🤔🤔🤔Actress Funke Akindele-Bello who was arrested on Sunday April 5th by the Lagos state police command for flouting the social distancing order of the Lagos state government, spent the night at the State Criminal Investigation Department SCID office in Panti, Lagos.
👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮
A police source who confirmed this, said the actress’s husband, Abdulrasheed Bello aka JJC Skillz, who was not availabe when she was picked up has turned himself in and is currently with her in Panti. The police source added that they would be arraigned in court this morning.
👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮
Other guests including Naira Marley at the party who the police have asked to report at the SCID for questioning are yet to show up.
The Lagos Infection Diseases Regulations 2020, prescribes a jail term of one month or N100,000 fine or both for any one found guilty of hosting gatherings or flouting the lockdown order.
👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮
Part of the regulation act reads:
“Where there is a violation of a closedown or stay-at-home order, security agencies shall have the power to arrest without warrant and may detain any person, who violates the closedown or stay-at-home order, for at least 48 hours.
“Where the arrested person is found guilty, the person is liable to a fine of N100,000 or one month imprisonment or three months’ community service.”
Guys, is her arrest justified? No, i don’t think so. Or how una see am?
For Advert: Send mail to naijanofilter@gmail.com or contact Desmond on +2348026443689 / +23407059194159
For donations: Kindly make donations: Account name: Fair-play Concepts Account number: 0157288161 Bank: Guaranteed Trust Bank (GTB)
Situated at the crossroads of East and West, Georgia has fallen within the orbit of many cultural influences and empires. Throughout the centuries, Georgian food has been influenced by the Mediterranean world, Arab and Mongol flavours, Persian and Ottoman kitchens, the link stretching as far as Northern India. Today’s Georgian food and cuisine is a rich interplay between Mediterranean and Middle Eastern tastes. Georgian food and wine culture is best observed through Supra – traditional feast featuring a wide array of assortment of dishes always accompanied by large amounts of wine, lasting several hours.
🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮
1. Khinkali
kinkali
Photo Source: afar.com
Khinkali is a popular dumpling made with a variety of fillings. In the mountains, this much praised dish is made with lamb, which comes in abundance, elsewhere, mixture of minced beef and pork is used. The origins of Khinkali can’t precisely be traced; some accounts point to Tatar influence, others claim khinkali to be an indigenous product of Georgia’s primordial mountain culture.
🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮
2. Khachapuri
khachapuri
Photo Credit: Max Falkowitz
No Georgian feast in ever complete without Khachapuri. According to many, it is the Georgian classic, cheesebread par excellence. It’s form, as well as texture vary from region to region: it can take a thin or thick crust, it can contain single or many layers, Khachapuri can assume round, triangle or rectangle form of all sizes and even come boat-shaped with an egg in the middle, as is the case of Khachapuri from Adjara – Georgia’s coastal region on the Black Sea.
🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮
3. Mtsvadi
mtsvadi
Photo Source: Courtesy of Georgian National Tourism Administration
A skewer of meat, be it veal, lamb or pork is symbol of true celebration à la géorgienne. While choice of meat varies from region to region and also according to seasons, the grilling method is more or less the same throughout. Once grilled, meat cubes are removed from skewers and shaken in a pot of thinly sliced onions and pomegranate juice. Sizzling meat slightly caramelizes the onions, while pomegranate juice forms a mild, acidy sauce with the meat juices.
🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮
4. Kharcho with Gomi
Kharcho Photo Credit: polzavred.ru
Kharcho is a slow-cooked thick meat stew with tomatoes, spices and aromatic herbs. Its distinctive aromatic feature owes largely to the use of Khmeli Suneli- a marigold rich Georgian counterpart of Indian curry blend. Gomi is a staple food of Samegrelo – region in the west and breeding ground for some of the most savory and elaborate dishes (Kharcho also originates from Samegrelo). For centuries Megrels made Gomi with millet – an indigenous crop to be subsequently replaced with maize, which proved to be more stable as a culture.
🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮
5. Assorted Pkhali
assorted pkhali
Pkhali is a cold vegetarian appetizer, popular Georgian tapas. A mélange of spice-rich walnut paste, fresh herbs and vinegar is added to vegetables, fried or boiled. Pkhali is often garnished with pomegranate seeds, which enhances the mild acidity with a sour, fruity finish.
🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮
6. ASSORTED GEORGIAN PICKLES: JONJOLI, PEPPERS
jonjoli, pepper
Georgians enjoy wide variety of pickled vegetables, such as cucumber or courgette, ripe or unripe tomatoes and even leeks and garlic cloves. Most unfamiliar of these would perhaps seem pickled flowers of Jonjoli – a medium sized bush producing long stemmed flowers, which are harvested just before they flower in May and consumed throughout the year.
🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮
7.HAQAPULI
chaqapuli
Compared to Kharcho, Chaqapuli is a light and liquid stew, redolent of springtime herbs, pungent with fruity flavors of white wine and tkemali sauce. (Tkemali sauce is an universal condiment made with wild plums and aromatic herbs). Although Chaqapuli echoes some similar dishes of neighboring Iran, such as Ghormeh Sabzi, this springtime stew, for many admirers captures the essential taste of Georgia.
ChopBarh Gaming LTD have released another publication on their social media handle @chopbarh (instagram, twitter) to clearly speak about their intentions. The Head of Operation for the company Mr. Olanrewaju Idowu could be seen in a video stating the following: “Fellow Nigerians, We are all aware that on the 2nd of April 2020, we released a publication that we were going to release up to 10 BILLION NAIRA to be won among Nigerians. However what we didn’t foresee was the unprecedented traffic that would flood the gates of Fifty-Five room in the dice game. Hence, Just as how no one is able to check their JAMB result initially when it is released because everyone is trying to check at the same time, no one was able to play Fifty-Five mode initially because everyone was trying to play at the same time.
🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
It gladdens my heart to let you know that the issue has been resolved and Fifty-Five mode is working perfectly now. The problem JAMB has been struggling with for over 2 decades, we were able to resolve it in less than 24 hours. However, duuring, the downtime we took time to observe and understand the reactions of Nigerians towards our publication, and we agree with them. We would like to officially apologize for initially trying to make them compete among each other before they could win something when we could have shared it equally among all. I am pleased to inform you that this money is not a donation, neither will it be a relief or intervention of any kind. Instead, this 10 BILLION NAIRA is strictly towards funding free coins for millions of Nigerians who will register on our platform, which they can then use to make millions. This way everybody will get something, no matter how small.
In order to access your share of these free coins, please follow these steps:
Download the app from the website (Its Available for Android and iPhones)
Register and get your free coins
Play, Win and Withdraw.
So, if you are a Whot Master, Ludo Warrior, Snooker Lord or if you believe You are the Oracle that Rolls Dice then use this free coins to focus on your strengths. Please play what you are good at which should enable you make millions of Nairas with your talents by seriously flogging your opponents from the comfort of your home. We know they are a lot of Game masters and Pros among you as we have a lot of users who have made millions with their skills… we beg them to take it easy on the beginners and new comers. Note that in the process of trying to win others, if you lose, then you would have lost your coins so please play responsibly. You can withdraw your winnings anytime instantly to your bank account. We believe our product will keep Nigerians indoors which in turn keep us safe during these worrisome times. Once again Stay at home, be safe play ChopBarh and God bless Nigeria, Thank you.” ChopBarh seems to be the new game driving Nigerians crazy. Maybe it’s because it is the only game available to Nigerians where people can actually win real money from, or maybe it’s because they have developed world class versions of local Nigerian games. They are also giving users free coins for downloading the app from their site www.chopbarh.com.
⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪The church is not just a structure. The church is not confind to a particular geographical location. The church is you and me. That is to say the church is in everybody. We are the body of Christ! So covid-19 cannot limit our worship of God. As a result, churches are attended online. Going live. So Brethren, Let’ take it to the streem!⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪
I’ve outlined so great men of God that I’ll like you to meet. In no particular order.
⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪
Pastor E.A Adeboye (RCCG)
the general overseer of the redeemed christian church of God – Pastor Adeboye
🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫Let somebody shout hallelujah.
Pastor Adeboye is the general overseer of the redeemed christian church of God. The church head quarter is at the redeem camp on lagos ibadan express way Lagos, Nigeria. Pastor Adeboye is a great servant of God. He is fondly called daddy G.O.
RCCG has contributed to the fight against covid-19 by distributing relief materials.
RCCG logo
You can worship with RCCG online and on radio.🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫
⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪
Pastor D. K Olukoya (MFM)
🕍🕍🕍⛪⛪Pastor D.K Olukoya is the general overseer of mountain of fire and miracle (MFM) ministries. He’s a very powerful man of God. The church share a doctrine of do-it-yourself (DIY) prayers. The church has it’s headquarters at Onike, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
MFM has contributed to the fight against covid-19 by distributing relief materials.🕍🕍🕍⛪⛪
mfm logo
You can worship with mfm online and on radio.
⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪
Prophet T.B Joshua (SCOAN)
synagogue church of all nations – prophet t.b.joshua
🏯🏯🏯🕍🕍Let me hear you say “Emmanuel”.
Prophet T.B Joshua is a strong prophet of God. He owns Emmanuel TV. He teaches you to be wise spiritually. He’s a philanthropist and has immensly contributed to the fight against covid-19. He recently gave listeners a tip on fighting covid-19 and also to keep fit by taking two balls of lemon and hot water mixed together.
emmanuel TV logo
Emmanuel TV is always on screen, you can worship with them.🏯🏯🏯🕍🕍
⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪
Pastor Wale Adefarasin (GLA)
general overseer, guiding light assembly – pastor Wale Adefarasin
🏦🏦🏦🏦🏦🏦Past Wale is the general overseer of guiding light assembly, Parkview Ikoyi. He is a great teacher of values, especially family values and societal values. Pastor Wale, as he is fondly called is a very meek man and very gentle as a dove. And of course he’s my pastor 😃. “Go pastor, go pastor” 💃😄
GLA has also contributed to the fight against covid-19.
The church is located in Parkview, Ikoyi, Lagos.🏦🏦🏦🏦🏦
🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫Past Mathew is the senior pastor of KICC ministries. He’s a soldier of Christ fighting an intellectual war by preaching the gospel for the betterment of the body of Christ and the society.
The church has contributed in the fight against covid-19.
You can worship with KICC online ad on TV.🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫
kicc logo
KICC is located at Mende, Maryland and London, uniteU Kingdom. 🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫
For Advert: Send mail to naijanofilter@gmail.com or contact Desmond on +2348026443689 / +23407059194159
For donations: Kindly make donations: Account name: Fair-play Concepts Account number: 0157288161 Bank: Guaranteed Trust Bank (GTB)
👮🤵👩💼👩⚖️Officials asked all residents (except for essential workers) to stay home starting on March 22, leaving iconic landmarks like Times Square nearly empty. Normally, approximately 380,000 pedestrians passed through the heart of Times Square every day. 😔😲😩😢Vatican square
Vatican City 👑🎩👑🎩👑🎩The Vatican has followed the lockdown policies of Italy, shutting down entry to the Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums, and St. Peter’s Square—sites which usually teem with tourists. As for Holy Week celebrations (which kick off on April 3), the Vatican has announced that liturgies and the Mass of the Lord’s Supper will still be celebrated in parish churches, even without worshippers present. (Celebration times will be announced so people can pray at home at the same time.)👑🎩👑🎩👑🎩 Washington DC deserted – covid-19
Washington, D.C 🏬🏢🏢🏢🏢🏦The Lincoln Memorial stands empty on after D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser announced the closure of all non-essential businesses, banned gatherings of more than 10 people, and stopped all tour services across the city. The order goes into effect at 10 p.m. on March 25 and will last through April 24.🏦🏦🏢🏢🏢🏢New York City 🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽 York City officials asked all residents (except for essential workers) to stay home starting on March 22, leaving iconic landmarks like Times Square nearly empty. The desertion feels even more stark when you consider that pre-lockdown, approximately 380,000 pedestrians passed through the heart of Times Square every day.🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽London 🎢🏰🏦🏨🕍⛪Westminster Bridge, one of London’s most bustling thoroughfares, is seen nearly empty on March 23. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a stay-at-home order for UK residents this week, along with the closures of shops, gyms, and places of worship.🕍🏰🏯🏦🏫🎢Chicago 🏔️⛰️🏞️⛰️🗻The Bean sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park was roped off from visitors on March 21—the same date that a stay-at-home order went into affect for the state of Illinois. Chicago had already cancelled its famous St. Patrick’s Day parade a few days earlier.🏛️⛰️🏛️🌋🗻🏞️Paris 👩⚖️👩🏫👩⚖️👩💼👩🏫Many of Paris’s biggest sites have closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, including the Louvre and Versailles Palace. The most impactful closure has been the shutdown of the Eiffel Tower—the most visited paid monument in the world.🏛️🏚️🏛️🏚️🏛️🗼Berlin 👩⚖️👩💼📸📷📸A passer-by photographs the emptiness on the almost deserted Pariser Platz in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on the morning of March 23. One day earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel went into voluntary self-quarantine and banned gatherings of more than two people.📸📷📸📷📸
Collage of Funke Akinde and her former rapper husband, JJC
🐻🍀🍁🍀🌾Nigerian singer, rapper, record producer, JJC Skillz clocked 43, today, and his beautiful wife Funke Akindele Bello took to Instagram to celebrate him with a sweet message.
The mother of two shared these photos of her husband and herself posing together and then wrote: ‘Happy birthday my darling husband. The Lord will Grant you longer life and good health. Thank you for being a sweetheart! Our home will always be peaceful and the Lord will continue to bless us. Enjoy your day my King @jjcskillz #babaibeji.’ 😍😍😍😃🐅🌹
For Advert: Send mail to naijanofilter@gmail.com or contact Desmond on +2348026443689 / +23407059194159
For donations: Kindly make donations: Account name: Fair-play Concepts Account number: 0157288161 Bank: Guaranteed Trust Bank (GTB)
🌹🌺🌷Baby girl, Selena Gomez has revealed that she was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
The singer, 27, openly discussed her bipolar diagnosis for the first time with Miley Cyrus on her Bright Minded Instagram Live series on Friday.
After speaking about her donation to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Los Angeles, where she received a kidney transplant in 2017, and stayed at their mental health treatment center in 2018, she recalled a trip she recently made to the McClean Psychiatric Hospital outside Boston.
“Recently, I went to one of the best mental hospitals in… America, McClean Hospital, and I discussed that after years of going through a lot of different things, I realized that I was bipolar,” Gomez told Cyrus. “And so when I got to know more information, it actually helps me. It doesn’t scare me once I know it.”
She continued: “I think people get scared of that, right? They’re like, ‘Oh!’ And I’ve seen it, I’ve seen some of it even in my own family, where I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ I’m from Texas, it’s just not known to talk about mental health. You got to seem cool. And then I see anger built up in children and teenagers or whatever young adults because they are wanting that so badly. I just feel like when I finally said what I was going to say, I wanted to know everything about it. And it took the fear away.”🌹💐🌺
For Advert: Send mail to naijanofilter@gmail.com or contact Desmond on +2348026443689 / +23407059194159
For donations: Kindly make donations: Account name: Fair-play Concepts Account number: 0157288161 Bank: Guaranteed Trust Bank (GTB)
Even though the number of cases in Africa is low right now, it is currently a serious threat to the continent. The pandemic has also spread to Africa confirmed with the positive results of virus tests, especially of the state officials, bureaucrats, people from business, arts and sports — those connected to the outside world. It was the first case on the continent to be recorded with the detection of an infected person in Algeria. Then, the outbreak began to rapidly take effect in Kenya and other countries, notably Egypt, South Africa, and Morocco, respectively. The total number of cases on the continent, for example, was 450 on March 17, and this figure has already risen to over 5,400. So although there are currently eight countries with no confirmed case, considering the permeability of the borders, these numbers are predicted to rise in the following days.
Of the 54 African countries, 33 are among the least developed. Besides, a 2016 report by the think-tank the RAND Corporation on the most vulnerable countries to infection outbreaks in the world says 22 out of 25 countries are on this continent.
Therefore, almost all countries in Africa are unfavorable in many areas, from basic hygiene needs to health infrastructure. Other important and alarming factors are the presence of people living in unfavorable conditions in major cities, as well as communities of people displaced in sub-Saharan African countries, forced to migrate to other countries and living in non-sterile environments in camps. If the virus spreads to these areas where these people in the camps are struggling for life, what both the host countries and the international community can do may require serious restrictions and drastic measures.
Despite all these concerns, Africa has some advantages over the outbreak that has scorched countries in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The first is the continent’s recent experience with viruses such as Ebola, AIDS, malaria, and Lassa fever. The experience provides significant infrastructure support for dealing with outbreaks, but insufficient health infrastructure and problems in accessing clean water across much of the continent are issues that raise concerns. On the other hand, the fact that COVID-19 has spread to African countries later than other regions around the world can also be considered an advantage in fighting the pandemic.
The rate of spread, and level of impact of the outbreak were recognized early, and measures such as suspension of international flights, extensive disinfection work, suspension of schools, limited curfew practices, and quarantine were implemented relatively at an early stage. But the international community needs to act urgently to overcome the chronic problems that will hamper the fight against the pandemic in African countries. The fight must move from a micro level to a macro level, that is, it must be global.
Geopolitical consequences of global outbreak in Africa
The most negative impact of the outbreak — which has already begun to have devastating consequences on both international economics and politics — on African countries in these areas will result from the fact that oil prices have fallen to their lowest level in the last two decades. There are oil exporter countries such as Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Angola, Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, with their incomes dependent on oil, which will deeply feel this crisis in the short term. The disagreement between Russia and Saudi Arabia on production cuts, and Riyadh’s massive rise in production have led to serious drops in oil prices. This was coupled with the rapid decline in oil demand in China where the pandemic emerged, depriving the oil exporter African countries associated with this country, of their main source of income.
The fact that the oil prices remain at these levels is not sustainable, considering both the producers dependent on oil exports, and the natural gas producers in the U.S. whose costs have risen to unsustainable levels. But it is clear that even if the effects of the outbreak are reduced, the rise in demand will not raise the oil prices too much. So the African countries, whose share of oil in total exports is over 80% on average, can be predicted to face a difficult and uncertain economic period.
The damage the global outbreak will do to the African economy in the medium term may be far more severe than its health impact. In the current situation, negative trends in stock markets, commodity prices, the value of national currencies and interest rates, as well as the blocking/reduction of international circulation are the main factors triggering a global economic crisis. The Western governments will try to overcome this crisis with large-scale aid programs for the sectors affected by the outbreak, but it is not possible for African countries that do not have the same resources to put such packages of measures in place. Still, some African countries, particularly those where the agricultural sector is thriving, are likely to overcome the crisis with relatively less harm.
Another negative development the outbreak will cause is the possibility that the “failed states” in conflict spirals can be “tested”. Indeed, as seen in the examples of Libya and Mali, the number of countries open to interventions may rise. More countries may fall into the grip of poverty and famine, their boundaries and identities may become subject to harsher differentiation, with an absence of social solidarity, and weaknesses in governmental authority. Because they have rich hydrocarbon and mineral resources, regional/global powers may want to intervene in these countries.
In conclusion, the spread of the pandemic will eventually stop, and the international system will find a balance, but most of the damage will be permanent, particularly for the African countries. The current crisis heavily hitting the economies on a local, regional and global scale, will also present opportunities at its final stage, but using these opportunities requires access to the capital. Considering that the capital can only be provided by outsourcing in most African countries, the situation does not seem pleasant at all. So the initiatives taken by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and other international institutions for the continent are vital in this process.
Kaan Devesioglu.
For Advert: Send mail to naijanofilter@gmail.com or contact Desmond on +2348026443689 / +23407059194159
For donations: Kindly make donations: Account name: Fair-play Concepts Account number: 0157288161 Bank: Guaranteed Trust Bank (GTB)
Picture of the drive-through spot in Yaba, Lagos set up by Lifebank in partnership with the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in Lagos, Nigeria.
Healthcare technology and logistics company, LifeBank on Monday, March 30, 2020, launched a COVID-19 drive-through mass testing center in Lagos.
Working in partnership with the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), and other organizations committed to the fight against the deadly Coronavirus outbreak including the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
“The drive-through mass testing center will make testing easier and faster for cases that meet the NCDC national case definition,” said Temie Giwa-Tubosun, founder of LifeBank.
“We know the importance of testing in the fight against COVID-19 and we believe that this mass testing center will be a shot in the arm in the national efforts targeted at flattening the curve.”
Lagos residents can check if they qualify for testing by visiting this website to register and book an appointment.
Naija No Filter 