State, tells PETER DADA about his life, career, family and other issues
You’re said to be 96 years old, how did you know your age?
I can remember that my father took me to Ikere Ekiti from my hometown, Ido-Ajinare, at a tender age, to be living with a relation (woman) so that I could start my elementary school at Saint John’s Primary School. That was in the 1930s.
I started school at that time and I was already grown a bit. That was how we could deduce that I must be 96 at least now. I could remember that I wept for almost a week when I got there. I started Class I because I was a little bit mature. I got to Class II there. After taking an examination, I did Standard I and II but had to continue Standard III in Okemesi Ekiti at Saint Michael’s Primary School with a group of pupils from Ido-Ajinare. We would leave on Sunday evening and come back on Friday evening. I went further to Ijero Ekiti for Standard V and Standard VI. After Standard VI, I started teaching at the same Saint Michael’s Primary School. I taught for four years before I proceeded to Saint John’s Teachers’ College, Owo.
After my training as a teacher in Owo, I started working as a trained teacher. I later became a head teacher at Saint Michael’s Primary School, Ilara-Mokin. As a trained teacher, I was full of pride and people respected me a lot in the community. Ladies always flocked around me.
You look younger than the age you have described, what is the secret?
God is the secret of my longevity.
Did you pick your wife among those ladies that flocked around you in those days?
There, I had two female teachers working with me. One of them was from Ipogun; she was dark and fat, and the other one was fair and slender, but walked sluggishly. When thinking having a wife, I had to consider the one from Ipogun.
When did you get married to her?
We got married in January 1955.
How did you woo her?
I was the head teacher then which made me a popular person. Being a teacher then gave one a great chance. Besides, I was living in her father’s house before I wooed her, so it made it easier for me. However, it suddenly dawned on me when I took her home for introduction that like me, she came from a village and I started wondering how the marriage would work. Despite that, I still married her and she loved me.
How did she react when you proposed to her?
Why would she say no? Me, a neat and well dressed teacher! If you saw my dressing then, no lady would see me and not admire me. It was an express agreement.
When you got married, did she live with you or in her hometown, considering how you were moving from town to town as a teacher?
She was with me of course, going with me wherever I went.
You said you were a good-looking teacher, how did you cope with advances from ladies?
I did not look at them. I am a disciplined person and I believed it would lower my prestige as a trained teacher if I became a philanderer. I was known for good principles. Some women didn’t like to be posted to my school. They would say that I did not have special treatment for ladies. And that was true. If you were a pregnant teacher and you came late, I would warn you and tell you that I would not take any action because of your condition. Six months after delivery, such a woman must brace herself or leave. I didn’t accept any nonsense.
How would you compare working with government in the days you were young with the situation now?
Government work was good then. There is nothing good in it now. That’s my view because I believe so much in hard work.
Where did you work as a trained teacher?
I worked at Ido-Ani and Owo. I spent a long time in Owo.
How did you manage to achieve a good balance between your domestic responsibilities and working hard at work?
I’m a man. It is women that cater for children.
But your wife was also a teacher, how did you work out the schedule?
As I said earlier, I warned pregnant and nursing teachers against coming to school late. So, I also warned her against coming late. Though at home, I pitied her a lot because she would go to school and come back with me and then go straight to the kitchen when we got home, while I would be in the sitting room, sometimes dozing off, but she would send for me when the food was ready.
Popular Nigerian singer, and mother of one, Tiwa Savage has revealed to her over 10 million followers on the gram, that she has a habit she cannot do away with.
The singer while sharing a video on her live story said she’s of the habit of adding sugar to her eba!
Here’s the video below;
Tiwa is a Nigerian singer Born in Isale Eko, she relocated to London at the age of 11 for her secondary education.
She recently got candid, where she had a few things to say about men with big manhoods. (see here)
Five years later, she began her music career doing backup vocals for artists such as George Michael and Mary J. Blige.
Kingsley Innocent, an Abia-based Pastor has said there’s no coronavirus in Nigeria.
According to the General Overseer of Bible Believing Mission, he said there’s no record of the virus in Nigeria, because the virus cannot survive in the country.
He added that the flu-like virus cannot survive in Nigeria when there is “corrosive anointing”.
He added that anytime it is genuinely confirmed in Nigeria, it will stop all over the world.
Pastor Talkanado who insinuated there is plan to divert N620m meant to combat coronavirus in the country, backed his claim by pointing out that the identity of the Italian man who was the index case of the disease was not made public.
It should however be noted that 27 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the country, out of which 2 have been discharged.
Actress, Toyin Abraham has shared a never seen before photo of herself and her baby boy, Ire to mark her first celebration of Mother’s Day.
The multiple award winning actress, shared the hospital bed photo and expressed her excitement to be called a mother on a day like this.
“This is my first Mother’s Day as a mother and the feeling is extremely surreal. I am thankful and ecstatic all at once and I am using myself as a point of contact for everybody looking for the fruit of the womb. Your wish will be granted in Jesus name. Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers out there. “
Not stopping there, Toyin Abraham who is now happily married to her senior colleague, Kolawale Ajeyemi and have a son together also advised her fans and followers on social media to stay safe and protect themselves from the wide spread of Coronavirus.
“Remember guys #CoronaVirus is real and deadly. Please wash your hands, practice social distancing and self- isolate if need be. I love you all,” she added.
Idris Elba’s wife Sabrina Elba has confirmed that she has tested positive for coronavirus. Last week, Luther actor Idris announced that he had been diagnosed with Covid-19 despite showing no symptoms.
He had been exposed to the disease while attending an event with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife, Sophie, who has also contracted the virus.
Days after being tested, Sabrina has confirmed that she also has coronavirus. Speaking to Oprah during a live stream for her new Apple TV+ series Oprah Talks, Sabrina said:
‘Actually, I found out this morning, Oprah, that I tested positive. ‘I’m not surprised, as soon as I heard that Idris was potentially exposed. I was on my way anyway and I wanted to be with him, I think that’s an instinct as a wife you just want to go and take care.
‘We didn’t change the way we interacted, I could have made a decision to put myself in a separate room or maybe stay away and I’m sure people are making those decisions, they’re tough decisions to make. But I made the decision to want to be with him and still touch him.’
Idris added: ‘On the day of the exposure, we were together at home and had been together right until I had departed to fly so at any point then, and prior to us knowing, if I’d caught it, she’d certainly have caught it in that time period as well.’
The 47-year-old actor then explained how he finds it ‘worrying’ that some people like himself are not showing symptoms of the virus.
Sabrina revealed she also feels healthy, stating: ‘I don’t feel anything that would come to what people would now expect to be a symptom of coronavirus, which is really strange. It might change in the coming weeks, and we’ll keep everyone updated.’ Idris was recently forced to deny that he was in critical condition with the disease after rumours began to spread online.
A video making the rounds on social media shows the moment the governor of Abia state said Coronavirus will not get to the state because it is mentioned in the Bible.
Dr Okezie Ikpeazu in the video stated that COVID19, just like several other diseases will not find its way into the state because of the promise of God in the Bible.
In his words ;
We have the promise of God that none of the diseases none of the diseases will get to us. We saw Ebola, it did not get to us, we saw monkey pox, it did not get to us, even this one (coronavirus) will not get to us. Amen
A 48-year-old man identified as Theddius Audu reportedly impregnated his 15-year-old daughter Justina in Wuyeya, a village under Assakio, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Audu, a farmer and petty trader, took up the sole responsibility of his daughter’s upbringing after his marriage to Talatu Ayi from Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state ended 13 years ago due to irreconcilable differences.
According to The Nation, his younger sister who helped out in raising the little girl, died in a tragic accident in January 2019 on her way back from Lafia market. Audu decided to relocate to a three-bedroom apartment he had managed to build in the village after the incident, so his daughter could live comfortably in safety and without any fear. The decision resulted in a pregnancy as Justina is 4 months gone already.
Recounting how the sad incident occurred, Justina said;
“God has inflicted a permanent wound on me; there is absolutely no point keeping me alive. I think I should just commit suicide and die, rather than continue living to bear this shameful burden. God has not been fair to me and I don’t know my sin or offence. My mother left me when I was barely two years old; and up till now, hasn’t taken as much as a second look back. My late aunty Agnes, who brought me up died, recently and now I’m pregnant for my father. What could be worse than that,” she asked bursting into tears.
“When my aunty died in an accident, my father moved me into his three bedroom apartment to occupy one of the rooms. He used to check my private part to see if I had started menstruating or having sex with boys. One night, I was sleeping after a hectic day; he came into my room, removed my wrapper and inserted his finger in to my private part, asking if I had started menstruating. I woke up suddenly from sleep and asked, “Daddy why are you doing this to me?”
“He asked if I had had sex before and I said no. He then said he would use his penis to test my virginity. Before I could utter any word, he had climbed on top of me. I wanted to scream, but he held my mouth and penetrated into me. I struggled to wriggle free but he over-powered me and forcefully deflowered me. I bled throughout that night, crying uncontrollably till the following day. I was also in pains throughout.
“I felt very bad but he warned me that nobody must hear of what he did to me. He also threatened to slaughter me with a knife if he heard it from anybody. That was how he kept sleeping with me at night and eventually got me pregnant.
“How I wish my mother were around; this shameful thing would not have happened to me. It is incredible; my world and life has crumbled. How can I have a child for my father?
“The days that followed my Aunt’s death were both utterly full and completely empty; full of activities, yet empty of life because there was nobody to take care of me and guide me properly.
“Her absence gave my father the opportunity to ruin my life. I feel very ashamed that I’m pregnant without getting married and more ashamed that my own biological father is responsible. Now I think about death frequently because my father decided that I should leave the pregnancy and deliver a male child for him.”
She said her father has even threatened to kill her if she tried aborting the pregnancy. “So I don’t have any choice but to allow it grow; meanwhile, the pregnancy is just four months.”
The father, Audu said he always felt pain of someone “toasting” his beautiful daughter and enjoying, after he went through difficulties to raise her.
He said;
“She looks beautiful and I always feel the pains that one day, someone else will toast her and start enjoying what I suffered all these years to raise. When her mother left me, I took the pains to bring her up because I could not get married and was alone.
“It started like a joke. I don’t know what came over me; she tried to resist me but I was very harsh on her and she allowed me have my way. Thereafter, we continued unabated. I actually wanted to test her virginity status, to know whether she had started going out with boys but when she told me she missed her period, I decided that she should not abort it.
“She should deliver the baby for me since I don’t have any other child. Thereafter, she can get married to anybody of her choice. This was the secret arrangement we had and I don’t know why she is exposing it now.
Media personality, Eku Edewor is celebrating mother’s day and to that regard, has shared her pregnancy photos for the first time.
Edewor welcomed her daughter over three years ago but said she chose to share her pregnancy photos to mark the special day.
Sharing the photos, she wrote ;
I never posted this image. A lot of you joke with me that I had a surrogate because I never revealed images of my pregnancy. Well here’s me at 9 months October 2016. A week before I gave birth, I really enjoyed the journey of pregnancy; I was lucky because I know a lot of women can have drastic complications, but apart from the usual issues, through the various trimesters, like tiredness, nausea and reflux in the first and back pain in the third! It was pretty relaxed for me; and it was a beautiful summer to fall that year in London. I really felt in bloom. Three and a bit years later, each year has revealed another stage of my daughters life that I become attached to, no matter how challenging (terrible twosss tooo threesss ) I know I’ll miss each one, because once gone I can only reminisce and smile. Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers who decide to nurture and grow our young! #firsttimemom #mothersday
Gospel artist, Yinka Ayefele was spotted recently performing on stage and at the same time preventing himself from the deadly coronavirus.
In the picture, the singer was seen using handkerchief to cover more than half of his face while he was singing at an event. It is obvious that so many people are putting the necessary preventive measures in place, not even our celebrities are left out.
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has said that God told him, in the beginning of the year that there’d be a compulsory holiday worldwide, and that he would use the plague to prove to the whole world that he is still the Almighty God.
He said this during a sermon in his church on Sunday morning.
In his words;
He told me loud and clear that this year, the whole world is going to be on compulsory holiday. I know the last time we got close to the world being on holiday. It was after 9-11. Remember there was this attack in America on the World Trade Center towers that all planes were grounded, at least around America.
So when he said the whole world is going to be on compulsory holiday, I thought maybe something like that is going to happen. Now, if that is what it meant and somebody had prophesied it and it happened, the Interpol would have come and picked the follow and said you had about the plot, you knew when they were planning this thing and you didn’t speak.
But now, the compulsory holiday is here. You can see the major nations of the world locking down. The smaller nations are also going to be locked down. This is because nobody wants to travel by air because if you travel by air and there is just one person on that plane that is infected, they would look for you and put you on Quarantine.
Compulsory holiday because my daddy says he wants to show the world that he is still the one in control. He wants to show those of us who thinks hat we are someone that Heaven is still his throne and the whole eart, his foot stool. So if you think that you are big, he is compel you to seat down at home and not move at least for two weeks.
The good news about this is that as soon as he has proved to the whole world that he can shut down the whole earth if he wants, then he would remove the plague.
How long before that happens, I am sorry I can’t tell you but from the look fromthe look of things, he is already achieving his purpose if he stops the plague now. The world by now should know that there is someone called the Almighty” he said
The clergyman added that Coronavirus would never be washed away like some prophets have predicted. He said the only thing is the virus would subside but that it will never go away.
Rangers International FC forward, Ifeanyi George, has died in a car accident in Abudu, near Agbor, Delta State.
The striker was involved in the crash on Sunday on his way to Lagos from Enugu following the suspension of the Nigeria Professional Football League due to the coronavirus pandemic.
George was with two other teammates when their vehicle ran into a stationary heavy-duty truck along Onitsha-Agbor-Benin road.
“We just heard of this disturbing news,” Rangers general manager, Davidson Owumi, was quoted saying.
“We call for prayers in this hour of pains.”
George had been suffering a waist injury for the past three weeks and was reportedly told not to drive even in Enugu.
Ghana has closed all its borders to human traffic to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The closure, however, will not apply to goods, supplies and cargo, President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a televised address on Saturday.
The country also confirmed its first death from the disease.
“All our borders, that is, by land, sea and air, will be closed to human traffic for the next two weeks beginning midnight on Sunday,” he said.
All travellers arriving in the country before midnight on Sunday will be required to undergo mandatory quarantine and COVID-19 testing.
“Anybody who comes into the country before on Sunday will be mandatorily quarantined and tested for the virus,” he added.
Ghana’s Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, had earlier disclosed that travellers from high-risk countries with more than 200 cases of the Covid-19 would not be allowed into the country. The only exceptions were Ghanaian citizens and persons with Ghana residence permits.
Confirmed cases
Ghana’s index case of the coronavirus was announced on March 12.
Twenty-one cases have been confirmed as at 21:15 GMT on March 21. One death, of a 61-year-old Lebanese, who had tested positive in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, was announced by the president in his address.
“Unfortunately one person who tested positive for the virus, but had serious underlying health complications, passed away in the early hours of today,” the president said.
He said all others are responding to treatment with eight being managed from their homes in isolation.
Pre-wedding photos of Samuel Yarling, the groom who slumped and died on his wedding day have surfaced online.
See photos below ;
The deceased’s friend took to facebook to eulogize the late groom and it was really a sad one.
His post reads ;
Samuel Yarling was my colleague while at the Airtel Customer Care Centre. He was a jovial jolly good fellow. We kept in touch even after ‘retiring’ from the call center we chatted and often joked about life and marriage. Recently his pre-wedding pictures sprung up and i was super happy for him. I teased him and we laughed after which i wished him well.
Nigerian OAP, Dotun and Singer Peter Okoye have reacted and taken interest in the video making the rounds on social media which captured the moment a boy mercilessly beat him his girlfriend who was allegedly pregnant.
In the shocking video, the boy is seen beating his girlfriend in the presence of his friends, and the friends can be heard laughing or making minimal efforts to stop him.
Peter Okoye has sworn to ‘carry the matter on his head’ and put in his best effort to make sure the boys pay dearly.
He shared the video and wrote ;
I am not sleeping until they are all arrested! Let’s find them! This video is disheartening! ?????? I believe this happened in Markudi! Cos the guy in red T shirt mentioned it. They better turn themselves over to the police authority in the next 48hrs. Otherwise they will come for them . Swear down I am not gona sleeping on this one!!!??….. and I will keep y’all updated. ? #IdonCarryTheMatterForMyHead
OAP Dotun, in his reaction, took to Instagram to share the photo of one of the boys involved in the assault, writing ;
This is one of the faces of the faceless bastards that beat up that young lady in the viral video @jude_faga_jr … please make sure you fish this animal out… you will never in your entire life do this to anyone talkess of a woman again.. @peterpsquare I am with you 100% .. fish this bastard out guy
