The House of Representatives has called on the Federal government to ban all large gatherings in Nigeria to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
The House called on the federal government to start by postponing the National Sports Festival.
The resolution followed a motion of matters of urgent public importance moved by Luke Onofiok on Tuesday.
Reacting to the motion, the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila said that to do otherwise would be “irresponsible”
A herbalist, Simon Odo, popularly called Onu Uwa, has explained the reason behind his decision to marry 58 women, saying most men die untimely due to pressure from bad wives.
Odo, who is also known as King of Satan, spoke on Monday in an interview with journalists on why he married his 58th wife recently.
He said he could not tolerate insolence and unruly behaviour from the women, adding that he used to marry a new wife anytime he was let down by the attitude of any of his previous wives.
The herbalist, who hails from Aji in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, stated, “I marry anytime any of my wives insults me. I cannot stand a woman insulting me.
“If there are 20 dead men in Nigeria, for instance, only five of them die naturally. The other 15 deaths are caused by heartbreaks and bad attitudes of their wives. That is why I marry anytime a woman insults me.”
On how he provides for his large family, Odo said God did not make mistakes by giving him many children as He provides for all His creatures.
He alleged that the actions of humanity had put God in a state of confusion.
Odo stated, “If I want to kill you, I will ask God for His grace. The person I want to kill will also ask God for his protection. The armed robbers on the highway pray to God for the success of their operations, while roads users pray to the same God for protection against robbers. God is confused about the actions of humanity, because of their evil actions.
“God has abandoned humanity due to the spate of evil they perpetrate. He no longer answers our prayers, because we have no love for Him or our fellow human beings. Children do not obey their parents anymore; this was not the case when I was young. There was absolute respect for elders then.
“There are four of us, who people use to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. The first person is God; the second person is Jesus Christ; then the Queen of Oceans and me, the King of Satan. People go about claiming that I am their father and that they can perform all sorts of miraculous healing.
“To be frank with you, I did not train anybody in traditional medicine, so those people are fraudsters.
“People also go about claiming false prophesies from God, Jesus Christ and the Queen of Oceans; claiming that they heard from God and duping people of their hard-earned treasures. They are fraudsters and people should be wary of them.”
In a bid to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Canada has shut its borders to all countries except the United States of America (USA).
This was announced by the country’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, on Monday.
Trudeau, whose wife tested positive to the virus, however, excluded permanent citizens, diplomats and immediate family members of Canadians from the ban.
“We will be denying entry to Canada to people who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
“This measure will carve out some designated exceptions, including for air crews, diplomats, immediate family members of Canadian citizens and, at this time, US citizens,” he told reporters.
There are about 323 confirmed cases currently in Canada.
Actor Idris Elba has announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19.
The star of Luther and The Wire said on Twitter “I feel okay”, and does not have any symptoms.
Elba, 47, said he has been isolated since finding out he was exposed to the virus. “Stay home people and be pragmatic,” he said. “I will keep you updated on how I’m doing. No panic.”
Elba, who posted a video also featuring his wife Sabrina Dhowre, said she has not been tested and is “doing okay”.
Elba said he got tested after finding out on Friday that he had been in contact with someone who had the virus. “This is serious,” he said. “Now is the time to really think about social distancing, washing your hands.”
Elba told fans to remain “really vigilant”. He added: “Transparency is probably the best thing for this right now. If you’re feeling ill, or you feel like you should be tested, or if you’ve been exposed, do something about it.”
The actor was one of the attendees of the Wembley Arena We Day event on 4 March alongside Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the wife of the Canadian prime minister who has also since tested positive for the virus.
Wendell Pierce, who starred alongside Elba in The Wire, sent a get well soon message on Twitter. He said: “The entire cast of The Wire wishes our brother Idris Elba to get well soon as he fights this virus. Take care and best of health.”
Elba is not the first high-profile star to be diagnosed with the virus. Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson announced last week they had tested positive while in Australia on pre-production for an Elvis Presley biopic he will star in. Hanks said he and Wilson, both 63, will remain in isolation.
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday stayed the execution of a Federal Capital Territory High Court ruling which suspended the National Chairman of the All Progressives Party (APC), Adams Oshiomhole.
The Justice Abubakar Datti Yshaya-led three-man panel of the Appeal Court unanimously granted the reliefs contained in an ex-parte motion argued by lead lawyer to Oshiomhole and the APC, Wole Olanipekun (SAN).
Delivering the lead judgement, Justice Yahaya also restrained the respondents from further taking any further steps in relation to the March 4, 2020 order by Justice Danlami Senchi of the High Court of the FCT.
Justice Yahaha said, “We employ political parties to try to resolve their differences amicably without having to unnecessarily bother the court.”
Three more corpses were recovered on Monday by emergency responders combing the buildings affected by the explosion that rocked Abule-Ado in the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The corpses were recovered from the rubble of some of the collapsed buildings at the Bethlehem Girls College in Abule-Ado.
Officials of the school confirmed the identity of the corpses to be workers of Bethlehem Girls College.
The corpses consist of two females and one male, The PUNCH reports.
THE PUNCH had reported that hundreds of residents in the area had been rendered homeless as the explosion destroyed their homes.
Some of the residents were seen parking their belongings from the rubble.
Rescue operation by FRSC, LASEMA, the Nigerian Red Cross, police, Federal and State Fire Service, Lagos State Neigbourhood Safety Corps is still ongoing, The PUNCH reports.
The state Chairman, Nigerian Red Cross, Adebola Kolawole, while speaking at the scene of the incident, said, “Three corpses have been recovered.”
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The national Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has rejected moves to oust National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
He faulted the move saying those behind it have been infected by “the 2023 virus”.
In a statement he personally signed on Sunday afternoon, the former Lagos Governor said: “While Corona has been presently contained in Nigeria, we must be alert to another sickness that seems rampant within a certain segment of society. That sickness is old Ambition-virus 2023. This illness afflicts many in the political class along with their allies in the media.
“Those touched by this malady find that their ability to tell time and discern the difference between the present and the future has been strongly impaired. The carriers of this sickness are confused as to the very season our nation now finds itself.
“They conflate things, which no sensible person would conflate. The primary symptom of their malady is the driving tendency to believe the events of 2023 will be decided before we even exit the year 2020.
“Consequently, everything they say and do is geared toward obsessive jockeying for position to control and manipulate a race still three years away. In doing so, they recklessly undermine the very party which they claim to serve and weaken the administration of President Buhari to which they claim to be loyal. They line up to run a race for which the track has not even yet been constructed.
“Put another way, they seek to pluck the fruit before the seed is even planted. As such, their actions border on the pathological. True, ambition is inherent in human endeavour. Without it, nothing great is achieved. However, strong ambition applied in the wrong way has never done anything positive.
“At best, it results in confusion. Usually, its results in something worse. No matter how great one’s ambition and how able one may be, nobody can rush or speed time. That is beyond the realm of human capacity. To do so is to contest against fate itself. When it ends, such a contest rarely ends well.
“In a well-structured society, people come to understand that the time for politics is seasonal; it is periodic. The responsibilities of governance are what is perpetual. Many of our politicians sadly have inverted this reality. Politics and electioneering are secondary to governance for they are but tools of governance, the platforms by which one demonstrates his or her worthiness to lead a great people.
“The more a person obsesses over and constantly engages in political manoeuvring is a warning sign. Not only is he prone to the 2023 virus. He likely has little to offer in the way of good governance. He wants to hold public office that you might serve him not he serve you.
“For if he had adequately studied and been acquainted with the ways and means of progressive governance, he would be focused on that important task at the present moment. He certainly would not drown himself and all around him in harmful political intrigue.”
Stating that Oshiomhole has worked tirelessly for the APC, Tinubu continued: “The plotters launched their attack solely because they perceive the chairman as an obstacle to their 2023 ambitions. People went to court knowing full well the party constitution prohibits such action because these people had not yet exhausted all internal disciplinary procedures.
“We even had a national deputy secretary improperly call for a NEC meeting on the basis that he believed himself the acting national chairman. Clearly, this man would not have summoned the temerity to make such a move had he not been instigated by powerful individuals who he thought would reward or, at least, protect him for committing the wrongful act.
“Those engaged in these manoeuvres see themselves as clever or cunning. They do so because they only understand the mean craft of political intrigue. They have yet to understand the value and long-term utility of democratic governance. Thus, they embark on the strangest of quest. They would rather dismantle and weaken the institutional core of their party just to gain control of that weakened edifice in order to pilfer the party nomination, which they crave. This is more than sad.
“Many of us expended sweat, tears, toil and sleepless nights to build this party. Our personal sacrifices were not insignificant. We built this party not simply as a vehicle for personal ambition. We built the party because we saw it as perhaps the only enduring hope to bring progressive governance to this nation. Those who now seek to abuse the party by using it as their personal device do it great harm.
“They should not be allowed to sacrifice this collective enterprise at the altar of their self-aggrandizement. Somehow, some way they should find in themselves the bearing to adhere to the democratic spirit on which the party was founded. To be an APC member means more than merely carrying a membership card. It means to believe in a set of ideals and principles geared to our highest purpose as a party and a nation.”
He tackled the anti-Oshiomhole elements within APC, stating they were distracting President Muhammadu Buhari from fixing the nation. According to him: “In a broader context, those afflicted with the 2023 virus do a grave disservice to President Buhari and his administration. They should be trying their best to help the president. Instead of seeing President Buhari as our present leader and commander-in-chief, their sole contemplation is upon his eventual exit. Yet, not even a full year has passed since his second inaugural. How can they be committed to helping him realise his mandate when the fullness of their gaze is affixed to seizing this very mandate for themselves?
The President is faced with many challenges. He is fighting hard on security to keep the population safe. He is pushing for economic reforms that will augur future sustainable growth. His disdain for corruption remains unwavering. Add to it now the Corona crisis and its resultant social as well as economic impact. Politicians express loyalty to him but the words of too many of our politicians are like butter under a burning sun; they melt quickly away. Better to be loyal in deed. Instead of trying to manipulate party and other mechanisms solely to their political gain, it is time to shelve political intrigue for the time being. It is time for all party members to truly see what is at stake and work with Mr. President for the collective good of the nation.
This means we must rally around President Buhari. Instead of everyone saying they are working for the party and nation but going their separate ways based on their selfish designs, we must help him build a stronger national consensus on policies that will ensure safety and bring greater prosperity. If need be and when called upon, we must offer ideas and suggestions that move policy and progress forward. This is the time for governance. It is not the moment to bring the politics of 2023 into 2020. In due course, 2023 shall come. Nothing can prevent it. However, that time is not today. If we are earnest, the present offers sufficient work and challenges for us without trying to add to it by rushing the future. Let us dedicate our energies to helping President Buhari win the present. In this way, you better secure the future for the nation, the party and even for whatever personal ambitions you may nurture.
I have said what is on my mind in hopes that some people may leave the 2023 frenzy and commit themselves to the harder yet more rewarding task of improving progressive governance, whether within the party or at the local, state or federal levels. Yet, I am not so naïve to think all will heed this counsel. The stubborn, those obsessed with the obsession of their ambitions, will ignore all advice.
“They will constantly pull 2023 into all that occurs in 2020. Their vision is blurred and judgment made faulty by their ailment. We are democrats so we cannot physically quarantine them. However, we can quarantine their ideas and antics by not falling prey to them. This is the best way we help President Buhari fulfil his mandate and inoculate our party and the nation from grave folly.”
A drug which prevents HIV infections is to be made available by the National Health Service this year in a move to try and eliminate new transmissions of the virus within the decade.
PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis will be made routinely available to patients deemed to be at greater risk of catching HIV from April.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: ‘We are rolling out PrEP and making it available across the country with evidence showing it almost completely eradicates the chances of getting HIV. This will benefit tens of thousands of people’s lives, and drive us towards our ambition of zero HIV transmissions in this decade.’
Having HIV was once a ‘death sentence’ and it still has ‘a devastating impact on so many lives across the country’, he said. NHS England will cover the costs of the drug, having carried out a three-year study involving more than 20,000 people.
The Department of Health said local authorities will be given funding from April, with £16 million to be made available in 2020/21, to commission services in England for the first time to patients.
Musician and Aids activist Sir Elton John told the Sunday Times the decision was the ‘right’ one. He added: ‘Taking PrEP prevents HIV from being passed on, which is truly incredible.
‘It is the right decision for the UK Government to roll this out more widely to minimise the spread of this disease so more people are protected which is critical in fighting any epidemic.’
PrEP involves HIV negative people taking antiretroviral medicine, which works by stopping the virus replicating in the body.
PrEP is already available in Scotland to people who are considered to be at high risk of contracting HIV, and a trial of the drug is taking place in Wales.
According to the Terrence Higgins Trust, most recent estimates suggest there were around 103,800 people living with HIV in the UK , and around 7% of those are not aware they are HIV positive.
New diagnoses of HIV in the UK fell to their lowest level in almost two decades in 2018 4,484 people due to the success of preventative measures, Public Health England said.
These include HIV testing, condom provision, and wider use of PrEP.
The roll-out comes after a long-running battle by campaign groups to ‘secure a guarantee of proper access to this game-changer for HIV prevention in England’, chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust, Ian Green, said.
Deborah Gold, the National Aids Trust chief executive, said: ‘Routine commissioning of PrEP brings us one step closer to our goal of ending new HIV transmissions by 2030, but many more lie ahead.’
Professor Noel Gill, of Public Health England, said that PrEP is ‘highly effective at protecting against HIV’ when it is taken consistently and efforts to eliminate HIV transmission by 2030 depend ‘on making PrEP readily available to all at higher risk of acquiring HIV’.
Fans still in shock and are reacting after an Instagram blogger revealed that Banky W cheated on his wife actress Adesua Etomi with actor Gabriel Afolayan’s wife.
Banky W and Adesua Etomi got married in 2017 in a glamorous way which started from both of them starring as a couple in the movie Wedding Party.
Nigerians who celebrated them when their romance was highly coveted are now shocked at the news that Banky W cheated on Adesua Etomi. They find it more saddening that it is with Gabriel Afolayan’s wife.
IG blogger, Gistlover in a series of screenshots exposed how Banky W cheated on his wife with Gabriel Afolayans’ wife. In another post she exposed how Gabriel allegedly involved himself in drugs and became a wife beater, which made his wife cheat.
See screenshots below:
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