Pastor E. A. Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has assured his church members that the deadly coronavirus which recorded its first case in Nigeria on Thursday, will not affect any of them.

Reacting to the news of coronavirus in Nigeria, Pastor Adeboye in a Facebook video said: “I want to assure you that there’s no virus that will come near you at all. Because it is written that those that dwell in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I want to believe this is time for God to show clearly there’s a difference between those who serve Him wholeheartedly and those who do not.”

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The first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Nigeria after an Italian man came to the country for a business meeting.

Moving from Lagos to Ogun State where he held the meeting at Ewekoro, the man fell ill and was rushed to a hospital in Lagos where he tested positive to the virus.

He has since been quarantined at a medical facility in Yaba, Lagos.

According to reports from The Nation, a Nigerian professor of virology, Maduike Ezeibe, has said he has a cure for the corona (Covid-19) virus and Lassa fever.

Professor Ezeibe who is the Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) said his therapy has the potency to cure coronavirus and lassa fever.

The professor of Virology who gave the chemical equation of the therapy as (AI4(SiO4)3+3Mg2SiO4-2AI2Mg3(SiO4)3) said “it’s a mechanism for curing Covid -19 and Lassa fever”.

On how the therapy works, Professor Ezeibe said: “that electrostatic attraction would make electrically charged medicines mop pathogens which have opposite charges is a known scientific fact and that viruses and abnormal (infected /tumor) cells are electrically charged is now known.

Covid-19 virus and Lassa fever virus (DNA viruses) are negatively charged. Small sizes of viruses enable them infect cells, inaccessible to big molecules.
So, existing antiviral medicines need immunity to complement their effects but some viruses cause immune deficiency.

“As a silicate, AMS also normalises immunity and as a stabilizing agent it enhances efficacy of antimicrobials to achieve effective treatment secondary infections.

Effective treatment of secondary infections would cure any viral /abnormal cell diseases including Covid -19 and Lassa fever.”

He expressed confidence that the therapy which had already proved reliable in the treatment of HIV/AIDS would make coronavirus a thing of the past.

Veteran Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu, popularly known as Pa Kasumu is dead.

Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola-Salako who announced the death on Sunday, said he died after a brief illness.

“It is with so much heavy pain in our hearts that we regret to announce that our #paraafricafoundation model-actor Pa Kasumu has given up the ghost after a brief illness. The news was broken by a close source that stays around the hospital he gave up the ghost,” Foluke Daramola wrote on Twitter.

Pa Kasumu is known for his uncommon talent in interpreting any role to near perfection.

However, in 2013, he was reported to be critically ill and said to be receiving treatment at Lagos Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for heart, liver and kidney-related diseases.

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BREAKING NEWS! Our model veteran actor Pa kasunmu Kayode Odumosu finally takes a bow. It is with so much heavy pain in our hearts that we regret to announce ur in Para, that our #paraafricafoundation model actor Pa kasunmu has given up the ghost after a brief illness. The news was broken by a close source that stays around the hospital he gave up the ghost. We will keep u updated with further information on this

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When he was questioned about his state of health, he replied: “Yes I must confess to you that I just thank God that I am alive. In fact, I had given up all hopes already. I taught the end had come for me. I taught it was fever that’s why I left for the hospital. In fact, when I got to the hospital, I lost consciousness. I only discovered when waking up that my manhood was in the hands of two nurses while they guarded it into a receptacle for me to urinate. I got so confused. It was the following day that they tried to conduct a series of tests on me and they could not really achieve much due to the lack of enough medical facilities at the private hospital. That made the doctor on duty to refer me to Lagos Teaching Hospital (LUTH).”

In December 2019, Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola, launched a lifeline for ailing and aging Nollywood veterans.

Some of the beneficiaries include Kayode Odumosu a.k.a Pa Kasumu, Sadiq Daba, Barbara Soki, Kareem Adepoju a.k.a Baba Wande, Peter Fatomilola, Lanre Hassan (Iya Awero), Idowu Phillips (Iya Rainbow), Lere Paimo a.k.a Eda Onile Ola and others.

Popular Vlogger, Grace Ajilore took to her Instastory to give an insight of some romantic relationships she had in the past, saying she ended many of those relationships because none of them treated her the way she wanted.

The Vlogger who stated that there is no shame in going through heartbreak revealed that she has learnt that “you have to be in many trashy relationships to understand what you truly deserve”.

Ajilore averred that she has always practiced what she preached as she recalled dating celebrities, men who wear suit and tie, money men, men who borrow money from her and naughty boys.

She revealed that she dumped them all in a “bin” because they could not traet her the way she wanted. The mother of one also advised ladies to move past their broken relationships and see it as a form of a learning experience.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) called in its second witness to testify against Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley, during the continuation of the singer’s cyber fraud trial on Thursday February 27.

Naira Marley is facing an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards and fraud.

Testifying in court, EFCC’s second witness Mr Anosike Augustine who is a mobile forensic expert with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), recalled how he analysed the contents of an iPhone 11 allegedly retrieved from Naira Marley during an investigation.

He told Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos that he produced a report of his findings after extracting and analyzing the evidence recovered from the singer’s phone.

However, after EFCC moved to submit the 30-page report, Naira Marley’s counsel and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olalekan Ojo objected to the tendering of the document.

Ojo insisted that it was not part of the documents front-loaded to the defence team and he was unaware of its contents.

Justice Oweibo subsequently adjourned the case to allow the defence and prosecution team to sort out and reconcile whether the report was front-loaded or not.

Edwin Ezeonu, the ex-husband of Nollywood actress Ngozi Ezeonu has accused her of marrying off their daughter without his consent.

He also warned the actress to stop using his name since they are now divorced.

Edwin in an interview with The Sun accused his ex-wife of trampling on his right and honour as a man, describing his daughter’s traditional wedding in Delta State as an abomination as he was kept in the dark throughout the whole process.

The aggrieved ex-husband of the Nollywood actress said; “I’m a real son of the soil in Igboland, and I am knowledgeable enough about Igbo traditional marriage.

“In Anambra State where I come from, a woman does not and has no right whatsoever to give out a fellow woman’s hand in marriage. It is abomination and taboo. As such, Ngozi Denis Ikpelue has no legitimate right and authority to give out my daughter, Ogechukwu’s hand in marriage. As long as I am concerned and also the entire family of Ezeonu and his kindred are concerned, Ogechukwu is not married.

“What happened in Asaba, Delta State on February 15, 2020 was a movie shoot!” he added.

Recalling how his marriage to Ngozi Ezeonu crashed in 2013, Edwin said; “I came back home one day from work and met an empty house, without any prior notice. As I got home that fateful day, my landlady told me that Ngozi had packed out of the house, taking the children along with her.

“Few weeks before that, I had insinuated that she was putting up a new apartment. I summoned her and warned her against dividing the family. But she never listened.

“I gave Ngozi all the supports and encouragement she needed to boost her career as a seasoned actress, yet she never valued all my efforts. She also never contributed a dime to the upkeep of the house and well being of the children.

Even after they left, I still catered for my kids: school fees, foodstuff and all. I’m devastated that my only daughter would do this to me. Ngozi should also desist from using my surname. We are divorced,” he said.

Lagos commissioner of health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has confirmed that the Italian who tested positive to coronavirus, has been moved to a renovated facility.

Abayomi’s confirmation came after the infected Italian quarantined at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos, had reportedly attempted to escape from his isolation room due to excessive heat and mosquitoes.

However, while speaking on a show on Arise Television on Saturday, the commissioner admitted that the patient had complained, but he said he is now comfortable in his new ward.

“I saw him at about 6pm yesterday. He was explaining his condition and we were taking some new data from him,” he said.

“He’s in an isolation room all by himself and we had moved him into a particular room because we were doing a general overhaul of the whole facility because we want to be ready.

“There were some discomforts in terms of heat, but about 9 pm we moved him over to the renovated facility which has lots of air conditioners, fans and it’s a 28-bed brand new facility, and he’s there on his own in the whole ward and as of 6 am this morning I’m told he’s comfortable.”

The commissioner said they started renovations last week and now have the 100-bed capacity.

He said the Lagos government has been building capacity since the Ebola outbreak of 2014.

“We’ve been building a biosecurity unit that includes advanced diagnostic capacity. We’ve been building isolation wards which have special airflow dynamics,” he said.

Following the detection of the first case of the novel Coronavirus disease in Nigeria, and the placing in quarantine of the patient, identified as a 44-year-old Italian, at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos (formerly, Infectious Diseases Hospital), a health worker at the hospital said on Friday that the patient was angry and had attempted to escape, given the state of the isolation centre.

The high ranking health worker, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity on Friday, decried the ‘very poor quality’ of the isolation centre, lamenting that “the authorities have not matched words with action.”

Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, had said on Friday that the state government had built a facility to handle the situation, adding that the patient was getting better.

Hamzat had said, “It is a lab that can accommodate 100 for now, but it is only one bed that is occupied today. Hopefully, it wouldn’t spread. We are ready and we are well equipped. He (the patient) is there and he is getting better. He is steady. The doctors say he is going to be fine.’’

But the health worker told our correspondent that the Coronavirus index case had been “very upset about” the surrounding, adding that the patient “complained of excessive heat and mosquitoes.”

In an interaction with our correspondent, the health worker, who did not wear any personal protective equipment required of workers in such an environment, said, “The patient wanted to run away yesterday (Friday). The Italian man, who seems to be an engineer, was very angry that the room where he was kept was very hot.

“There is nothing there (inside the isolation ward) aside from bed and hospital locker. He almost ran away and is still threatening to do that.

The source said the level of preparedness in Lagos State for infectious diseases such as Coronavirus and Lassa fever “is zero.”

An online entry describes the Mainland Hospital, where the Italian is being quarantined, as “an ultra-modern multi-drug resistant tuberculosis treatment centre, with a 40-bed admission facility.”

Our source, who emerged from the Out Patient Department of the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, alleged that Lagos State did not have the facility to accommodate individuals who might have come in contact with the Italian.

According to the source, the facility that is meant to accommodate both suspected and confirmed Coronavirus cases is still undergoing renovation “and might take a while” before it can function fully.

He also revealed that the isolation area was a room in one of the wards, and that it was quickly vacated to accommodate the index case.

The source alleged, “The only thing demarcating the room from other rooms in the ward is a red and white barricade tape. That is where the Italian man that tested positive to Coronavirus is kept.

“There is no single equipment inside that place. It is just like any other regular hospital room with a bed. That building you see that is being repainted is the original place meant to quarantine Coronavirus patients.

“As you can see, the place is not ready. The state government is just renovating it, despite the fact that the virus started spreading since December 2019. It is really sad that a country like Nigeria is never ready to medically contain infectious disease outbreak.

“This is why most health workers leave because they are predisposed to danger of infection.”

According to the source, the Mainland Hospital does not have a ready and designated facility to isolate and treat Lassa fever patients, much less Coronavirus. The source noted that the place earmarked for Lassa fever treatment had yet to be completed.

The source said, “The place meant for Lassa fever patient has been under construction in the past one month. It is not yet completed. As you can see, they are makeshift structures, hurriedly put together with white tarpaulin.

“They are not permanent structures and I don’t know how this place can actually accommodate humans that have a highly infectious disease like Lassa fever,” he said.

Indeed there was jubilation in Itire area of Lagos and its environs after the 22-year old supreme cult leader, Maliki Bello, was arrested by the Police operatives led by the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu.

According to P.M.EXPRESS, Maliki Bello, who hails from Lalopun in Kwara State and resides at 23 Ayinla Street in Idiaraba area of Mushin, Lagos, and 11 other members of his gang are currently in Police net.

This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, during the parade of suspects at the State Police Command in Ikeja, Lagos.

He stated that on 4th February, 2020, following sustained monitoring, the Police operatives at Itire Division arrested Bello with operational base at Itire area of Lagos. He explained that the suspect, Maliki Bello, had been on the wanted list of the Police for violent crimes and gang clashes.
DSP Elkana said that the suspect has confessed to be responsible for series of violent attacks, murders and armed robbery incident in Idiaraba, Lawanson, Dosumu, Ashimowo Bakare, Mushin, Itire among others.
Elkana said that Bello revealed that he was initiated into the cult when he was 12 and he rose to become the leader of the cult. He said that the gang has official Facebook page known as BBL Baloteli with 1,928 friends and they use their Facebook page and other social media accounts to recruit new members, plan attacks and update members on their activities.
The Police spokesman said through interrogation and investigation other members of the gang were arrested and will be charged to Court after the conclusion of investigations.

A self acclaimed pastor, Daniel Uba, who allegedly engaged a 19-year old girl in sex while he pretended to be delivering her from evil spirits has been remanded in prison custody.

P.M.EXPRESS reports gathered that the incident happened at Abule Egba area of Lagos, where Pastor Uba reportedly invited the victim and prophesied to her of an impending danger before he subjected her to deliverance prayers.

The 19-year old victim was said to have accepted to be delivered after Uba told her something about her life that looked real, which she believed and became afraid of the supposed impending danger.

While he was conducting the purported deliverance, Uba lost control in the process, pulled the victim’s pant and engaged her in sex.

Thereafter, he threatened her with death if she failed to bring her aunt’s jewelries and hand over to him for his services.
However, the dastardly act got exposed and Pastor Uba was arrested. Having been found culpable after interrogation, the Police charged him before the Ogba Magistrates Court for statutory rape for engaging the victim in sex during deliverance and attempting to steal from her.

When he was arraigned, the Court did not take his plea after the prosecutor, Supol Benson Emerhi, asked the Court to refer the matter to the DPP bearing in mind the circumstances under which the defendant committed the offence.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. O Sule-Amzat, ordered Pastor Uba to be remanded in prison custody. The Court directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send to the DPP for advice.
However, when Pastor Uba was brought to Court to determine the status of the matter, the DPP’s report was not ready according to the prosecutor. Hence, the Court ordered Uba to be taken back to prison custody and adjourned the matter till 18th May, 2020 for report of the DPP to be available.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Pastor Uba risks several years of imprisonment if the DPP finds him culpable and recommends that he should be tried for the alleged offence and eventually found guilty before the Court.