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The Nigerian Senate today reopens after the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria forced it to shut down for about 36days. In its first plenary session after resumption today, the lawmakers moved into a closed-door meeting, which is still ongoing as at the time of filing this report. We will bring you updates on the closed-door meeting soon.

President Muhammadu Buhari has again addressed Nigerians, and a lot of issues were talked about. Since that Coronavirus pandemic invaded our country like it did other before us, President Buhari has been talking to Nigerians more often at least every two weeks for now. Nigerians waited for his recent nationwide address like no other, so when he started reading his speech most of the country’s residents just wanted to hear what he wanted to say and not what he was not saying. What Buhari Is Not Saying 1. President Buhari said the lockdown order issued on the Federal Capital Territory,…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has further extended the lockdown order issued on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States in a nation-wide broadcast. The President who had issued a 24day cumulative lockdown on these three locations said the lockdown order would be eased but not until May 4, 2020. While explaining the reason for the development, he stressed that professional advice was duly followed towards the easing of the lockdown order. President Buhari however added that there would be an 8pm to 6am curfew in these three locations starting from Monday, May 4, when the new directive would…

Judging Matters a courtroom reality TV Show initiated by Media Personality and Show Hosts Ebuka-Obi Uchendu has started in a grand style with its first judgement issued. The show which featured former Lagos Judge, Justice Olusola Williams as the Judge and Ebuka as the Counsellor treated Lagos State minor cases and see them to a logical conclusion as promised. Heart Break Case One of the cases featured on the show premiere is that of two former lovers who are now al loggerhead over ceased belongings. According to the plaintiff, her former boyfriend came to her house to take away her…

President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari will today address Nigerians as the 14days lockdown extension order issued by him expires by midnight today. In a press statement released by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the Presidential address would hold by 8:00 pm today Monday, April 27, 2020. I would be recalled that President Buhari had resulted to issuing a lockdown order in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja including Lagos and Ogun States to stem the rate of community spreading of Coronavirus. Despite this lockdown order, the total number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in…

The lockdown order in some states across Nigeria has entered the fourth week, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic in interrupting the lives of everyone and at this point, I can say there is no hunger in the country anymore. Before Coronavirius invaded our land, there has been hunger in the land, and other countries of the world, even developing countries like ours pity some Nigeria residents because of the level of hunger and starvation we cope with daily. Thousands of Nigerians have lived as refugees at the Internally Displaced Persons, IDP Camps across right in their fatherland. They scavenge every…

After Mercy Eke had the premiere of her new TV Reality Show tagged “WHAT NEXT”, her fame tore Twitter into shreds and burying Tacha’s vibes on the social media platform. The news of the new reality show featuring Ike Onyema, her boyfriend from the Pepper Dem BBNaija 2019 edition, has given both her fans and those of Tacha sleepless night as they wait to see what really is “Next”. The premiere of the show has taken Mercy to another level of fame among her fans, those of the BBnaija reality Show and also won the souls of others who never…

Husband of Nigerian Actress and Producer Mercy Johnson – Okojie, Odi Okojie says news about the delivery of their fourth baby is not true and should be disregarded. Though the actress who has been seen in so many pictures with her baby bum is expecting a new baby who will be the fourth child and sixth person in the Okojie family, it might not just be the time to welcome it yet. After news of her delivery went viral, Mercy’s husband has debunked the report, stressing that the baby is still being expected. ” I woke up this morning to…

One of the suspected killer of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti has tested positive for Coronavirus in Ondo State. According to a tweet by the State Governor, OIuwarotimi Akeredolu, three new cases of Coronavirus have recently been confirmed in the state and one of the suspects remanded in Owo prison custody is one of the victims. The Governor’s statement read in full: ” We have confirmed two other cases in Ondo state. One of the cases involves one of the recently arraigned suspects in the murder of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, Pa Fasoranti’s Daughter. ” ” The…

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Chruch of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has described the 2020 Easter as a totally different one he has witnessed in about 46 years. The 78 years old Pastor while ministering in a Special Dispensation Sunday Service stressed that this year’s Easter is the only Easter he has witnessed staying at home since he gave his life to Christ. ” I gave my life in 1973, and before the end of that year, I got baptised in the Holy Spirit, and since 1974 this is the first Easter I have spent staying at home.”…

Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control, NCDC, has announced that 87 new cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 1182. According to NCDC, Lagos has 33 out of the 87 new cases, Borno has 18, Osun 12, Katsina 9, Kano 4, Ekiti 4, 3 in Edo and Bauchi and 1 in Imo. The update also explained that 222 discharges had been recorded after the victims tested negative for the virus twice, while 35 people have lost their lives to the rampaging virus. There is, however a case of a victim who was…

President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari will need to take a very difficult decision concerning the possible lockdown extension on Monday as Coronavirus continues his trips across the states of Nigeria. Since February when the first confirmed case of Coronavirus was imported into the country, the lifestyle of Nigerians have changed either voluntarily or involuntarily. The countries index case was detected in Lagos State and later Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja got their own share of the cases with some other states joining the queue. That prompted the President to declare a lockdown in these three locations as a…

Media Personality, Ebuka- Obi Uchendu will be starting his Courtroom Reality Show, Judging Matters soon, a lot of his fans can’t wait to see how that is going to play out. Ebuka who is known as a show host and prominent in the entertainment world will be dusting off his legal career soon with his show meant to treat minor cases calling for the attention of the Lagos State judiciary. Most of these cases might have been tagged minor, but they seem to be defiling the efforts of the regular courtrooms in the State. A tree they say never makes…

The Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA) has cried out, exposing those it believes are infecting its members the health workers with the Coronavirus that has killed well over one hundred and ninety-six thousand people globally. `In a statement signed by the association’s President and Secretary, Dr Francis Faduyile and Olumuyiwa Odusote respectively claimed that court medical doctors have so far tested positive for the virus. They, however, explained that there those forty excludes other health workers who have also contracted the virus, adding that three doctors and a nurse have unfortunately lost their lives to complications from Coronavirus. The statement stressed…

The number of Coronavirus cases in Nigeria has risen to 1095 as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC announced 114 confirmed new cases. NCDC announced the newly confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country in a tweet on its confirmed and official Twitter handle. Out of the new 114 cases, Lagos State has 80, Gombe with 21, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja 5, Zamfara and Edo 2 each, while Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna and Sokoto all have 1 case each. So far in Nigeria, 32 deaths and 208 discharges have been recorded. Part of those who have died of the pandemic…

Ekiti State government has buried the pregnant woman who died in the state after battling with some complications from Coronavirus, coupled with prolonged labour. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade said the woman was buried with an adequate regard to recommendations from the World Health Organisation, WHO. While stressing that the deceased was buried according to Islamic rites, she added that the state only has one active Coronavirus case, with one death record and two recoveries. Dr Yaya- Kolade also said the government of Ekiti State would engage in talks with the deceased family on the welfare of…

Seven Borno State health workers have unfortunately tested positive for Coronavirus as the virus keeps spreading its tentacles across Nigeria with its number of confirmed cases almost reaching a thousand. Secretary of the state COVID-19 response team, Dr Salihu Kwaya-Baru made this revelation while giving a daily briefing on the extent of the Coronavirus pandemic in the Borno State. While expressing satisfaction on the level of compliance to the lockdown order in the state, Dr Kwaya-Baru explained that about 145 contacts in connection with the confirmed cases are presently being traced. He, however, added that though the state is on…

Enugu state government has added 25 per cent of its health workers’ basic salary as hazard allowance as it pays its workforce earlier than usual. According to a statement signed by Secretary to the State Government, Simon Ortuaya, the move was to help in encouraging those at the fore of the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. He stressed that the 25 per cent addition was earlier agreed upon by the State Executive Council as an incentive to the health workers risking their lives to safe those of others amidst the Coronavirus scourge. It would be recalled that about forty medical…

The United State government says it has nothing to do with the global efforts on the production and development of drugs and vaccine towards the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. US President, Donald Trump, has earlier announced that funds coming from his country to the World Health Organisation, WHO, has been suspended. The country has been the largest donor of funds to the WHO spearheading the development and production of the drugs and vaccine against Coronavirus. Despite Trump’s announcement, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and France President, Emmanuel Macron will be taking part in the launch.

Media Aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina has revealed how late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari appeared to him at night. According to Adesina, Kyari was in his dream a day before his passing, but did not attach any serious meaning to the dream. According to when he appeared in his dream, late Kyari appeared in a strange as he did not come in his usual flowing Agbada and also had overgrown beards. ” On Thursday night inward Friday, I dreamt. The President and myself were in a corridor in the Presidential Villa, and he was…