Author: Charles

Arik Airline Staff members will be feeling the adverse effect of the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown starting from April with the management’s resolve to cut salaries by 80 per cent. The airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Roy Ilegbodu in an internal memo informed them of the massive pay cut and also hinted that about 90 per cent of the workforce would have to embark on indefinite leave without pay starting from the 1st of May, 2020. It would be recalled that the Coronavirus pandemic has forced the unfortunate global suspension of both local and international flights. Ilegbodu in the memo balmed the…

Coronavirus is the singular enemy of the world, and the question of how dedicated the world is to combat and conquer this enemy is a question that might not have a ready answer. This virus cannot be seen with the eyes, except with the use of laboratory instruments like a telescope. We cannot see it, but we are fighting it, it is winning in some areas and failing in some area. Over 2.5 million people across the world have tested positive for Coronavirus getting a cure seems to be harder than what we expected. As we were concentrating on getting…

108 confirmed new cases of Coronavirus has been announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. Accordng to the new updates by the NCDC, the country now has 981 confirmed cases, 31 deaths as a result of complications from Coronavirus while 197 recoveries have also been recorded. This also brings in Jos with it’s index case, increasing the number of states to 27. According to the body, the 108 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria are reported from eight states which are, Lagos with 78, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja has 14, Ogun has 5, Gombe with 4,…

Coronavirus is further spreading its tentacles in Nigeria with Plateau State announcing the confirmation of its first case, joining the league of other states battling the novel virus across the country. According to report, the index case is a woman whose travelling record showed that she came into Plateau State from Kano state, where she is believed to have contracted the virus before coming into Plateau despite the lockdown order. Nigeria currently has 873 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, 28 deaths, 197 recoveries and 648 active cases of the virus.

Coronavirus is arguably the most dangerous disease of the century with over 2.6 million people infected, and more than a hundred and eighty- six already lost to it. A bit over seven hundred and thirty-one people have been able to succeed in conquering the virus; meanwhile the rest of the world is sleeping and waking with the fear of contracting it. This particular type of Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has made it to the point of getting the attention of the whole world. According to research, Coronaviruses get their names from the crown-like spikes on their surface. These Coronaviruses…

Survivors of the Coronavirus in Lagos State have now formed the #Lagoscovid-19gang and also created a WhatsApp group after surviving the virus and getting discharged from the isolation centres across the state. According to a Lagos State survivor, Emmanuel Asika, who narrated his ordeal in the hands of the virus while speaking on a television program, a bond was formed among the Coronavirus victims at the state isolation centre, and they have been able to leverage on that after their recovery. Emmanuel stressed that they have been communicating and ensuring that they educate others on what it feels like to…

38 new cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC in some states across the country. According to the NCDC, the new cases were found in Kano with 23 cases, Gombe has 5, 3 in Kaduna, 2 in Borno, Abia has 2, with Abuja and Ekiti with 1 new case each. With the 38 new cases, there are total of 665 confirmed cases in the country with 22 deaths, 188 recoveries while 455 cases remain active. The new update from the NCDC shows that Sokoto, Gombe and Abia States now have their first confirmed…

The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the interception of the corpse of a suspected Coronavirus patient about to be brought into the state from Ibadan the Oyo State capital. The news of a suspected dead patient of Coronavirus that was almost suggled into the Osun State went viral and was tagged a rumour or at best a fake news, but the news has now been confirmed. Confirming the incident, Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident stressing that the State Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo has after the incident orders a smarter border town monitoring.…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has again confirmed 86 new cases of Coronavirus Across the country. According to the new update from the NCDC’s twitter handle, Lagos has 70 newly confirmed cases, FCT with 7, Katsina has 3, Akwa-ibom 3, and Jigawa, Bauch and Borno with 1 new case each. With the newly confirmed 86 cases, the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria now stands at 627 While Lagos State remains the epic centre of the virus in Nigeria , the state government says it has expanded its capacity of daily test to one thousand.

Davido’s fiancee, Chioma Rowland who is a celebrity chef has now tested negative to Coronavirus after earlier news from his man revealed her positive status. Her fiance, who is Nigerian popular musician Davido who earlier announced that she was positive for the virus, has again announced that she is now negative. He took to his official twitter handle to make the announcement. ” Glory to God… Chioma has now tested negative twice to COVID-19… Thank you all for your prayers… We love you.” Choima is one of the few Nigerians whose contacts with the deadly Coronavirus has been publicly announced.

Nigerian Actress, Funke Akindele, popularly called Jenifa has spoken to her fans after weeks of silence following her sentencing for breaking the lockdown order of the Lagos State government by organising a house birthday party for her husband Rasheed Bello with over 20 people in attendance. Funke Akindele in a video released to her fans through her social media platform did not hide her feelings on the aftermath of her sentencing by a Lagos Magistrate Court. “ These past weeks have been a learning curve, but we must keep moving forward. My dear friends, Coronavirus is real. We must collaborate…

Journalists who covered the burial of the Late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari have been asked by the presidency to stay away from the Aso Rock for 14 days. According to the Presidency, they have not only been told to stay away from Aso Rock but to embark on two-week isolation as a precautionary measure against the further spread of the Coronavirus attacking the whole world. In a statement signed by Deputy Director, Information State House, Abuja Attah Esa, this development is nothing more than a recommended measure to prevent the transmission of the virus. “As…

Pandemonium and fear filled the whole community of Erijinyan Ekiti in Ekiti State after a motorcyclist also identified as an officer of the Amotekun security outfit was killed by a man identified as Kehinde Awosusi. According to an eyewitness account, the deceased motorcyclist hit a woman with his motorcyclist within the community, and while trying to help the woman, she insisted on informing her son of the accident on the phone. The eyewitness who preferred not to be named added that on the arrival of the woman’s son, he got angry and hit the Amotekun officer with a plank on…

A medical doctor at the University Teaching hospital, (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo State has tested positive for Coronavirus. This revelation was made by the State Governor, Seyi Makinde in a tweet on his official twitter handle stating that the said doctor is currently the eight active case the state has in its hands. “Isolation and contact tracing have commenced in Oyo State, and there are eight active cases in the state currently.” Governor Seyi Makinde who assure the state residents that his government is doing all in its power to protect them also advised that they actively play their part…

The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye has revealed that the journey to the recovery amidst the Coronavirus pandemic has begun. While conducting the ministry’s Special Dispensation Sunday Service live on television, he announced to the congregation that an end might be coming to the lockdown order enforced because the pandemic will soon be over. According to him, he might not be having more than just one more Special Dispensation Sunday Service with them. “ I have good news to all of you, I can tell you that the journey to recovery of this…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 49 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria today Saturday, April, 18 2020. NCDC explained that of the 49 new cases, 23 are from Lagos State, 12 from the Federal Capital Territary, (FCT) Abuja, 10, from Kano State, 2 from Ogun State and 1 each from Oyo and Ekiti States. With the 49 new cases, Nigeria now has 542 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, with 19 deaths and 166 discharges. One of the prominent Nigerians who have died after suffering complications from the virus is the Chief of State to president Muhammadu…

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has written President Muhammadu Buhari after the demise of his close alley and Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari. In his one page letter, Obasanjo consoled the President and the entire family of the late Kyari while praying for the fortitude to be able to cope with the huge loss. While describing Abba Kyari’s death as a shock, he stressed that the death of such a man after suffering complications from Coronavirus is a reminder that no stone must be left on turned in the fight against the rampaging virus. He called for consertive efforts in…

Coffin used to convey the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari; Abba Kyari was seen on fire shortly after he was laid to rest at the Gudu Cemetery in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Kyari whose death was announced after suffering complications from Coronavirus was buried today according to Islamic rights. His body was seen carried in a white coffin from the airport to the cemetery in an ambulance. Shortly after Abba Kyari’s burial, the coffin was seen being set ablaze by some persons involved in the burial rites. It is believed that this was part of efforts to ensure that the…

Abba Kyari Now that the Chief if staff to the President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari is dead and buried, the question is who is going to be the next Abba Kyari? Who is going to sit on that seat? Who will be the next Cheif of Staff to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria? When Buhari was sworn in as President, he took his time to announce persons who made it to the list of his kitchen cabinet on August 28. The list steered the country with so many questions were asked about the competence of those on…

Body of the Late Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari has been buried at the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja with about a hundred persons in attendance without recourse to the social distancing order. News of Abba Kyari’s death from complications from Coronavirus went viral the country with his burial announced to be today. As the Coronavirus pandemic rock the whole world with hundred of thousand already dead globally, the social distance of about two to three meters has been advised to help curtail further spread of the virus, with the Federal Government preaching this among other precautionary measures. It…

Ex- Wife of the Oluwo of Iwo Chanel Chin, the Jamaican lady divorced by the mornach recently may have just opened another can of worms as she had earlier threatened. Tt would be recalled that the former queen promised to reveal the mornach’s drug lives and addiction and it seems the time to do that has finally come. Chin has just uploaded a video showing a man who looks like the Oluwo of Iwo rapping a substance that looks like marijuana in a sheet of paper. The controversial mornach has been in the news for so many reasons far from…