It was revealed that the deceased collapsed in the bathroom and died on Sunday, March 14.
Facebook user, Emmanuel Chidiebere also revealed the deceased lost his father seven months ago.
May God rest his soul.
Italy, France and Germany are some of the countries currently experiencing third wave of the virus, with Italy scheduled for fresh lockdown, whereby people will only be allowed to leave their homes for essential errands. Most shops will be closed, along with bars and restaurants.
Italy had experienced 27,000 new cases and 380 deaths last Friday.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha, at the briefing in Abuja, said that no one could yet heave a sigh of relief despite availability of COVID-19 vaccines.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the virus is very potent and people still get infected. It is also a fact that the vaccination process has only just begun. It has been reported that some countries are recording a third wave of cases.
“The PTF will like to caution Nigerians on home-based care as there may not be enough facilities and personnel to manage patients in times of emergencies,” Mustapha stated.
Dr Mukhtar Muhammad, the National Incident Manager (NIM) of the PTF on COVID-19 made this known on Monday in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the task force.
However, on Thursday night, eight European countries – Denmark, Norway, Austria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland, and Luxembourg – suspended all or part of its roll-out as a precaution.
The suspension was to enable them investigate concerns relating to blood clots and other side effects caused by the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.
Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands are the latest countries to suspend the use of the vaccine over concerns that it causes blood clots.
Spain’s health minister, Carolina Darias on Monday said: “It is a temporary and precautionary suspension until the risks can be evaluated by the European Medicines Agency.”
But Nigeria’s Muhammad insisted that the clinical trials had shown that the side effects are “generally mild’’.
He said that the WHO had in the last three days, through a series of briefings, vouched for the vaccine’s safety and efficacy.
He said it had been proven that that the vaccine has about 70 percent efficacy level.
He advised those who might have received the vaccine, but who have felt side reactions for more than 24 hours, to report through the appropriate channels at the state level.
“The arrival of the vaccine is something that is very good and exciting in the sense that a combination of the vaccine and the non-pharmaceutical interventions can help us see the light at the end of the tunnel within a very short period of time.
“In the last few hours, we have suffered a major setback regarding the content safety and efficacy of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.
“We have seen in the news how some countries have deferred the usage of this vaccine or have suspended its use. That list of the European countries is growing.
“It is very reassuring to see that the regulatory agencies in those countries have continued to emphasise that the vaccine is safe and that the incidence of blood clots reported in the patients is not higher than the risk of blood clotting in people who are not vaccinated. That is really something reassuring.”
Though it is not clear what prompted the message, this might be due to the fact that the rapper wasn't recognised in the latest edition of the Grammy.
His sentiments are not exactly a surprise. Taking to his twitter page, he wrote “Fuk the Grammys,”
Fuk the Grammys
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) March 15, 2021
Punch correspondent learnt that Babalola had been in prison since 2019 after she refused to grant the request of a divisional police officer to drop the case.
A journalist, David Hundeyin, who shared Babalola’s story on Twitter, explained that the victim’s flat was burgled and items worth over N300,000 stolen, adding that she reported the matter to the police and later travelled to Nigeria to see her sick mother.
However, upon Babalola’s return to Ivory Coast, she was notified that the thief had been caught.
Hundeyin tweeted, “The thief turned out to be a 14-year-old boy who lived nearby. His embarrassed dad apologised and admitted that his son was a habitual thief. The items had already been sold.
“Itunu (Babalola) reported this to the police, who told her to return on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. The appointment held on Wednesday, November 6. There, she says the DPO informed her that the suspect was his nephew. He then offered her a settlement worth roughly N100,000 to drop the case.
“She refused the settlement, citing the disparity between the value of the stolen items and what was offered. Next, she says the visibly enraged DPO tried everything to frustrate her into dropping the case, including making her travel to Abidjan for a police appointment.
“In Abidjan, she hired a lawyer to attend the appointment with her, all to no avail as the police refused to cooperate. Frustrated, she returned home to Bondoukou. Around 5pm the following day, a convoy of police vehicles showed up outside her house and publicly arrested her.
“On getting to the station, she was charged with theft — the theft of her own items in her own apartment. She spent the next four days in police custody, after which she was taken out of the cell and offered her freedom if she agreed to sign papers dropping her case.
“For whatever reason despite the clear bad faith displayed by the Ivorian police, Itunu says she rejected the offer and chose to go to court instead. She says she then overheard an officer saying ‘Elle est une Nigériane? Elle mourra ici!’ (She’s a Nigerian? She will die here).
“The decision to go to court turned out to be a monumental error of judgment compounded by her own naivety about the Ivorian justice system. The (French-speaking) court did not allow her adequate legal representation or give her a chance to properly state her case.
“She was speedily convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Further complicating this was her decision to identify herself to the court as ‘Becky Paul’. She says she did this to avoid getting her family name mixed up in bad news and potentially upsetting her aged mom.
“As a result, for the past one year and 4 months since her conviction, Itunu, alias Becky Paul, has become, to all intents and purposes, a forgotten inmate at the notorious Maison d’arrêt et de Correction Bondoukou (Bondoukou Remand and Correctional Facility).
“When her Nigerian friends in Cote d’Ivoire approached the Nigerian Embassy in Abidjan to provide consular assistance for her case, officials reportedly asked for N400,000 to get her a passport before anything can be done.”
Hundeyin, who noted that Babalola had spent her savings in trying to clear her name, said she had attempted suicide twice.
Nigerians on social media started a campaign, #JusticeForItunu, calling on the Federal Government to ensure her release from prison.
A Twitter user, @Sikowitz17, urged the government to also ensure that other Nigerians detained unlawfully were released.
He said, “As we get #justiceforitunu, please let’s reach out to other African countries to get our citizens wrongly accused out of their prisons too. Schooling in the Republic of Benin, I know how many Nigerians got arrested for practically nothing and are still in prison today.”
Another Twitter user, Joseph Yomi, said, “Whenever I read about how some African countries are hostile to Nigerians, it just makes me sad. Let’s create more awareness about this Ìtunu case until something is done about it. #justiceforitunu.”
Another user with the alias, Pontius Pilate, stated that Babalola’s case was one of many Nigerians unlawfully detained in Ivory Coast.
Reacting, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, through its Twitter page @nidcom_gov, promised to investigate the matter.
It tweeted, “We will investigate and get back with our findings. Our mission in Abidjan will also help out.”
She was engaged in a recent interview with Sunday Scoop, where she was asked a series of questions about her career and how best she handles them.
In her words: “I hardly kiss in movies. As a matter of fact, in about six years of making movies, I did not engage in kissing. The first movie I kissed in was titled, Every Woman, and it was because the director asked for it. I can go as far as the director wants or as the role requires. However, I don’t kiss because most times, the roles don’t require kissing or the directors don’t ask for it.”
“My boobs get me the most attention. I used to think it was my face, but i get compliments (for my boobs) even from females.” she added.
Four pregnant girls; Blessing .O., Chisom, Blessing .N. and Chinecherem from Ebonyi state were rescued during the operation.
A statement released by Mohammed Haruna, spokesperson of the state police command, states that the baby factory which is operated as a brothel was uncovered during an investigation into the recent attempted kidnapping of a four-year-old boy.
Haruna said preliminary investigations revealed that one Gladys Nworie Ikegwuonu, presently at large, operated the baby factory and a brothel where she keeps young girls and gets them impregnated after which she sells the children to her waiting customers.
The police spokesperson gave the names of two suspects arrested as Abuchi Ani, ‘M’, aged 32 years, of Ohazora, Ebonyi State, and Emeka Ikegwuonu, ‘M’, 49 years, of Akabukwu, Nnewi, Anambra State.
Haruna added that the command is intensifying efforts to arrest the principal suspect in order to bring her and other accomplices to justice.
Fatima, is the daughter of Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote and Jamil, is a pilot and also son of former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Abubakar.
They had their wedding March 16, 2018 in Kano state. The couple also welcomed a baby girl in 2019.
Recall the Nigerian superstar at the 63rd Grammy Awards on Sunday, March 14, won his first Grammys with the album 'Twice As Tall' after being nominated in the Best Global Music Album category.
Congratulating the African giant, Diddy wrote; "YOU DID IT KING!!!!!!!!! @BURNABOYGRAM #TWICEASTALL."
Diddy was one of the executive producers of the Album.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday.
“On the 15th of March 2021, 238 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 160895 cases have been confirmed, 145752 cases have been discharged and 2016 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 238 new cases are reported from 17 states- Lagos (72), Kwara (28), Bauchi (19), Kaduna (19), Edo (17), Ogun (15), Nasarawa (13), Rivers (10), FCT (9), Ondo (8), Akwa Ibom (5), Gombe (5), Niger (5), Osun (5), Plateau (4), Oyo (3), and Kano (1),” the NCDC said.
One of the hunters, who pleaded for anonymity, disclosed the incident to newsmen on Monday.
“We confirmed that 17 have been killed… some of the people who went there to look for their relatives told to us that they have seen 17 corpses,” he said.
Daily Trust gathered that the hunters had mistakenly entered the hideouts of the gunmen while hunting.
The bandits had chased them, killing 17 people instantly and taking away 25 others.
The source said the captors have demanded a ransom of N50 million but when they said they could not raise such amount, they told them to go to the government and collect it.
He said of the 17 bodies, one was buried there because the body decomposed near the settlement of the gunmen.
“We call on the government to assist us in rescuing the hunters. On Sunday evening, they called and said if we don’t need them, they will kill them,” the source pleaded.
The hunters were said to have come from various towns, including Katsina, Tsagero, Abukur, Kanyar Uban Daba, Mashi, Fadi Gurje, Ku Tare Dandagoro, Muduru and villages of Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State.
When contacted, the police spokesman in Katsina, SP Gambo Isah, said there were conflicting reports on the incident.
Katsina is one of the states where bandits are making life difficult for residents.
The protest is one of a series of mass demonstrations against the country’s military-backed establishment.
The 22 demonstrators deny charges of committing sedition and a litany of other offences, which includes lese majeste, a crime punishable by up to 15-year imprisonment for each count.
“They can lock me up but cannot lock up the truth,” protest leader Parit Chiwarak shouted as he arrived in a prison truck, defiantly flashing the three-finger “Hunger Games” salute synonymous with the youth movement.
“The truth is always the truth whether in prison, under torture, or awaiting execution, the truth is the truth,” Mr. Parit added.
The accused who is a 22-year old is also among seven defendants held in pre-trial detention and accused of insulting King Maha Vajiralongkorn, as well as sedition.
Thailand’s youth movement has posed the biggest challenge so far to the Prime Minister and former coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha.
Mr. Chan-ocha was said to have engineered a process that would preserve the political status quo and keep him in power after the 2019 election, however, Mr. Parit has rejected that.
Protesters also broke a traditional taboo by demanding reform of the powerful monarchy, saying the constitution drafted by the military after the 2014 coup gives the king too much power.
The length of the trial will be determined after the defence and prosecution discuss how many witnesses both sides will call upon for the case, which stems from a September rally.
The statistics office also said the number of underemployed Nigerians worsened in the same period to 22.8 percent.
Another troubling part of the report was that the number of Nigerians not gainfully employed also jumped to 40 percent, indicating that the country has yet to recover from the coronavirus disruptions that characterised economic activities for 2020.
The estimated number of persons within the working-age population, that is between 15 and 64 years during the period, was 122,049,400 Nigerians.
This represents 4.3 percent higher than figures previously recorded in Q2, 2020, at 116,871,186.
The State Coordinator of the agency, Shaba Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano, that the samples were referred to its laboratory in Kaduna for analysis.
Mr. Muhammad said the agency received report of manifestation of a strange disease suspected to be caused by drinking sachet water and locally processed drinks in the metropolis.
He explained that a team of officials of the agency had visited the infected persons at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Kano, and some of the affected areas.
“Reports indicated that the infection involves sachet water and local drinks suspected to be prepared with expired and adulterated products.
“We collected samples of the suspected water and the products for analysis to establish the cause of the disease,” he said.
While urging residents to be vigilant and check the label of the products, Mr. Muhammad said the agency had scaled up surveillance to check circulation of fake and counterfeit products in the state.
Infected persons have developed symptoms such as severe vomiting and urine mixed with blood after drinking suspected sachet water and local drink.
It was gathered that the woman reportedly hacked her husband, simply identified as Dafe, to death on Kulup Street, off Ekrejegbo in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state.
Sources said trouble started when the deceased, who slept outside the matrimonial home the previous night, returned home on Monday to be confronted by his angry wife.
It was gathered that the disagreement between the couple degenerated into a physical confrontation and the suspect attacked the deceased.
The suspect reportedly attacked him with a cutlass on the head.
The woman was said to have earlier stabbed the victim before using cutlass on him.
Consequently, Dafe, also known as Best Cartel, sustained severe cuts before he was rushed to the Ughelli Central Hospital by neighbours.
However, he was pronounced dead by medical personnel at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the hospital.
It was gathered that the woman, on seeing the gravity of her action, attempted to run away from the scene, but she was apprehended by youths and neighbours.
The angry mob attempted to set Okiemute ablaze after the husband was pronounced dead.
The woman was, however, rescued by policemen from the Ughelli Police Area Command.
Unsatisfied, the mob followed the police team to the station and attempted breaking into the station, but they were dispersed by operatives, who resorted to firing gunshots in the air.
The acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Delta State Command, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident, saying it occurred when the couple had a disagreement.
The police spokesman also confirmed that Okiemute had been arrested and was currently in custody undergoing interrogation.
Aged 91, the late professor was until his transition the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State.
The WTO Director-General on Monday issued a statement announcing the transition of her father on behalf of the family.
It read in part, “On behalf of my siblings and relatives of the Umu Obi Obahai Royal Family of Ogwashi-Uku, I announce the passing of my father, Obi Prof. Chukuka Okonjo, the immediate past Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State at the age of 91.
“He died in Lagos soon after he arrived from a trip to the United States of America and Ghana.
“We are immensely grateful that his last moments were peaceful and that he died the same way he lived his life – with quiet dignity.”
Okonjo-Iweala said her father was an accomplished man on so many levels; “a highly respected academic, international public servant, university administrator, intellectual and traditional ruler.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday, said Bisola, in another development, also poured hot water on her husband, Peter Phillips.
She accused the husband of becoming a drunkard and abandoning his responsibilities as husband and father.
The PPRO stated that the suspect was delivered of the baby eight months ago, but she secretly killed and buried the child due to frustration from the husband’s behaviour towards the family.
He stated that the arrest followed a report by the husband after the hot water incident.
“On interrogation, the suspect explained to the police how her husband was fond of coming home drunk and not contributing anything to her welfare and the children’s.
Oyeyemi said the State Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for more investigation.
He added that the suspect will be charged to court at the end of the investigation for further investigation and prosecution.
