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A noodles seller in Igwo community of Cross River has been hospitalized after she was hit by a stray bullet on Tuesday night, April 14, in Cross River state. The woman was allegedly shot at by men of the Mopol 75 Squad of the Nigerian Police Force, Cross River Command. The officers were trying to disperse the crowd during a face-off with women of Igwo community in Obudu local government area of the state. The yet-to-be-identified noodles seller, who was present at the scene of the clash, is reportedly undergoing treatment in a medical facility in the state. An eye witness told CrossRiverwatch that the police officers fired bullets and tear gas at the protesting women who stripped naked to express their displeasure. "As at the time I left there around 9:30PM, the shooting continued and the Mopol had also fired tear gas with the women stripping bare," the eyewitness said. Ushe Adie, another eyewitness at the scene said the protesting women threw stones into the...

UK Based Nigerian star Skyeglow comes through with a new single and video titled “Do It“. The Singer who did quite well with his last effort “Summer In The City” continues to impress as he shows his versatility on this new tack Watch Video:- DOWNLOAD THIS VIDEO What do you think about this Video? Drop your comments

Alterplate Records serial hit-maker, Harrysong begins the year with an impressive single titled, “Bum Bum Bum”. In particular, Harrysong teamed up with Nigerian music star and DMW general, Davido to unleashed the sultry tune. Finally, the new song was produced by TwinBeatz; mixed and mastered by Zeeno Foster. Listen below:- DOWNLOAD MP3 WATCH THE VIDEO HERE What do you think about this song? We want to hear from you all. Drop your comments

Alterplate music CEO, HarrySong has just released an animation video for his Davido assisted pop song titled “Bum Bum Bum.” Watch Video below:-

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, says urban poor dwellers with an account balance of N5,000 or less will be among the beneficiaries of the Federal Government Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. The minister made this known when she fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, April 14. She added that Nigerians who buy N100 call credit are also people who will be considered poor and vulnerable and will be allowed to benefit from the scheme. The minister, who earlier confirmed that N-Power beneficiaries were being paid their stipends, stated on Tuesday that the prospective beneficiaries would be part of the additional one million households approved by President Muhammadu Buhari to boost the nation’s social register. President Buhari had on Monday, in a broadcast, directed that the current social register be expanded from 2.6 million households to 3.6 million households in the next...

A woman miraculously came back to life as funeral parlor workers were about to start preparing her body for burial after a doctor at a private clinic in east-central Paraguay declared her dead. Gladys Rodríguez Duarte, who is an ovarian cancer patient, was rushed to San Fernando Clinic in the city of Coronel Oviedo on Saturday morning after her high blood pressure increased. A Paraguay National Police report said the 50-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital at 9:30am local time and was checked by Dr. Heriberto Vera. Dr. Vera declared Rodríguez Duarte dead at 11:20am before breaking the news to her husband Maximino Duarte Ferreira and daughter Sandra Duarte. The physician confirmed her cause of death as cervical cancer. Speaking on the situation, the woman's daughter Sandra Duarte criticised Dr. Vera's quick judgement to declare her mother dead instead of attempting to bring her back to life. 'He assumed she was dead and handed her naked to me like an ani...

China has approved the trial of two Coronavirus vaccines on humans, as the government aims to prevent a re-occurence of the disease in the country. According to state owned news agency Xinhua, the Chinese Government approved the two experimental vaccines created by a Beijing-based unit of Sinovac Biotech and by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products that is affiliated to state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group, and wants to start testing the vaccines on humans as it has successfully carried out tests on animals. "We can confirm now that three particular vaccines are being tested in China, and the National Health Commission has said it will have to clear a number of conditions before they can enable mass production of the vaccines globally," Hong Kong based Sarah Clarke said to AlJazeera on Tuesday. This isn't the first time China is giving authorization for the production of experimental vaccines, as in March, Beijing gave the green light to another ...

A Bayelsa billionaire and former People's Democratic Party Governorship aspirant in 2019 governorship election, Kenedi Okoko has been confirmed dead. The 43-year-old billionaire politician died while reportedly undergoing a liposuction surgery in Lagos yesterday, April 14. It was gathered that he died in the theater room in Lagos because of power outage, as the back up generator refused to come up. A Liposuction is plastic surgery procedure that removes extra fat from the body. It is conducted on people who want to remove  excess fat from areas such as the thighs, hips, buttocks, abdomen, arms, neck, or back. PDP youth leader, Oyinemi Nicholas Endeley confirmed the death of Kenedi. Before his death, the former PDP governorship aspirant was the CEO of Kenedi Engineering. Endeley wrote; DO THE WORK OF HIM THAT SENT YOU, FOR NIGHT COMMETH WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK -Pastor Kenebi your night has come. Rest in peace. Young 42yr old successful billionaire, and an uprising...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said a total of 119 people with COVID-19 symptoms have been identified in the state following a house to house search. Abayomi disclosed this at a press briefing on Tuesday, April 14. He said a total of 118,000 households had been reached in the search of possible COVID-19 cases in communities. The Lagos State Government had announced on Thursday, April 9, that it has commenced a house to house search to find possible Coronavirus patients (read here). He said community search was activated to limit the spread of the disease in the state which had the highest number of COVID-19 patients in the country. The search yielded 119 people showing symptoms that are suggestive of COVID-19. Abayomi said: "We’ve embarked on an active case search in communities. The idea is to go to hot spots and go from door to door with our health personnel. "So far, in the last two days, we’ve visited 118,000 households and we’re ...

A group of suspected teenage robbers cried for mercy as they were tortured after they were allegedly caught robbing in Ikotun, Lagos. Residents of Igando and Ikotun in Lagos State fearfully kept vigil on Monday night, April 13, as robbers reportedly went from house to house. This comes one day after Iyana-Ipaja residents in Lagos experienced the same thing and took to Twitter to raise awareness about it with the hashtag #Lagosunrest. Ikotun residents decided to take laws into their hands and they captured some teenagers, then tortured them. [READ ALSO] :  Hungry people in Lagos Mob A Bus Loaded With Bread In Agege (Video) A video from the scene shows the teenagers crying and pleading for mercy as they were flogged and tortured with a hot rod. Someone is heard in the video claiming that one of the suspects is 14 years old. Watch the video below:- View this post on Instagram Robbers beg for mercy as they're tortu...

Garba Shehu, the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, has slammed the PDP for criticising President Buhari's Monday April 13 speech where he extended the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja over the Coronavirus pandemic. The party while reacting to Buhari's speech, said it was disappointing. Part of the statement from the opposition party reads The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Monday’s COVID-19 Pandemic speech by President Muhammadu Buhari as very disappointing. The party says the speech, just like pre-recorded broadcast of March 29, 2020, failed to address salient issues of urgent concerns to Nigerians in their daily struggle against the spread of the plague in our country. The party expressed sadness that Mr. President again failed to show leadership and displayed total lack of touch with reality as he failed to give any hope on palliatives to the ordinary Nigerians as they face hunger and economic pangs of the lockdown. It is mo...

Former President Barack Obama has endorsed his former vice president, Joe Biden as the Presidential candidate of the Democratic party and the President of the United States. In a video message he shared on his social media accounts, the former US President urged Democrats to rally behind Biden and form a unified front to defeat President Donald Trump and win back the White House. Obama also stated that Trump and Republicans in the Senate are solely interested in power, not making progress for Americans. The endorsement came one day after Sen. Bernie Sanders, offered Biden his endorsement during a livestream. Sanders ended his campaign for president last week, leaving Biden as the apparent nominee. [READ ALSO]:  Donald Trump trolls Democrats as Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race Obama said; "Choosing Joe to be my Vice President was one of the best decisions I ever made, and he became a close friend. "And I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in ...

The lockdown extension has left Nigerians with no choice but to look for food by all means possible as Hungry Lagos residents have been spotted attacking a bus load of bread. Hungry Lagosians ATTACK a bus load of bread 🥪. Truly shocking scenes and typical depiction of the hunger in the land. Our leaders need to do more to make this #LockDown less miserable for Nigerians. So much suffering,OMG! pic.twitter.com/7anKi7qmLw — AURA❤️COOL (@TWEETORACLE) April 14, 2020 In a shocking video shared on Twitter showing the state of things in Nigeria, the mob could be seen taking bread from the bus. TweetOracle shared the video and wrote: "Hungry Lagosians ATTACK a bus load of bread  . Truly shocking scenes and typical depiction of the hunger in the land. Our leaders need to do more to make this #LockDown less miserable for Nigerians. So much suffering,OMG!"

Bahrain has turned a car park near the capital Manama into an intensive care unit with 130 beds for patients infected with the novel coronavirus, in a first in the Gulf. The new ICU in the covered car park was set up as a precautionary measure in case of a spike in cases of the COVID-19 respiratory disease, officials said. The small Gulf country, whose population stands at 1.5 million, has recorded more than 1,500 cases, of whom seven people have died and 645 have recovered. A Bahraini police officer instructs foreign workers to wear protective gear amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in the old marketplace of the capital Manama. Photo: AFP According to official statistics, only three people are currently in critical condition. “The new ICU is a precautionary step in case there are any developments,” Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al-Khalifa, the Royal Medical Services commander, told reporters at the inauguration on Tuesday. “We are able in record time, in seven days, to establish thi...

A 41-year-old woman stripped naked and jumped on top of a police car following a court appearance for flouting Spain’s coronavirus lockdown. The woman was first arrested after neighbours alerted police to a woman streaking during the daily round of applause for emergency workers in the Costa del Sol resort of Torremolinos. She was filmed resisting arrest with her clothes on at first, but stripped off as she got to court. Following her release on bail she immediately stripped off again and leapt on top of the police car.

The Federal Road Safety Corps has directed its staff to impound any vehicle violating the lockdown order. FRSC tweeted about this on Tuesday, adding that it would step up the enforcement of the restrictions in the states where it is in force. President Buhari had extended the stay-at-home order in Lagos, FCT and Ogun states for 14 days, going by the increasing numbers of the covid-19 cases in country. “The Corps Marshal’s order to Commanding Officers is to ensure the full utilisation of the work force through effective deployment of personnel to arrest without hesitation, any motorist who contravenes the National Order on Stay at Home,” FRSC tweeted. [READ ALSO]: Coronavirus: Doctors wear face masks for a day-old-baby Furthermore, FRSC also said that only the vehicles conveying essential workers or services would be allowed passage but added that they must show proof of identification. The Corps also urged essential workers and vehicles to comply with social distancing gui...

The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) has denied killing civilians in an airstrike carried out by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole at Shokotoko village, in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, on Thursday April 9.  It was reported earlier today that 13 civilians including children were killed in the airstrike conducted in the Borno village. Coordinator Defence Media Operation, Major General John Enenche however debunked the claim in a statement. He stated that the attack helicopter that executed the mission, was accompanied by an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft to ensure proper targeting for avoidance of collateral damage. Enenche said;  “The attention of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) has been drawn to some media reports indicating that airstrikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE at Shokotoko Village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State on Thursday, 9 April 2020, inadvertently led t...

An Indian policeman was attacked with a sword while he and his fellow officers were trying to enforce coronavirus lockdown rules at a checkpoint. Harjit Singh, an assistant sub-inspector with the Punjab Police, was patrolling outside a vegetable market in Patiala when seven men belonging to the Nihang Sikh warrior sect attacked him and his colleagues. Footage from the scene shows the terrifying moment a truck carrying the warriors rammed through the barricades before they came down from their vehicle and launched an attack with traditional Sikh blades. [READ ALSO]: 22 year old Nigerian student arrested in Hungary for allegedly raping a sex worker [photos/video] During the attack, on of the warriors chopped off Singh's arm, removing his left hand from his wrist. The officer was seen in the video screaming in pain as he tries to stop the flow of blood with a handkerchief. According to CNN, the assailants were arrested and brought into custody, but Singh and six fellow o...

A 22-year-old Nigerian student has been arrested in Budapest, the Hungary's capital, after a sex worker accused him of rape. According to the police statement, a woman made a complaint on Saturday that she was raped in an apartment in District 7. The woman told the detectives that she had met the man on a website which advertises sexual services. According to the woman, on April 11, at around 3 PM, the man came to her house to have sex with her. When she asked him to pay before having her, he refused and that was when she told him to leave her house. The woman further said the Nigerian man refused to leave her home and instead started choking her, after which he allegedly raped her and then fled the scene. [READ ALSO]:  Cornavirus pandemic: Female tenants reports Landlords asking for sex in exchange for her house rent The police officers of the 7th district of Budapest started looking for the perpetrator immediately. They checked out the information the woman could provide...

Eight more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba today April 14. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, announced this on his social media handles this evening. [READ ALSO]:  COVID-19: Man slaps nurse at a clinic, threatens to slit her throat after she asked him to wear face mask [photos/video] According to the governor, the discharged patients include two females and 6 males. He said they were discharged after they tested negative for the virus and were said to have fully recovered from COVID-19. ''More great news today from our Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. 8 more people; 2 females and 6 males have tested negative and fully recovered from #COVID19. They have been discharged to return to their families. This brings the number of patients successfully managed and discharged from our facilities to 69. Please, let us continue to adhere to all the safety advice from our health experts.'' he wrote

Four members of a  family have died after their building collapsed while they were sleeping, and three others were rescued, including a one-year-old boy. The Kano State Fire Service confirmed that four members of a family died in a collapsed building at Saberi area in Gwale Local Government Area, on Monday, April 13. Spokesman of the service, Saidu Mohammed, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, April 14 in Kano, said that three other victims were rescued from the debris. Mohammed said that the incident occurred when the occupants of the house were sleeping. [READ ALSO]:  A farmer beat's his wife to death following a misunderstanding at their home in Ondo state “Seven persons were trapped in the collapsed building, four of them died later at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano while the remaining three victims were receiving treatment at the hospital. Among those rescued was a one-year-old boy. “We received a distress call from one Sadi Gora...

The driver of a Sport Utility Vehicle was involved in a lone accident on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. The accident happened on Sunday night as the lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in the state entered day 13. It was also gathered that the driver, whose name and details were yet to be known, was the only occupant of the vehicle when the incident occurred. The driver, who was rescued by the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command, has since been rushed to the hospital. “A lone accident involving a Toyota SUV has occurred on 3MB. The driver who was the only occupant was seriously injured and rushed to the nearest hospital. Drivers please beware,” the Command tweeted on Sunday night. [READ ALSO]:  COVID-19: Man slaps nurse at a clinic, threatens to slit her throat after she asked him to wear face mask [photos/video] When contacted, Nosa Okunbor, the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, told our correspon...

Fast asleep, swaddled in a towel and snug in a pink beanie, a baby born during a pandemic in a Thai hospital needs one last item to ensure its health – a face shield. Bangkok hospitals are using the shields on newborns in their maternity wards to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. [READ ALSO]:  HEARTBREAKING: six month old baby who survived heart surgery and now has Coronavirus Thailand has detected 2,613 cases of the virus, with 41 deaths — a relatively low number despite being the first country outside China to record an infection. Bangkok is now under an effective lockdown — silencing the usual boistrous and boozy Thai new year Songkran festival this week — while an overnight curfew has kept all but essential vehicles off the streets. Extraordinary measures have also been rolled out at Praram 9 Hospital, where newborns are being fitted with face shields, a precaution taken at other maternity wards across the capital. The tiny face guards have been designed b...

China has approved clinical trials for two more experimental vaccines to combat the novel coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, as the world’s scientists race to beat the pandemic. The vaccines use inactivated coronavirus pathogens, and the approvals pave the way for early-stage human trials, Wu Yuanbin, an official from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology told a regular press briefing. China’s state food and drug administration on Monday approved one vaccine developed by a Beijing-based unit of Nasdaq-listed Sinovac Biotech, Wu said. Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE | AFP Another vaccine, being developed by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, was approved on Sunday, he added. China now has three different clinical trials for three possible coronavirus vaccines in the works. Beijing approved the first trial for a vaccine developed by the military-backed Academy of Military Medical Sciences and Hong Kong-listed biotech firm CanSin...