Football Won't Resume Until Things Are 100% Safe - FIFA

Top flight football leagues and competitions are currently suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, with many fans looking forward to an early return date.

If you were expecting games to return any time soon, well information from FIFA might come as not so good news for you.

World Football governing body, FIFA, has revealed that football activities worldwide will not start until Coronavirus has ended and it becomes safe for people to attend public events and have mass gatherings.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said no ‘match is worth risking a life for’, adding that the association would help financially affected national football federations during the coronavirus pandemic as major leagues and competitions in the world have been halted causing a drastic stoppage of revenue streams.

FIFA last week postponed all international matches scheduled for June and also said players with expiring contracts this summer will have their contracts automatically extended.

“Our first priority, our principle, the one we will use for our competitions and encourage everyone to follow is that health comes first,” he said in a video message.

“I cannot stress this enough. No match, no competition, no league is worth risking a single human life.

“It would be more than irresponsible to force competitions to resume if things are not 100% safe,” added Infantino.

“If we have to wait a little longer we must do so. It’s better to wait a little bit longer than to take any risks.”

“We are today in a very strong financial situation. But our reserves are not FIFA’s money. It is football’s money. So when football is in need, we must think what we can do to help… It is our responsibility and our duty.”

Wizkid Is Africa’s Richest Celebrity In 2020 – Forbes

No doubt that musicians are the richest of all celebrities/entertainers. However, in the recent ranking by world recognized lifestyle and billionaire magazine, ‘Forbes’ named Wizkid to be among the richest celebrity in Africa in 2020.

‘Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun’ popularly known as Wizkid, Starboy record label boss, is a Grammy awards nominee, award-winning African music act and one of Africa’s big export to the world. He has various music collaborations with top artistes in the world like Drake and so on. His songs has recorded top spots on billboard chart. 

Wizkid has recorded huge monetary success from his music and various juicy endorsement deals. Some of his endorsement deals both current and expired includes his deal with Pepsi, Globacom, MTN, UBA, D&G and so on.

Wizkid’s is a lover of expensive stuff and this can be seen in the collection of cars, his mansions both home and abroad.

However, Wizkid is said to be a serial investor in companies, automobiles, real estate, to mention a few. Consequently, his assets were costed at 5 million Naira per exhibit and this makes him to be estimated by Forbes to be worth $40 million.

Billionaire Mayweather’s daughter faces up to 99-Years in prison for stabbing her lover's babymama

American boxing living legend, Floyd Mayweather’s 19-year-old daughter could spend decades in prison after being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following an altercation with her boyfriend’s baby mama.

Iyanna “Yaya” Mayweather, 19, was arrested earlier this month after allegedly stabbing Lapattra Jacobs, who shares a child with her boyfriend, rapper NBA YoungBoy.

An altercation which reportedly occurred at the rapper’s Houston home on Saturday April 4, prompted a physical fight between the women. It was reported while arguing the two women made their way into the kitchen of Youngboy’s Houston home, where Mayweather picked up a knife and stabbed the Jacobs in the arms.

Iyanna Mayweather was arrested and booked into Harris County Jail after her alleged victim was rushed to a nearby hospital and underwent emergency surgery on her arms.

According to The Blast, Mayweather was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a felony that can carry a heavy sentence. If convicted on the charge, Mayweather could be slapped with a $10,000 fine or receive up to 99 years in prison.

The Blast also added that it’s unlikely she will receive the maximum sentence, as she doesn’t appear to have a criminal history.

Mayweather is being represented by Kurt Schaffer, a famed attorney who has worked for celebrities like Slim Thug, Pimp C, and J Prince among others.

“Iyanna is doing fine; although she remains shaken by this unfortunate incident."

10,000 Families Queue To Receive Free Food In Texas

The line of families waiting for free food at a food bank in Texas looks like a parking lot, as over 10,000 families gathered in a quest of their next meal.

The US is now the worst hit in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with over 400,000 cases confirmed, and San Antonio’s fourth drive-thru food distribution giveaway, saw a huge crowd in this desperate time.

The Texas food bank distributed more than 1 million pounds of food to about 10,000 families, whose cars sat bumper to bumper in a parking lot for the record-setting distribution event this week amid the coronavirus crisis.

About 6,000 households preregistered on the San Antonio Food Bank’s website for Thursday’s distribution held at Trader’s Village, Food Bank president and CEO Eric Cooper told the San Antonio Express-News.

Buhari To Extend Lockdown In Lagos, Abuja As Coronavirus Cases Rise To 305

There are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari may extend the lockdown order in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

This came after the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, spoke at Friday’s edition of the committee’s daily media briefing.

The PTF had earlier in the day met with the President at the Aso Rock Villa.

Buhari had, on March 29, ordered the lockdown for an initial period of 14 days to tackle the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

As of that day, Nigeria had 111 COVID-19 cases with one death, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The cases were recorded in 11 states and the FCT.

But as of Friday night, coronavirus cases had increased to 305 in the country after fresh 17 cases were recorded in the country. The states where the fresh cases were recorded were Lagos (8), Katsina (3), FCT (2), Niger (1), Kaduna (1), Anambra (1) and Ondo (1).

While 58 patients had been discharged, seven had died as of Friday night.

The new cases also brought the number of states affected to 18, excluding the FCT.

Lagos, FCT and Osun had the highest number of cases at 163, 56 and 20 respectively.

Speaking at the media briefing, Mustapha said, “The PTF, a small committee of us, this afternoon, had the privilege of further briefing Mr President on the assessment of our response to COVID-19 and, at the appropriate moment, we will continue to adequately inform Nigerians of government decisions.

“The decision on whether to extend the lockdown or not is exclusively the decision or responsibility of the President. Ours (the PTF) is to provide him with first-hand information that would inform that decision. So, I cannot speculate on that now. But looking at what is happening in other climes, you would be able to deduce what might likely happen, but I’m not in a position to speculate on that.

“I believe strongly that the information required to make that decision would be made available to Mr President, who would look at the holistic picture."

Woman Falls In Love With A Guy Online, Meet For The First Time At Their Wedding

A couple who fell in love online have met in person for the first time at their wedding.

Brit Lisa Mrad, 36, proposed to Yusef Mrad, 30, after three months of chatting on a dating app.

She travelled to his home in Tunisia and they wed within four days, then she flew home to tell her stunned relatives.

Lisa said: “On the plane I thought, ‘Oh my God, what am I doing here?’ But as soon as I saw Yusef, all my worries melted away. I love him so much. Ours is a love story and a crazy one at that.”

Customer services worker Yusef first contacted Lisa on the Tagged site in August.

They swapped messages and spent hours on the phone. Lisa, of Nottingham who has son Justin, 12, from a previous relationship, added: “When we first spoke and I saw his photos, I was like, ‘I’ll make him my husband’.

"As weeks went by, my feelings got stronger. He makes me feel like I’m the only woman in the world.”

Lisa proposed and Yusef said ‘Yes’. She added: “I was over the moon. It might seem crazy that we got engaged before we ever met in person but it just felt right.

"I knew Yusef was The One. We’d spoken before about how we were looking to get married and have children.”

They wed at a register office surrounded by Yusef’s family on February 25.

After touring Tunisia, Lisa returned home on March 6.

She added: “I didn’t tell anyone. I just surprised them with the news when I got back.”

Yusef will stay in Tunisia until he can afford to move to Britain permanently.

Governor Bala Who Just Survived Coronavirus Attends Crowded Friday Prayer (Photos)

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed attended Jumma’at prayers on Friday, few hours after he was discharged from isolation centre following his recovery from coronavirus.

The governor, in company of his deputy, Senator Baba Tela; Commissioners, senior government officials and traditional rulers as well as thousands of faithfuls, attended the Jumma’at prayers at Bauchi Central Mosque.

The Friday congregational prayer was the first public outing of the governor since he was confirmed to have contracted the disease two weeks ago.

He was seen in the mosque wearing face mask and hand gloves, but declined to shake hands as he use to do with people before and after Jumma’at prayers.

Governor Mohammed was discharged on Thursday evening after his second COVID-19 test appeared negative.

Davido Shares Beautiful Family Painting, Shows His Son's Face

The omo baba olowo took to his timeline to share a family portrait of his 3 kids, Chioma and himself. The painting was done by a young guy identified as @shoreyarts on Instagram. 

Sharing the photo, Davido wrote;

I like tho @shoreyarts get this to me please ❤️

AGF Malami To Governors: Release Some Prisoners Immediately

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has written to state governors on the need for speedy decongestion of custodial centres (prisons) in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A statement by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the AGF, Umar Gwandu, said the letters were dated April 9, 2020, and entitled ‘Urgent need for speedy decongestion of custodial centres’.

Malami, in the letter, noted that from the available records, the inmate population at the various custodial centres across the country stood at 74,127, out of which 52,226 inmates were awaiting trial persons.

The AGF expressed regret that most of the centres were housing inmates beyond their capacities.

According to him, the development poses a threat to the health of the inmates and the public in general.

The letter read, “Mr President requests all executive governors to request their state chief judges to embark on visits to all correctional/custodial centres within their respective states to identify and release deserving inmates where that has not been done already. ”

The attorney-general asked the judges to consider conditional or unconditional release of the ATPs, who had spent six years or more in custody, as well as those who had no confirmed criminal cases against them.

According to the minister, other inmates to be considered for pardon include the aged, those with terminal illnesses, low risk offenders, and those with no sufficient legal basis to remain in custody.

Also to be considered are convicts of minor offences with or without option of fines and those who have fewer than three years left to serve after serving substantial parts of their jail term for offences that attract five years and above.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Gets New IMF Appointment

Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was on Friday named a member of the External Advisory Group constituted by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva.

The group of prominent individuals from around the world are to serve as the IMF chief’s special advisers that would provide insights to enhance the fund’s ability to serve its membership.

They consist mainly of high-level technocrats and policy experts with private sector experience.

The new external advisory group, inaugurated on Friday in Washington DC, is to also provide perspectives from around the globe on key developments and policy issues.

The issues include responses to the exceptional financial challenges the world now faces due to the novel coronavirus.

Lifting Lockdown Now Will Increase The Spread Of Coronavirus - Governments Warned

This warning is coming timely for some Governors in Nigeria who are relaxing the lockdown for Easter celebrations.

Any premature lifting of restrictions imposed to control the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a fatal resurgence of the new coronavirus, the World Health Organization has warned.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that while some states were considering ways to ease the restrictions which have placed around half of humanity under some form of lockdown, doing so too quickly could be dangerous.

“I know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay-at-home restrictions. WHO wants to see restrictions lifted as much as anyone,” he told a virtual press conference in Geneva.

“At the same time, lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence. The way down can be as dangerous as the way up if not managed properly.

“WHO is working with affected countries on strategies for gradually and safely easing restrictions.”

305 Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus Now In Nigeria

Seventeen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:

8 in Lagos
3 in Katsina
2 in FCT
1 in Niger
1 in Kaduna
1 in Anambra
1 in Ondo

As at 09:30 pm 10th April there are 305 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 58 have been discharged with 7 deaths

Breakdown according to the states;



Lagos- 163
FCT- 56
Osun- 20
Edo- 12
Oyo- 11
Bauchi- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Ogun- 7
Kaduna- 6
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Kwara- 2
Delta- 2
Benue- 1
Ondo- 2
Katsina-4
Niger- 1
Anambra- 1

Landlord Throws Out Nurse Who Tests Positive While Saving People From Coronavirus

This is sad. A nurse has been kicked out of her rented flat by a heartless landlord after she caught coronavirus while saving lives.
Clara Serrano, 31, says she was told to leave the flat in Madrid, Spain, on the same day she tested positive for Covid-19.

Serrano, who works in a hospital in the Spanish capital of Madrid, moved from the town of Quintanar del Rey in Cuenca to help on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak.

Speaking to local media Eldiario, she said: “I arrived in Madrid on 11th of March to start working at the hospital on the 12th. I was sent to a COVID-19 ward.

"On the 19th I started to notice symptoms. On the 22nd I was tested and on the 23rd I was told I was positive.”

The intensive care nurse said she noticed "a tightness in my chest" but put her symptoms down to anxiety as the hospital was "overflowing" with more critical patients needing care.

Serrano said she awoke without smell or taste the day after she noticed initial symptoms,

"And I remember that my eyes hurt a lot that morning. But then it disappeared," she recalled.

The 31-year-old nurse took a test which confirmed she had the dreaded virus..

She said: "Deep down, I knew it. When I called Occupational Health to say that I had gotten up without taste and without smell, they told me that 60 per cent of patients present that symptom.

"There was a lot of talk about fever, cough, and breathing difficulties, and I haven't had any of the three."

Serrano added: “That same day the landlord told me that I had to go away.”

She immediately isolated herself in her bedroom, only going out to use the kitchen, using a separate toilet and telling her three other flatmates she was going to be extremely careful.

However, the landlord reportedly insisted she had to leave the flat. 

Serrano said: “I was very scared. I tried to explain to him that I would leave but it might not be immediately but he did not listen to me.

"He did not stop putting pressure on me on the phone and he did not stop telling me that I had to leave immediately.

"I understand the dread, the fear in crisis situations, but things could have been done differently. The man maybe thought he was risky because of his age but we could have talked about it."

She's now staying at a hotel, waiting for a new place.

Oh Dear! Hundreds Buried In Mass Grave In New York

Workers wearing hazmat suits have been spotted burying caskets in a mass grave on New York's Hart Island as the number of burials quadruples amid the coronavirus pandemic and the city's death toll rises to more than 4,200.

This is such a trying time for the world. Sigh!

I Never Knew Our Hospitals Were In Such Bad State – SGF Boss Mustapha

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has removed himself from the blame over the poor state of the Nigerian healthcare infrastructure.

Speaking at a meeting with national assembly leaders on Thursday April 9, Boss Mustapha said he only realized that Nigeria's healthcare infrastructure was in a bad state after being made the Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19.

He said; “I can tell you for sure, I never knew that our entire healthcare infrastructure was in the state in which it is. Until I was appointed to do this work."

The SGF stated that they now have plans of laying a legacy foundation for the immediate, medium and long-term development of the healthcare system.

Coronavirus Told You It's Going On Break? - Banky W asks Governors approving Easter celebration

Nigerian entertainer Banky W has tackled some state governors who have lifted the ban on public gatherings in their states to celebrate the Easter holiday this weekend.

Some state governors who hitherto banned public gatherings as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus in their state, have lifted the ban to enable Christians celebrate Easter.

Banky W is wondering if the spreading virus will go on holiday too to celebrate Easter. He tweeted;

Boris Johnson Comes Out Of Intensive Care

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care but remains in hospital, Downing Street has said.

Mr Johnson has been receiving treatment for coronavirus at St Thomas' Hospital in London since Sunday.

The government said he "has been moved from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery".

A spokesman added: "He is in extremely good spirits."


He was taken to hospital on Sunday - 10 days after testing positive - and was moved to intensive care on Monday.

Mr Johnson received "standard oxygen treatment" in intensive care and was not put on a ventilator, Downing Street said earlier.

He "continues to improve" after a "good night" and thanked the NHS for the "brilliant care" he has received, the spokesman added. 

US President Donald Trump have also tweeted saying Mr Johnson's move out of intensive care was "great news".

Abuja Doctors Managing Coronavirus Patients Now Get N50,000 Daily

The daily hazard fees for COVID-19 frontline health workers in Abuja as approved by the FCT Minister has been announced.

It was revealed that doctors who care for Coronavirus patients will get a hazard fee of 50,000 per day. Nurses, lab scientists and pharmacists will get a hazard fee of 30,000 per day, and ward heads, cleaners and drivers who handle Coronavirus patients will get a hazard fee of 20,000 per day.

The announcement was made after doctors cried out that they are putting their lives on the line only to get 5,000 Naira hazard fees.

Following the announcements, some doctors still cried out, stating that the N50,000 only applies for those in the frontline in the fight against Coronavirus and the rest of them get only 5k per month, not per day.

@trending_medic wrote: "Those are for people working in isolation centers. Other doctors it's 5k and remember, we get exposed too!"

Doctor Mezu Azuike wrote: "Lol..its not for regular doctors like me, my harzard allowance is 5k per month. Thats for people working in the isolation centers."

What Singer Rihanna Did After Her Father Contacted Coronavirus

Rihanna's father, Ronald Fenty, feared he would die after testing positive for coronavirus and suffering extremely high fevers.

He told The Sun exclusively his popular daughter, whose real name is Robyn Fenty, sent a ventilator to his home, and checked on him every day.

The Sun caught up with Ronald, 66, in his Barbados home, where he confirmed he tested positive for the deadly virus.

Wearing a blue polo shirt and plaid shorts, he told The Sun: "My daughter Robyn was checking in on me every day.

"I thought I was going to die to be honest. I have to say, I love you so much, Robyn.'

"She did so much for me. I appreciate everything she has done."

He revealed his superstar daughter, 32, was able to get her hands on a ventilator "that he hadn't used yet," and shipped it to his home in the Caribbean.

Ronald said she gave him "more than" he needed to make it through the illness that brought him to his knees.

He recalled: "I got a fever up inside of my nose. I had a fever across my lips. It was just a lot of fever.

"I feared the worst. I thought I was going to die, honestly."

After spending 14 days in the Paragon Isolation Center, he was declared virus-free.

Rich Lagos Landlord Surprise Tenants With Goodies To Enjoy The Lockdown

A fashion designer based in Lagos, Mr Olumide has showed off the surprised package he and other tenants in his compound got from their landlord to assist them this lockdown period.

Mr Olumide shared the pic and wrote;

@mister_olumidd: Guys I received my first surprise of the year. 

Our landlord sent us packages for each flats. 

I appreciate this because, NoBODY owes you anything!