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The Presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu had urged Nigerians not to allow themselves to be deceived by the opposition party PDP over the recent hike in petroleum price.

Garba Shehu, made the statement via a social media post on Tuesday night, September 8.

Shehu in his post warned Nigerian citizens not to be deceived by the opposition party as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is using the unusual increase in petrol price as a means of painting Buhari's administration black, forgetting that they once sold petrol at N600 per liter in 2013.

“Don't allow the PDP to deceive you. Amidst acute shortages, they sold petrol at N600 per litre on Easter Sunday in 2013,” he tweeted.

Meanwhile APC spokesman Yekini Nabena, in a statement on Monday said the federal government could no longer afford fuel subsidy, as revenues and foreign exchange earnings have fallen by almost 60%, due to the downturn in the fortunes of the oil sector.

Stating that the opposition party PDP were the actual cause of the increase in petrol price as its past official looted all funds gathered from subsidy during their days.

Source: https://issuesng.com.ng/dont-allow-pdp-to-deceive-you-they-sold-petrol-at-n600-in-2013-fg/

I think there is a more revised version of this topic, checkout: https://issuesng.com.ng/top-10-richest-politicians-in-nigeria-and-their-net-worth-2020/

Although i have love the actions of Gov. Wike during the lockdown, but then I think he went too far this time.

https://issuesng.com.ng/2020/05/10/lockdown-wike-demolishes-2-hotels-in-rivers-state-says-hes-set-to-do-more/

COVID-19: Oyedepo Donates Medical Equipment And Foodstuffs To Lagos and Ogun State

The founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide AKA Winners’ Chapel International, Pst David Oyedepo, has donated some medical equipment and foodstuffs to Lagos and Ogun State government over the current lockdown in the state over coronavirus.

This action was made known by the Chairman of the Church's Editorial Board, Prof Sheriff Folarin, on a statement on Tuesday.

Among the items donated by the cleric were; 2 ambulances, test kits, thermometers, gloves, Face masks,Bags of Rice, Bags of Beans, vegetables Bags of garri amongst others.

The Cleric maintained that the Church would support to the state and the Nigerian government in the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19).


The statement read in part,

“Living Faith Church as a faith-based organization with a global outreach wishes to register its support, in entirety, to the Nigerian government and global efforts to win the war against this unseen but common enemy of mankind.

“Among the medical/health resources are two state-of-the-art ambulances with capacity for first aid, test, and treatment of those infected or on emergency resulting from the infection.

“Each of the ambulances will be donated to Lagos and Ogun States to boost the disease control measures and treatment.


“Other items include 20 cartons of latex hand gloves, 10 cartons of disposable face masks, 40 pieces of infrared thermometers, 500 pieces of personal protective equipment, Hazmat suit, two boxes of pulse oximeters and two cartons of blood pressure monitor.

“Also donated are foodstuffs meant for immediate distribution as palliatives to the less privileged who are likely to be the worst hit by the lockdown. These are 400 bags of rice, 150 bags of beans, 400 bags of garri, 500 gallons of vegetable oil, among other items.”

Credit: https://talkmill.com.ng/2020/03/31/covid-19-oyedepo-donates-medical-equipment-and-foodstuffs-to-lagos-and-ogun-state/

COVID-19 Nigeria Records 139 Cases


Nigeria has recorded 139 total cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 2 death cases.

This is following after four new cases were discovered today; 3 in FCT, Abuja and 1 in Lagos State.

This was made known by the NCDC (Nigeria Center for Disease Control) on her official twitter handle.

The post reads thus:

"Four new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria; three in the FCT and one in Lagos.

“As of 08:00 pm on 31st of March, there are 139 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths" she posted

This newly discovered cases has risen the former number of positive cases from 131 to 139.

Abba Kyari Not In Lagos

The Lagos State government, has disclosed that she does not know the location of Abba Kyari.


Recall that the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari was tested positive of coronavirus (COVID-19) last week and was reported to have been transported to Lagos state for treatment.


This piece of information was gotten from the Honorable Commissioner For Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi in a statement on Sunday.

“I’m not aware of the Chief of Staff’s itinerary, so I don’t know where he is, we chat on WhatsApp but I cannot tell where he is from our chat." He said.

Abayomi further said that the chief of staff, Abba Kyari has made a full recovery,

“We are exchanging information but I haven’t asked him for his location. He seems well and happy and we are exchanging information on strategic issues. It has been a long time we talked about his health, I presume he has made a full recovery.”

The Commissioner also said that most of COVID-19 victims at the isolation centers are currently experiencing mild to moderate symptoms of the illness and at such do not require ventilators any longer.

“Most of our patients are experiencing a very mild to moderate degree of illness; in fact, we don’t have anybody that requires ventilation at the moment which is a symptom of what we will describe as severe disease."

“If we are to put some percentages on the 66 cases, about 33 of them are showing mild symptoms, the remaining 33 are showing moderate disease symptoms just characterised by severe fever, feeling weak, some coughing, headaches and body pains. It is not extending to affect the organs such that we have lung or kidney failure.” Abayomi said.

Credit: https://talkmill.com.ng/2020/03/31/abba-kyari-location-in-lagos-is-currently-unknown-to-us-lagos-commissioner/

Since Facebook is the biggest social media platform in the world today, it handles more than 2.73billion accounts(users) approximately 30 percent of the world's population.

The social media gaint(facebook) is a great platform where user get to interact with both distant and close friends, it helps users keep checks on their favorite celebrity since Facebook has more celebrity fan pages.

But then, who/which celebrity is most followed on Facebook?
Or
Who/which celebrity has the biggest fan audience on Facebook?

Recently the US president Donald Trump was said to be at the top of Facebook chart with over 70Million followers, can this be true? Let's find out.

TOP 10 MOST FOLLOWED PERSONALITIES ON FACEBOOK

1. CRISTIANO RONALDO -122.2 MILLION FOLLOWERS

The Juventus soccer Player and Portugal player Ronaldo is the most followed/liked Facebook celebrity with 122.2 Million Followers and at least 900k+ likes per post. That makes Ronaldo the most valued soccer player.
Huh!! What of Lionel Messi? That's the next question in your mind, we will soon find out in this post.

2. SHAKIRA 100 MILLION FOLLOWERS

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll a Colombian singer, songwriter and dancer is the second most followed celebrity on our chart, with over a 100million followers and about 158+ likes per post. What of our favorite Nicki Minaja? No! No! No! Nicki has 41 million huh!

3. VIN DIESEL 96.8 MILLION FOLLOWERS

That's most famous actor of FAST AND FURIOUS, Vin Diesel an american actor made our Third most followed celebrity on Facebook with 96M followers and 200k+ likes per post. I know Dwayne Johnson THE ROCK is the next person on your mind but then he didn't make our list. Dwayne has 25Million follower Uhh! You surprised?

4. LIONEL MESSI 90.1 MILLION FOLLOWERS

World soccer star Lionel Messi, some choose to call him the GOAT is our fourth most followed celebrity on Facebook. The Barcelona FC player and a Spanish footballer has over 90M followers on Facebook with 450k likes per post.

5. EMINEM 86.6 MILLION FOLLOWERS

American rapper and singer Eminem is the 5th most Followed celebrity on Facebook with over 86M followers and 15k likes per post. But then Eminem has not dropped any song of recent.

Continue Reading:
https://talkmill.com.ng/2020/01/08/top-10-ten-celebs-on-facebook/

View kogi governorship election results here

https://talkmill.com.ng/2019/11/18/kogi-decides-apc-reaffirms-office-in-kogi-defeats-pdp-with-wide-margin-opposition-kicks/

The president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari, has returned to Nigeria following a 15–day “private visit” to United Kingdom on November 2, scheduled to return on Sunday, November 17.

The president stepped into Nigeria on Friday 15 November as announced the Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad on a Twitter post.


He tweets:

“President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja this evening, after a private visit to London, the United Kingdom”.


The Presidential Jet was said to have reached Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria around 9:45pm after take off at 3:27pm.

Source: https://talkmill.com.ng/2019/11/15/just-in-buhari-returns-to-nigeria-after-15days-holiday/

It seems like the Nigeria army is seeking for peace.

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