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Nollywood actress, Belinda Effah has lashed out at Nigerians over what she termed as "misplaced priorities".  In her Instagram post, the actress stated that the country won't move forward until Nigerians place their interest in the right place.  Effah added that it is sad Nigerians respond better when they are treated like animals. She wrote;    Until Your Interest Is In The Right Place Nigerians, There Will Be No Going Forward. It’s Sad Nigerians Respond Better When They Are Treated Like Animals Enough Said - Mic Off    

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has blamed British colonizers for the current travails of Nigeria as a country.   The actor who said this in a tweet which served as a response to Actress Uche Jombo's question of "who cursed Nigeria", averred that the country was structured to never work. Yul stated that the aim of such structuralization is for Nigerians to keep misunderstanding and fighting each other, making little progress and depending on their colonizers for everything.   He added that same thing was done in African countries which underwent colonization. The actor tweeted;    Oyibo people! They structured it in such a way that it will never work. So we'll keep misunderstanding and fighting each other, making little progress and depending on them for everything. Same thing they did in many other African countries. Africa needs to wake up.    

  David and Victoria Beckham reportedly tested positive for Coronavirus earlier this year after partying in Los Angeles. According to The Sun newspaper, the football legend, 45, and his designer wife, 46, feared they were 'super-spreaders' after their employees including relatives and friends also caught the virus.  The couple were said to have enjoyed a trip to the UK for their son Brooklyn’s 21st birthday on March 4th, before jetting back over to America on March 11th ahead of the launch of David's new football team, Inter Miami, in Florida, before finally returning to the Cotswolds by March 19th, ahead of lockdown. Tests later confirmed the couple’s COVID-19 diagnosis after the father-of-four began to feel unwell, with the former Spice Girl developing a sore throat and a high temperature soon after. A source told The Sun: 'It was an absolute nightmare scenario,' explaining how David was in LA schmoozing on behalf of his club Inter Miami, when Victoria ...

  Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been taken out of a medically induced coma and is now responsive to treatment, the German hospital where he is being treated said in a statement on Monday, September 7.    "Navalny is being weaned off mechanical ventilation" and "is responding to verbal stimuli," Berlin's Charité Hospital said.  "It remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning," the hospital added. Navalny  who is Russia's president, Vladmir Putin's most vocal critic, became sick from suspected poisoning on a flight to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk on August 20. According to the German government, tests on Navalny showed "unequivocal evidence" of the use of a chemical nerve agent from the Soviet-era Novichok group. The international community has blasted Russia over the alleged poisoning, but the Kremlin has remained defiant and denied any role in the incident. ...

Lionel Messi has returned to training with Barcelona for the first time since asking to leave the club following his fallout with the board over his future.  The 33-year-old Argentine superstar was pictured on Monday afternoon, September 7, arriving at the Joan Gamper Ciutat Esportiva after agreeing to stay with the club.  Messi had wanted to activate a clause that would allow him opt out of his contract, but the club insisted the time had passed for the clause to be activated and that the player would need to pay the €700m release clause in his contract if another club wanted to sign him this summer. Following a meeting between his father and the club, the playmaker reversed his decision and committed his future to Barcelona, saying he could never go to court against the Spanish giants to secure a move.  

  President Buhari has raised an alarm over the decline in the country's revenue amid the Coronavirus pandemic.  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who delivered President Buhari's remark at the start of the first-year Ministerial performance review retreat holding in Abuja on Monday September 7, said his administration adopted a N2.3 trillion economic sustainability plan to mitigate the effect of the economic slowdown. He said;    “For the government, it has been a particularly trying time. As a result of the poor fortunes of the oil sector, our revenues and foreign exchange earnings have fallen drastically. Our revenues have fallen by almost 60 percent. “Yet we have had to sustain expenditures, especially on salaries and capital projects, in order to keep the economy going. “But we have also had to take some difficult decisions to stop unsustainable practices that were weighing the economy down."   President Buhari who denied claims of his a...

  The Abuja zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has arrested three suspected internet fraudsters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for their alleged involvement in romance scam, identity theft and other internet-related fraud.    According to a statement released by the EFCC, the suspects namely Ajayiton Harry (27), Okoro Daniel (28) and Oziegbe Precious Ehijele (27), were arrested in their hideout in Flat G2, Plot 334, Dawaki, behind News Engineering, Abuja, following intelligence volunteered by concerned citizens in the area. Items recovered from the suspects include two Lexus R350 SUV, three laptops and expensive phones. The antigraft agency says they will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.