Gao Liu posted the photos on China’s Weibo platform on Tuesday, showing blackened dead flesh on the tip of her nose, according to the South China Morning Post.
“The skin on the tip of my nose became darker and darker, and my nose became necrotic,” she wrote.
She shared with her five million followers that she’s contemplated suicide and even lost several acting jobs following the surgery.
The drugs were worth more than $90 million had they hit the streets, said Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, who heads the DEA’s New York Division.
Jose Gastelum-Torres and Alejandro Gastelum-Vega were arrested in Sinaloa, Mexico on Jan. 29 after the Mexican Navy tracked their boat traveling from Las Arenitas, Sinaloa through the Gulf of California to drop off the drugs, according to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.
The Mexican Navy found their boat in Topolobampo and arrested Gastelum-Torres, 53, and Gastelum-Vega, 33.
At least 33 prisoners on death row tested positive for the deadly virus between Dec. 16 and Dec. 20, according to the report.
Inmate infections ramped up after the executions of Alfred Bourgeois Dec. 11 and Brandon Bernard Dec. 10. The virus also spread among execution support staff, witnesses and at least one Zen Buddhist priest --Yusuf Ahmed Nur.
Nur was there acting as a spiritual advisor for Orlando Cordia Hall, who was executed Nov. 19. He tested positive for the virus just days layer.
Pictures of motorcyclists zipping through the deluge just south of Central Java’s Pekalongan city soon flooded social media, where some users worried about them being shared out of context, Reuters reported.
“I am so afraid if this photo gets into the bad hands of hoax spreaders,” Twitter user Ayah E Arek-Arek wrote. “Fear mongering narratives about signs that it is the end of the world, bloody rain etc.”
The town is a traditional producer of batik, a traditional technique using wax-resistant dying, and as others pointed out online, it’s not uncommon for flood waters to come in hues of green and purple too.
The said student, Adejuwon Adeyeni, who is a SSS 3 in the school, joined by his father and some suspected thugs who reportedly invaded the school and beat up the principal, Mr. Ademola Sanusi, after he was corrected for a misdemeanor.
A source in the school, who preferred not to be named, told The Punch that Adejuwon had dressed inappropriately to the school.
“But he was corrected by the principal. But the correction did not go down well with the student, as he later returned with some people and attacked the principal,” the source said.
Sofoluwe had been diagnosed for mild cerebral atrophy at the Prince and Life Medical Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos, but was moved to LUTH on Friday after his medical condition became worse.
He is currently on oxygen and is battling to survive.
Sofoluwe had 40 caps and scored one goal for Nigeria and was a member of the Eagles squads which reached the final of the 1984 and 1988 AFCON tournaments.
He also confessed to killing his child because his wife confirmed to him that the boy was not his and that he may have been gripped by unknown spirits, which compelled him to kill both of them.
The suspect who killed the victims with a shovel was on Saturday paraded before journalists at the Anambra State Police Command Headquarters, Amawbia by the spokesperson of the Command, CSP Haruna Mohammed.
Obijiofor who spoke to Daily Post said, “On that fateful day, I had gone to borrow money from a client to take to her (wife) so that she can cook food early and not wait for me to come back before cooking.
Obasanjo, who was the Guest of Honour during the dedication of the St. Moses Orimolade Holy Land, the Cenotaph of C&S Founder, on Saturday, said most people are acting as if everything starts and ends on Earth.
“The situation we have in the country today does not show we are preparing for the kingdom of God but we have to be prepared.”
“There is always a day of reckoning. Christianity was brought to us and many of our people made great contributions and they are unsung heroes now. Missionaries came but we have our own missionaries and leaders and Moses Orimolade was one of them.
In his first post to the site since 8 January, Trump uploaded his lawyer’s response to demands he testifies at his second impeachment hearing next week.
Trump had resorted to releasing statements from the Office of the Former President after he and his campaign presence was scrubbed from the internet by Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, Twitch, Shopify, Stripe, and YouTube, among others.
While his return to social media was just a repost his lawyers’ letter, the phrasing carried the ex-president’s characteristic defiance, according to the Independent.
In a statement released in the early hours of Saturday, Atiku said the move is wrong at a time of economic crisis.
Describing youth unemployment an emergency in the country, he wondered why the government decided to restrict the inflow of capital into the country.
“The number one challenge facing Nigeria is youth unemployment. In fact, it is not a challenge, it is an emergency. It affects our economy, and is exacerbating insecurity in the nation.
FRSC FCT Sector Commander, Mr Gora Wobin, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja, during a stakeholders town hall meeting with school proprietors.
The town hall meeting was organised by the Lugbe unit command, of the FRSC, headed by its commander, Mr Ameen Adewale.
Wobin said that the move became necessary for easy identification of school buses by the FRSC, adding that it will augur well for proprietors to paint their school buses in the approved colour.
A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammed Garbq and made available to newsmen disclosed this on Saturday.
The council also approved the release of N274.2 million to Kano Pillars FC to facilitate the smooth conduct of the 2020/2021 National Professional Football League season.
According to the statement, the Kano State Executive Council has also approved the release of N29. 3million for the 2020/2021 vaccination exercise in pastoral communities, which was suspended for three years because of the prevailing health risks and economic losses affecting some communities in the state.
In 2019 the state government had married off 1,500 couples drawn across the 44 local government areas of the state.
The nine-man panel returned the control of the tollgate to the Lekki Concession Company, the operators, on Saturday, according to TheCable.
LCC had earlier prayed the panel to allow it to take over the plaza for repair and insurance claims since December 2020.
“It is the highest sense of responsibility and selflessness having to put someone else first before yourself. I am still learning and discovering lessons as a new mum. At the hospital when the matron put my baby in my arms, I was thrilled! In fact, that was the happiest moment of my life. It was better than how I felt on my wedding day,” she gushed.
On why she hid her pregnancy from prying public eyes she says: “I did not hide my pregnancy. I was working till I was seven months pregnant.
But, actress, Susan Peters, disagrees.
In an interview with Punch, she said, “I don’t think social media followership should be a yardstick for determining a popular person.
Many celebrities were already popular before Instagram came into existence. In some instances, there are people with so many followers but very few likes. Our profession is about make-believe. Not everyone lives the kind of lifestyle they portray on social media.
Allegations of domestic violence had surfaced online in October 2020, where Lil Frosh was alleged to have been physically abusing Gift.
Gift had taken to her Instagram page that her estranged boyfriend, Lil Frosh, had hit her to a pulp; a piece of news that took the internet by storm.
It is also reported that he will soon be charged to court over the incident.
The white tigers ran away from Zinka Zoo in Singkawang district on Friday after a rain-triggered landslide and subsequent flooding damaged their enclosure, according to zoo official Elka Surya.
“The landslide created a big hole in the tigers’ enclosure, allowing them to escape,’’ Elka said, according to the state Antara news agency.
An employee tried to stop the tigers but was attacked and killed, Elka said.
The operatives were attacked by some hoodlums in Ona Ara Local Government area on Friday.
They have been hospitalized as a result of injuries they sustained after the attack, Daily Post gathered.
The four operatives were on Friday rushed to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
The State Governor, Willie Obiano, has equally ordered workers from levels 1-12 to vacate offices and start working from home with effect from Monday.
Also, he has threatened to close down markets and hospitals which refuse to follow the COVID -19 protocols.
The curfew, according to the government, would last from 9pm to 6am
In a report exclusively published by The Nation penultimate Saturday, the soldiers had reportedly escorted some herdsmen to some of the villages on December 19, 2020 and flogged many of the residents for refusing to allow the herdsmen to graze their cattle on their farmlands.
About 29 villages in the area had been attacked in recent times by terror herdsmen who were said to have camped at Eggua, a neighbouring town, from where they led their cattle to destroy farmlands within the Ketu-Yewa communities, which share borders with the Republic of Benin.
The affected villages include Ateru, Moro, Ologun, Agbon, Igbota, Ogunba-Aiyetoro, Oke-Odo, Ibore, Gbokoto, Iselu, Ijale, Ohunbe, Igbeme, Ijoun, Owode-Ketu, Igan-Alade, Lashilo, Oja Odan, Moro, Ologun, Iyana Meta, Igbooro, Egbeda and Kuse.
In a recent Instastory post on Davido’s page, the singer acknowledged the fan’s love.
Sharing the tattoo video, O.B.O wrote, “Ahhhhhhhh.”
E go shock anybody too now, lol
Garba was lending his voice to the latest instruction to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), other Financial Institutions (OFIs) and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) against having any transactions in crypto or facilitating payments for crypto exchanges.
Reacting on Twitter, Adamu said the CBN took a proactive measure to protect Nigerians from fraudsters who deceive ordinary citizens & rid them of their earnings.
”Better Investments! Those who might have lost their monies through a shortcut business called Crypto should learn to invest on real assets, like cows, which assured of huge returns on investment.
Speaking at the February edition of the Holy Ghost Service, Adeboye said apart from Nigeria, all other nations of the world would soon be free from terrorism.
According to him, any form of crisis that has a beginning must surly come to an end.
”In Job 1:6-13, the beginning of the crisis in the life of Job started. In Job 42:10, God turned the captivity of Job and returned to him double.
The deceased was said to be a cousin of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on New Media, Mr Gani Muhammed-Ajowa.
Mohammed-Ajowa, who confirmed the incident, said the herdsmen and his cousin were involved in an altercation on Thursday when the herders grazed on his farm in the area.
He said Ibiye had warned them not to graze on his farm but the herders ignored him claiming that the farm and crops on it belonged to everyone.
The Nigerian government had stated that it was expected to receive 100,000 doses through the COVAX initiative, which was set up to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, regardless of income level.
Speaking at a virtual press conference which Saturday PUNCH attended, the Director, WHO, African Region, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said only four African countries were shortlisted for the Pfizer vaccine out of the 13 that applied.
Moeti said WHO could not risk the Pfizer vaccines being wasted.
Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, the Commander of the task force, paraded the suspects on Friday in Jos.
According to him, the suspects, who use their fake identity to commit crimes in the state, were jointly arrested around Rayfield community of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau.
Okonkwo said the fake soldier was arrested wearing full military uniform, while the other was caught with fake identity card of the NSCDC.
The US on Friday backed the Nigerian for the Director General position at WTO after it blocked her from being appointed in October 2020.
Following Yoo Myung-hee’s withdrawal from the race on Friday, that made Okonjo-Iweala the sole candidate for the job.
A statement from the Office of the US Trade Representative on Friday said “The United States takes note of today’s decision by the Republic of Korea’s Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee to withdraw her candidacy for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).”
In the movie industry, women seem to be more successful. Why do you think that is so?
''It is not actually what people think it is. On a lighter note though, it is indeed women that run the world. A man could put on an outfit that costs over N1m yet look simple. But, a woman could spend N100,000 on an outfit and look so glamorous. That men don’t post certain things online does not mean they are not doing well. I know a lot of men in the industry that are doing very well but they are not putting it out there.
When I got to know the worth of some of my male colleagues, I was quite shocked. But women tend to be louder. We talk more about things and love to show off.''
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday.
“On the 5th of February 2021, 1624 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
Till date, 137654 cases have been confirmed, 111639 cases have been discharged and 1641 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
This is coming after the United Arab Emirates granted the carrier permission to withdraw the Rapid Antigen Testing done prior to the departure of Emirates flights from Nigeria, according to a letter by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.
Due to the development, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 directed the immediate lifting of the suspension placed on the operations of Emirates Airlines in Nigeria.
The letter signed by the Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu expected the airline to comply with the directives by the PTF on COVID-19 and other protocols of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
“Emirates Airlines will be duly informed of ongoing enforcement actions by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority with regards to the established non-compliances to PTF directives and protocols as enumerated in our letter of February 4, 2021,” the letter read.
Adeniran, 40, had reportedly been molesting the girls, who are in Primary 5, for a long time until recently when Ola opened up to her class teacher.
City Round learnt that the teacher had during a class last week advised the pupils not to allow anyone touch their private parts when Ola suddenly burst into tears.
After the class, she was said to have taken the teacher into her confidence, narrating how Adeniran had allegedly serially abused her and her younger sister.
This was revealed by Apostle Suleman’s legal team in a statement on Friday.
The statement was in response to how Pastor Davids had sued Suleman for N2bn for allegedly interfering in his marriage to Pastor Faith Edeko who now heads the Utako branch of Omega Fire Ministries in Abuja.
Pastor Davids had alleged that his estranged wife confessed to sleeping with Apostle Suleman in the presence of their young daughter at a hotel, adding that his wife was hypnotised by Suleman.
The move marks another sharp split with former President Donald Trump who paralysed the organisation and opposed the former Nigerian finance minister who was backed by many other countries.
The US Trade Representative in a statement cited her “wealth of knowledge in economics and international diplomacy” and said she had “proven experience managing a large international organization.”
At the official exchange rate, the seized money translates to about N315milliion cash.
PT was, on Friday, informed by sources familiar with the case but not authorised to speak on it that the suspects and the money were apprehended by Customs officers on Monday.
They were handed over to the operatives of the Foreign Exchange Malpractices Section of the EFCC on Thursday, the sources said.
This is according to data released by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Friday in Washington.
The previous high of 4,466 deaths was recorded on January 12.
According to the JHU, the number of new infections was 119,931 on Thursday, with the previous high of 300,282 recorded on January 2.
The journalist, according to his wife, Oluchi Nnodim, was abducted at his home in Kubwa a satellite town in Abuja, on Thursday night after firing several shots at the windows and eventually pulled down the burglary proof.
“My husband asked me to stay with the children in their room. I heard the men asking him to bring out money but he told them he didn’t have money in the house” Mrs Nnodim said.
The gunmen, who were reportedly five in total, also kidnapped two sons of Mr Nnodim’s neighbour.
Her decision leaves former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the only remaining candidate for the top job.
Ms Yoo made the decision after discussions with the United States and other major nations, a statement from Korea’s trade ministry said on Friday.
She also took various issues into account “comprehensively” including the need to revitalise the multilateral organization, reports said Friday.
The Nation learnt the campaign was launched by one Maureen Badejo, based in the United Kingdom for “purchase of buses for Sunday Igboho”.
The GoFundMe page is meant to help raise £100,000 (N51.8m).
“Let us rise up and support chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho, they need buses to move around to secure our ancestral land.
The early morning operation, which followed series of intelligence on the alleged criminal activities of the syndicate, resulted in the arrest of seven suspects between the ages of 17 and 29 years.
The suspects include Sodiq Oluwasegun, Opeyemi Jamiu, Babatunde Damilare, Adisa Babatunde, Abayomi Taofeek, Oluyemi Kayode and Ambrose Timothy.
Items recovered from them include a Lexus RX350 SUV, laptops, different models of expensive iPhones and several documents containing false pretenses.
The younger Indimi had shared a photo of himself being vaccinated to encourage others, but the follower lashed out at him saying, if they are all running to Dubai to get vaccinated, who would be the people that will use the ones his father-in-law has ordered for Nigerians.
This made him ''angry'' and decided to respond to the follower.
He even made it clear that he is also a resident of Dubai. The exchange below....
When Harry and wife Meghan Markle dramatically quit their royal duties last January, the Duke was forced to give up his various roles in Her Majesty's armed forces for one year.
The decision to strip him of the titles will be reviewed next month - and according to the prince's "friends", he is "determined" to win them back.
Yet, royal insiders say the Queen's grandson is unlikely to retain the titles as he cannot be a "half-in, half-out" royal.
