Kari Mii: The not so new pandemic of social media attention-seeking — Tara Aisida

There is a new pandemic in town. Scratch that!! It’s not so new but it’s more potent and contagious because loads of people are contracting and succumbing to it. I call it the Kari Mii pandemic and it’s a lethal…

Prepare for next pandemic, future pathogens with “even deadlier potential” than COVID, WHO chief warns

The head of the World Health Organization urged countries across the globe to prepare for the next pandemic, warning that future health emergencies could be even worse than the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s warning comes weeks…

Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick co-star Jay Ellis insists actor is Oscar- worthy for movie

Tom Cruise has been backed to win an Oscar for the work he did on Top Gun: Maverick and for his movie back catalogue. The actor, 60, bought film fans back into cinemas after the pandemic when he insisted Top…

COVID-19: Symptoms still evolving–Expert warns

Dr Seyi Oniyangi, Consultant Paediatrician and Former Chairperson Medical Advisory Committee, National Hospital Abuja, on Saturday said that symptoms of COVID-19 are still evolving and advised continued caution. Oniyangi stated this in Ilorin during the 8th Kola Olafimihan, College of…

Nigeria is suffering a trust deficit – Chido Nwakanma

Chido Nwakanma breaks down the Edelman Trust Barometer Report 2021 which posits that Nigerians have lost trust in government, the media NGOs and Business. An insightful read. Trust level in Nigeria is at a low 49 per cent overall for…

We must prosecute arrested bandits, kidnappers to demonstrate justice – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that bandits and kidnappers arrested must be prosecuted as evidence of justice delivery in the country. Speaking in Ikenne, Ogun State, where he participated in the ongoing APC membership and revalidation exercise on Tuesday,…

*We ’re conscious of HIV/AIDS prevalence, dangers – Lagos residents (Guardian)*Again, hoodlums attack Lagos firemen (Punch)

We’re conscious of HIV/AIDS prevalence, dangers – Lagos residents (Guardian) In spite of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, Lagos State residents say they are conscious of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and its dangers, while few others claimed ignorance of its existence.…

Day 9 – “Have you ever had alfresco sex?” (Erotica/PG 18)

You know it’s different when you wake up in the morning and say “ok, today, I am not going anywhere.” But once you are compelled to stay in doors, the thing dey pain. That’s why people go out on sanitation…

Premier League season could be finished by playing five matches a day in June

The Premier League season could restart in July with clubs discussing the possibility of playing up to five matches a day in a bid to get the campaign completed. The plans, carried by the Independent, would see isolated camps in…

US Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky says postponing Olympics was ‘certainly the right call’

For superstar US swimmer Katie Ledecky, a five-time Olympic gold medalist who has broken 14 world records, the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games because of the coronavirus pandemic was disappointing, “but it was certainly the right call,” she…

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