The Federal Government has revealed that the billions donated by wealthy Nigerians towards the fight against COVID-19 didn’t go into government coffers. This was made known by the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu. According to Aliyu, the money goes into a separate account not…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday disowned a notice circulating in the social media directing members of the public to a link. He said any such link asking for the bio-data of Nigerians as beneficiaries of monetary hand-out was fake. Atiku, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, said the message was…
The German Mission in Nigeria has pledged €5.5m to the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, says the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nigeria, The PUNCH reports. The donation, according to an online currency converter, Oanda, as of 2 pm on Thursday, exchanged for N2.2bn. This is coming as the West-African country grapples with the attendant effects…
Israel’s health minister, Yaakov Litzman and his wife Chava have both tested positive for Coronavirus. The country’s Health Ministry which confirmed the development in a statement released on Thursday, April 2, said Litzman and Chava have been in isolation after feeling unwell. The statement further revealed that those who have been in contact with the health…
Popular Yoruba born social media comedian, Debo Adebayo is popularly known as Mr. Macaroni has taken to microblogging platform, Twitter to reveal how Mavins records boss, Don Jazzy helped him with 150 thousand nairas eight (8) years ago to write his project in school. According to him, he tweeted a post filled with blunders, Don…
On social media, Twitter particularly, some transgender men and women took to the platform to share their before and after photos using the hashtag #TransDayOfVisibility. The before and after photos which were shared by members of the minority community who were formerly men and women, have left users of the platform and social media at…
An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday found 12 persons guilty of violating the Ekiti State Coronavirus (Prevention of Infection) Regulations, 2020. They included two Egyptian nationals and 10 others who received various fines for violating the stay-at-home order of the state government on the lockdown of the state to prevent the spread of…
The Provost of Luminar International College of Alternative Medicine, Enugu, Prof. Joseph Akpa, says he has found a cure for coronavirus pandemic. Prof. Akpa, made the claim to newsmen in a press conference held in Enugu on Wednesday. According to him, he had already made energy health medicines superficially meant to boost the human immune…
A man has been jailed for six months for stealing personal protective equipment, including face masks, from an ambulance, police in London said on Thursday. Mark Manley, 35, pleaded guilty to theft, public order offenses and assaulting a security guard who challenged him about the incident near a south London hospital last Saturday evening. The…
The Federal Government has come under attack for going on social media to plead with United States billionaire, Elon Musk, for ventilators to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Musk, who is the founder and Chief Engineer, SpaceX, had tweeted on Thursday that his firm had extra ventilators that had been approved by the Food and Drug…