GIST OF THE DAY

Ogun state at war as they face serious robbery due to ongoing pandemic. People are facing serious hunger and in a community where there is no food, robbery will surely surface. See what victims are saying :- My sis just called to inform me that there r robbers on our street in ogun state and my dad nd other landlords had to go out with machetes nd planks to face these robbers,I feel so helpless right now,I'm far away in Lagos and my dad is out there to face men with guns #OgunUnrest Two thieves caught in my street in abule-egba axis this night... Currently being handed over to the police force... The youths are working,no time to sleep #OgunUnrest I can’t even Post all the Gory Videos they’re sending to my DMs 😭 Residents are ‘shooking’ the thieves bottle ooo 😩😖😖 #OgunUnrest pic.twitter.com/HXkxbiVlKR — DANNY WALTER 👑 (@Danny_Walterr) April 11, 2020 Police chasing after dem pic.twitter.com/I2XT0p4zwd — Mac (@Mac_keyz) April 11, 2020

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Okonkwo Sunday for reportedly emptying a can of a suspected toxic liquid substance on about 143 bags of garden eggs worth N729, 000.00 at Akwata sub-market of the Ogbete Main Market. The 52-year-old man was arrested on April 8, after a complaint was filed at the Central Police Station in the state. Investigation to ascertain the real motive(s) of the suspect as well as apprehend and prosecute accomplice to the crime is ongoing at the State CID. A statement released by Enugu state police command reads;  Following a report made at Central Police Station, Enugu on 08/04/2020 at about 1400hrs, Operatives of the Command attached to the Station arrested one Okonkwo Sunday, aged 52yrs, for allegedly emptying a can of a suspected toxic liquid substance on about 143 bags of garden eggs worth N729, 000.00 at Akwata sub-market of the Ogbete Main Market, Enugu. Investigation to ascertain the real motive(s) of the suspect as well as apprehen

Kaduna State Government has confirmed a new case of Coronavirus in the state.  A statement released by the state Commissioner for Health, Amina Mohammed Baloni, said the fresh case is a gateman in the Mando area who recently returned from Lagos.? Baloni said the patient had no connection to the first five cases in the state. [READ ALSO] :  Another patient dies of COVID-19 in Lagos private hospital Dr Baloni said the sixth case had traveled on public transport and contacted the authorities as his symptoms worsened. He said the patient has been evacuated to the state’s Infectious Disease Centre.” The Commissioner added that the latest case presents the nightmare scenario of possible community transmission of Covid-19 in the state as it would be very difficult and complicated to trace all those he might have had contact with while commuting in a public transport from Lagos to Kaduna. “The Rapid Response Team is trying its utmost to elicit from him a list of his contacts, so th

Toke Makinwa has reacted to tweets from some Nigerians referring to her as Abule Egba Kylie Jenner. The businesswoman this morning took to her handle to advise people to go for cosmetic surgery if it will make them happy. Toke who has had her butt and lips augmented, wrote; If you want to get your body done, do it, life is too short and just make sure it is what you want and not what you think is expected of you, No one is perfect and you’ll still need lots of exercising to keep fit. Surgery is half of it, any surgeon will tell you. In other words, if you must cheat, cheat but know that the body is not a machine, you’ll still need discipline, exercise and portion control to stay fit. The weight after surgery is not cute, start exercising now so it becomes a lifestyle''  Nigerians took to her comment section to troll her, with some refering to her as Abule Egba Kylie Jenner and she responded  It’s all love. Thank you all for my new title, one day I’ll get to #IkoyiKyl

83yr-old widow in a video that went viral on social media Was seen brutalized, and pushed out of the market by boys loyal to the market taskforce' chairman who claim to be working on implementation of lockdown order exercises in Ohaofia, Abia State. We learnt through an eye witness that the people in the market later assisted to take her home after suffering such a grea t humiliation by the market taskforce gangs.

Shina Adeleke, better known by his stage name Shina Rambo, took to Instagram to call out his brother-in-law for allegedly beating his sister and bringing his side chic into their home. Shina's sister, Folashade Adeleke shares a son named Kairo with @_kingchic. However, their union seems to be encountering some problems. Kingchic, Folashade, and their son Kairo Kingchic and Folashade In screenshots shared online, Shina is seen calling his sister's man a woman beater for putting "his hands on my sister". He also accused Kingchic of bringing his side chic into their home, a home Sina Rambo said his father paid for.  In anger, Shina Rambo said Kingchic has been "cut off" and he's taking over the role of Kairo's father.  "I'm Kairo's dad now," Shina Rambo said.  He added: "You have no life anymore, scam self you can't do again balu !! You wanna take it out on my sister !!! The poor girl loves you and thi

A disturbing video has been shared online showing a woman screaming out in pain as fat leaks out of her butt following a botched plastic surgery. The video which has since gone viral on social media was shared by Twitter user: @oluobededom. Watch the video below:- View this post on Instagram E dan happen, one slay queen yansh dan burst 🦍🦍💔💔 be contented with what you una no de hear, chu #trending A post shared by 240News.com (@240news) on Apr 12, 2020 at 8:15am PDT What do you think about the lady? SHARE WITH FRIENDS & FAMILY. Thanks We want to hear from you all. Drop your comments

Dr Dolor Entertainment present “The Quarantine Playlist” EP by start artist, Teni. Teni Makanaki joins forces with an ever blazing disc jockey, DJ Neptune to deliver this lovely body of work to her fans for the Isolation. “The Quarantine Playlist” is an EP that consists of 4 tracks all written and performed by Teniola Apata (One take god), complied by DJ Neptune. On this project, Teni enlists 3 producers; Tempoe (Track 1), P.Prime (Track 2,4) and Dera (Track 3). Check out the track-listing below Listen below:- What do you think about this EP? We want to hear from you all. Drop your comments

Marlian Music Didolobo Marlian Music came through with a banging lockdown jam titled “Didolobo” meaning “Pussy is meant to be fucked“. The new song welcomes his record label signee including Cblack, and the Imole rapper, Mohbad whose lyrics went explicit on this jam. The Marlian President, Naira Marley who drop a snippet off the track “Didolobo” some weeks ago has also garnered a lot of traction for the song even before arrival. The record was produced by Naira Marley‘s regular beat maker, Rexxie. Listen below:- DOWNLOAD MP3 What do you think about this song? We want to hear from you all. Drop your comments

Akon-Ft.-Wizkid-Escape Akon teams up with the Starboy, Wizkid on this new tune titled “Escape“ We can all recall how Wizkid also have Akon on his album “Ayo” released in 2014 in a track titled “For You” The Synergy between Akon and Wizkid is amazing as we witnessed in their first collabo and now this new tune “Escape” Listen below:-  DOWNLOAD MP3 What do you think about this song? We want to hear from you all. Drop your comments

DonDcRecords Frontman GuruBoi comes through with a new tune titled “ADURA” to round up the year 2019. The talented Rapper/singer shows no sign of relenting as he serves us another banger to Switch his fans to spiritual mode. This time around he joins forces with producer Avik which resulted to this impressive monster hit. This song will bring life/joy into your body, it has a good message and comes with a lovely Harmony & Rhyme that will make you Stronger and believe more in your self. Listen below:- DOWNLOAD MP3  What do you think about this song? We want to hear from you all. Drop your comments

Pasuma – Stay Safe (COVID-19) Nigeria fuji i-con, Alhaji Wasiu Alabi who is popularly known as Pasuma drops another fresh tune titled “Stay Safe (COVID-19)”, Produced by Crespin. This song serves as a warning for everyone out there to stay safe from the deadly virus. Listen below:- DOWNLOAD MP3 What do you think about this song? We want to hear from you all. Drop your comments

The police in Lagos have arrested a 34-year-old man, Kehinde Frederick, for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s daughter in the Ikorodu area of the state. It was learnt that the victim’s mother had left the one-year-old child and her two siblings, aged 11 and 12, at home while she went to a farm on Wednesday. Frederick reportedly entered their room when the woman was away, and asked the siblings to close their eyes while he inserted his finger into the little girl’s private parts. City Round gathered that the mother of the child returned home and met her crying. Upon enquiry, the victim’s elder sisters reportedly told her that Fredrick molested their sister. The mother was said to have reported the case to the police and Frederick was arrested. [READ ALSO]:  Man Nabbed For Stealing Newborn Baby's Placenta In Ogun : Photos “I went to the farm on Wednesday and left my one-year-old girl with her sisters to play with them. On returning home, I met her crying and asked her t

Cheered by her doctors, 93-year-old Alye Gunduz was discharged from an Istanbul hospital after recovering from the novel coronavirus following 10 days of treatment. Her recovery from the disease that is killing chiefly the old offered some hope to health workers at Istanbul’s Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty hospital as they battle the outbreak, which risks hitting Turkey hard. “It is promising because patients at this age and with chronic diseases are most of the time unable to recover because they are at highest risk from COVID-19,” chief physician Zekayi Kutlubay told AFP. “A 93-year-old woman walking out of intensive care sound and safe is inspiring for us as well as for other coronavirus patients at her age.” Suffering from hypertension, Gunduz, a farmer from Turkey’s southeastern city of Batman, was taken to hospital on March 31 with complaints of a high fever and stomachache. She was discharged on Friday. “I wish a speedy recovery to everyone,” the elderly woman said as sh

The Ondo State Government Saturday has announced the cancellation of the Easter Sunday church services following the confirmation of second case of the deadly coronavirus disease in the state. The government had earlier lifted the ban placed on the restriction of movement in the state to enable the Christians worship in the church on Easter Sunday only. This followed the agreement reached by the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu and the leadership of the Christians Association of Nigeria but the government had reversed itself on the matter. In a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Donald Ojogo, on Saturday, the government declared that there would no church services on Easter Sunday, that all Christians should worship in their houses. According to the statement, the government said the emergence of second case of coronavirus in the state had once again, reinforced the need to “deepen our collective efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.” [READ

The first person to officially die from the novel coronavirus was a 61-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan on January 9. Now, three months later, by April 10, more than 100,000 people have succumbed to the disease. First Asia, then Europe in March and now the United States have each, in turn, become the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced more than half of humanity into lockdown. Despite sometimes draconian confinement measures, the number of daily deaths has accelerated across the globe — from fewer than 500 per day in mid-March, to more than 5,000 at the start of April and now nearly 7,500. In the last eight days, more deaths were registered than in the preceding 84 days. In all, at least 100,859 people have died from coronavirus, according to an AFP tally at 1900 GMT on Friday, using official figures. More than 1.6 million declared cases have been registered in 193 countries, of which at least 335,900 are considered recovered. File: A priest wearing a fa

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has reacted to the decision of some state governors to relax the lockdown order in their states for churches to celebrate Easter.

Daniel Ademinokan's 'Between' is a fairly good film. What it lacks in actual romance, it tries to make up for with beautiful aerial angle shots and consoling soundtrack. If you are patient enough, Damasus' performance, as well as the movie's narrative of hope and restoration and its very nonromantic resolution, might actually make you smile. But, it takes more than a promising story and good acting to kick off a Hollywood styled romantic film. At this point, it's imperative to warn you that the movie currently streaming on YouTube is over two hours long. It tells the tale of a 35-year-old woman who turns to religion after 4 failed marriages and a disastrous breakup. [READ ALSO] :  Cynthia Morgan reveals why she disappeared from the spotlight : VIDEO The opening scenes introduce Chelsea (Stella Damasus) as a double-dealing character- a divorced freak by night and a marriage counsellor by day. Unfortunately, the film writer's attempt to make t

Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has held a meeting with the 57 Local Government and Local Council Development chairmen to prevent the spread of Coronavirus to local communities in the state. [Twitter/@jidesanwoolu] The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Mr Olanrewaju Elegushi, made the appeal in a statement in Lagos on Saturday. Elegushi said that Lagos being the epic centre of coronavirus in the country needed to put measures in place that would help to curb the spread of the disease.

A Nigerian lady studying in China has taken to her Twitter handle to recount how herself and other blacks including Nigerians are being maltreated by Chinese officials following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The US on Friday, became the first country in the world to record 2,000 deaths in 24 hours making it the deadliest day from the Coronavirus pandemic any country has so far seen.     

The World Health Organization WHO has warned against lifting the stay at home restriction order announced in some countries as part of measures to stem the spread of COVID-19. Some state governors in Nigeria have been criticized for lifting the ban on public gatherings this weekend for Christians to celebrate Easter and for some mosques to congregate. Speaking at a press conference on Friday Apri 10, the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said this could lead to a deadly resurgence of the viral disease. [READ ALSO] : COVID-19: How China Successfully Contained Coronavirus - Study Taking Africa as an example, the WHO boss said We’ve seen an alarming acceleration in other countries. I want to take a moment to highlight Africa, where we are seeing the spread of the #Coronavirus to rural areas. We are now seeing clusters of cases and community spread in more than 16 countries. We anticipate severe hardship for already overstretched he

FG flags-off cash transfer in Lagos, says Sanwo-Olu The Federal Government has begun the conditional transfer of N20,000 to residents of Lagos State as part of efforts to reduce the effect of the coronavirus lockdown.

Osun, Imo and Cross River states on Friday said the lockdown in the respective states were still in force to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

A patient has died of COVID-19 complications in a private hospital in Lagos, says the state Health Commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi on Saturday.

Google and Apple unveiled a joint initiative Friday to develop a coronavirus smartphone “contact tracing” tool that could potentially alert people when they have crossed paths with an infected person. The move brings together the largest mobile operating systems in an effort to use smartphone location technology to track and potentially contain the global COVID-19 outbreak.

South Korea said on Saturday that it would use electronic wristbands on people who violated self-isolation rules to better contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said the country would make self-isolation violators wear electronic wristbands since the number of cases of people breaching the self-quarantine in recent weeks has raised concerns.

During the week, popular actress, Funke Akindele, and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, aka JJC Skillz, made the news when they were sentenced to 14 days community service and ordered to pay fines of N100,000 each, for violating the lockdown currently in place in Lagos State. TOLUWALOPE KAREEM takes a look at other entertainers that have had issues with the law Funke Akindele and JJC Skillz Actress, Funke Akindele, and husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skillz, were arrested for violating the Federal and Lagos State directives on the lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus by hosting a party with more than 20 guests in attendance. The video of the party was uploaded on social media, and this got many Nigerians upset and ranting about the danger involved. Meanwhile, the actress was in an advertisement, advising people to observe social distancing and maintain proper hygiene during this period. The celebrity couple were arraigned at an Ogba Chief Magistrat