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The singer said henceforth his loyalty will be dedicated to his die hard fans popularly known as 'Marlians.' Naira Marley [Instagram/NairaMarley] Naira Marley has reacted to the snitches online who he believes got him arrested for attending a house party. The music star was among the celebs who were present at Funke Akindele's house party on Saturday, April 4, 2020. In a series of posts shared via his Twitter page on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, the singer slammed the snitches who got him arrested and still wanted him to fight the government on their behalf. Naira Marley has reacted to the snitches online who he believes got him arrested for attending a house party. "Snitches on twitter will get you arrested and still want you to fight the government. From now on its just Marlians Only. Let’s all listen to the government and give them our full support,"  he tweeted. "Just to show that I have no problem with anyone that dragged me on Tw...

A map showing Kaduna, a state in Nigeria’s North-Central region. The Kaduna State Government has warned travellers trying to breach its Quarantine Law to desist from such acts or face 14 days in an isolation facility. According to a statement issued on Wednesday, the Commissioner of Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, gave the warning at the end of a meeting of the State COVID-19 Standing Committee. The Commissioner noted that the order will be effective from Thursday, April 9. Aruwan explained that all entry points into the state will be barricaded, as only authorised persons will be given passage, while those who are denied entry, will be asked to return to where they were coming from. He, therefore, advised individuals without valid passes to cancel their plans to travel to the state as security agencies have been directed to turn people back at entry points into the state. Affected routes include the Kaduna-Abuja road, Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road, Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road, K...

A TV grab taken from a video released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attending a virtual news briefing on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from the WHO headquarters in Geneva on April 6, 2020. AFP The World Health Organisation on Wednesday pleaded for global unity in fighting the coronavirus, following US President Donald Trump’s stinging attack on its handling of the pandemic. As the WHO prepares to mark 100 days on Thursday since it was first notified of the outbreak in China, director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hit back at accusations that it had been too close to Beijing. The UN’s health agency has faced criticism in the past both for overreacting and for moving too slowly in fighting epidemics, but it has rarely faced as much scrutiny as with the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump piled in on Tuesday, accusing the WHO of having “called it wrong” and months too late while taking US money but favouring China. The new coronavir...

File photo: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP After weeks of disagreement — especially between the United States and China — the UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic for the first time. Led by Germany, nine of the council’s 10 non-permanent members requested the closed-door meeting — a video conference to maintain social distancing — last week, fed up with the body’s inaction over the unprecedented global crisis. Talks are moving in the right direction, diplomats said, and Washington is no longer insisting UN language refer to the virus as coming from China, which had infuriated Beijing. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to focus on efforts to fight the pandemic, peacekeeping missions and fostering unity between the non-permanent members and the five permanent ones. There are two competing texts up for debate. One, spearheaded by Tunisia on behalf of the 10 non-permanent me...

FILES) In this file photo taken on April 17, 2019 Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep Guardiola reacts during the UEFA Champions League quarter final second leg football match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England. Anthony Devlin / AFP Pep Guardiola’s 82-year-old mother has died after contracting coronavirus, Manchester City announced on Monday. “The Manchester City family are devastated to report the death today of Pep’s mother Dolors Sala Carrio in Manresa, Barcelona, after contracting coronavirus,” the Premier League club said in a statement. “Everyone associated with the club sends their most heartfelt sympathy at this most distressing time to Pep, his family and all their friends.” Guardiola, 49, last month donated one million euros ($1 million) to buy medical supplies for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in his native Spain. He also issued a video as part of the club’s Cityzens At Home initiat...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has decried the deluge of fake news “distracting” the Federal Government in the fight against COVID-19 across the country. Speaking during a briefing on Monday by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mohammed lamented that there are people who keep distracting the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in curtailing coronavirus. Citing an instance, the minister said: “The latest of this is the claim that I said there is no hunger in the land and that the Federal Government has made available N100billion to Nigerians. It is fake. There is no time I said it or anybody in the Task Force said so.” READ ALSO:  Lockdown Violation: Naira Marley In Police Custody Over Funke Akindele’s Party Although the minister didn’t reel out names, he regretted that those spreading fake news have not relented. “Those who are bent on distracting the Federal Government through fake news from its focused fight against COV...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 07, 2020 Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex react as they leave after her visit to Canada House in thanks for the warm Canadian hospitality and support they received during their recent stay in Canada, in London. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / POOL / AFP. Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are planning to launch a wide-ranging non-profit organisation named Archewell, reports on Tuesday said. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who formally stepped down as senior members of the British royal family last week, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper they were establishing the organisation in the United States, where they are now based. The charitable organisation will include emotional support groups, a multimedia educational empire and a wellbeing website among other things. They said they wanted “to do something of meaning, to do something that matters”. The couple filed paperwork for their new ventur...