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The man is reported to have passed away this morning after a brief illness at Garki Hospital, Abuja.  Credit: Sun News According to Sun News, the veteran actor, Jimmy Johnson, popularly known for his character as ‘Okoro in the 80s NTA TV series ‘The Village Headmaster’, is dead. He passed away this morning after a brief illness at Garki Hospital, Abuja. He was 80. Share this news

A famous musician and US presidential candidate has warned that Coronavirus vaccine may be the mark of the beast.  Kanye West   American rapper and US Presidential candidate, Kanye West has expressed worry that coronavirus vaccine might be  “the mark of the beast”.   He said this during a recent interview with Forbes.   “So when they say the way we’re going to fix Covid is with a vaccine, I’m extremely cautious. That’s the mark of the beast,” West said.   West revealed that he had coronavirus back in February: “Chills, shaking in the bed, taking hot showers, looking at videos telling me what I’m supposed to do to get over it. I remember someone had told me Drake had the coronavirus and my response was Drake can’t be sicker than me!”   However, the Christian rapper believes that a coronavirus vaccine is an agenda to control humans and prevent people from making heaven.   “They want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to ...

Many people woke up today to see #RIPJeffBezos trending on number one with rumours of his alleged death spreading like wildfire.  Jeff Bezos   After #RIPJeffBezos began trending today on Twitter and reached number 1 position, it has now been revealed that the death rumour is a hoax.   Many people had joined the thread thinking that the Amazon CEO was truly dead after it was rumoured that he drowned in a river.   Twitter users were initially shocked and took to the platform to mourn him with the hashtag. However, after the rumour was debunked, the trend took a new path as users shared memes to mock Jeff Bezos. Some even claimed that he died due to drowning in the Amazon river.   It is not clear how the rumour of his death began but it is believed the death hoax was created in order to defame him and probably to topple down the Amazon stocks.   On July 6, Amazon had hit an all-time high at the stocks market while all the other business were suffering due to t...

Some Twitters users took to the platform to lament about an unknown chemical substance surging through Anthony village.  Panic As Twitter Users Raise Alarm Of A Chemical Surging Through Anthony Village In Lagos Some bothered Nigerians took to Twitter to raise an alarm of a "chemical substance" surging through Anthony Village in Lagos State.   @Tosin_Obembe1 who shared a video of the whitish foamy substance flowing through a neighbourhood in the community, tweeted;   "Please can someone help to tag Lagos State environmental services if there is any. We trying not to have human contact with, but it is blocking every path in the Estate. This is Anthony Village". Another Twitter user, @Thesharonkalu wrote;   "This white substance is growing in Anibaloye in Anthony Village. Nobody knows what it is or where it’s from and it’s actually spreading!!! Please retweet so the right people see it"  See Video Below;

The 34-year-old is the first person to maintain long-term HIV remission after being given a year-long course of intensive antiretrovirals  Brazilian Man Becomes First Person To Be Cured Of HIV With Drugs Alone A 34-year-old Brazilian man who went into long-term remission after being treated for less than a year with an intensified multi-drug cocktail of AIDS medicines, has raised hope of a potential breakthrough on Tuesday July 7.  The man who tested positive for HIV in 2012, was treated with a base of antiretroviral therapy or ART which was boosted with additional antiretrovirals, plus a drug called nicotinamide (a form of vitamin B3).  His intensified treatment was halted after 48 weeks and researchers who unveiled their findings at this week’s virtual International Aids Society conference, said the patient has now gone more than 57 weeks with no HIV treatment and continues to test negative for HIV antibodies. Dr Ricardo Diaz of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, wh...

A cry for help has been sent out by the family of a veteran Nigerian actor whose house was overtaken by flood.    Pa James house overtaken by flood in Lagos   Veteran Nigerian actor, Kayode Olasehinde, aka Pa James has been left thinking seriously about his life after water flooded his house.   The house it was gathered got flooded after heavy rainfall in Lagos.   The rain forced a canal to overflow thereby releasing its content into the property of the actor which has become a regular occurrence.   Crying out on behalf of his dad, Samuel Ajirebi, wondered if there’s a government in Nigeria.   “Seriously sad right now, I get to think at times that, are we sure we have a government in this country? “Look at what I met on going to visit my family today, a flooded house due to the overflowing canal behind our street. “To make matters worse, no one was at home save my dad, so the old man and I had to be saving properties and scooping water out of the house...

This is a candid look into the superstar life of Nigerian singer, Davido and his three baby mamas.  Photo credit: NewTelegraph David Adedeji Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was born in Atlanta and raised in Lagos. Davido made his music debut as a member of the music group KB International. He studied business administration at Oakwood University before dropping out to make beats and record vocal references. Davido rose to fame in 2011 with the release of ‘Dami Duro’, the second single from his debut studio album Omo Baba Olowo. Since then, he keeps climbing the lather of fame with hit songs after hit songs. His songs, ‘If’ and ‘Fall’ generated worldwide social media activity, while the latter became the longest-charting Nigerian pop song in Billboard history, making him one of artistes to come out of Africa. The 26 years old, who came from the wealthy Adeleke family, has over the years, proven to many that he...

The story has been told of ex Nigerian military leader, Murtala Muhammad and how he was killed some years ago.  Murtala Mohammed, Ajoke, his young wife and his two kids. (TIN Nigeria)   He was whipping up a popularity that had fizzled out since Nigerian politicians in the First Republic discarded the trust of the Nigerian people, but that counted for nothing when 42 years ago today, on the 16th of February 1976, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, was shot down by coup plotters, in the midst of Ikoyi traffic, while on his way to work.   Today, anyone who has grown around the typical Nigerian displays of power would have a hard time understanding why a sitting military head of state would drive through Lagos traffic with no security.   Yet this was only a reflection of the genteel and almost reckless lack of self-importance with which Murtala, as he was fondly called by most Nigerians, went about his business.   Born on 9 November 1938 in Kano, one of his parents’ 11...

A lady took to social media to praise suspected fraudster, Hushpuppi saying he's worthy of emulation.  Ada Jesus A Nigerian lady identified as Ada Jesus has taken to Facebook to shower encomium on embattled suspected fraudster, Ray Hushpuppi. In her post, the lady wrote on how the Instagram celebrity is endowed with so much wisdom to have pulled out such massive frauds and she would desire that her child posses same level of wisdom. She then went further to reveal that she hopes to marry a man like him in her next life. Hushpuppi appeared in a federal court in Chicago on Friday. He is accused of conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars through cybercrime schemes. According to a federal affidavit, one of the alleged victims was the client of a New York-based law firm that lost nearly a million dollars in 2019. Abbas was arrested last month by law enforcement officials in the United Arab Emirates and transferred to the US this week by the FBI. Prosecutors allege Abbas is...

Residents of Kwara state have been left in a state of shock after the governor's chief of staff died of coronavirus.  Aminu Adisa Logun   The chief of staff to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State is dead.   Aminu Adisa Logun died on Tuesday evening. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, said in a statement:,  “With total submission to the will of the Almighty Allah, we wish to announce the passing of the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kwara State Aminu Adisa Logun (min).   “Logun, an industrialist, a public intellectual, and an elder statesman, died Tuesday evening of complications from COVID-19. He died only a few hours after the test of his result returned positive. “The entire government and the people of Kwara State have lost an outstanding public servant who diligently served the state at various times, including as Chief of Staff to the Governor from June 7, 2019 until he returned to his Lord. “The Governor has declared a ...