Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is celebrating 25 years in Nollywood. With the current pandemic we are all immersed in, it just occurred to Omotola and she took to Instagram to make this known. 25 years in Nollywood isn’t an easy feat, and Omotola will forever be celebrated for her contribution to the industry, and her talent. Congratulations to her, and it will be interesting to see where she goes from here.

 

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The laugh you have…. When you know the Things Coming are Way bigger than the things past ! #25yearsStrong ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * What would you love to see me still do? Bhg … ? say #Next25 ? #Godisdoingit

A post shared by Dr Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, MFR (@realomosexy) on May 17, 2020 at 4:25pm PDT

We are now getting a DJ Cuppy album. Hurray?

 

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So #OriginalCopy is no longer an EP, but now an ALBUM as I just added another song! ??? Since I can’t go to the studio, my sister @Tolani kindly helped me #ToCuppyThisTune ???

A post shared by Cuppy (@cuppymusic) on May 18, 2020 at 5:02am PDT

NCDC confirms 216 new cases of coronavirus

216 new cases of #COVID19;

74-Lagos
33-Katsina
19-Oyo
17-Kano
13-Edo
10-Zamfara
8-Ogun
8-Gombe
8-Borno
7-Bauchi
7-Kwara
4-FCT
3-Kaduna
3-Enugu
2-Rivers

6175 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1644
Deaths: 191 pic.twitter.com/FbcGTJ06iE

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 18, 2020

Federal High Court adopt virtual proceedings

Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court (FHC) of Nigeria, Justice John Tsoho has authorized the adoption of virtual proceedings for court cases in all its judicial divisions.

Under the new directive which became necessary due to the Coronavirus pandemic,  FHC judges are expected not to hear more than nine cases in a day.

Troops kill 20 Boko Haram members in Borno

A fierce encounter between Nigerian soldiers and Boko Haram insurgents at the north-western part of Baga town in Borno State, left at least 20 members of the terrorist group dead. Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche confirmed this in a statement released over the weekend.

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