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A 21-year-old meat seller has been arrested
for allegedly raping an 8-year-old girl in
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).


Yakubu Diko has been remanded in prison
after he was accused of tricking the young girl
into his home before raping her about three
weeks ago.

Abiodun Essiet, a Special Adviser to the
Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area council
(AMAC), said Diko approached the playground
where the girl was with her peers and chased
everyone except the little girl, The ICIR
reports.

He beckoned to the girl, pretending he
wanted to send her on an errand.

When she followed him into the house, Diko
allegedly squeezed a towel in the girl’s mouth,
held her down and sexually abused her. He
then warned her not to tell anyone what had
happened.

However, on the third day after the incident,
the victim started bleeding while trying to
urinate and the pain made her cry. It was
then that her parents became aware that she
had been raped.

The parents reported the case to the
community chief, who then spoke to Essiet
and sought her guidance in handling the rape
case.

Essiet advised the chief to report the case to
the Karimo Sabo station after the girl was
examined in a clinic and confirmed to have
been sexually abused.

In the medical report sighted by The ICIR ,
the young girl’s clinical report read that her
labia minora was swollen with her hymen
broken, indicating forced penetration.

Dikko was arrested and locked him up in a
cell.

However, after spending two weeks in the
cell, the parents of the suspect pleaded with
the girl’s parents to have him released, saying
they were ready to settle out of court.

The girl’s family agreed and requested that
the man be released.

On getting to the police station, they were
referred back to Essiet, who acting as a
representative of the social welfare unit of
AMAC, warned that anyone who tried to
frustrate the case would be arrested for
obstructing justice.

The suspect, therefore, has been relocated to
the Force's Criminal Investigation Department
(CID) for further prosecution, Essiet said.


https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2020/4/21-year-old-meat-seller-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-an-8-year-old-girl-in-abuja-2.html

I hate it when we ladies do these immature acts.

Can't she simply say no and move on

Proud Nonsense!!!

The government of the United States has suspended its funding of the World Health Organisation.
President Donald Trump told journalists on Tuesday that the organisation “failed in its basic duty”.
“Today I am directing my administration to halt funding while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organization’s role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus,” he said during a White House press briefing.
“American taxpayers provide between $400 million and $500 million per year to the WHO and in contrast, China contributes $40 million a year or even less.
“As the organisation’s leading sponsor, the United States has a duty to insist on full accountability. One of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the WHO was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from China and other nations.
“The WHO failed in its basic duty and must be held accountable.
“Had the WHO done its job to get medical experts into China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China’s lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death,” he told reporters.
“This would have saved thousands of lives and avoided worldwide economic damage.
Instead, the WHO willingly took China’s assurances to face value… and defended the actions of the Chinese government. “With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have deep concerns whether America’s generosity has been put to the best use possible.”
It is not clear if Trump can unilaterally withhold contributions to the WHO.
The US president has been criticised for the nation’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and some governors have disagreed with his plans to reopen the economy.
In a January 24 tweet, Trump had commended the Chinese government for its transparency and efforts to contain the virus.
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LikeAking:
Try it,you will catch your own big horse(husband)+(horseband),right in the housr of God.

I already have a good and well to do man in my life thank u very much.

stories

Nineteen new cases of COVID19 have been recorded in Nigeria.
According to NCDC, 14 of the cases were recorded in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 1 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Edo and 1 in Kano.

more

Residents of Jeppes Reef near the Matsamo
border with Swaziland last Sunday gathered
to kill and eat a baboon which was found
wandering on the streets during lockdown.

When pictures of the slaughter emerged on
social media, it prompted Mpumalanga MEC
for community safety, security & liaison
Gabisile Shabalala to warn the community
that they were breaking the lockdown
regulations as well as the law.

“This now wrong; as the department we
condemn the behaviour of some communities
[together] with the one in Nkomazi
[municipality] where people decided to kill an
animal in large numbers," Shabalala said.

"We are warning against such gatherings
because that is against the lockdown
regulations [about] where people should now
gather, as we are trying to curb the spread of
the coronavirus pandemic. Again, it’s criminal
to even kill an animal just because they have
seen it in the community. It is deeply
regrettable that our people would still gather
in such a manner. We are appealing [to them]
to work with us and stay at home during this
difficult phase. To save the public, the police
should act against such behaviour,” Shabalala
added.

One community member who didn’t want to
be named told Sowetan that they initially
thought the baboon was from a certain
house.

“People came in large numbers and we were
told that it [the baboon] was from a person
whom was suspected to be casting spells
using it. But some people decided to burn
and eat it because they said that was meat,”
said the community member.

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2020/4/covid-19-lockdown-residents-kill-eat-baboon-in-south-africa-photos.html

Doctors have warned that the deadly
coronavirus could be spreading through farts.

However, humans may be safe as farts are
unlikely to transmit the virus provided pants
are worn, a report by DailyStar has revealed.

Tests carried out have shown that the virus was
present in the faeces of more than half of
patients with COVID-19. They said more
research needed to be done to rule out passing
the disease on to people through omitting
bodily gasses.

A doctor that raised the issue on social media,
highlighted work by Australian doctor Andy Tagg
which he called “an enjoyable thread about
whether farting can cause coronavirus”.

In his findings, Tagg cited tests carried out
earlier this year which showed 55 percent of
patients with SARS-CoV-2 had it present in their
poo.

“Well, SARS-CoV-2 can be detected in faeces
and has been detected in an asymptomatic
individual up to 17 days post-exposure.”

The doctor added that previous tests have
shown farts have the power to spray talcolm
powder long distances.

It was warned, however, that if the infected
patient was not wearing pants, and they
released a large amount of gas, then someone
else – if they took a close sniff at the gas –
could be at risk.

“Perhaps SARS-CoV-2 can be spread through
the power of parping – we need more
evidence.

“So remember to wear appropriate PPE at all
times and stay safe!”

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/coronavirus-can-spread-through-farts-21852204

fake pastor

In Nigeria, to infract the law and escape
retribution be a cleric or a politician
under the sanctuary of the government of
the day. Pastors and imams emanate and
fecundate fake news and hate speech
without scruples because of some
seeming ‘’self-immunity’’ effectuated by
the sensitivity of religion here.


Clerics in the country defy the law
unabashedly and with unrestrained
arrogance. And when there is an attempt to
hold them to account the refrain becomes
‘’our religion is under attack’’ by
unbelievers.

On March 22, 2020, David Oyedepo,
founder of Living Faith Church, better
known as ‘’Winners’ Chapel’’, held services
against the advisory and restriction on
religious gathering by the Ogun state
government. This was at the time the figure
of COVID-19 cases in the country was
creeping.

The police were said to have advised the
bishop not to proceed with the religious
activities, but he ignored them and
persisted in his insouciance against lawful
authority.

Oyedepo even bragged at the service:
“Shutting down churches would be like
shutting down hospitals. There are many,
many places that would never have any
medical solution but in church.’’

Also, at the weekend, a televised falsehood
by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome rippled on social
media channels. The pastor claimed
coronavirus is illusory; that it is a grand
conspiracy of the bastions of a ‘’New World
Order’’, and that it is spawned by 5G – fifth
generation mobile technology.

Hear him: “Don’t think what is happening
right now has to do with a virus. It’s not a
virus. The world has chosen to be deceived.
As they have been deceived many times
before.

‘’If you still don’t yet know what is going on,
know today; it’s not about the coronavirus.
This is basically a group of people serving a
devilish cause trying to checkmate humanity
to hell. Don’t be ignorant, neither silent.

This isn’t a time to sit on the fence because
there is no fence. This isn’t about religion
because as you can see, there isn’t one
either. It boils down to two options: Life or
Death.’’

The pastor dug the pits of ignorance deeper
and cited a movie ‘Divergent’ to buttress his
claim.

‘’There’s a movie called ‘Divergent’ from
2014. That’s what the groups that are
interested in the new world order are up to,
to put vaccine in your body containing a
digital ID, by which you as a human being
can be controlled, you cease to be yourself,”
he said.

Not yet done, he re-affirmed himself in
another televised show of dopiness. He
claimed the federal government locked
down Abuja, Lagos and Ogun to install 5G,
icing the misinformation with fiction that 5G
technology killed people in Wuhan, China,
not coronavirus.

“The federal government was pushed to lock
down Abuja and Lagos specifically. Why?
Because of 5G in Abuja and Lagos. Because
they already tested 5G in Abuja and they’re
digging in Lagos,’’ he claimed.

“They’re engaged in the draining in Lagos.
That is why the federal government had to
shut down Abuja and Lagos so that the 5G
could be installed. And there are other
cities planned for.

“As I said before, what kills people in
Wuhan was not coronavirus. It was the 5G.
If you say it’s not, then tell us how you
discovered yours.”

This fish story by Oyakhilome catalysed and
even diffused through educated membranes
like native perfume. The implication of
which is a strain on the fight against
COVID-19 in the country. Since the famous
cleric said 5G technology is responsible for
coronavirus why should those taken in by
this fable take the necessary precautions
against the disease?

The Nigerian Communications Commission
(NCC) dispelled the inveracity –though I do
not think it is enough until Oyakhilome is
arrested and made to face the mortalities
of his crime of spreading injurious
misinformation.

To clear the fouled air, the NCC said: ‘’There
is no correlation between 5G Technology
and COVID-19. 5G is an advancement on
today’s 4G technology, designed to
transform the world positively. 5G is a fifth
generation of mobile technology which is an
improvement on today’s 4G technology with
enhanced capabilities. The 5G technology
provides the platform for new and emerging
technologies such as Internet of Things
(IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data
to improve the way we live and work.’’
The commission also explained in a
‘Frequently Asked Questions’ column that:

‘’5G technology will transform the world by
connecting everything with everybody. It will
create millions of jobs, it will add billions of
dollars to the economy (GDP), and can solve
some of our problems such as insecurity
and improve governance and efficiency in
the society.’’

On whether the radiation from 5G is
different from those of 2G, 3G and 4G? It
said: ‘’No, they all belong to the same class
of Non-ionizing Radiation.’’

Really, we live in a country where ordinary
citizens are harassed and hounded into
prison for ventilating their opinions under a
highly contentious law – Cybercrime Act.
Journalists and bloggers have been the
biggest casualties of this law. Why is
Oyakhilome not being charged under this
same law for misinformation? Is he above
the law?

As a matter of fact, what Oyakhilome has
done has the propensity of rolling back the
gains made in the fight against COVID-19
and also of derailing efforts at containing
the spread of the disease.

Also, I think what he has done can be
termed a terrorist act for its capability of
leading citizens astray to mass death and
certain doom. He should be held to
account. If he escapes the law on this, then
the government has no moral authority to
arrest any Nigerian who spreads fake news.


Fredrick Nwabufo is a writer and journalist

Twitter: @FredrickNwabufo

https://www.thecable.ng/when-will-pastor-chris-oyakhilome-be-arrested-for-spreading-injurious-falsehood

A Nigerian artist presented this "work of art" of the Coat of arms of Nigeria, to Akin Alabi, via Twitter and inquired how to get it across to the lawmaker.

Continue to see the savage response Alabi gave as he rejected the gift.

"I don’t want abeg. That one on top be like winch. Don’t give me nightmares."

https://mobile.twitter.com/akinalabi/status/1247218552043704322?p=v

so nice

A video has emerged in Lagos of patients in one of the coronavirus isolation centres in the city. The isolated patients appear to be happy with the care they are receiving from the Lagos State Government
In the video, they took turns to praise the government. Please watch:
Lagos has the highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus, 109 out of a national total of 209 cases.
The FCT Abuja has 41 cases and Osun 20.

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

rubbish

how did electronic network is related to human virus

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Ini Ekpenyong
2019 World Para Powerlifting Invitational
Championship Silver Medalist Ini Ekpenyong has
been reported dead, according to Vanguard.
The 46-year old died after a very brief illness.

According to his wife Anuli Ekpenyong, the silver
medalist who lifted 107kg in the World Para
Powerlifting World Cup in 2019 died since
November 1, 2019 in his house in Ikorodu and
was yet to be buried.

How could an athlete who represented Nigeria
last year in a World championship die unsung?
Ekpenyong’s widow explained that he was only
sick for three days.

“He was sick for only three days. He complained
of headache which he also said was disturbing
his eyeballs and his back. He said it felt like his
eyes wanted to come out from its sockets, so we
took him to a hospital on Monday in Ikorodu
town because that’s where we live.

“We stayed in the hospital for three days and on
the fourth day which was a Thursday, the doctor
said we should take him home because they said
it was not what could be handled in the hospital.
His blood pressure was too high.

“We left and I carried him to a church on
Thursday. The church belonged to one Calabar
man. The pastor said that we should take him
home and that they will come on Friday to do an
all night vigil for him. So I took him home. Even
that night, one of his friends called Niyi came
with one man to ‘work’ for him. Niyi is his best
friend and also a powerlifter. When the man
finished, he left .

“Around 7 or 8 o’clock, my husband who was
talking well before then suddenly started
breathing abnormally. I ran outside and called
people to come and help me. People came and
held him and before I knew what was happening,
he gave up o”.

I asked Mrs Ekpenyong about the family
members of his husband.

“His sisters came to my house and said they
want to go and see their brother in the mortuary.
They collected the death certificate from the man
who helped me to take my husband to the
morgue . After seeing him, the sisters said they
want to carry his body to the village so they
took him home.

“Before then, they became quarrelsome. We are
in good terms but I was surprised when they
came and started asking for some of my
husband’s documents. They were asking many
questions. Where is the file? Where are his
documents? Whether my husband bought land?
I told them that I don’t know anything. I went
inside and carried a file my husband kept and
gave them. They went through it and said this
was not the file they wanted .

They asked me how many accounts my husband
opened? I got angry and asked them if this was
the questions they should be asking me at this
time of grief. When my husband was sick, I
called his sisters. None of them came. When he
died and his body was in the house, I called
them and none of them came. Now they came on
Sunday and started asking for his property. I
said madam, I don’t know anything o!

“That day, Coach Agbor was there and he told
me not to say anything. Ijeoma was also there.
She was the one who asked them why they were
oppressing the poor widow with these young
children. Instead of consoling her, you people are
fighting for property even when the body is just
one day old in the mortuary.

“I don’t really understand! I don’t know if this is
how they do in their place? Anyway, when they
wanted to carry the corpse to the village, they
said I must follow them to go to the village and
stay there. It was that coach who asked them if
they’ll feed me and my children in the village. I
went to the village with them.

“My family now said no that they can’t leave me
in the village when they’re not yet ready to bury
my husband and moreover, my children are just 7
and 4 years old. I came back to Lagos. It’s only
his brother who calls me but the five sisters….
hmmm.”.

I asked Ekpenyong’s widow if there was any
property of her husband that the sisters were
after.

“For where? Nothing! He left nothing instead we
are in debt… in short… (she breaks down and
started sobbing)

“ Only God knows how we are going to survive. I
want to beg the government to help me to take
care of my children. I don’t want them to stop
school. Their dad said before his death that the
first daughter will be a doctor, the second a
lawyer and the third, an engineer. Let it come to
pass.

“Before he died, he told me to look after the
children. That I should make sure that there is
unity and love among his children. He wanted
his children to be educated. Now I’ll look for
something to do to make sure they go to school
. My children are my problem now”.

In an emotion laden voice, Mrs Ekpenyong said
she will miss her husband sorely.

“My husband was a nice man. Very nice and he
had no problem with anyone. If you offend him,
he will shout but it will end there. He bears no
grudges. He was bold and if you did anything
wrong, he will tell you. He was a very good
man.

“I will remember him for everything….Everything…
( she starts to sob again and her voice peaks)
Everything…ah! He was there for me. He never
allowed me to lack anything. He loved me and
never let me cry. He only wanted to make me
happy…(sobbing).

Ini Ekpenyong met his wife Anuli who hails from
Isele Uku in Delta state at a friend’s wedding in
2008 and got married.

It was Coach Feyisetan Are who broke this news
to me while we chatted on phone about the late
Olympic Gold medalist, Ndidi Nwosu who died on
March 1, 2020

“We even lost another Para Powerlifter…” Are
said on phone.

He gave me the wife’s phone number and I
quickly put a call through to her.

Are, a well known para Powerlifting coach told
me that not much was known about Ekpenyong
who was just beginning to come to limelight.

“He was just an upcoming athlete, though he
started powerlifting in 1996. He represented Delta
state at the National Sports festival and they
employed him.

“Before then, he was a Lagos athlete and I
trained him. He was a very very good athlete.
The only problem he had was that Nigeria
doesn’t go to international Para Powerlifting
competitions with heavyweights because,
internationally, the heavyweights push almost
290kg to 300kg while here, we lift just 200kg.

The heaviest Ini lifted was 170kg during the last
World Para Powerlifting Championship held in
Abuja. That’s why he wasn’t able to represent
the country, coupled with age and other factors.

“The problem is that most of them will not come
out to say they’re sick because they don’t want
to be dropped from any competition. Some too
don’t have money to go to a good hospital so
they stay at home. “

Areh prayed the Delta state government to help
the children of the late athlete to get educated at
the university level, provide a one or two
bedroom apartment for the family and give the
wife employment in Delta state.

Until his death, Ini Ekpenyong worked at the
Delta State Sports Commission. He was
employed by the state after competing for the
state in the National Sports Festival in Abuja.

His wife confirmed that Ini Ekpenyong will be
buried on April 24, 2020 in his home town in Itu
local government area of Akwa Ibom state. He
left behind a wife and three children. He was 46.


https://www.tori.ng/news/144264/death-strikes-again-as-another-nigerian-para-power.html

this virus has reset the brain of many Nigerians

So they now know how to produce ventilators

Sergio Rossi, one of the most famous Italian
shoe designers, has died of the coronavirus
disease, an Italian official said on Friday, NAN
reports.

Several Italian media reported that Rossi, who
was born in 1935, died on Thursday in a hospital
in Cesena in the northern Emilia-Romagna
region.

Luciana Garbuglia, the Mayor of San Mauro
Pascoli, confirmed the death and its link to the
novel COVID-19 to dpa.

San Mauro Pascoli is Rossi’s birthplace in
Emilia-Romagna.

The Sergio Rossi Company was founded in 1951
and gained fame in the 1960s.

Its shoes featured in the Italian film classic “La
Dolce Vita”, as worn by lead actress Anita
Ekberg.

The company was sold to Gucci in 1999 and
later became part of the French PPR-Kering
luxury group, and returned under Italian hands in
2015 with the Invest-industrial private equity
fund.

According to the Adnkronos news agency, the
luxury shoemaker had recently donated 100,000
euros ($108,000) for a hospital in Milan, treating
novel coronavirus patients.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11322678/sergio-rossi-dead-shoe-designer-coronavirus-italy/

An Indian couple have reportedly named their
newborn twins ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’ despite the
havoc caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.

The two words, ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’ were
derived from the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a
deadly disease that broke out from Wuhan in
China.

The couple from Chhattisgarh who welcomed
the twins during the ongoing coronavirus-
enforced nationwide lockdown decided to name
them ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’ because the kids
symbolise triumph over hardships.

According to the couple, the names would
remind them about all the hardships they
conquered amid the lockdown.

“ I was blessed with the twins, a boy and a girl,
in the early hours on March 27. We have
named them Covid (boy) and Corona (girl) for
now,” Preeti Verma, the 27-old mother of the
newborns, said:

“The delivery happened after facing several
difficulties and therefore, me and my husband
wanted to make the day memorable.

“Indeed the virus is dangerous and life-
threatening but its outbreak made people focus
on sanitation, hygiene and inculcate other good
habits. Thus, we thought about these names,”
she said, giving reasons for their unusual
decision.

“When the hospital staff also started calling
the babies as Corona and Covid, we finally
decided to name them after the pandemic,” she
said.

Speaking on the challenges she and her
husband faced before she welcomed her twin
children, Verma said:

“On late night of March 26, I suddenly
experienced severe labour pain and somehow
my husband arranged an ambulance operated
under 102 Mahtari Express service.

“As no vehicular movement was allowed on
roads due to the lockdown, we were stopped
by police at various places but they let us go
after noticing my condition,” Ms.Verma said.

“I was wondering what would happen in the
hospital as it was midnight, but fortunately
doctors and other staff were very cooperative,”
she said.

“Our relatives, who wanted to reach the
hospital, could not make it as bus and train
services were stopped due to the lockdown,”
said Verma, who already has a two-year-old
daughter.

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the hospital,
Shubhra Singh said, the mother and the
newborns were discharged recently and they
were in good health.

Within 45 minutes of their arrival, the delivery
was done successfully,” the PRO said.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/04/03/just-in-indian-couple-names-twin-babies-corona-and-covid/

A man infected with COVID-19 spat in another man's face as they waited to board a train in Thailand. The coronavirus-stricken man later dropped dead.

Surveillance video shows the incident which took place on a train platform in Bangkok.

In the video, the Coronavirus patient is seen walking up to another man in line to buy tickets. He then spits on his face.

The sick man, 56-year-old Anan Sahoh, eventually dropped dead in front of an onboard toilet while on a train headed to Narathiwat, according to Metro UK, and medical personnel performed a coronavirus test that came back positive for COVID-19.

Fellow passengers say he was coughing and vomiting on the train even though he reportedly passed a mandatory temperature check in order to board the
train.

Now, authorities in Thailand are on the hunt for the man who was spat on, but so far he remains on the loose.

The director of Thailand’s State Railway, Thakoon Intrachom, said: "We are now worried about a man that was spat at in the security camera footage. Initially, we coordinated with the railway police but they have not found him yet."

"We want to announce that if anyone knows him or if he has heard about the news, then he should please go to the hospital immediately."

Medics said that Anan Sahoh had recently returned from Pakistan and passed through the country’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. He had a "fit to fly" health certificate and was not detected by thermal scans or temperature checks at the airport. Anan then boarded the train and temperature checks at the station reportedly showed a normal temperature of 36C.

However, the man developed a cough and vomited during the journey, during which train staff took a picture of him and his ID card. But his condition had improved by the time the train reached Hua Hin railway station.

Officials checked his temperature again and it still measured 36C. They advised the.passenger to take a rest at Hua Hin station, but he insisted on continuing his journey.

At about 10.15pm, train staff found the passenger collapsed in front of a toilet when the train reached Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Thap Sakae district.

Medics performed tests on his body which.returned positive for Covid-19. He also had diabetes.

It’s believed 15 passengers were on board the same carriage as Anan. Officials said they quarantined 11 people, including two rail staff from Bang Sue station, a security guard, seven railway workers and a railway police officer.

Following Anan's death, the carriage was disinfected while the other passengers were ordered to quarantine for 14 days Below is a video showing the moment Anan spat on another passenger.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXrHI5C479c

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/02/man-coronavirus-spits-passenger-collapsing-dead-train-12497286/

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Some 20 people were killed by a lightning strike
on high-voltage power lines in Congo Brazzaville,
the authorities say.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2020/4/2/0c186ca1-d0f8-4773-8a63-5cf8dae057e5.png

The incident happened on the first day of a
lockdown in the capital, Brazzaville, to help
prevent the spread of coronavirus.

So far 22 cases of Covid-19 have been
confirmed in the country including two deaths.

The mayor of Kintele district, Stella Mensah
Saddou Nguesso, said people were electrocuted
by the falling cables.

Eyewitnesses said one line fell on a house,
setting it on fire and killing those inside.

The other cable struck a pool of water in a
courtyard, electrocuting the neighbours.

Heavy rain has been falling in Kintele for several
hours.

Some of the dead and injured were rushed to
hospital by people in private vehicles as
ambulances could not cope with the numbers.


https://www.newtelegraphng.com/tag/lightning-kills-20-people-during-congos-virus-lockdown/

so funny

some good news

And the number keep rising