SAD! Ronaldinho’s Mother Dies at Aged 71 After Contracting Covid-19

Brazilian football legend, Ronaldinho reportedly passed away after testing positive for Covid-19.

Dona Miguelina, aged 71, was hospitalised after testing positive for the virus in December 2020, in their home city of Porto Alegre.

Ronaldinho’s former club Atletico Mineiro confirmed her death on Twitter on Sunday, February 21,  with a message of condolence.

“It is with great sadness that Clube Atlético Mineiro receives the news of the death of Doña Miguelina, mother of Ronaldinho Gaúcho,” read the club statement.

“The Atleticana Family is in mourning and shares the moment of pain with their idol. May God receive you with open arms and comfort the heart of our eternal ace.”

Ronaldinho is yet to make an official statement over the reported death of his mother.

In December, the former, Barcelona and AC Milan playmaker confirmed his mother’s condition on social media.

“Dear friends, my mother has COVID and we are in the fight for her to recover soon,” Ronaldinho posted on Twitter on December 21.

“She is in the intensive care center, receiving all the care. I thank you in advance for your prayers, positive energies, and affection. Mother strength.”

The 40-year-old had a close relationship with his mother, who always accompanied him throughout his career. In 2005, he dedicated his Ballon d’Or award to her.

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Lala Akindoju and Hubby, Chef Fregz AreExpecting Their First Child (Photos)

Actress Lala Akindoju and celebrity chef, Chef Fregz, are expecting their first child together.

The couple tied the knot in September 2018.

Lala shared the good news on her IG page this morning.

”….becoming three!
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#à?éw??r??ni???olúwa
#aYummyMummy
#LalasJourneyToMotherhood”

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If Marriage Certificates Expire Like Driver License Most Men Won’t Renew Them – Nollywood Actor, Kevin Ikeduba

Nollywood actor, Kevin Ikeduba has revealed what would happen in a situation were marriage certificates expire.

According to the actor, in a situation like that most men won’t renew their marriage certificates if they actually expired.

The movie star took to his Instagram page to share his thoughts on marriage. The popular crossover actor did not, however, give his reason for saying so.

See his post below;

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BREAKING: Military Aircraft Crashes in Abuja (Photos)

A military aircraft King Air 350 has crashed close to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Intl Airport, Abuja.

This was confirmed by the Minister for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, via his Twitter handle on Sunday.

His tweeted: A military aircraft King Air 350 has just crashed short of our Abuja runway after reporting engine failure enroute Minna. It appears to be fatal. We should remain calm & wait for the outcome of investigation by the military, while we pray for the departed soul/souls if any.

More to come later...

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Pastor Adeboye Disowns ‘Prayer Points’ Against Fulani Herdsmen

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has disowned a list of ‘prayer points’ against Fulani herders circulated on social media.

In a tweet on Saturday, Adeboye branded the ‘prayer points’ as ‘fake news’ and said he never issued it and he never asked anyone to issue it on his behalf.

The so-called ‘prayer points’ partly read, “The Fulani Moslems, well-organised, have encircled us with high calibre arms and ammunition pretending they are cattle-rearers, wait for orders to overrun our land and kill our people. They have perfected their strategies.

“Now, oh Lord, arise and defend us; contend with those that contend with us.

“Oh Lord, protect us. Stop them from destroying our farmlands, raping our women, killing our people, burning our houses, kidnapping and robbing us.”

But the 78-year-old cleric urged the general public to disregard the so-called ‘prayer points’ as he did not come up with it.

“Calvary greetings! Please ignore this prayer point titled, “Prayer from Daddy G. O. Adeboye”,” he captioned a copy of the so-called ‘prayer points’.

“It is not from me and I have not assigned anyone to come up with it. I am not associated with the content neither the author of the content. Please beware of such! God bless you!” he added.
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The South-West region has been in the eye of the storm lately over the activities of criminal elements who masquerade themselves as Fulani herders. These criminals have been accused of a number of crimes including kidnappings, killings, rape, and destruction of farmlands.

The governors in the region had since banned open grazing, night grazing and underage grazing amongst other measures to curb the menace and foster peaceful co-existence between the Hausas and their host Yoruba communities.

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Video: BBN’s Laycon Celebrates With Joeboy on His Newly Acquired Lexus Car

Music sensation and songwriter, Joeboy has reportedly splashed millions to cop a brand new Lexus car.

This revelation was made known via a Snapchat post by BBNaija 2020 edition winner, Laycon on the 20th of February 2021. An excited Laycon shared a video of Joeboy and his new whip (Lexus), while congratulating his friend on his new acquisition. He captioned the video;

“Congrats Joe Joe @joeboypondeck”

Joeboy recently released his debut album, Somewhere Between Beauty And Magic on the 4th of February 2021.

Watch the video below;

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"Don’t Be cowards" – Defence Minister Tells Nigerians to Stand and Face The Bandits

Nigeria Defence Minister Maj- Gen. Bashir Magashi, has asked Nigerians not to be cowards and confront bandits whenever they come attacking their communities.

Magashi said this on Wednesday, February 17 while speaking with newsmen after the screening of the service chiefs by members of the House of Representatives.

Reacting to the abduction of 27 students of the Government Science College, Kagara in Niger state, Magashi said;

”Is it (security issue) the responsibility of the military alone? We shouldn’t be cowards. It is the responsibility of everybody to be alert and ensure safety when necessary. We shouldn’t be cowards. Sometimes bandits come with about three rounds of ammunition and when they fire shots everybody will run. In our younger days, we stand to fight any form of aggression.

Why should people run away from minor, minor aggressions?

We should stand and face them. If these people know that the people have the competence and capability to defend themselves, they will run away”

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Secondary School Student Goes to School With a Gun to Shoot Teacher Who Asked Her to Cut Her Coloured Hair (Photos)

A student of Government Secondary School in Ikot Ewa, Cross River State, has been reportedly caught with a local gun she wanted to use and shoot a teacher who asked her to cut her coloured hair.

According to reports, the student who was asked by her teacher to cut her coloured hair was angered by this and the only way to express her anger was to show up at school with a locally manufactured gun.

A Twitter user, @ValiantNig took to the micro-blogging platform and wrote “A student of Gov’t Secondary School, Ikot Ewa, Cross Rivers State went to school with a gun to shoot her teacher who asked her to cut her coloured hair”.

However, as at the time of filing this report, it has not been ascertained how she got the locally manufactured gun.

 

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AMERICA’s POWER OUTAGE: Texas Residents Line-Up To Fetch Water From Borehole (See Photos & Video)

Residents of Texas have been captured lining up to fetch water amid days of blackout in the state caused by failure in natural gas operations.

Operators revealed that the bulk of the power loss in Texas came from natural gas suppliers as pipelines froze, making it difficult for plants to get the fuel they needed.

Electricity is normally used to pump water into the homes of residents but since the outage, many have resorted to seeking alternative ways of accessing their daily needs.

In a video shared on Twitter by abc reporter, Erica Simon, citizens could be seen in a queue holding buckets and dispenser containers as they fetched water from a borehole tap.

Sharing the video, Erica wrote;

“This is not a third world country. This is Houston, Texas. I spotted a line of people filing up buckets of water from a spicket at Haden Park. Why? Millions either have no water or are under a Boil Water Advisory.”

“Yes everyone, I’m now aware that it’s spelled spigot. Smiling face with smiling eyes”

See video below.

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“How I Got Into Nollywood” – Veteran Nollywood Actress, Patience Ozokwo Reveals

Nigerian veteran actress, Patience Ozokwo has shared interesting details of how she got into Nollywood and soared above her expectations.

According to her, legendary Pete Eneh (now late), and Chika Okpala alias Chief Zebrudaya introduced her into Nollywood.

Writing in an Instagram post, she said the above-named were her course mates at ESUT Mature Program, Enugu, and they insisted she must join Nollywood because of the way she made them laugh in class.

Her words; “Early years in Nollywood, Eyes firmly on the goal. Fun fact: I was introduced to Nollywood by chief Zebrudaya (Chika Okpala) and Pete Eneh (may God continue to rest his soul).

“They were my class mates in Esute mature university program. They couldn’t believe how much I made them laugh everyday in class

“They practically dragged me into Nollywood (story for another day). Before then I was doing radio drama and stage play. #TBT #belikengozichallenge #NOI #MamaGLovers #PatienceOzokwo”

 

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Chechout Tiwa Savage’s Tweet Where She Wished She Was Younger so Wizkid Can Take Her Out on a Date

Fans of famous Nigerian music superstar, Wizkid, who already have the name ‘Wizkid FC’ on social media, have uprooted one old tweet of Tiwa Savage.

It’s no longer news that the relationship between the two mega music superstars have hit the rocks as they were known to be ‘besties’ at one point in their career. Recall the duo even snubbed each other’s birthday, and this says a lot.

At some point, it was rumoured that Tiwa Savage stopped being friends or ended her alleged ‘romantic relationship’ with Wizkid after he ‘allegedly’ refused having her on his ‘Made In Lagos’ album.

Well, the latest from the FC camp is after they brought out an old tweet of Tiwa wishing Wizkid could take her on a date, which happened as far back as 2011.

In the tweet, Wizkid initially posted;

“Happy birthday to my fav female vocalist out of naija..@TiwaSavage..enjoy ur day mami..wizzy ♥’s u..bless!”

Tiwa Savage then replied;

“@wizkidayo my baby. Thank u sooo much. I wish I was a few years younger today so u can take me on a date lol. Love u hun”

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Nigerian Comedian, OluwaKaponeski AKA Mama Tobi Honourably Discharged From US Armed Forces

Popular Nigerian comedian, Mama Tobi, known for his popular skits on social media has taken to his page on Instagram to give fans an update about his professional career.

The much-loved comedian disclosed that he has been honourably discharged from the US Armed Forces after serving diligently.

In a letter that accompanied his discharge certificate, the comedian was praised for his honourable service.

The letter read in part:

“It signifies that you have served in a proficient and industrious manner in the defense of your country. No greater honour accrues to any citizen.”

Also sharing the news on his page, the comedian disclosed that serving in the US Armed Forces was a privilege.

In his words:

“It has been a privilege of my life to have served in a proficient and industrious manner.”

Mama Tobi’s post was also accompanied with photos of himself while he was still active in service.

See his post and photos below:

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Power Grid Collapses, Plunges Lagos, Others Into Darkness

The nation’s power grid suffered its first collapse this year on Wednesday, plunging parts of the country into a blackout.

Two of the electricity distribution companies in the country, Ikeja Electric Plc and Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, disclosed this in messages to their customers through their Twitter handles on Wednesday.

It said, “This is to inform you that we experienced a system collapse at 13:58hrs today and this affected all customers on the IE network. However, we are pleased to confirm that supply has been restored to Alimosho, Ogba, and Alausa transmission stations at 14:47hrs.

“Please note that gradual restoration to other areas is currently ongoing. Thank you for your understanding.”

EKEDC said, “There has been a partial system collapse on the national grid interrupting supply to most areas within our network. We are gathering updates on the situation and will provide them as available.

“For now, please be assured that all stakeholders are working hard to make sure this is resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.”

The grid, which is being managed by government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria, has continued to suffer system collapse over the years amid a lack of spinning reserve that is meant to forestall such occurrences.

Spinning reserve is the generation capacity that is online but unloaded and that can respond within 10 minutes to compensate for generation or transmission outages.

Although five power stations are meant to provide spinning reserves, none of them currently have actual reserve.

The power stations are Egbin, Delta, Olorunsogo NIPP, Geregu NIPP and Omotosho NIPP.

Total power generation in the country stood at 4,499.90 megawatts as of 6 am on Wednesday, according to the Nigerian Electricity System Operator.

The system operator put the nation’s installed generation capacity at 12,954.40MW; available capacity at 7,652.60MW; transmission wheeling capacity at 7,300MW; and the peak generation ever attained at 5520.4MW.

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I Was Accused Of Killing My Husband By His Older Children And Their Mother - EX Beauty Queen Helen Ajayi Says

Former beauty queen Helen Ajayi made a post on her instagram page on Wednesday and the post has gone viral…. Quiet natured Helen talks about being accused of killing her late hubby by his older Children and their mother….
The Drama climaxed a week ago at the burial of her hubby Dr Tosin Ajayi MD of First foundation medical center…

She is closing this drama with this last post she says….

”This is the first day of Lent a time for spiritual healing and cleansing. This will be my last word on this matter.⁣⁣

It was never my wish to talk about the passing of my late husband Dr Tosin Ajayi on social media, despite the fact that during this 10 month period, from his death on April 26th 2020, I was accused of murdering him by his adult children and their mother after spending 42 days in St Nicholas Hospital by his bedside and dragged to Panti police station, then to coroners court and then to High court.

I am thankful that God delivered me from all these false accusations and gave me victory to bury my late husband in the manner he deserved. ⁣
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I want to express my gratitude to those men and women of God praying with me during these trying moments. I am also grateful for the unflinching support of my family and friends all over the world, who stood by me, even the “Aprokos” propagating me to stardom.

Throughout this 10 month period my sole focus and objective was to ensure that I gave my late husband a befitting burial in accordance with his status as an Icon in the healthcare field in Nigeria, which I am happy I achieved in his honour. Love is at the heart of everything in life. For God is love and Love is God”.

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Dolapo Osinbajo Celebrates Aisha Buhari on Her 50th Birthday

Wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo has celebrated the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, who turned 50 today, February 17.

Mrs Osinbajo, in a post on Instagram on Wednesday, said a prayer for the wife of the President, wishing her a long life and good health.

“Happy 50th birthday HE aishambuhari. I wish you many happy returns of today, peace, joy, long life and good health. May all your prayers be heard and answered. May the desires of your heart be granted. God bless you today and always.” she wrote.

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