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Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has passed away.
The prolific actor gave up the ghost on Monday after a long battle with an illness.

Born on August 22, 1958, he was married to comedienne Omoladun Omidina, who died in September 2009.

"Baba Suwe dominated the Yoruba movie industry for decades, featured in several movies and bagged many awards.
The legend is gone, he left today to be in a place of rest”, a source told DAILY POST.

The Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) will issue a statement soon
https://dailypost.ng/2021/11/22/nigerian-comedy-legend-baba-suwe-is-dead/?amp=1


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxrfhIkHpCs

How to clear a blocked pipe without hiring a plumber

You don’t need to call a plumber each time your pipe is blocked except if you don’t mind throwing out some cash.

Unclogging drains is easier than you think, and you don’t need expensive tools to get the job done. In fact, some of the most common clogs can be removed without using any tools at all.

According to truila.com, learning about these simple techniques could help save you some money the next time you have a clogged sink, tub or toilet.

Know that each drain in your house connects with horizontal pipes that meet a vertical section of the system called the “stack.” The top of the stack goes through the roof and acts as an air vent. The horizontal pipes travel down and out of your home, taking wastewater with them.

Poor drain performance can be caused by problems in either the drain side of the equation or sometimes, the vent side. Even if water is free to flow through pipes, for proper performance, the water must be replaced by air drawn into the system through the rooftop vent.

Following the tips below will help keep a garbage disposal clean and stink-free, running the disposal as you flush.

(1) Pour boiling water


Dislodge a clog from just below a drain’s surface by first pouring boiling water into the drain.

(2) Flush with baking soda

After pouring boiling water into the drain, chase it down with half a cup of baking soda. Follow the baking soda with one cup of white distilled vinegar.

(3) Cover the drain with rag

Then cover the drain with a paper towel or rag. This will encourage the fizzy chemical reaction to concentrate its magic on the clog.

(4) Flush with more water

After five to 10 minutes, flush the drain again with more boiling water. Repeat the process until the drain starts moving again.


(5) You can use a plunger

Meanwhile, you can also reach for a plunger to make the process easier. Fill the basin of your sink or tub with three to four inches of water, stuff any overflow holes with a wet rag, then start plunging in quick, controlled movements. Smearing petroleum jelly all around the rim of a plunger can increase its suction power, and, in a pinch, a straightened wire hanger can sub in for a store-bought auger.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/clear-blocked-pipe-without-hiring-plumber/%3famp

Ladiesdoctor:
Messi is going to England

Keep the dream alive

The thing pain you ooo

brainpulse:
Meetings of losers, rogues, thieves, corrupts and blood suckers

Peter Obi looks like errand boy to the Northern guys.

Emeka Iheodioha stood like he doesn't have an idea for the purpose of the meeting

Let hear your experience in their hand

Fahdiga:
Society this days have been bastardized. everyone seems to be chasing money more than anything

That is true

I wish to express my anger and total disappointment in some Parents.

How can a parent drop a child off at school without running a proper check on uniform, shoes and content of the bag?
How?

I'm totally disappointed in the kind of mothers we have today.

A child came to school with scorpion in her shoes. Yes you heard me right!!! "Scorpion in her shoes". This happened in the class before mine.

This child is Just in year 1 (grade 1/primary 1). She came to school in tears,and was dragged down from the car all the way to class by her mum. The mother refused to offer any reasonable explanation and only said "don't mind her, she is being naughty, she doesn't want to come to school and is only using leg pain as an excuse".
In class, this child kept screaming at intervals while crying uncontrollably. She didn't participate in the drills as she came a little bit late. She didn't even touch her test paper either, she kept on screaming while her classmates chanted the usual anthem, "you'll be fine,sorry,you'll be fine". It was time for tea break, she let out another scream,this time stamping her feet on the floor, scattering everything placed on the table in front of her. Her teacher asked what the problem was and she said her leg. The teacher beckoned on her to come, but noticed she couldn't move and her leg was stretched out,looking stiff. The teacher walked over to her and told her to point to the exact place but the child just kept crying and said her shoes. Well the teacher had to take her shoes off and tapped it on the floor, turning it upside down probably to get Sand out of the shoes or something.

My dear friends, it wasn't sand, no it wasn't, it was a black Scorpion that fell out of the shoe.
The shock!
The fear!

The other children didn't even know what it was, but were smart to obey their teacher as she screamed at them to run out of class. The teacher mustered courage and hit the Scorpion while screaming for help. The cleaners rushed in and made sure that the Scorpion was dead. The school rang the mum to come over, because this is obviously not a case of Panadol or Paracetamol. The child had to be cut up and fast too but not without the consent of her mother. Her eyes had changed and were blood shot. The spot where the Scorpion stung (only God in heaven knows how many times) had turned black, I mean black! The leg was already stiff, Kai my brothers and sisters with what my eyes saw today, that child was in pains. Her mother came and they had to cut the spot open first before taking her to the hospital.

My question still remains how could a mother be this careless? This isn't about whether the woman is a dirty woman at home or not. How can you ignore the complains of your own child without running proper checks to ensure that the child is fine and just being Crankie.

How dear mum? How?
I pray Zara survives it, I pray she gets better, God please for the sake of those little ones that held hands and prayed today, please answer us, I beg of thee. This child is just in Grade 1 (primary 1)

I'm really sad! I'm tagging some parents to this. Please be more observant and pay more attention. I beg you all please.

*NB*:
_Let's all make a habit of thoroughly checking our shoes, bags and clothes out before wearing them. Most especially, let us never for any reason ignore our children's cry even if they don't feel like going to school. We should try and find out the reason why.


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miqos02:
fake news.


Twitter verified mark is not white but blue.

summitpostnews.com/2020/10/27/nigerias-ngozi-okonjo-iweala-emerges-first-female-dg-of-wto/amp/

Nickshrapnel:
There is no report of this news anywhere other than from here

FLASH! Nigeria’s Okonjo Iweala emerges first female Director General of the World Trade Organization
https://twitter.com/GoldmyneTV/status/1321070408171429888?s=19

You surely reap it, mark my word

Helpfromabove1:
DJ Switch MUST TELL US WHO DIRECTED THE INSTAGRAM LIVE VIDEO_ by Pigo Hedliger.

However Nigerians present this Lekki regrettable and ugly incident , emotions will never take the place of logic. Yes lives have been lost in this protest all over Nigeria & yes there were shootings at Lekki Toll but never a massacre .

However, there have been too many lies about the number of people, & I find this disheartening because even one life lost is bad enough.

No matter how you hate me, curse or call names, it doesn’t change the truth from remaining the truth. Soldiers came to Lekki toll gate and fired bullets in the air for 30minutes, people scampered for safety and there was first degree stampede that night. Over 100 people got injured, stray bullet hit 3 and all of them are still in the hospital while one of them died the next day.

If you can pause and think, the first thing you will ask yourself is. Since they call this a massacre

1. Why was there no single drop of blood at Lekki toll gate the next morning after the shooting and the road is tarred of which you can see everything on the ground.

2. With the bullets we saw on the ground in the morning after the shooting, if soldiers actually fired straight bullets at protesters, don’t you think it’s trailer that will be used to pack dead bodies the next day

3. Let us agree soldiers killed 100people and moved them away. Now ask yourselves, did they come back with water, hypo and buckets to wash the whole of Lekki toll gate? To the extent we didn’t see a drop of blood from what Nigerians termed massacre

4. Let us agree that soldiers killed 100people, moved their bodies away, came back and washed the whole ground with hypo, let’s ask ourselves, what are their names, who are their parents and friends, why haven’t any family in Lagos come out since then to say my children are not yet back from Lekki protest?

If Nigeria does not kill fake news, fake news will kill Nigeria.

Over 20people Nigerians posted their pics and videos claiming they died during the so called massacre have come out to deny and say they are all alive.

99% of pics and videos flying around social media turned out to be fake.

CNN and BBC finally found out most of the news is fake and have retracted most of the pics they displayed initially.

What everyone is now asking is that. Why should soldiers come and fire bullets in the first place, nobody is calling it massacre anymore.

All the noise ended up as lies and hoax. Even the CCTV camera they raised alarm that was removed at the toll gate turned out to be lies.

Those doing the lying are actually doing more disservice to the movement because it casts all else in doubt.

I maintain; you can condemn both the shooting & the lies.

Buhari is not the owner of Nigeria. Do not burn down this country with lies. If we burn down this country, Buhari will retire 2023 and the damages we caused , all of us will still suffer it forever.

Pigo Hedliger..

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symplyrachel:
Forget pussy. When a lady truly loves you she can do anything for you. Things that outweigh money...

Just that guys don't deserve that special treatment again...

Not all guys

Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina has officially launched a medicine he believes can prevent and cure patients suffering from COVID-19.
Developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research and branded COVID Organics, President Rajaolina presented the so-called remedy to the press on Monday. It contains Artemisia, a plant cultivated on the Big Island to fight against malaria.

“All trials and tests have been conducted and its effectiveness in reducing the elimination of symptoms has been proven for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 in Madagascar,” the president said.

A presidential decree said COVID-organics is mandatory for children returning to school on Wednesday. President Rajaolina said Monday that it had cured two COVID-19 cases.

“The Covid-Organics will be distributed free of charge to our most vulnerable compatriots and sold at very low prices to others. All profits will be donated to IMRA to finance scientific research,” the president wrote on Twitter..

“I’m convinced that, in fact history will prove us, but today there are already two cases that have been cured with the Covid-organics, but we’ll actually see what happens next.”

“Covid Organics will be used in profilaxis, i.e. preventive, but clinical observations have shown a trend towards its effectiveness in curative, other clinical studies are currently underway,” he stressed at the launch.

The president has previously made claims about herbal remedies despite scientific opinion that there is currently no cure for COVID-19 and that any experimental formula should be rigorously tested to see if it is safe and effective.

As of April 22, Madagascar’s case stats stood at 121 cases of which 44 had recovered with no deaths.
https://www.africanews.com/2020/04/22/covid-organics-madagascar-launches-africa-s-first-cure-for-virus/#gallery_5

Righteousness89:
The World is about into the next level of Confusion

I don't believe that

kramer:
Nice one!

To all those illiterates who think the vaccine is evil and will be used to track people, please do not use it! It means there will be more vaccines to go around

Don't mind them, 5G people

The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford.

Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study.

Half will receive the Covid-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine which protects against meningitis but not coronavirus.

The design of the trial means volunteers will not know which vaccine they are getting, though doctors will.

Elisa Granato, one of the two who received the jab, told the BBC: "I'm a scientist, so I wanted to try to support the scientific process wherever I can."

The vaccine was developed in under three months by a team at Oxford University. Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the Jenner Institute, led the pre-clinical research.

"Personally I have a high degree of confidence in this vaccine," she said.

"Of course, we have to test it and get data from humans. We have to demonstrate it actually works and stops people getting infected with coronavirus before using the vaccine in the wider population."

Prof Gilbert previously said she was "80% confident" the vaccine would work, but now prefers not to put a figure on it, saying simply she is "very optimistic" about its chances.

So how does the vaccine work?
The vaccine is made from a weakened version of a common cold virus (known as an adenovirus) from chimpanzees that has been modified so it cannot grow in humans.

The Oxford team has already developed a vaccine against Mers, another type of coronavirus, using the same approach - and that had promising results in clinical trials.

How will they know if it works?
The only way the team will know if the Covid-19 vaccine works is by comparing the number of people who get infected with coronavirus in the months ahead from the two arms of the trial.

That could be a problem if cases fall rapidly in the UK, because there may not be enough data.

Prof Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, who is leading the trial, said: "We're chasing the end of this current epidemic wave. If we don't catch that, we won't be able to tell whether the vaccine works in the next few months. But we do expect that there will be more cases in the future because this virus hasn't gone away."

The vaccine researchers are prioritising the recruitment of local healthcare workers into the trial as they are more likely than others to be exposed to the virus.

A larger trial, of about 5,000 volunteers, will start in the coming months and will have no age limit.

Older people tend to have weaker immune responses to vaccines. Researchers are evaluating whether they might need two doses of the jab.

The Oxford team is also considering a vaccine trial in Africa, possibly in Kenya, where the rates of transmission are growing from a lower base.

If the numbers could be a problem, why not deliberately infect volunteers with coronavirus?

That would be a quick and certain way to find out if the vaccine was effective, but it would be ethically questionable because there are no proven treatments for Covid-19.

But that might be possible in the future. Prof Pollard said: "If we reach the point where we had some treatments for the disease and we could guarantee the safety of volunteers, that would be a very good way of testing a vaccine."

Is it safe?
The trial volunteers will be carefully monitored in the coming months. They have been told that some may get a sore arm, headaches or fevers in the first couple of days after vaccination.

They are also told there is a theoretical risk that the virus could induce a serious reaction to coronavirus, which arose in some early Sars animal vaccine studies.

Work began on a vaccine in January
But the Oxford team says its data suggests the risk of the vaccine producing an enhanced disease is minimal.

Scientists there hope to have one million doses ready by September, and to dramatically scale up manufacturing after that, should the vaccine prove effective.

So who would get it first?
Prof Gilbert says that has not been decided yet: "It's not really our role to dictate what will happen, we just have to try to get a vaccine that works and have enough of it and then it will be for others to decide."

Prof Pollard added: "We've got to ensure we have enough doses to provide for those in greatest need, not just in the UK but also in developing countries."

Another team at Imperial College London hopes to begin human trials of its coronavirus vaccine in June.

The Oxford and Imperial teams have received more than £40m of government funding.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has praised both teams and said the UK will "throw everything we've got" at developing a vaccine.

UK chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty has said neither a vaccine, nor a drug to treat Covid-19, is likely to be available within the next year.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52394485?at_medium=custom7&at_custom3=BBC+News&at_custom4=FD833572-8583-11EA-A23F-27BFFCA12A29&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_campaign=64&fbclid=IwAR1nn4mYOa2IKCeh6xUrN9tiPI6fcJ938nqTs-1fCNXstU9WkOYtHgTjNKk&fbclid=IwAR18tVX-ubfFJxGYSJEzjPDmL0vG4V1wf2wf5Tq9meCba2i7WZ2yqEGiccw&fbclid=IwAR09o_IMJPG17NGCLELBiMdiQyObqLGF_NUsqtxkUuqAeuPO3wZofmYsgeE&fbclid=IwAR03bvrSyzz4AYvK8-vYw0qPYuV0Bc09XdR9vnPOjut6Rbnn3mMUYUezpjE&fbclid=IwAR3GeUex3bZxlpQBI0vstd0Uiw3d6nBCrReyjYpJtFiQLe9-71yDiMa6Co0&fbclid=IwAR0erbof8qhimZh9OPYUPf0LdlUOwzcg3_scrLpmHFdeJSFBsFqaYn1ntHw

How will they know if it works?
The only way the team will know if the Covid-19 vaccine works is by comparing the number of people who get infected with coronavirus in the months ahead from the two arms of the trial.

That could be a problem if cases fall rapidly in the UK, because there may not be enough data.

Prof Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, who is leading the trial, said: "We're chasing the end of this current epidemic wave. If we don't catch that, we won't be able to tell whether the vaccine works in the next few months. But we do expect that there will be more cases in the future because this virus hasn't gone away."

The vaccine researchers are prioritising the recruitment of local healthcare workers into the trial as they are more likely than others to be exposed to the virus.

A larger trial, of about 5,000 volunteers, will start in the coming months and will have no age limit.

Older people tend to have weaker immune responses to vaccines. Researchers are evaluating whether they might need two doses of the jab.

The Oxford team is also considering a vaccine trial in Africa, possibly in Kenya, where the rates of transmission are growing from a lower base.

If the numbers could be a problem, why not deliberately infect volunteers with coronavirus?

That would be a quick and certain way to find out if the vaccine was effective, but it would be ethically questionable because there are no proven treatments for Covid-19.

But that might be possible in the future. Prof Pollard said: "If we reach the point where we had some treatments for the disease and we could guarantee the safety of volunteers, that would be a very good way of testing a vaccine."

Is it safe?
The trial volunteers will be carefully monitored in the coming months. They have been told that some may get a sore arm, headaches or fevers in the first couple of days after vaccination.

They are also told there is a theoretical risk that the virus could induce a serious reaction to coronavirus, which arose in some early Sars animal vaccine studies.

The Oxford team has already developed a vaccine against Mers, another type of coronavirus, using the same approach - and that had promising results in clinical trials.

The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford.

Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study.

Half will receive the Covid-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine which protects against meningitis but not coronavirus.

The design of the trial means volunteers will not know which vaccine they are getting, though doctors will.

Elisa Granato, one of the two who received the jab, told the BBC: "I'm a scientist, so I wanted to try to support the scientific process wherever I can."

The vaccine was developed in under three months by a team at Oxford University. Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the Jenner Institute, led the pre-clinical research.

"Personally I have a high degree of confidence in this vaccine," she said.

"Of course, we have to test it and get data from humans. We have to demonstrate it actually works and stops people getting infected with coronavirus before using the vaccine in the wider population."

Prof Gilbert previously said she was "80% confident" the vaccine would work, but now prefers not to put a figure on it, saying simply she is "very optimistic" about its chances.

So how does the vaccine work?
The vaccine is made from a weakened version of a common cold virus (known as an adenovirus) from chimpanzees that has been modified so it cannot grow in humans.

https://bbc.in/2KqArFR

The Federal High Court, Lagos has restrained the National Executive Council (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from going ahead with its meeting scheduled for next week Tuesday except a former Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi; and two others, Waziri Bulama, and Paul Chukwuma, are allowed to attend.

Justice Mohammed Liman who made the order while ruling on an exparte application today also restrained the APC and its officials from “disturbing, preventing or obstructing Waziri Bulama, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, and Paul Chukwuma from carrying out their duties as acting National Secretary, acting National Deputy Chairman (South) and acting National Auditor of the APC, respectively.”

The exparte application was filed by the Lagos State Chairman of the APC, Tunde Balogun.

Balogun, in the application, asked the court to compel the APC to recognise Bulama as the party’s acting National Secretary; Ajimobi, as the acting National Deputy Chairman (South); and Chukwuma, as the acting National Auditor of the party.

He told the court that after the three offices became vacant and were zoned to different geopolitical zones, Bulama was nominated by the North-East; Ajimobi, by the South-West; and Chukwuma, by the South-East.

Balogun said the nomination of Bulama was ratified at the meeting of the APC National Working Committee held on January 14, 2020; while those of Ajimobi and Chukwuma were ratified at the NWC meeting of March 4, 2020.

“By virtue of the ratification stated above, the nominees have become members of the National Executive Council and are entitled by the constitution of the defendant (APC) to work and operate in acting capacities in their respective offices pending their swearing-in at the National Convention of the party.

“In spite of the foregoing, the defendant (APC), acting through its officials and officers, particularly, the Deputy National Secretary, has not allowed the nominees to perform their duties as members of the National Executive Council,” Balogun said.

He also told the court that the APC National Executive Council could not effectively operate unless Bulama, Ajimobi, and Chukwuma were allowed to perform their duties.

He, therefore, asked the court to compel the APC to recognise them.

After listening to the submissions, Justice Liman gave his ruling and ordered that the APC and its officials be put on notice. He adjourned till March 25, to take the Motion on Notice.

https://www.channelstv.com/2020/03/12/just-in-court-restrains-apcs-nec-from-holding-scheduled-meeting/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

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The Lagos State government has given the names of two individuals that had contact with the Italian index case of coronavirus.

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi, revealed this on Monday while giving an update on the new case of the virus recorded in the country.

He gave the details of the male persons as Enwelunta Godfrey and Salami Abiodun Sodiq, and urged the media to be of assistance in locating them.

Abayomi said the Federal and State Ministries of Health were looking for the two individuals who were on the same flight with the Italian.

According to him, the state decided to make the names public due to the government’s inability to trace them based on the contact information they gave when boarding the plane.

This comes after the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced the second case of coronavirus while briefing reporters in Benin City, the Edo State capital.

He noted that the newly confirmed case was a contact of the index case and not an importation into the country.

Ehanire explained that the government has adopted some important response strategies at the containment stage which included identifying all contacts and ensuring their strict isolation among others.

He disclosed that it was in the process that the second case of the virus was detected.

https://www.channelstv.com/2020/03/10/lagos-reveals-identities-of-runaway-contacts-of-coronavirus-index-case/amp/?__twitter_impression=true