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Prince Albert of Monaco has won his battle with the coronavirus, his daughter has revealed. The 62-year-old royal, who is the son of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, announced earlier this month that he was battling the deadly illness, becoming the first head of state to test positive for the disease. On Tuesday, his daughter Jazmin Grimaldi posted photos on Instagram of Albert, 62, outside the Palace of Monaco. “Bravo! Prayers have been answered and my father has announced he is healed and healthy from the devastating coronavirus!” she wrote next to the image. Grimaldi, who recently appeared in Amazon’s “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” added, “My heart goes out to all of the families and loved ones who have not been so lucky and have been and continue to be severely affected by the COVID-19! My thoughts and prayers are with you all!” Albert now plans to head to his country retreat, Roc Agel, where his wife Princess Charlene and 5-year-old twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabrie...

Musicians and artists have always received all the plaudits for creating hit songs, but record also producers deserve the rights to share that recognition. Over the years several talented and era defining producers have walked these streets, mesmerizing us with their melodious beats and brilliant musical ingenuity. These producers have not only given us great songs, they have carried the music industries on their shoulders and brought Nigerian music into the limelight.  Here are our pics for the to 10 Nigerian music producers of all time. 1. Don Jazzy Don Jazzy is arguably the greatest Nigerian producer ever, collaborating with virtually every A-list artist in the industry since he and D’Banj burst onto the scene in 2004. His catalogue of production credits is filled with endless smash hits such as Tongolo, Surulere, Dorobucci, Oliver Twist, Mr Endowed, to mention a few, as well as numerous classic albums. Don Jazzy has also had international collaborations, most notably his wo...

Twenty new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria; 13 in Lagos, 4 in FCT, 2 in Kaduna and 1 in Oyo State 30th March there are 131 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria with 2 death Sharing is Caring loading... Let's block ads! (Why?)

Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has tested positive for COVID-19. This was confirmed by Davido himself on his Snapchat where he revealed that he took a test after his baby mama, Chioma tested positive for Coronavirus. The ‘Fall’ hitmaker implored fans to say a prayer for him as his life is in danger. See a screenshot of his post below; Sharing is Caring loading... Let's block ads! (Why?)

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 812 in the last 24 hours, the Civil Protection Agency said on Monday, reversing two days of declines. Italy, the world’s hardest hit country which accounts for more than a third of all global fatalities, saw its total death tally rise to 11,591 since the outbreak emerged in northern regions on Feb. 21. More positively, the number of new cases rose by just 4,050, the lowest amount since March 17, reaching a total of 101,739. However, the decline in new infections may be partly explained by a reduction in the number of tests, which were the fewest for six days. Italians have been under nationwide lockdown for three weeks and officials said the restrictions, which were due to end on Friday, look certain for at least two more weeks. “We have to agree on this with other regions, but I think we are talking about (maintaining the block) until at least mid-April,” Attilio Fontana, head of the worst-affected Lombardy ...

A plane carrying emergency medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic has crashed during takeoff before exploding into a fireball. The jet crashed at Manila International Airport in the Philippines reportedly killing all eight people on board. The flight was bound for Haneda, Japan. It had reportedly been chartered by the government and was carrying emergency supplies to the country as it battles against the spread of coronavirus. Footage from the crash scene showed huge flames as emergency services were scrambled, reports the Daily Star. Thick plumes of black smoke could also be seen billowing into the air from miles around the airport. Pictures later emerged of the burnt out wreckage after firefighters got the blaze under control. The images showed the plane sat on the tarmac of the runway completely destroyed. The aircraft is reportedly owned by Lion Air – a charter service company in the Philippines, not the Indonesian commercial airline. One image circulating on s...

Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo state has tested positive for coronavirus. The governor took to his Twitter page to make the announcement.  He also revealed that following the positive outcome, he is now is isolation. He tweeted:   “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is POSITIVE. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate.” Sharing is Caring loading... Let's block ads! (Why?)

The Nigerian Government has confirmed the second death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday during the Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He stressed that Nigeria has 111 confirmed cases of COVID-19, saying a majority of them were persons who came in from overseas. According to the health minister, the highest number of confirmed cases are in Lagos and Abuja because they serve as the major gateways to the country. He also informed the gathering that all retired but able-bodied staff of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Federal Ministry of Health were being recalled. Ehanire warned Nigerians to protect the elderly among them, as well as those having underlying health issues as they were the most vulnerable. In his opening remarks, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, informed the audience that the briefing would be...

The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Chris Olakpe, is dead. The PUNCH learnt that the retired Assistant Inspector General of Police died on Sunday. The LASTMA Director of Research and Statistics, Isaac Adetimiro, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the telephone. He explained that Olakpe did not show any sign of sickness and no one knew he was ill. “We heard about it this morning. He did not show any sign of any sickness. We are really shocked,” he said. The source noted that he gave up in a hospital in the state. Sharing is Caring loading... Let's block ads! (Why?)

The bible is the post important literature in Christianity, it is regarded as the word of God and offers guidance and direction to Christians. However, the bible is also filled with mysteries and questions that Christians believe are not meant to be queried. But if as Christians, we are meant to live by what the bible says, we kind of deserve some clarity especially as its content were written by the imperfect man, albeit via inspiration from God. Where is the garden of eden The bible says that God came down from heaven to fellowship with Adam and Eve until they sinned and were thrown out of the garden. This means that the garden of Eden was probably on earth, but no one seems to know where it is located. Scholars and researchers have suggested its location to be at the head of the Persian Gulf, in southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq) where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers run into the sea; and in Armenia. Of course these are just speculation as there is no actual physical evidence.  ...

According to a report by The PUNCH, at least, one person lost his life on Saturday when a police station and the official quarters of a Divisional Police Officer were burnt down in Kusada, headquarters of Kusada Local Government Area of Katsina State. The riot was caused by the arrest of a religious group leader who allegedly led a Friday prayer in the town despite the state government’s directive banning large gatherings to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Seven vehicles and 10 motorcycles were also set ablaze during the riot. Ninety suspects have also been arrested in connection with the incident. Eyewitnesses said trouble started when one Mallam Hassan conducted Jumat prayer in one of the mosques in the town. Hassan was consequently arrested and taken to the police Area Commander’s office in Malumfashi for questioning. The development did not reportedly go down well with some of his followers. The followers were alleged to have on Saturday attacked policemen on duty at K...

Weeks after Spain’s King Felipe IV tested negative for coronavirus, his cousin Princess Maria Teresa de Borbon-Parma has died from the highly-contagious illness. The death of Maria Teresa — dubbed “the red princess” due to her progressive politics and activism — was announced Thursday by her brother, Prince Sixto Enrique de Borbon, the Duke of Aranjuez. “On this afternoon… our sister Maria Teresa de Borbon Parma and Borbon Busset, victim of the coronavirus COVID-19, died in Paris at the age of eighty-six,” he wrote. Born in 1933, Maria Teresa was educated in France and became a distinguished professor at Paris’ Sorbonne and a professor of Sociology at Madrid’s Complutense University. An advocate of women’s rights and socialist ideas, she also studied Islam specifically as it pertains to evolving women’s rights in Arab nations, People reports. Great Britain’s Prince Charles, 71, tested positive for coronavirus this week and is self-isolating with “mild symptoms,” his Clarence H...

The minister was reportedly found dead near a railway track on Saturday, stunning many people. It has been reported that Thomas Schaefer , the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, has committed suicide apparently. The minister reportedly killed himself after becoming “deeply worried” over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state premier Volker Bouffier said Sunday. According to the Agence France Presse, AFP, Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday. The Wiesbaden prosecution’s office said they believe he died by suicide. “We are in shock, we are in disbelief and above all we are immensely sad,” Bouffier said in a recorded statement. Hesse is home to Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt, where major lenders like Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank have their headquarters. The European Central Bank is also located in Frankfurt. A visibly shaken Bouffier recalled that Schaefer, who was  Hesse’s finance chief for 10 years, had b...

An American man has tested positive for coronavirus after hosting his 27th wedding anniversary party with less than 10 people. According to ABC7, Mr. Emilian White and his wife Kim Gagne , celebrated their anniversary by having a small dinner with a couple of friends not more than ten this past Friday. After the event, Mr. Emilian developed a fever and started feeling ill. He was later taken to a hospital, where he tested positive for coronavirus. His wife, Kim, said she thought her husband would just get checked out after getting tested for the virus but she says, “It went from 0 to 100 quickly,” as their last simple touch was a fist bump before the shocking news was revealed. “I didn’t know what was happening,” she said via Facetime. “We had people over and that was our mistake. We thought we were okay because we had less than 10 people. But no, don’t have anyone in your house,” she said. “He’s getting better, but, when they took him for a scan, the minute they took the o...

Muhammed Babandede Babandede disclosed this in a WhatsApp message to journalists this morning, explaining that he has gone on self-isolation. According to a report by The PUNCH, the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammed Babandede, has tested positive for coronavirus. The CG, who disclosed this in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent this morning, explained that he is already on self-isolation since he returned from the United Kingdom on March 22. The PUNCH later called him on phone and Babandede confirmed the message he sent on WhatsApp. He stated, “Today, I tested positive for COVID-19. I have been on self-isolation since my return from UK on Sunday 22nd of this month with British Airways in Lagos. “I urge my loved ones, Immigration Officers and Nigerians to pray for me and all those affected.” Babandede urged immigration officers to continue working with his deputy to move the service forward. He added, “It is a very difficult time but we can’t change what Go...

Israel evacuated 274 of its citizens from Nigeria on Sunday. The Israelis were evacuated via the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Tel-Aviv, Israel. The flight, operated with the Air Peace’s Boeing 777-300, left Lagos with 65 passengers and airlifted 209 others from Abuja before departing the country. Although closed to international flights as part of measures to forestall further importation of coronavirus, emergency flights such as this are allowed to operate at the MMIA and NAIA. As of 6pm on Sunday, Nigeria has 97 cases of COVID-19 with one recorded death while Israel has 3,865 cases and 81 deaths. Sharing is Caring loading... Let's block ads! (Why?)

The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Sunday arrested a pastor for flouting the ban on gatherings as part of measures to prevent the community transmission of COVID-19. The FCTA Enforcement Team arrested the General Overseer of Jesus Reign Family Church, Apo, Pastor U Uden , shortly after the service on Sunday. It stated that despite the presence of the team, Uden continued the service while the team waited till the end of the service to avoid confrontation. In a video released by the FCTA, the Chairman of the team, Ikharo Attah, delivered a speech in the presence of Uden and his church members, shortly before his arrest. Attah said, “You have violated and you have broken the rules. And you have done what is not appropriate. “On Friday, we shut down some mosques at Kubwa. Today, we went around and said there should not be gatherings and we understand clearly well that you understand the holy books clearly well. “When the Messiah Jesus was asked question by the Pharise...

A social media comedian, Yinusa Oriyomi, aka Omopatakii , has accused popular singer, Olamide Adedeji , popularly known as Olamide Badoo, of stealing the concept of his song, Wonma, which is contained in his latest album, 999, from him. Omopatakii alleged that he created and released the content via a comedy skit titled, ‘Won ma Do’ on his Instagram handle, @omopatakii, on August 17, 2019. He claimed that the skit conveyed an expression that regardless of what a man did for a woman, she would still cheat on him, using the phrases, ‘won ma do’ and ‘o le te obinrin lorun (you cannot satisfy a woman)’. The comedian also stated that he was ready to take legal action against the YBNL boss and had instructed his lawyers to inform the singer of his intention to sue him to the tune of N50m for the alleged unauthorised use of his work. However, Sunday Scoop’s efforts to reach Olamide’s handlers were unsuccessful. Repeated phone calls made to Olamide’s manager were not answered and a text...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu , has warned that cybercrime and fraud may increase on account of the lockdown imposed across the country to contain the coronavirus pandemic. According to him, intelligence obtained from the International Criminal Police Organisation headquarters in Lyon, France, indicated that Internet fraud and other criminal activities were expected to rise at this time. Adamu in a statement in Abuja, on Sunday, by the force spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, said scammers in Nigeria and other parts of the globe have begun to create and set up fraudulent websites, e-commerce platforms, fake social media accounts and emails claiming to sell and deliver COVID-19 medical products. He said, “Specifically, intelligence obtained from the INTERPOL headquarters shows that scammers in Nigeria and other parts of the globe have begun to create and set up fraudulent websites, e-commerce platforms, fake social media accounts and emails claiming to sell and deliver (CO...

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared curfew in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State. President Buhari The president made this declaration during a nationwide broadcast on Sunday evening. He said “Based on the advice of the Federal Ministry of Health and the NCDC, I am directing the cessation of all movements in Lagos and the FCT for an initial period of 14 days with effect from 11pm on Monday, 30th March 2020. This restriction will also apply to Ogun State due to its close proximity to Lagos and the high traffic between the two States. “All citizens in these areas are to stay in their homes. Travel to or from other states should be postponed. All businesses and offices within these locations should be fully closed during this period. “The Governors of Lagos and Ogun States, as well as the Minister of the FCT, have been notified. Furthermore, heads of security and intelligence agencies have also been briefed According to the president, the containment period will be used to id...