Quorum Aviation Identifies Victims Of Lagos Helicopter Crash

 

Quorum Aviation Limited, the owner of the helicopter that crashed in Lagos State, says two crew members died in the incident. 

In a statement issued by the company on Friday, Quorum Aviation said the surviving passenger is being treated at a hospital.

“Preliminary reports indicate that of the three souls on board – all crew, two of the crew members lost their lives whilst the third one is currently receiving treatment at a hospital,” the statement explained.

“We have been made to understand that nobody in the building, nor in the vicinity was injured for which we are grateful.”

It explained that as soon as Quorum Aviation was informed about the incident, “we promptly informed the aviation authorities, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).”

The AIB has taken over the investigation and, the company, is, therefore, calling on the public to await its outcome.

“We hereby express our heartfelt condolences to the families of the crew who lost their loved ones in this tragic accident,” the firm added.

The helicopter crashed into a private building in the Opebi area of Lagos and sources say the aircraft, a Bell 206, with registration number 5N BQW, came in from Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital with two crew members and a passenger.

LASEMA Gives Update

“We were able to rescue one person alive and he has been transferred to the Lagos state teaching hospital where he is receiving adequate treatment, but it is pertinent to note that we recovered two bodies and they have been deposited at the mortuary,” the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Femi Osanyintolu said while giving an update about the incident.

“Based on the investigation carried out, it was due to the impact that led to their mortalities.”

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Gunmen Kidnap Policeman, Three Others In Kaduna

 

A policeman and an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Kaduna state.

The two security operatives were kidnapped from their residences at Maraban Rido in Chikun Local Government Area of the state in the late hours of Thursday.

A 14-year-old girl and one other person were also whisked away by the abductors during the operation.

The gunmen were said to have invaded the community at about midnight and went straight to some houses, shooting sporadically, and later took their victims away.

Although police authorities in the state are yet to confirm the abduction of its personnel, the spokesman of NSCDC, Kaduna State Command, Orndiir Terzungwe, however, confirmed the incident to Channels Television.

He explained that the Civil Defence officer was abducted by the gunmen from his home and taken to an unknown destination.

Terzungwe disclosed that the command has launched a manhunt of the kidnappers with a view to rescuing the officer and arresting the kidnappers.

The attack comes four days after gunmen abducted an unconfirmed number of students from a school in Kaduna State.

Channels Television learned that the incident took place on August 24, 2020 at Prince Academy in Samba-Kasaya, a village around Buruku area in Chikun Local Government Area of the state.

Those kidnapped are said to be some JSS 3 students who are preparing for the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) before the armed men invaded the school at about 7am and took them away.

Although the police authorities had yet to confirm the incident as at the time of filing the report, a security source in the area said a member of a local group in the village was shot dead by the gunmen while some villagers were also abducted along with the students.

Similarly, no fewer than 20 people were killed and several others injured in fresh attacks on three communities in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state

The attack, which occurred on August 6, was said to have been carried out by suspected militia.

The affected communities are Kurmin Masara, Apyia Shyim, and Takmawai .

The fresh killings come few days after security agencies were deployed to the vulnerable communities of the state to prevent residents from further attacks.

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Helicopter crashes in Lagos: 2 feared Dead

There was pandemonium around Opebi, Ikeja Friday afternoon when a helicopter dropped from the Sky and crashed into a Building 16A Salvation Rd,  IKEJA instantly Killing Two of three Occupants. The state of the third occupant however yet to be ascertained.  The casualties have have already been deposited at the Mortuary.
 

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UPDATE!! Lagos Eases Coronavirus Lockdown, Reopening Churches, Mosques

The governor of Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos said on Saturday churches and mosques would reopen next week as the authorities move to ease the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic.

“Places of worship in Lagos will now be opened from Friday, the 7th of August for our Muslim worshippers, and on Sunday, the 9th of August for our Christian worshippers,” Babajide Sanwo-Olu said in a statement.

But the numbers of worshippers will be limited as a measure to prevent further infections.

“We will only allow 50% of their maximum capacities, either at the church or at the mosque,”

“For the avoidance of doubt, there will be Friday worships for our Muslim followers and Sunday worships for our Christian followers,” the governor said.

But night vigils and other services are still not allowed, he added.

Sanwo-Olu also advised elderly worshippers from 65 years to stay at home.

Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city of over 20 million inhabitants, shut churches, mosques, night clubs and hotels in March as part of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The virus has so far infected 43 151 people and killed 879 since the first case was listed in late February, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

Lagos, the country’s largest city, is the epicentre of the outbreak in Nigeria, with more than 15 000 confirmed cases and 192 deaths.

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Fighting Corruption Will Get More Difficult In Nigeria – Osinbajo

The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has spoken of why the fight against corruption in the country may continue to get difficult on a daily basis.

Mr Osinbajo spoke on Tuesday at the 20th-anniversary regional webinar organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission (ICPC).

His speech was titled, “Combating corruption and illicit financial flows: New measures and strategies.” and was made available to journalists by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande.

He noted that aside from the difficulties, many people will also get frustrated for standing against corruption.

“The fight against corruption is nuanced and hydra-headed, it is not going to get easier by the day; as a matter of fact, it will get more difficult by the day and many will become discouraged in standing up against corruption.”

“…Over the years, massive public resources and assets have been directly stolen, diverted, deliberately misapplied to gratify corrupt tendencies, stashed in foreign jurisdictions or mired in and susceptible to pilferage by the inequitable and unjust international economic system that continues to undermine the social and economic development aspirations of poor countries, especially from Africa.”

“Without effectively combating corruption and IFFs (Illicit Financial Flows) and promoting international cooperation for asset recovery and asset return, Africa cannot achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Goal 16 of the SDGs is devoted to corruption.”

“Our experience in Nigeria, as in other developing countries, is that anonymous corporate ownership covers a multitude of sins, including conflict of interests, corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, and even terrorism financing.”

Mr Osinbajo, however, said the current administration had given anti-corruption agencies the will to operate independently in carrying out their activities without government interference.

He disclosed that to win the war against corruption, the country “must protect, even more, whistle-blowers – persons who come forward with information against corruption.”

“We must protect those who are ready to fight against corruption and who are prepared to do so without necessarily disclosing their identities and even those who are ready to disclose their identities.

“We must make corruption expensive for those who engage in it and send the unequivocal message that corruption simply does not pay.

“It is the unenviable but noble task of the ICPC and other anti-corruption agencies to make corruption unattractive to its disciples and facilitate new approaches to stemming IFFS and promoting asset recovery and return.”

“The thing that we must take note of is that corruption fights back. And it is fighting back and it has the resources to do so.”

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Police Rescue Soldiers Kidnapped By Boko Haram

Two soldiers kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents along Auno road in Borno state have been rescued by policemen.

PR Nigeria which cited a security situation report, said some soldiers who were on patrol suffered an attack by Boko Haram terrorists on Monday July 13.

The insurgents who allegedly killed two soldiers in the attack abducted others and also went away with their gun trucks.

However after a gun battle with the Counter-Terrorism unit of the Nigeria police, two soldiers were rescued and one gun-truck and rifles were recovered.

The report read;

“At 14.30 hrs of July 13, 20120, an army patrol team was attacked by Boko Haram along Auno road and killed two soldiers and kidnapped others while carting away two of the military’s gun trucks, AK 47Rifles and unspecified numbers of ammunition.

“Counter-Terrorism unit of the Nigeria police on pin down point (operation), at the area went after the terrorists. After a gun battle recovered one gun-truck, rifles and rescued two soldiers alive.

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Nigeria Loses First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot

Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, has passed away.

Arotile died at the age of 23 after sustaining head injuries from a road traffic accident at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Kaduna.

She died less than a year after she was decorated as the first female combatant helicopter pilot.

Confirming the news, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said the flight officer died on Tuesday.

He described Arotile’s death as an “irreparable loss”.

He said,

“It is with great sorrow that the Nigerian Air Force regretfully announces the unfortunate demise of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died today (Tuesday), 14 July 2020, as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base Kaduna.

“Until her death, ‪Flying Officer Arotile, who was commissioned into the NAF in September 2017 as a member of Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course 64, was the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Service.‬

“During her short but impactful stay in the Service, the late Arotile contributed significantly to the efforts to rid the North Central States of armed bandits and other criminal elements by flying several combat missions under Operation GAMA AIKI in Minna, Niger State.

“We pray that the Almighty God grants her soul eternal rest.”

Arotile, who hailed from Iffe in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, recently completed a program at the Starlite International Training Academy, South Africa.

Arotile also graduated as the best flight student from the Nigerian Air Force in 2017.

Meanwhile, many Nigerians took to social media to mourn the flight officer’s death.

Senator Shehu Sani said:

“It’s sad to learn that few minutes after I passed the NAF Airforce Base Kaduna, a tragic accident happened which took away the life of one of Nigeria’s finest and first female combat Helicopter Pilot, Tolulope Arotile. A great loss to our country. May her soul Rest In Peace.

“Tolulope Arotile was a shining star who broke barriers & defied conventions. She raced through an uncharted & dreaded path & braced d tape in victory. She refused to be hindered by neither d ceiling nor d sky. She was a woman who conquered d impossible & the http://unimaginable.RIP”

@abdul_dodomix said,

“This is a great loss to the nation, I commiserate with @CAS_AMSadique.”

@lekanpaul, said,

“Her death came barely a year after she was winged as a combat helicopter pilot in the Air Force following the completion of her course in South Africa.”

Zahra Musa said Arotile’s death was a great loss for Nigeria.

“Oh! She was so young! That’s a great loss for her family and Nigeria! Her achievements at such a young age are remarkable indeed. Rest In Peace gallant one,” Musa said.

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Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh Murdered In New York

Fahim Saleh, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder of ride-hailing company, Gokada is dead.

He was said to have been dismembered with his decapitated remains found in his apartment on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, New York on Tuesday afternoon.

However, his dog, Laila, was found alive in the house at 265, East Houston Street near Suffolk Street.

The company confirmed his death in a series of tweets on its handle on Wednesday morning, describing the late Saleh as an inspirational leader.

“We are deeply saddened to inform you about the sudden and tragic loss of our founder and CEO, Fahim Saleh. Fahim was a great leader, inspiration and positive light for all of us,” the tweet read.

“Our hearts go out to his friends, family and all those feeling the pain and heartbreak we are currently experiencing, here at Gokada.

“Fahim’s vision and belief in us will be with us forever, and we will miss him dearly. Thank you for understanding as we get through this.”

It added that further updates about his death will be revealed as events unfold.

“Forever in our hearts,” the company added.

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California To Release Another 8,000 Prisoners Over COVID-19 Fears

California will release up to 8,000 more prisoners to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in its crowded jails, according to authorities in the US state, one of the hardest hit by the pandemic.

The inmates could be eligible for early release by the end of August — joining 10,000 prisoners already freed in similar initiatives since the start of the virus crisis, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

“These actions are taken to provide for the health and safety of the incarcerated population and staff,” the department’s secretary Ralph Diaz said in a statement Friday.

The announcement, welcomed by prison reform advocates, follows a surge in COVID-19 cases in one of California’s oldest prisons, San Quentin.

State Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday said the outbreak there was a “deep area of focus and concern” after more than 1,000 inmates tested positive.

The San Quentin facility this week made up half of the active coronavirus cases in jails throughout the state, which has a total prison population of about 113,000.

Friday’s statement said the prisoners to be freed, who include inmates from San Quentin, would be tested for COVID-19 within a week of their release.

California, the most populated US state with a population of around 40 million, has confirmed more than 300,000 coronavirus cases and over 6,800 deaths from the disease.

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Newly Elected Malawi President Under Fire For Family Appointments To Cabinet

Malawians on Thursday voiced anger after newly-appointed President Lazarus Chakwera unveiled a cabinet that they said was tainted by family ties.

Chakwera, 65, comfortably beat Peter Mutharika with 58.5 percent of the vote last month, marking the first time in African history that an election re-run led to the defeat of an incumbent.

On Wednesday night the new president announced a 31-member cabinet that included six figures who are related to each other, although not to the president.

The new labour and health ministers are brother and sister, while the incoming information minister is the sister-in-law of the new deputy agriculture minister.

Chakwera’s former running mate in the 2019 elections, Sidik Mia, will serve as the transport minister while his wife will be the deputy minister for lands.

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition, which led sustained countrywide protests against the disputed 2019 elections, said there were “widespread concerns.”

“First is the issue of family members in the cabinet, such as husband and wife and brother and sister,” the coalition’s national coordinator, Luke Tembo, 

The second was regionalism, he said.

“We have noted that 70 percent of the ministers are from the central region and that Lilongwe alone has nine ministers, and we know that the president comes from Lilongwe,” he said.

Social activist Mkotama Katenga-Kaunda said the move was disappointing as the incumbent had vowed “that this new Malawi will get rid of nepotism and cronyism”.

“Malawians feel that these cabinet posts were not awarded to some individuals based on merit, but based on what monetary support they gave to the alliance during the campaign,” he said.

Chakwera, a former evangelical preacher, vowed to tackle corruption on his election ticket.

His victory had brought hope for change in landlocked Malawi, where around half of its 18 million people live below the poverty line.

Danwood Chirwa, a professor of law at the University of Cape Town described the nominations as “political patronage”, saying the president has “quickly transformed himself into a good salesman of words and rhetoric while serving the same stale dishes Malawians have fed on in the last 26 years.”

Chirwa said Malawians should raise their voices and reject the cabinet.

“On Monday, he promised heaven, yesterday he unleashed hell,” he said.

“He has reduced the electoral victory to the actions of a few individuals whose main interest is to profit from the state, not through the ordinary remuneration and other trappings ministerial positions offer, but through corruption and looting,” Chirwa added.

Chakwera’s spokesman Sean Kampondeni said that “President Chakwera will himself address those concerns soon”.

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Man Utd Suffer Major Injury Blow As 2 Key Players Were Ruled Out For Game Against Southampton

Manchester United will be without two key players when they host Southampton in tonight’s Premier League due to injuries.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side made this known in a post via its official website at the weekend.

Man United head to the game after beating Aston Villa 3-0 in their last fixture, while Southampton played a 1-1 draw with Everton.

The Red Devils are currently in the fifth position on the Premier League table with 58 points from 34 matches.

“Phil Jones and Axel Tuanzebe are the only players who are presently unavailable for selection, due to injury, leaving Ole with a large group of sharp and hungry Reds to choose from,”

Man United said.

The match kick-off time is at 8 pm Nigerian time.

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IT IS HAPPENING!!! Barcelona President Gives Latest Update On Inter Milan Striker, Lautaro Martinez

Barcelona’s president, Josep Bartomeu, has disclosed that the club have held discussion with Inter Milan over a transfer move for striker, Lautaro Martinez.

 Martinez is one of Barcelona’s top targets this summer, but the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic means they are unlikely to meet the player’s £97million buy-out clause.

“We held conversations with Inter a few weeks ago [over a transfer for Lautaro Martinez], but the negotiations are not ongoing at the moment. We are evaluating things,”

Bartomeu told TV3.

“The league and the Champions League are not finished, so we have to evaluate our priorities. We have also to make considerations on internal factors to face the crisis that the club is facing.

“Right now, we cannot think about making significant investments. We will have to see when people will be allowed to return to the stadium and to our museum.

“We will have to wait and see how this whole situation evolves. However, our club will be the main player in the transfer window.”

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I Opened My Daughter’s Room Without Knocking, And I Saw The Most Heartbreaking

I have an 18-year-old daughter known as Janet. She is a very calm and resourceful girl, or, so I thought because of the way she has been able to make a lot of money from working online.

She just gained admission into the university of her choice and she has never for once complained about school. Most times I call her to ask her what she needs, but most times she asks me not to worry.

I have sent her money countless times and she didn’t even call back to thank me. Whenever I ask she ends up telling me that she didn’t notice it because she has been receiving lots of alerts from some of the jobs she has done online so she doesn’t notice.

She always apologizes, and I ask her to always try to check her phone to see the alerts.

Her mother also always gets concerned most times because our daughter seems to be self-sufficient in school. It was her holiday period, Hallelujah! I couldn’t wait to see my lovely daughter Jane. She called that she would be arriving on Sunday. We were expecting her.

She finally came and we spent the whole night talking about her school. The next day she said she would be continuing her online work at home and wouldn’t want to be disturbed, so we agreed.

This continued for weeks and she spent most of her time in her room doing her job. We always heard her talk but we used to think she was either running a YouTube channel or speaking on the phone.

On one faithful Tuesday, I guess she forgot to lock her door with a key like she always did, so I decided to check up on her. I opened the door without knocking, and what I saw really through me off-guard, it was the most heartbreaking thing any father could ever see.

I saw my daughter unclad speaking to someone on her laptop. She was shocked and quickly went to look for clothes to cover her body. I looked at her screen and I saw a white man who seemed confused.

I could hear him say “baby where are you”.

I was heartbroken, so this is what my daughter was doing to earn some money in school. She was just crying, I called on her mother, and immediately her mother came and I explained she fainted.

This has really been devastating for me.

If It Was You What Will You Do?

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COVID-19 Hazard Allowance: Lagos Doctors To Embark On A 3-Day Warning Strike Tomorrow

The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Lagos, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, at a briefing on Sunday, said the doctors were embarking on the strike after the ultimatum given to the Lagos State Government had expired.

He said, “Following the emergency congress of the Medical Guild held on June 27, we resolved that the previous 21 days ultimatum given to the state government be extended by a further two weeks during which representative council meeting should be held to review the resolutions of the congress and activate the three-day warning strike if 70 per cent of the Guild’s demands are not met.”

Sodipo said the demands of the Guild include the wage disparity between the federal and Lagos doctors.

“The issues of COVID-19 hazard allowance and inducement allowances MOU approved by the federal government to her doctors have not been approved by the Lagos State Government to her doctors.

“The doctors working in the COVID-19 isolation centres are still being owed two months’ salaries which have remained unpaid at the moment. They are also being unceremoniously disengaged without recourse to their welfare.

“The issue of shortage of doctors in the health facilities are yet to be resolved and with no substantive action taken by the state government t resolve the issue,” Sodipo said.

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Mandela’s Daughter, Zindzi Is Dead

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s ex-president, Nelson Mandela is dead.

She died at 59 on Monday morning.

Before her death, she was the South African ambassador to Denmark.

“59-year-old daughter of former president Nelson Mandela and struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, died at a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of this morning,”

SABC reported.

However, the cause of her death has not been revealed yet.

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Manchester City Wins Appeal, To Play In Champions League Next Season

Manchester City have won their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over alleged financial fair play (FFP) violations and are free to play in the Champions League next season, it was announced on Monday.

City were originally banned from European competitions for two seasons but won their appeal to CAS, meaning fifth place in the Premier League will no longer qualify for the Champions League. Manchester United occupy fifth in the table as it stands.

A statement from CAS read:-

“The CAS award emphasized that most of the alleged breaches reported by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred.

“As the charges with respect to any dishonest concealment of equity funding were clearly more significant violations than obstructing the CFCB’s investigations, it was not appropriate to impose a ban on participating in UEFA’s club competitions for MCFC’s failure to cooperate with the CFCB’s investigations alone.”

City took their case to CAS on June 8 after they were initially handed a two-year ban from UEFA competition and a €30 million ($33m) fine issued to them by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Independent Club Financial Control Body (CFCB). Following Monday’s verdict, the fine was reduced to €10m.

A Manchester City statement read: “Whilst Manchester City and its legal advisors are yet to review the full ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Club welcomes the implications of today’s ruling as a validation of the Club’s position and the body of evidence that it was able to present. The Club wishes to thank the panel members for their diligence and the due process that they administered.”

The CFCB found that City “committed serious breaches” of FFP regulations — which limit the net losses clubs can accrue over a three-year period — between 2012 and 2016 and failed to cooperate with the subsequent investigation.

It was said that the club overstated “its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016.”

In response, City claimed the process was “flawed” and said there was “irrefutable evidence” that would lead to them winning an appeal. FFP was introduced by UEFA at the start of the 2011-12 campaign, as a way of stopping clubs falling into financial difficulties by overspending.

Ahead of Monday’s verdict, manager Pep Guardiola had also voiced his confidence that City would get the ban overturned.

“The intention is every season to play in the Champions League as best as possible, it’s not about Monday,” Guardiola said.

“On Monday, I’m so confident because I know and hear the arguments of the club. Next season we will be there and after I will give my opinion and the club will give a statement.”

City are also still able to compete in this season’s Champions League. They hold a 2-1 first-leg lead over Real Madrid in the round of 16, and will play either Juventus or Lyon in the quarterfinals if they progress.

Manchester City have won their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over alleged financial fair play (FFP) violations and are free to play in the Champions League next season, it was announced on Monday.

City were originally banned from European competitions for two seasons but won their appeal to CAS, meaning fifth place in the Premier League will no longer qualify for the Champions League. Manchester United occupy fifth in the table as it stands.

A statement from CAS read: “The CAS award emphasized that most of the alleged breaches reported by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred.

“As the charges with respect to any dishonest concealment of equity funding were clearly more significant violations than obstructing the CFCB’s investigations, it was not appropriate to impose a ban on participating in UEFA’s club competitions for MCFC’s failure to cooperate with the CFCB’s investigations alone.”

City took their case to CAS on June 8 after they were initially handed a two-year ban from UEFA competition and a €30 million ($33m) fine issued to them by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Independent Club Financial Control Body (CFCB). Following Monday’s verdict, the fine was reduced to €10m.

A Manchester City statement read: “Whilst Manchester City and its legal advisors are yet to review the full ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Club welcomes the implications of today’s ruling as a validation of the Club’s position and the body of evidence that it was able to present. The Club wishes to thank the panel members for their diligence and the due process that they administered.”

The CFCB found that City “committed serious breaches” of FFP regulations — which limit the net losses clubs can accrue over a three-year period — between 2012 and 2016 and failed to cooperate with the subsequent investigation.

It was said that the club overstated “its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016.”

In response, City claimed the process was “flawed” and said there was “irrefutable evidence” that would lead to them winning an appeal. FFP was introduced by UEFA at the start of the 2011-12 campaign, as a way of stopping clubs falling into financial difficulties by overspending.

Ahead of Monday’s verdict, manager Pep Guardiola had also voiced his confidence that City would get the ban overturned.

 

The intention is every season to play in the Champions League as best as possible, it’s not about Monday,” Guardiola said.

“On Monday, I’m so confident because I know and hear the arguments of the club. Next season we will be there and after I will give my opinion and the club will give a statement.”

City are also still able to compete in this season’s Champions League. They hold a 2-1 first-leg lead over Real Madrid in the round of 16, and will play either Juventus or Lyon in the quarterfinals if they progress.

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US President, Donald Trump, Wears COVID-19 Prevention Mask In Public For First Time

President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has worn a face mask in public for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Trump had in the past said he does not see himself wearing a face mask to stop the speed of the Coronavirus and repeatedly mocked challenger, Joe Biden for doing so.He said in April, “I don’t think I’m going to be doing it, wearing a face mask as I greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens – I just don’t see it.”

On Saturday however, Trump changed his stance while visiting the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, where he met wounded soldiers and health care workers.

He said:

“I’ve never been against masks but I do believe they have a time and a place.”

The US is recording astronomical infections with about 66,528 getting the virus in the last 24 hours.

A total of 135,000 have also died from the pandemic in the country.

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COVID-19: If You Are 55 years And Above Don't Go To These Places

Although, it is true that COVID-19 can infect anyone irrespective of their age, a younger person has a better chance of surviving COVID-19 than an older person.

This is so because, old age is one of the major risk factors of developing serious health complications (morbidity) from COVID-19.

Two major things happens to your body when you are getting older :

1. The functionality of the organs in your body (such as your liver, heart, kidney, lungs etc) begins to reduce, which predisposes you to certain health conditions.

2. The strength of your immune system begins to reduce as well, which is why you might become more prone to certain diseases and infections.

These factors makes older people more predisposed to developing serious health complications after contracting COVID-19.

Hence, if you are 55years and above, it is important for you to take this information very seriously. Also, if you are younger (not up to 55years), it is your responsibility protect your older parents, relatives and yourself. Because, if you get infected, there is a high chance of you transferring the virus to your older parents, especially if they live with you or you visit them often.

PLEASE NOTE: Young people are not immune to COVID-19. Everyone single human on earth can get infected by the virus, however, because of the aforementioned reasons above, COVID-19 is more dangerous to the older generation than it is to the younger generation.

If you are above 55years don't go to these places, to protect yourself:

1. MARKET: This is one of the most crowded places in the society. If you are above 55years of age, it is advisable not to visit this place at all because there is a higher chance of you contracting the virus in the market.

For example, in a place like Onitsha market, where millions of people visit on a daily basis, there is a high chance of you coming in contact with an infected person, because of the high human to human contact that happens there.

2. CHURCHES AND MOSQUES: currently, attending services in some churches and mosque is relatively safe, because of the necessary safety measures that have been implemented to curb the spread of the virus in those churches.

However, just like the Bible clearly instructs, we must follow the orders from our government and health officials faithfully.

They have advised all elderly persons (55years and above) to remain at home, despite lifting the ban initially placed on churches and Mosques.

3. PARTIES: It is painful to discover that despite the fact that the government has ban all social gatherings such as birthday parties, wedding ceremonies, night club parties and the likes, many Nigerians still choose to deliberately flaunt these orders to endanger the lives of innocent people.

Hence, while our law enforcement agents are working hard to track down and apprehend these defaulters, please ensure that you desist from attending such ceremonies.\

4. ANY PUBLIC OR SOCIAL GATHERING WITH MORE THAN 20 PERSONS.

The truth is that, we can overcome COVID-19 if we all work together by observing all the necessary measures for preventing its spread.

The truth is that, most of these claims are baseless with no real facts to support them. Hence, Instead of endangering your life before discovering that COVID-19 is as real as they say it is, it is better to act wisely by protecting your life first. After all, what do you have to loose by protecting yourself? When you have everything to gain by staying safe and health.

Please protect yourself and stay safe.

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