THE INTENSIFIED REPORT

Nigeria recorded 321 new cases of coronavirus on Monday August 24, according to data released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC. Nigeria has now recorded a total of 52,548 infections, 39,257 recoveries, and 1004 deaths. State by State breakdown of the new cases are as follows; Lagos-98 FCT-34 Kaduna-30 Nasarawa-25 Benue-21 Plateau-17 Rivers-15 Adamawa-11 Ogun-11 Enugu-9 Edo-8 Delta-7 Ekiti-7 Gombe-5 Ebonyi-4 Bayelsa-3 Kano-3 Ondo-3 Cross River-2 Imo-2 Kebbi-2 Niger-2 Abia-1 Bauchi-1

Brazilian Icon Ronaldinho is set to be free from house arrest on Monday after spending six months in Paraguay. The World Cup winner and his brother, Roberto de Assis, were first jailed in March for entering the countryfor a promotional tour with falsified Paraguayan passports and ID.Neither of the two brothers have Paraguayan citizenship. Their lawyer maintains that his clients did not know the documents were falsified, as they were given to them by a local sponsor upon landing. The two had faced up to five years in jail. “There is no indication that he has any personal characteristics or criminal behaviour that ... would put society at risk,” one of the prosecutors in the case said. Prosecutors say they believe Ronaldinho was unaware the passports were falsified. Last year, Brazilian authorities seized Ronaldinho’s passport while investigating him for environmental crimes at his home, but he had the document later that year in September. As first reported  by the Paraguaya

Germany's motor vehicle authority KBA is investigating Porsche AG over the suspected manipulation of petrol engine to achieve improved emissions data. A KBA spokesman said on Monday the investigation involved petrol engines that Porsche, Volkswagen's ( VOWG_p.DE ) luxury sports vehicle unit, produced for the European market before 2017. Porsche had confirmed a newspaper report on Sunday that it had informed the authorities after internal investigations uncovered suspected irregularities. German prosecutors fined Porsche 535 million euros ($632 million) last year for lapses that allowed the company to cheat diesel emissions tests, but manipulation has not yet been proven for petrol engines. A Porsche spokesman on Sunday said the issues relate to vehicles developed several years ago, adding there were no indications that current production was affected. The carmaker is working closely with authorities, he added. Bild am Sonntag weekly had reported that the investigati

K-Pop idols BTS has smashed YouTube record for views in the first 24 hours of release. BTS 'Dynamite' amassed over 100 million views in its first 24 hours of release, according to YouTube. “We can confirm that  BTS (방탄소년단) ‘Dynamite’ Official MV  set a new all-time 24hr record, surpassing 100 million views with 101.1 million views in the first 24 hours,” a YouTube spokesman said in an email. “Dynamite,” the group’s first song entirely in English, hit the No. 1 trending spot on YouTube globally within 12 hours of its debut. The video also notched a  record for most-viewed YouTube Premiere  with more than 3 million live concurrent viewers, YouTube confirmed to  Variety . The upbeat, dance-y and vivid “Dynamite” music video was released on YouTube Friday, Aug. 21, at 12 a.m. ET/1 p.m. KST. By 8:35 p.m. ET (9:35 a.m. KST on Saturday), “Dynamite” had registered more than 86.4 million views on YouTube. At that point, it had already topped the prior record holder

India reported 61,408 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its total caseload past 3.1 million, data from the federal health ministry showed. India crossed the 3 million cases milestone on Sunday, 17 days after it crossed the 2 million mark. It is the worst-affected country in Asia, and third behind Brazil and the United States globally. The number of deaths in the last 24 hours was 836, taking the total to 57,542.

Paris St Germain manager Thomas Tuchel says Lionel Messi would be welcome at the club if he ever decided to leave Barcelona but he does not expect the Argentine forward to do so. Messi, who joined Barcelona aged 13, has scored a record 634 goals for the club in 730 games and is also their most decorated player with 33 trophies but the 33-year-old is into the final year of his contract at the club. Reports in the Spanish media have cast doubts about his future at the club after a disappointing season that culminated in an 8-2 Champions League humiliation by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals this month. "He's very welcome. What coach says no to Messi?" Tuchel told BT Sport after his side lost 1-0 to Bayern in the Champions League final on Sunday. "I think Messi finishes his career in Barcelona. He's Mr Barcelona. Tuchel said the club would talk over their potential signing targets and that they needed a deeper squad to cope with the demands of the new

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, through its Media and Publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, has reacted to the killings of its members in Emene Enugu State, in a joint attack involving the Police and the Department of State Services, DSS. The group has indicated that they would avenge the killing of its members in Enugu State. Read the statement 👇👇👇 “Today (Sunday), the Nigerian security personnel stormed IPOB meeting ground in Enugu and started  shooting sporadically which consumed the lives of 21 members and 47 arrested for no just cause or provocation. “Those responsible for this barbaric killing in Enugu today must pay for their actions against IPOB at the appropriate time. It is laughable for the DSS to be claiming that they lost five personnel in the hands of unarmed and peaceful people. It is clear to all that IPOB doesn’t carry arm.” “We are warning and asking the Nigerian government and its security operatives to stop this atrocity. Why have they refused to

No fewer than 10 persons were reportedly killed in a bloody clash that involved members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Police and the Department of State Services (DSS), in Emene, Enugu State, on Sunday August 23. The clash threw Emene and its environs into confusion and disrupted church services as worshippers ran helter-skelter to escape being caught in the crossfire. It was gathered that trouble started around 7am when some DSS operatives and policemen stormed Practicing School Emene, where the members of IPOB were observing their Jewish prayers, and started to arrest them. Eyewitnesses said attempt by IPOB members to resist the arrest led to the shooting, during which one IPOB members was initially killed and others injured. It was gathered that seeing one of them in a pool of blood, other IPOB members attacked the security operatives and killed two policemen and two DSS operatives. A reinforcement was said to have been called and over a dozen patrol vans lo

President Trump's counselor, Kellyanne Conway, is leaving the White House. Kellyanne Conway announced on Twitter her decision and accompanied her tweet with a link to her Official statement. According to statement, Kellyanne Conway will leave the White House at the end of the month, citing the need to focus on the need of her family.

Country singer Steve Earle has lost his son Justin Townes Earle, a family spokesperson broke the sad news via Instagram during the early hours of Monday morning. The cause of death of the American singer has not yet been revealed. Justin, 38, broke onto the music scene back in 2007 with his EP, Yuma, before releasing a string of albums. New west Records released his last two studio records. Rip.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is once again on his death bed ... that is, if you buy what some South Korean officials are saying about his mysterious health status. Chang Song-min -- a former aide to the late S. Korean President Kim Dae-jung -- recently told South Korean media that, based on intel he'd received, he assessed  Kim to be in a coma, but not entirely deceased quite yet. He went on to say, "A complete succession structure has not been formed, so Kim Yo-jong is being brought to the fore as the vacuum cannot be maintained for a prolonged period." There might be something to this, because N. Korea's own National Intelligence Service said that although Kim would still "exert absolute power," he would gradually begin to transfer authority to his younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, to "ease stress." -TMZ

Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has opened up on her Coronavirus experience while reacting to a debate on how Nollywood can adhere strictly to the health guidelines of COVID-19 before reopening productions on the popular filmmakers’ WhatsApp group, Filmic.  Vanguard reported that the veteran actress said she was treated by some infectious disease doctors who told her that many people are infected with the virus because there’s no widespread testing.  Omotola further revealed that when most people feel unwell, they attribute it to malaria, diarrhea among other ailments. Recalling how she contracted the disease on a movie set, the actress said;  “I hardly fall ill and so when I left the set and started having chills the next day or so, I knew something wasn’t right. I thought it might be stress. This was on Monday, August 3. I waited till Tuesday and it got worse. I was shaking uncontrollably and my temperature was going through the roof.” She also disclosed that inf

American digital cinema camera manufacturers, Red Digital Cinema, has gifted Nigerian ace mimickers Ikorodu Bois, sets of production equipments. This is coming after Netflix gifted Ikorodu Bois production equipments. The group gained world Fame for their constant reproduction of hit movies, including Rockstar which featured DeWayne Johnson and most recently Chris Hemsworth's Extraction, with the later earning them an invite to the premier of Extraction Two.

Praise's journey in this year's Big Brother Naija came to an end on Sunday, following his eviction. Praise, Trickytee, Wathoni and Vee, were up for possible eviction after they secured the lowest votes according to how viewers votes. Housemates were then asked to nominate out of the four, whom they want out of the house, and Praise unfortunately secured the highest vote. Ebuka proceeded by announcing that Praise is the 6th housemate to be evicted from the big brother house.

Three very lucky and talented Nigerians this evening emerged millionaires on Chief Dele Momodu’s Instagram Live show as they went home with one million naira each. The awards were courtesy of vibrant England- based preacher, Pastor Tobi Adegboyega.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients, in a move he called “a breakthrough,” one of his top health officials called “promising,” and other health experts said needs more study before it’s celebrated. The announcement came after days of White House officials suggesting there were politically motivated delays by the Food and Drug Administration in approving a vaccine and therapeutics for the disease that has upended Trump’s reelection. On the eve of the Republican National Convention, Trump put himself at the center of the FDA's announcement of the authorization — it makes it easier for some patients to obtain the treatment — in a news conference Sunday evening. The blood plasma, taken from patients who have recovered from the coronavirus and rich in antibodies, may provide benefits to those battling with the disease. But the evidence so far has not been conclusive about whether it works, when to a

At least 13 people have lost their lives after police raided a clandestine party in Peru. The victims were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub after it was raided by police for hosting a party in violation of coronavirus restrictions. Fifteen of the 23 people detained by police who broke up the clandestine party on Saturday night tested positive for COVID-19, President Martin Vizcarra said. At least six others were injured, including three police officers, as around 120 people tried to escape the Thomas Restobar club in Lima’s Los Olivos district on Saturday night as police arrived to break up the event, which neighbors had reported, national police and government officials said. The partygoers had become trapped between the only entrance door, which was pushed closed in the chaos, and a staircase leading to the street, police said. Government officials clarified on Sunday that the 13 victims were 12 women and one man between the age

Brazil reported 23,421 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 494 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday. Brazil has registered 3,605,783 cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 114,744, according to ministry data, in the world's worst coronavirus outbreak outside the United States. - Reuters

Nigeria recorded 322 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the NCDC has announced. Nigeria has now recorded a total of 52,227 cases, 38,945 recoveries and 1,002 deaths. State by State breakdown of the new cases are as follows; Lagos-130 Bauchi-36 FCT-25 Edo-17 Bayelsa-14 Ogun-14 Oyo-14 Anambra-13 Kaduna-12 Ondo-11 Abia-10 Osun-6 Plateau-5 Kwara-5 Kano-4 Ebonyi-3 Sokoto-2 Borno-1

Samklef has responded to Frank Edoho's comment, where he compared the music producer to a decomposing idiot. Samklef responded via series of  tweets all directed to Frank Edoho.

Jose Mourinho believes that the absence of the Champions League trophy in the cabinet of French Champions, PSG, is a failure on their own part. The Tottenham boss doesn’t considers PSG’s triumph in domestic titles as a success, saying that reason they spend so much on players, is to win the much elusive Champions League trophy. According to him, “I think it is a failure on their part, considering the investment poured into the club for five, six years now. “They have professional footballers who are capable of bringing home the trophy, they have at their disposal, Neymar; Cavani; Mbappe; and Thiago Silva. That’s is why I see it a failure that the trophy is yet to be won by them”, he said. He stated that he is sure the players will be relishing the opportunity of delivering at the biggest stage of their professional career; since its their first final, I am sure they will approach it with everything they have got. The club in past seasons have continued suffering heart break

Brazil reported 50,032 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 892 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Saturday. Brazil has registered 3,582,362 cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 114,250, according to ministry data from the world's worst coronavirus outbreak outside the United States. Reuters

Willian says a key factor in his decision to join Arsenal was head coach Mikel Arteta’s plan to win the Champions League in the next three years. Speaking exclusively to  The Sun , the Brazilian winger confirmed the target for himself and his new club – whom he joined on a free transfer after leaving Chelsea – is to reach the pinnacle of European football. Arteta led Arsenal to an FA Cup triumph last season but the club finished eighth in the Premier League, 10 points off the Champions League qualification places. Willian, however, has belief in his new boss that European football will not only return to the Emirates Stadium, but that the team will be successful in it,  Sky  reports. “One of the reasons I wanted a three-year deal was to be part of a plan, not just a player passing through,” he said. “When I talked with the manager he told me why he needed me for three years. “It was that he first wanted to qualify for the Champions League and win it by the time I left. That

Nigeria recorded 601 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours,the NCDC has announced. Nigeria has now recorded 51,905 cases of the virus, 38,767 recoveries and 997 deaths. State by State breakdown of the new cases are as follows; Lagos-404 FCT-37 Oyo-19 Ondo-14 Abia-13 Enugu-13 Kaduna-13 Edo-12 Kano-12 Kwara-11 Ebonyi-10 Nasarawa-7 Ogun-6 Osun-5 Delta-5 Niger-5 Plateau-4 Bayelsa-4 Katsina-3 Ekiti-2 Imo-2

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host, Frank Edoho has blasted music producer and blogger Samklef over a story he posted on his blog. Samklef posted a story saying that 'Frank Edoho asks fans for 10k to join Chelsea WhatsApp group', a post which did not go down well with Frank, who blasted Samklef, describing him as a decomposing idiot. According to Frank, his followers requested a Chelsea WhatsApp group and he recommended a Chelsea WhatsApp group that is attached to a recognized Chelsea Fan Club registration costing 10k per annum. He also added that the recommended WhatsApp group is not his personal group. "I was asked to give my followers a Chelsea Whatsapp group & the group I recommended, is attached to a recognised Chelsea Fan Club registration costing 10k per annum. It's not my personal group.  But a decomposing idiot like you still wallows in the depth of innate stupidity," Frank wrote replying to the post by Samklef.

Willian says a key factor in his decision to join Arsenal was head coach Mikel Arteta’s plan to win the Champions League in the next three years. Speaking exclusively to  The Sun , the Brazilian winger confirmed the target for himself and his new club – whom he joined on a free transfer after leaving Chelsea – is to reach the pinnacle of European football. Arteta led Arsenal to an FA Cup triumph last season but the club finished eighth in the Premier League, 10 points off the Champions League qualification places. Willian, however, has belief in his new boss that European football will not only return to the Emirates Stadium, but that the team will be successful in it,  Sky  reports. “One of the reasons I wanted a three-year deal was to be part of a plan, not just a player passing through,” he said. “When I talked with the manager he told me why he needed me for three years. “It was that he first wanted to qualify for the Champions League and win it by the time I left. That

Indonesia recorded 2,197 new cases of coronavirus on Friday August 21, the health ministry has announced. Indonesia has now recorded a total number of 149,408 cases, 102,991 recoveries, and 6,500 deaths.

ENGLAND and Manchester Utd star Harry Maguire has been arrested in Mykonos after a row with English tourists, according to reports. The £85million centre-back was said to be led away in handcuffs after the clash outside a bar on the Greek island in the early hours of the morning. According to local media reports, the Utd captain resisted arrest when confronted by cops. The Brit holidaymakers involved in the confrontation were also taken to a local police station,  protothema  reports. A statement from Utd said: "The club is aware of an alleged incident involving Harry Maguire in Mykonos last night. "Contact has been made with Harry and he is fully co-operating with the Greek authorities. "At this time we will be making no further comment."

UFC star Tyron Woodley says that he thinks President Donald Trump is more concerned about money, and does not believe the POTUS is a racist. Tyron -- who's been EXTREMELY critical of Trump in the past -- explained his position on 'The Hollywood Beatdown' ... saying he's convinced cash matters more than color to POTUS. "If you have green on your face to him, he's gonna f**k with you. I think it's about green to him." Tyron's highly anticipated clash with Colby Covington on Sept. 19 ... a fight that's taken years to come together. Colby is a hardcore Trump guy who was invited to meet the President at the White House in August 2018 following a victory over Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225 earlier that year. Woodley also says he's focused and training his ass off for the Covington fight -- and predicts a violent finish. TMZ

More than a month after she was shot in the feet after a party in the Hollywood Hills, Megan Thee Stallion said for the first time Thursday night that fellow hip-hop star Tory Lanez was the person who pulled the trigger. “Yes ... Tory shot me. You shot me and you got your publicist and people to these blogs lying," the 25-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Megan Pete, said angrily in an Instagram Live video. "Stop lying!” Representatives for Lanez, a 28-year-old rapper and singer whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, did not respond to requests for comment late Thursday night, and have not responded to several requests for comment from The Associated Press. Pete said she did not tell Los Angeles police who came to the scene on July 12 about the shooting because she was afraid of the legal repercussions and afraid for her safety. “I didn’t tell the police nothing because I didn’t want us to get in no more trouble,” she says in the video.

TikTok has removed more than 380,000 videos in the US for violating its hate speech policy so far this year, the short-form video app said Thursday. The app, owned by China’s ByteDance, also said it banned more than 1,300 accounts for posting hateful content. TikTok said in a blog post that it had acted on content such as race-based harassment and that it also had a zero-tolerance policy on organized hate groups and on content that denied “violent tragedies” like the Holocaust or slavery. The app, which is hugely popular among teenagers, is best known for dance and lip-syncing routines and viral challenges, but a review by the Anti-Defamation League earlier this month said that the platform was being used to spread white supremacist and anti-Semitic hate speech. TikTok, which has been under scrutiny over its content moderation practices, in March named the initial members of a content advisory council, to give advice on its policies and evaluate the company’s actions. Presi

The Oyo State Police Command has promised to reward anyone with useful information that will lead to the arrest of Sunday Shodipe, the 19-year-old suspected serial killer, who allegedly escaped from police custody. News of his escape on Sunday led to public criticism and protests by some aggrieved youths in Ibadan. The Police on Thursday declared the suspect wanted in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, also stating the reward for any information leading to his capture. The statement reads in part; "The Commissioner of Police,Oyo State Command, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, wishes to states that the reward of N500,000 awaits whoever gives useful information for the arrest of the suspected serial killer at Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, Sunday Shodipe, 19, who was arrested and paraded at the Oyo State Police Command Headquarters on July 17, but later escaped from custody on August 11. "The general public is hereby implored to ar

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has called for an unconditional release of Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, and other detained by the military. Buhari, on Thursday faulted the development in Mali as the main factor that led to the military toppling the government of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. He further described the development as a setback for regional diplomacy. President Buhari was quoted in a statement released by his special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, saying, “The action of the military in Mali has regrettably hoisted on us as a sub-region, the need to decide the options that will be consistent with the provisions of the Protocol on Good Governance and Democracy, which ECOWAS, AU, and the UN subscribe to. “In this context, therefore, Nigeria subscribes to the under-listed recommendations for action by our organisation: President Keita and other detainees should be rel

China in a statement has reacted to the United States demand that the security council invoke the snapback mechanism on Iran, saying that the United States is ineligible to make such demand. "The United States, as a nonparticipant to #JCPOA, is ineligible to demand the Security Council invoke the #snapback mechanism. US letter does not constitute the "notification" specified in #UNSCR2231 and shall not be deemed as a trigger of snapback," China said. The statement in full👇👇👇👇 "The US demand has no legal ground and common sense. It is nothing but a political show staged by the United States. It receives no support of the Security Council members and no acknowledgment of the international community. The JCPOA, endorsed by UNSC Resolution 2231, has the force of international law. In May 2018, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA and reinstated illegal unilateral sanctions against Iran. This violated the JCPOA and UNSC Resolution 2

Nigeria recorded 476 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the NCDC has announced. Nigeria has now recorded a total of 50,964 cases of the virus, 37,569 recoveries and 992 deaths. State by State breakdown of the new cases are as follows; Lagos-235 FCT-44 Kaduna-41 Borno-33 Plateau-28 Abia-13 Edo-13 Rivers-12 Imo-11 Oyo-10 Kano-9 Kwara-7 Enugu-5 Katsina-5 Gombe-4 Ogun-4 Nasarawa-1 Zamfara-1

Taylor Swift Taylor Swift has bailed out an aspiring mathematician who lives in London with a £23,000 donation to help pay for her university education. The pop star made the donation via a GoFundMe page raising money for Victoria Mario which states that she may not be able to take up her place at the University of Warwick because she cannot afford to go. Victoria has only lived four years in the UK after moving from Portugal, which makes her ineligible for maintenance loans or grants. Victoria Mario "Victoria, I came across your story online and am so inspired by your drive and dedication to turning your dreams into reality. "I want to gift you the rest of your goal amount. Good luck with everything you do! Love, Taylor." The above note came alongside Swift's £23,373 donation. Victoria said that the singer had 'made her dream come true', adding that she wanted to thank Taylor Swift but has not yet spoken to

One of the me convicted in the killing of Michael Jordan's father, James Sr., in 1993 has been granted parole and will be released in 2023. Jordan's dad was gunned down in his car in North Carolina at a rest stop. His body was dumped off a bridge in South Carolina and recovered 11 days later. Larry Demey, 45, pled guilty to first-degree murder, armed robbery, and conspiracy to commit robbery in 1996. Demey was granted parole as part of the Mutual Agreement Parole Program and will walk free on August 6, 2023. Michael Jordan is yet to comment publicly on the decision.