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      The first batch of Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic has arrived in Abuja . 160 Nigerians , including eight infants, made the first batch of evacuees. They arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja , around 11. 05 am on Sunday. They returned aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft under the special flight arrangements by the Federal Government for nationals strande d abroad. “ ET Flight 8509 conveying 160 Nigerian evacuees from the US has safely arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport , Abuja , ” Minister of Foreign Affairs , Geoffrey Onyeama, said while confirming their arrival . The plane departed the Newark International Airport, New Jersey, on Saturday around 8 :20 p. m . local time (1: 20 a .m . in Nigeria on Sunday). Onyeama added that on arrival , the evacuees would be quarantined for 14 days in Abuja before leaving for their respective destinations in the country .

       President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with government and people of Lagos State over the passing of Justice Isiaka Isola Oluwa, 102, whose legacy of fairness, integrity and forthrightness in administering justice continues to reverberate long after retirement. President Buhari sends condolences to family of the late Justice of the State High Court, his friends and professional colleagues,  affirming that his meritorious public service was most remarkable, especially contributions to the growth of education as Pro-Chancellor of Lagos State University and Chairman of Governing Council. The President believes Justice Oluwa’s personal attributes of simple, disciplined and incorruptible lifestyle left an indelible mark on the Lagos State Judiciary, and enabled his subsequent appointments to sensitive positions, urging the Lagos State Government, particularly the Ministry of Justice to institutionalize the good works of the legal luminary. Preside...

       Ogun COVID-19 Update #6: 35 Total Discharged, Total Active Now 76 including 2 New Cases On Saturday, 9th May, 2020, Ogun State discharged 5 COVID-19 patients out of the earlier recorded 113 total confirmed cases in the State. The patients have since joined their families after they all tested negative to the virus twice, bringing the total number of discharged cases in the State to 35. The NCDC on the same day, Saturday announced 2 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the State. This brings to total, 115 confirmed cases. There are currently 76 active cases under observation and treatment in the Isolation Centres in the State. Contact of the 2 new confirmed patients are currently being traced. Everyone is urged to maintain measures recommended by international and local health authorities. Stay home. Stay safe.

       Two facilities in Badagry West Local Council Development Area of Lagos State have been shut down for contravening new guidelines issued by the government to operators of hotels, clubs and other entertainment outfits in the State. Speaking on the closure of Maggi Hotel, and Tambari Theatre Art (Night Club) both in Seme axis of Badagry, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Tourism, Arts and C ulture, Mr. Solomon Bonu, stated that the facilities were shut for violating and contravening the order of the State government. He said, "Apart from the fact that these facilities open for normal operations in defiance to the government's directive, it was also discovered that there is a high level of immorality going on in these places. The Night Club has become home for strippers, drug barons and all sorts of mischief". The Special Adviser expressed displeasure with the unruly and unlawful practices by the management of the two facilities, stressing that the gu...

    Covid-19 Update By The Incident Commander, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu My dear Lagosians, I am happy to inform you that 21 more  # COVID19  patients; 4 females and 17 males, all Nigerians have been discharged from our isolation facilities to reunite with the society. The patients, 3 from Onikan, 1 from Eti-Osa (LandMark), 1from First Cardiology Hospital (an accredited private Isolation facility), 6 from Lekki and 10 from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation Centres. were discharged today having fully recovered and tested negative to  # COVID19  in two consecutive test readings. With this, the total number of cases successfully managed and discharged from isolation facilities has risen to 469. Remember to practice hand hygiene, join our  # MaskUpLagos  campaign by using a facemask especially when outdoor and do not forget to observe strictly the Social Distancing principle. Together we can break the chain of t...

     Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers state on Sunday April 10, supervised the demolition of two hotels in the state for violating the order of the state government for hotels to remain shut as part of measures to stop the spread of Coronavirus in the state.... Recall that last week, the Governor, while placing the capital city, comprising Port Harcourt and Obio-Akpo local government areas on curfew, vowed to pull down hotels operating during the lockdown and buildings opened for  business. The Prodest hotel and one Edemeteh Hotel, Onne were found to have violated the lockdown order as they opened for business. The governor stunned residents of the state this afternoon when he accompanied a bulldozer to the Prodest Hotel to pull the structure down. The same fate befell the Edemeteh Hotel, Onne. Governor Wike while supervising the demolition, dismissed claims that it has a political undertone. According to him, the hotel in Eleme belongs to a PDP member and so ...

      "If you have a cough, fever and difficulty breathing, you should wear a mask and seek medical care. If you don't have these symptoms, you don't have to wear a mask. Because there is no evidence that they protect people who are not sick"- World Health Organisation. I guess the only thing that will keep us safe and save the world, according to the Bill Gates-controlled WHO, is Bill Gates' coming vaccine. Bunch of confused clowns, sociopathic fools, psychopathic idiots and evil souls.One more photo below.

      Unfortunately It was a joyful day to some people yesterday at Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra state. As trailer carrying hero beer fell down in Ekwulobia roundabout earlier yesterday, the Ekwulobia people were seen drinking from the beer that was scattered all over the place. One of the young men caught in the Scene scooping some bottles of Hero was asked why he ventured into such, he Replied : ,,,“Opportunity Comes but ones". 🙄 They tagged it Ekwulobia free drink day.More photos below.

      A Nigerian lady took to Facebook to claim she gave birth after being pregnant for 2 years and 4 months... According to Peace Okeke-Amadi, she waited for 5 years to get pregnant after the birth of her first child but the new pregnancy took a different turn. She claimed that during those months she waited to give birth to her baby, many claimed her sin kept her in the condition she was in. Others also alleged that her pregnancy is a scam and that she was mocking God. Peace claimed she conceived her child in December 2017 and welcomed her baby girl on April 28, 2020! Lol. OK! Peace wrote... On the 20th December , 2017 , I took in, went for urine and blood PT and the result came out positive .. I was so happy because I had waited for this to happen for more than 5yrs after my first child... Three months into my first trimester I suddenly started bleeding,I was so scared,the doctor tried to stop the bleeding but it persisted and came out in big clots.. I wen...

    In the face of the continuous lockdown occasioned by the Covid-19, the Kano State Council of Ulama’s have demanded to know it fate from the government on whether it will be allowed to conduct or observe the Eid congregational prayers or not which marks the end of the Muslim Ramadan fast. Recall that government had banned all forms of large crowd gathering including Friday Jumaat  congregational prayers and worship in Churches, shut down markets, offices and schools among others to curtail the spread the novel coronavirus disease in the state. Also read: COVID-19 Donations: Lagos Assembly issues clarification, commends Sanwo-Olu The Council’s Chairman, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil in a communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting held by the council in the state said the government should make it stand known on the congregational prayer particularly that their various followers have continued to ask them whether or not they will conduct the prayers. Sheikh Khalil fu...

     Nine members of the high profile International terrorist group, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimeena fii Bilaa dis Sudan, responsible for the kidnap of expatriates, and other influential personalities in northern Nigeria, have revealed how they were recruited from mosques, and trained in Libya. The suspects arrested by the Inspector – General of Police, Intellignece Response Team (IRT), were smoked out of their hideouts in Kaduna, Zaria, Funtua, Kano and Katsina States. According to the suspects, the terrorist group whose membership spreads across all the northern states, and many African countries, presents itself as an Islamic group fighting a just cause, but after accepting their membership, recruits are presented with the sad reality of being a criminal gang. A senior police source who was a member of the team that tracked the suspects, said the gang had an operation base at Birnin Gwari Bush. The source, whose identity cannot be disclosed, revealed that the gang...

     Lagos Considers Switching to Community Management of Covid-19 Cases, as Sanwo-Olu Mulls another Lockdown …Governor To Police: ‘Confiscate Any Okada Operating, Stop Pedestrian Trekking Into Lagos’ …Commercial Buses Not Complying With Guidelines - Sanwo-Olu Lagos State may be in for another round of interminable lockdown of movement and business activities should the residents fail to adhere to the public health guidelines issued by the State Government in response to the fight against the ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the State Government would be forced to review terms of easing the lockdown if there was no improvement in the adherence to the guidelines initiated to break the cycle of transmission of the dreaded virus. The Governor spoke on Saturday during a maiden briefing after the ease of a five-week lockdown imposed by the Federal Government. Besides, Sanwo-Olu said there will be a change in the State’s is...

     On the 7/5/2020 a 36 years old woman resident at UNIZIK temp-site Awka, reported at B Division Awka that at about 9:pm of 6/5/2020, while departing with her friend at Okochi Okpuno, a man later identified as Emeka Okeke 'm' aged 28 years alias "Aso Rock"followed her closely, raised his shirt to show her a 'gun' tucked in his waist, and threatened to shoot her dead if she did no t submit herself to his sexual demand for Carnal knowledge. Consequently the frightened victim, believing it was a real gun, and under the fear of being shot dead, followed him to a building in Okochi where he forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her. Again while being led out of the scene, the suspect forcefully led her to the premises of Community Primary School Okpuno, where he had another rounds of carnal knowledge with the victim. Following the report, the suspect was trailed and arrested by police detectives in conjunction with vigilante group attached to Opuno C...

      On 09/05/2020, the Assistant Commissioner of Police incharge of Operations Anambra State Police Command *ACP David Iloyanomon* paid a routine visit to JTF deployed to Omor and Umumbo communities where Communal crisis occured recently.The ACP conveyed the massage of the Commissioner of Police *CP John B.Abang,fdc* to   the officers and men and lectured them to be professional in their conduct and maintain high level of discipline. He also boosted their Morale and left them in high spirit. Consequently,the officer equally addressed the youths and vigilante members of the two communities involved in the recent conflict following a rumour of renewed clash being pedled by mischief makers which was discovered to be false.He admonished the people to maintain peace and adhere to the resolution reached by Ayamelum Leaders of thought to lay down their arms, embrace peace,and allow free passage to their opponents to access their farm lands without hindrance or moles...