Meet Billionaire Floyd Mayweather's Only Son

Koraun Mayweather, who's very active on social media, especially YouTube was born November 17, 1999. His mom died recently of alleged drug overdose.

The only son of the rich boxing legend is also making something for himself. He a singer, rapper and songwriter.

Tonto Dikeh’s Ex-Bestie, Blessing Osom Exposed: "She Took Her Man's Semen To A Native Doctor"

Some ladies and secret acts..sigh! War is about to break out between a lady, Roseline Udosen and Tonto Dikeh's former bestie, Blessing Osom. Roseline dropped series of revelations on the gram, claiming that Blessing is a pros-titute and very very diabolic.

The reason for their war is not yet known..

Also, Blessing Osom has not responded yet.

8 Popular Celebrities Who Have Died From Coronavirus

From world leaders and royalty to musicians, sports stars and actors, the coronavirus has hit over a million around the world, including the rich and famous.

Here is a roundup of high-profile figures who have died of COVID-19 so far...

Jazz great Ellis Marsalis died on April 1 aged 85 after contracting the virus.

Veteran Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango, 86, and revered American playwright Terrence McNally, 81, both died on March 24, following coronavirus complications.

Tim Brooke-Taylor, 79, a British comic actor best known for TV show The Goodies and radio show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, died on Sunday.

John Prine, 73, an American folk legend widely considered one of his generation’s most influential songwriters, died on April 8.

Senegal’s Pape Diouf, 68, ex-president of French football club Olympique de Marseille, died March 31 in Dakar.

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died March 21, aged 76.

Former Republic of Congo president Jacques Joachim Yhombi Opango died in France on March 30, aged 81.

Mahmud Jibril, former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, died on April 5. 

Thousands of regular people have also lost their lives to the dreaded virus. May their souls find eternal rest.

Grieving daughter dies of heart attack during funeral for her mum who died from coronavirus

A grieving daughter died of a heart attack during her mum's funeral following her death from coronavirus.

Laura Richard's family said the 32-year-old's body must have just "given up on her" as she stood by the graveside at Atherstone Cemetery in Warwickshire.

Her mum Julie Murphy, 63, died, leaving the family reeling from the double tragedy.

Laura collapsed clutching her chest during the service, and despite the vicar and other mourners' desperate efforts, they were unable to save her life.

Her half-sister Sadie, 45, said her daughter was one of the few family members at the service and tried to save Laura.

She told Sun Online: "They were lowering my mum into the ground and Laura suddenly said 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe'."

Sadie said she was clutching her chest when her daughter told her to sit down and put a coat around her.

"Even the vicar tried to help save her life. But there was nothing that could be done, she had a massive heart attack.

"To lose your sister at your mum's funeral -- it's like a horror film. She was only 32."

She added: "I can't get my head around that it happened just as mum's coffin was being lowered."

Grandma and mum-of-four Julie died in hospital on March 15 after contracting coronavirus at Oldbury Grange nursing home in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/grieving-daughter-dies-of-heart-attack.html

Playboy model says being n.a.k.e.d and masturbating has helped her with isolation

A Playboy star has revealed how she’s been passing time in isolation.

Nannette Hammond, who describes herself as a “real life Barbie doll”, says she’s been spending a lot of time in the buff.

For some much-needed “self care”, she’s been cleaning n.a.k.e.d and masturbating regularly.

She’s also enjoying 30 minute bubble baths and jumping on her bed.

When she’s not in lockdown, the American influencer enjoys travelling and hanging out with family.

The 46-year-old listed all of her favourite things to do in a recent Instagram post.

Not letting her Barbie persona slip when she’s stuck at home, Nannette got all dressed up.

She wore a sparkly bikini, before applying some pink lipstick and pouting towards the camera.

The Instagram star shared the snap online, captioning it: “We all self-care differently.

“Some of this Barbie’s acts of self care include…

“30 minute bubble baths, travelling the world, gummy bears, cooking, roller skating, singing, gym time, spending time with family.”

Nannette added that she’s been completing chores – but still has time for some “self love”.

She added: “I love to iron everything I wear before I put it on my body – including my PJs.

“Getting my nails done, drinking wine, being n3ked home alone.

“Cleaning n3ked with roller skates on, washing and waxing my cars.

After listing all the ways she’s keeps herself entertained, Nannette asked followers what they enjoy doing.

She questioned her 374,000 followers: “What are some of your favourite forms of self care?”

The post racked up dozens of responses, with one fan gushing: “Looking at your pictures is all I need.”

Another agreed: “My self care is enjoying your beauty every time you post.”

And a third added: “I love the view.”

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/playboy-model-says-being-naked-and.html

Teenage boxer tipped for greatness and had even been compared to Muhammad Ali dies in tragic accident

One of the world's top teenage boxers who had been compared to Muhammad Ali has died in a motorway crash.

Mohammed Hashim died after his BMW collided with a central reservation barrier.

The 18-year-old was aspiring to be a pro-fighter and had even drawn comparisons with the great Muhammad Ali.

Mohammed, from Cardiff, Wales, had been ranked as high as second in the world for his age at the sport and had won national titles.


Police were called to the collision between junctions 14 and 15 near Membury Services, Wiltshire at around 1.30am.

An unnamed female passenger, 19, was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

Mohammed's family have paid tribute to him, describing him as "generous and thoughtful".

They said: "Mohammed was an inspirational individual with good morals and ethics; he was a giver, a doer and never liked receiving.

"He was the most generous and thoughtful person anyone could meet.

"Mohammed's views in life was: be kind to everyone, even the unkind ones because paying bad with bad does not equal to good.

"Mohammed had the most electrifying smile in the world, he could light up any room he entered.

"At 16, he had already accomplished a lot in his life - he became a national champion in his field of boxing and made both his family and nation proud.

"At one point in his career Mohammed was ranked second in the world for his age and was known for fighting in a similar style to the legend and his namesake Ali.

"Mohammed was an outstanding young individual with great prospects and was always full of energy.

"It's sad to see his life cut so short; he will be sadly missed and rest assured forever in our hearts."

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/teenage-boxer-tipped-for-greatness-and.html

Nigerian ladies tear Anambra men apart of Twitter

Lol. A group of ladies that have dated Anambra men shared their experience on social media over the weekend. According to them, it was a bitter, never-end well experiences.

90percent, if not 100percent of the women, however blamed Anambra mothers for being behind the breakup of their relationships.

They further advised their fellow ladies to make sure she meets the mother of her boyfriend, if he hails from Anambra first, before getting deep into the relationship. According to them, this is important, just in case the mother says, she won't approve her, so she can move on immediately. Some of their tweets below...

If an anambra man is loving you, insist on meeting his mom first o.
Because your eye go clear ten years later when he’ll tell you that his mom does not approve therefore both of you have to break up.

If his mom doesn’t like even the color of your nail polish, you’re out dear.

— #TheRicherSinglemom (@TheOliviaLife) April 11, 2020

In an average anambra family, the mother’s world is law o.
It’s non-negotiable.
Go before her first and get your approval before investing your youth ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE NOT AN ANAMBRA GIRL.

A word is enough for the wise.

— #TheRicherSinglemom (@TheOliviaLife) April 11, 2020

Lol
After dating him for 3yrs +, he called me two days after my birthday that his mom refused me because am from akwa Ibom, we are expensive and how he is the first son and should marry from their side. That was how he ended the relationship

— QUEEN INI🕊️🌱 (@NikkyGeorge4) April 11, 2020

When some of my friends and family found out he was from anambra they kept asking me one question '' will his mom accept you, does his mom know about you''they told me different tales of how the react when it comes to marriage, I asked severally he kept telling me his mom

— QUEEN INI🕊️🌱 (@NikkyGeorge4) April 11, 2020

And family members are not like that, they are different and I believed him. I believe the only way some of them can marry whoever they want is when they have money and they are the one's handling the financial aspect of the family

— QUEEN INI🕊️🌱 (@NikkyGeorge4) April 11, 2020

Please, I just had to take a screenshot of my response pic.twitter.com/HotAPTwxMJ

— Nneoma (Madame Òbidiya) (@madameobidiya) April 12, 2020

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/nigerian-ladies-tear-anambra-men-apart.html

Lagos Residents Turn Vigilantes As Cult Boys Rob Openly

There is unrest in parts of Lagos state, such as Agege, Ifako-Ijaiye, Abule-Egba, Alimosho, and so on where thieves are disturbing the peace.

Some hungry cult boys who depend on collecting money from Okada, Bus and petty traders everyday are now broke because of the lockdown. They are going on dating robbery...

Presently many residents of Lagos have become vigilantes just to secure the little money left for them to feed.

Lockdown: Woman's shop in Surulere, Lagos vandalised

A woman's shop in Surulere, Lagos state has been vandalised due to the ongoing lockdown in the state.

According to her neighbours who informed her, the shop was vandalised and 85percent of her goods were stolen.

Twitter user, Timidayo Daniel Adebowale who shared the story on his page said it happened to his aunt. He wrote;


''I recieved a call 30mins ago from my aunty crying and screaming about her shop been vandalized and 85% of her market gone.. Location ; Bode Thomas In Surulere

''She said she has not been coming to shop since due to the lockdown. And so she got called up this morning that her shop has been broken

''She went to report to police station 2 shops away from hers. Buh she said the D.P.O told her that “They can’t be everywhere.

''Axcording to her The D.P.O came this inspect her shop this morning after the robbery buh they said “There is nothing they can do”

''This is so sad that her friend is the real owner of the shop but handed it over to her to oversee before travelling abroad.

''I’m pained because this police station is just 2shops away from my aunt’s shop. And I’m sure they are aware of the robbery happening at Prime

''Yet they only go about what is irrelevant Hear-no-evil monkeyBroken heartBroken heartBroken heartBroken heart

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/lockdown-womans-shop-in-surulere-lagos.html

‘How families of COVID-19 patients cope with isolation’

Families of four among the confirmed positive cases of coronavirus in Bauchi State have said that they are missing their loved ones.

Dajuma Adamu Barde, a sibling to one of the isolated patients, told Daily Trust that it was only the fear of the gun that hindered them from seeing their sick brother considering the heavy security around the centre.

“We love our elder brother who is our pride and the pillar in our family. How would it be possible for us to keep away from him because of being tested positive for COVID-19? After all, we are sure that he will recover.”

On his part, Samaila Muhammed, who said since he grew up together with his elder brother, it will not be proper to keep a distance from him just because he has been tested positive for coronavirus.

“No matter the kind of disease he contacted, it is improper to avoid him, but since the law demands that he should be isolated pending his recovery, that was why we had to obey the instructions.”

Muhammed further explained that before it became known that his brother had contacted the virus, he did not exhibit any sign or symptom. However, the test carried out on him confirmed he was an index case.

“Despite his interaction with positive coronavirus case, he did not agree of having the virus, but after doctors confirmed him positive, he accepted to stay at the isolation centre. The samples of all the family members who interacted with him were taken for evaluation.”

Public affairs analyst, Muhammad Jibril Sogjji, said that COVID-19 patients are not supposed to be stigmatised saying, “You can see that Governor Bala Mohammed has recovered from the virus and even attended Jummaat prayers at the Bauchi Central Mosque. Although he wore protective gears like face mask and hand gloves and observed the social distancing measures without any form of stigmatisation or rejection.”

Sagiji explained that poverty alone is capable of preventing people from stigmatising the victims of COVID-19 because a majority of the patients are wealthy individuals who have control over resources.

“So, how do you expect the people to stigmatise or keep away from coronavirus patients? They must show love, care to them, not to talk of doctors who have not yet declared that the virus is not curable.”

Out of all the confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 disclosed in Bauchi state, only the name of Governor Bala Abdukadir Mohammed was made public, which was done with his consent because the medical ethics prohibits disclosing health status of patients without their consent.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/how-families-of-covid-19-patients-cope.html

Lockdown: Two teenagers drown in community beach

Two male teenagers: Dare, 16, and Fawas, 15, both residents of Epelemeje Orofun community in Akodo area of Ibeju-Lekki in Lagos State, were alleged to have drowned while swimming in the community beach during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, stated this on Sunday in a statement he released to journalists.

Elkana also said that some members of the community reported the matter through a distress call to the Ibeju-Lekki Divisional Police Station on Saturday.

The spokesman added that the State Police Command had deployed its Marine Police Team to the area for search and rescue.

He said that the command was awaiting the report of the team.

“The command advises parents to monitor their children and ensure that they remain at home during this lockdown period,” the police officer said.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/lockdown-two-teenagers-allegedly.html

Turkish minister resigns over criticism of weekend lockdowns

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has resigned. He resigned late Sunday, taking responsibility for a poorly timed announcement of a weekend coronavirus curfew that prompted thousands of people to rush into the streets.

Soylu is one of the most senior figures in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government.

In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Soylu said: “Responsibility for implementing the weekend curfew decision, which was aimed at preventing the epidemic, belongs entirely to me.”

The 48-hour lockdown of 31 cities was announced just two hours before it took effect on Friday night. Thousands of people ran out to stores to stock up on goods, many without wearing mandatory face masks.

Images of large, closely-bunched crowds sparked criticism of the government’s planning for the lockdowns.

Turkey introduced a lockdown over the weekend that took many by surprise, since the country had previously adopted a more relaxed approach to fighting the coronavirus than its neighbors in Europe and the Mideast.

The sudden announcement of a 48-hour curfew in 31 cities, including Ankara and Istanbul, on Friday evening led to crowds rushing to grocery stores to panic-buy provisions. Many ignored social distancing rules and were not wearing mandatory masks.

Prior to the declaration, a curfew had been imposed on those under 20 and over 65, crucially exempting most of the workforce as Turkey sought to keep its beleaguered economy on track. It’s still not clear what will happen Monday, when the short-term lockdown is set to expire.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/turkish-minister-resigns-over-criticism.html

Police arrests Chinese man for conducting unapproved COVID-19 tests in Peru

Police in Peru on Sunday arrested a Chinese citizen for illegally conducting rapid COVID-19 tests on the public with newly-delivered kits stolen from Peru’s health ministry.

Tianxing Zhang, 36, was arrested in the Brena district of Lima as he was about to take samples from two women at the door of their house, police said.

He “was proceeding to carry out rapid tests for COVID-19 that he had stolen” from the Lima Sur health authority where he worked, according to a police statement.

Zhang was wearing a mask and a light blue medical apron at the time of his arrest by the state security police.

Both women had paid him to carry out a rapid home test, without health ministry approval.

“When questioned, he acknowledged he was not authorized to carry out this rapid test and that the Rapid Diagnostic Tests had been stolen from the Directorate of Integrated Health Network of Lima Sur where he had worked,” the police said.

According to the police, the bespectacled Zhang confessed to stealing two batches of the test to use, for monetary gain, on people who suspected they were ill with the coronavirus.

Police found a backpack with 25 COVID-19 tests and other medical supplies at his home.



source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/peru-police-arrest-chinese-man-for.html

US Destroys Tons Of Food As Farmer Can’t Get Buyers Due To Lockdown

In Wisconsin and Ohio, farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of fresh milk into lagoons and manure pits. An Idaho farmer has dug huge ditches to bury 1 million pounds of onions. And in South Florida, a region that supplies much of the Eastern half of the United States with produce, tractors are crisscrossing bean and cabbage fields, plowing perfectly ripe vegetables back into the soil.

After weeks of concern about shortages in grocery stores and mad scrambles to find the last box of pasta or toilet paper roll, many of the nation’s largest farms are struggling with another ghastly effect of the pandemic. They are being forced to destroy tens of millions of pounds of fresh food that they can no longer sell.

The closing of restaurants, hotels and schools has left some farmers with no buyers for more than half their crops. And even as retailers see spikes in food sales to Americans who are now eating nearly every meal at home, the increases are not enough to absorb all of the perishable food that was planted weeks ago and intended for schools and businesses.

The amount of waste is staggering. The nation’s largest dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America, estimates that farmers are dumping as many as 3.7 million gallons of milk each day. A single chicken processor is smashing 750,000 unhatched eggs every week.

Many farmers say they have donated part of the surplus to food banks and Meals on Wheels programs, which have been overwhelmed with demand. But there is only so much perishable food that charities with limited numbers of refrigerators and volunteers can absorb.

And the costs of harvesting, processing and then transporting produce and milk to food banks or other areas of need would put further financial strain on farms that have seen half their paying customers disappear. Exporting much of the excess food is not feasible either, farmers say, because many international customers are also struggling through the pandemic and recent currency fluctuations make exports unprofitable.

“It’s heartbreaking,” said Paul Allen, co-owner of R.C. Hatton, who has had to destroy millions of pounds of beans and cabbage at his farms in South Florida and Georgia.

323 Cases Of Coronavirus Now In Nigeria, Number of Death is 10

Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 2 in Lagos, 2 in Kwara, 1 in Katsina.

As at 09:10 pm 12th April there are 323 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 85 have been discharged with 10 deaths.

There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria. Breakdown according to states;

Lagos- 176
FCT- 56
Osun- 20
Edo- 12
Oyo- 11
Ogun- 7
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Katsina- 5
Kwara- 4
Delta- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers- 2
Ondo- 2
Benue- 1
Niger- 1
Anambra- 1
Kano- 1

Why I Kept My Pregnancy A Secret –Halima Abubakar

Fans and colleagues of actress, Halima Abubakar, were stunned when she announced during the week that she had been delivered of a baby. While the role interpreter got a lot of goodwill messages from her fans, friends and colleagues, many were surprised that she kept her pregnancy off social media.

In an encounter with Saturday Beats, Halima said, “I kept it away from social media because it’s not their business.

The first time I made a post about expecting ‘a mini me’, I was pregnant at that time but I was actually talking about a dog. I had bought a dog then. They (bloggers) ran with it and said I was pregnant. I just kept quiet about it and said thank you to all the prayers. I don’t think it’s okay to shove everything down people’s throats on social media. I am a businesswoman, so for me, social media is to interact with my fans and clients. I advertise for a lot of companies and I am a brand ambassador to over 20 brands. I am always working and I think I overwork myself. 

Posting about my pregnancy would have been too much because I already advertise for brands and I didn’t want to choke anyone. People just say what they want to say. I am a homely person and I love how my life has changed. I had to train myself to this point and I have done a wonderful job.”

On the challenges she encountered when she was pregnant, the Kogi State-born actress said, “I just had a little bit of waist pain. I didn’t have any swollen face or hand. But I started using a bigger size. I am really happy about the experience. During pregnancy, I craved a lot of salmon and vegetable. I also drank a lot of ice cream. I didn’t vomit. God allowed me not to suffer.”

Sharing the excitement she feels as a new mother, Halima said, “I don’t know if it’s fulfilling yet because it’s a new experience. I am going with the flow and I’m very happy. When I look at the sweet boy staring at me, I know I have done something right. If there is anything I have done in my life that is right, this is the biggest one and I’m proud of myself. I am grateful to God, everyone, and my baby. I would never change anything about my decision.”

Eric Bailly donates truckloads of food and essentials to vulnerable people in Ivory Coast

Eric Bailly has made a kind-hearted donation to under-privileged people affected by the coronavirus crisis in his native Ivory Coast.

The Manchester United defender has his own charity - the Eric Bailly Foundation - and he has managed to send lorry loads of food, drink and other essential items to be distributed in the country.

It is yet another example of the incredible and generous work Premier League footballers do which has been highlighted this week, especially through the formation of the PlayersTogether charity.

Players are continuing to do their own charity work and Bailly's United team mate Harry Maguire has set up an idea to help send out food packages to the elderly and vulnerable in the Yorkshire village where he grew up.

But many overseas players are also keen to help their own countries and, while many have still pledged to give generously to the PlayersTogether, they are also doing their bit overseas.

Bailly has a strong charity Foundation up and running to help back in Ivory Coast and his latest donation is a brilliant donation to those in isolation and who have been affected by the virus.



source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/eric-bailly-donates-truckloads-of-food.html

Mafia groups in Italy are distributing food parcels to the poor during lockdown and government WARNS it could be DANGEROUS

As Italy struggles to pull its economy through the coronavirus crisis, the Mafia is gaining local support by distributing free food to poor families in quarantine who have run out of cash, authorities have warned.

In recent weeks, videos have surfaced of known Mafia gangs delivering essential goods to Italians hit hard by the coronavirus emergency across the poorest southern regions of Campania, Calabria, Sicily and Puglia, as tensions rise across the country.

“For over a month, shops, cafés, restaurants and pubs have been closed,” Nicola Gratteri, antimafia investigator and head of the prosecutor’s office in Catanzaro, said.


“Millions of people work in the grey economy, which means that they haven’t received any income in more than a month and have no idea when they might return to work. The government is issuing so-called shopping vouchers to support people. If the state doesn’t step in soon to help these families, the mafia will provide its services, imposing their control over people’s lives.”

From the first signals of mounting social unrest, the Italian minister of the interior, Luciana Lamorgese, said ‘‘the mafia could take advantage of the rising poverty, swooping in to recruit people to its organisation’’. Or simply stepping in to distribute free food parcels of pasta, water, flour and milk.

In recent days, the police in Naples have intensified their presence in the poorest quarters of the city, where men tied to the Camorra the Neapolitan mafia have organised home delivery of food parcels.  Magistrates have already begun an investigation against a group of people who were questioned while distributing food to local residents.

“Mafias are not just criminal organisations,’’ Federico Varese, professor of criminology at the University of Oxford, said. “They are organisations that aspire to govern territories and markets. Commentators often focus on the financial aspect of mafias but they tend to forget that their strength comes from having a local base from which to operate.”


The question of distributing food parcels is a tactic as old as the mafia itself, where in the south of Italy bosses have customarily presented themselves to the people as benefactors and local power brokers, initially without asking for anything in return.

“Mafia bosses consider their cities as their own fiefdom,” Gratteri said. “The bosses know very well that in order to govern, they need to take care of the people in their territory. And they do it by exploiting the situation to their advantage. In the people’s eyes, a boss who knocks on the door offering free food is a hero. And the boss knows that he can then count on the support of these families when necessary, when, for example, the mafia sponsors a politician for election who will further their criminal interests.”

Dozens of investigations in the south have led to the arrests of politicians who have aided and abetted the mafia, and who were elected with the support of local Mafiosi who forced citizens to vote for them in exchange for services, such as a simple food parcel.

Varese said: “These handouts by the mafias are not gifts. The mafia does not do anything out of its kind heart. They are favours that everyone will have to pay back in some form or another, by aiding and abetting a fugitive, holding a gun, dealing drugs and the like.”


“Consider what happened to El Chapo, the Mexican narco,” said Gratteri. “He trafficked tons of cocaine and commissioned the murder of hundreds of people but in his hometown he was known for his benevolence, because people said that he provided medicines to families or built roads. The same thing happens here.”

This week, Italy's anti mafia prosecutor's office said bosses would offer their virtually endless criminal capital to businesses in need and then swallow them up. Then, they will use those businesses for money laundering profits from the criminal activities.




Varese said: “The mafias might be able to benefit in other ways from the current lockdown and especially from the future, when Italians will all be able to return to work, spend more money, and get the economy on its feet again. But surely the story exemplified by the handouts of food parcels in Palermo and Naples shows their true nature, and it tells why they are so dangerous.”

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/mafia-groups-in-italy-are-distributing.html

How Three Among Those Who Brought Chinese Doctors To Nigeria Escaped Quarantine

Three out of the 17 pilots and flight attendants who flew 14 Chinese medical doctors and medical supplies from China to Nigeria on Wednesday have boycotted the Lagos quarantine centre.

The crew, who flew Air Peace’s Boeing 777-200ER jumbo jet from China, landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

The 17 pilots and flight attendants later on Wednesday proceeded to Lagos to be quarantined by the Lagos State Government in line with an agreement the Ministry of Health reached with the carrier’s management. The Chinese medical personnel were quarantined in Abuja.

Air Peace partnered the Federal Government to ferry the 14-member Chinese medical team and medical supplies from China to Nigeria.

The Chinese team brought about 16 tons of test kits, ventilators, disinfection machine, disposable medical masks, N95 masks, medications, rubber gloves, protective gowns, goggles, face shields, infra-red thermometers and others.

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, who was at the airport to receive the Chinese doctors and their supplies, said the team would be quarantined for two weeks.

However, Sunday Punch investigation showed that the flight crew members disagreed with Port Health Services officials on duty at Lagos airport over the 14-day compulsory quarantine.

Port Health Services is a unit of the Ministry of Health that screens arriving and departing passengers of infectious diseases especially COVID-19.

On arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 10pm on Wednesday, the flight crew initially refused to be quarantined.

Ministry of Health sources confirmed that the pilots and cabin crew members claimed their management did not inform them of the 14-day compulsory quarantine.

As such, the flight personnel initially refused to follow the port health officials to the quarantine centre provided by the Lagos State Government.

There was subsequently a heated exchange that lasted for about three hours over the 14-day compulsory quarantine between the crew and the port health officials.

After several calls by the port health officials on duty to top officials of the Ministry of Health in Abuja as well as top officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health, the crew members bowed to pressure and agreed to go to the quarantine centre at about 1am.

On arriving the Scholars Lodge at the University of Lagos where the state government had prepared for the crew to be quarantine around 2am, another debate ensued over the type of the apartment provided.

The crew members insisted that they wanted a single-user apartment for each member of the crew instead of the two-bedroom apartment meant to be shared by two persons which the state provided.

Top health officials told Sunday Punch the crew asked officers on duty to take them to another facility as the apartments were not the type they wanted. This debate, it was learnt, went on for another three hours till about 5am before the crew finally agreed to stay at the centre.

Meanwhile, before the crew departed the Lagos airport, one of the 17 crew members had escaped and left apparently for his house, unknown to the port health officials.

This was not discovered until Thursday evening when a head count was conducted at the quarantine centre.

It was also at this time officials discovered that two out of the 16 crew members brought to the Scholars Lodge had also escaped.

Findings by Sunday Punch revealed that the Ministry of Health and Lagos State Government had reached out to the management of the airline over the whereabouts of the two crew members.

As of the time of filing this report, it had yet to be ascertained where the two crew members were.

When contacted on Friday, the Director, Port Health Services, Ministry of Health, Dr Morenike Alex-Okoh, in her reaction, said she was not authorised to speak on the matter. She directed our correspondent to the minister of health or the health ministry’s permanent secretary.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Abdullahi Mashi, confirmed the development but noted that the cabin crew members who left the quarantine centre had returned to the facility, saying “they are back now.”

Asked further about the health risks of the crew leaving the quarantine, having met several other contacts during that period, Mashi said, “They are back, it is left for the Lagos State surveillance team to work on that. They will do the needful. The important thing is that they are back.”

Notorious Rivers Kidnapper Shot Dead, Arms Recovered (Photos)

The Rivers State Police Command has killed a suspected kidnapper, Samuel Nakpoo, who was said to be among hoodlums responsible for all criminal activities along Ogoni-Uyo axis of the East West road.

Samuel Nakpoo who had earlier been arrested and confessed to the crime led the officers to their camp in a forest at Ogu/ Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State and attempted to escaped but was shot in the leg.

He was confirmed dead at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.

According to the spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, “A joint operation by officers and men of “Operation Sting” and Anti-cultism unit, led by CSP Ahijo Lawson, stormed the kidnappers den, the hoodlums on sighting the police took to their heels.”

Omoni said items recovered from the camp includes; one GPMG, G-3rifles, one SMG rifle, one rocket launcher, five pump action guns, 933 rounds of 7.62mm Live ammunition etc.

He assured that efforts were on to arrest the fleeing members of the gang, appealing to residents of the state to assist the police in the fight against crimes by providing useful information.