Pastor David Ibiyeomi, has claimed that there is no coronavirus in Nigeria, adding that the virus is just an avenue for our leaders to steal.

Pastor David Ibiyeomi while speaking further, said that malaria kills more people and yet our border was not closed because of malaria.

He referenced DAAR Communications founder, Raymond Dokpesi who said he was given Malaria drugs when he was being treated for COVID-19 in an isolation centre.

Speaking from the pulpit, he said: “I told the people, what is Coronavirus? Coronavirus is only a virus that is Corona.”

He added: “People are making noise about Coronavirus. To me, it’s rubbish. Malaria, did we make noise about malaria?

“Malaria kills more people in Nigeria than Coronavirus. Everyday people die of malaria. So what are we talking about Coronavirus, closing border up and down for what?

“Nigeria does not even have it. I don’t think Nigeria has it.

“Because you’ve heard Dokpesi, he said that they say he had it, it’s malaria tablet they gave him. So, if it’s Coronavirus, why will they give him a malaria tablet?

“Nigeria, they’re using it to eat money, eat money. Governors eat money, corporations eat money, they tell lies, they’ll take money from federal aid. Government, they’ll take money from aid…”

He also claimed that the Nigerian government is intentionally exaggerating the number of people who have the disease.

“In Nigeria, the people who have it, I don’t think they are up to the number they’re calling. The number they’re calling, I don’t think it’s the number. When one person has high temperature, fever, they’ll say ‘it’s Corona, quarantine him’.”

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Governor Wike Decision to Demolish two hotels in Portharcour has sparked a reaction from Nigerians who felt the decision was wrong.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of Prodest Hotel and Etemete Hotel in Eleme Local Government Area of the state.

Reports gathered that the Governor marked the two hotels for demolition after they flouted his directive on the closure of hotels in the state.

Speaking on the demolition, residents said they thought the lockdown order was only a threat to make them more careful, but they were shocked when a demolition truck arrived at Prodest Hotel at about 11:30am Sunday morning.

As seen in photos that are currently trending on social media, the demolition men were accompanied by the Governor himself and other officials of the Rivers State task force, and the building was eventually brought down.

The demolition of the hotel has sparked outrage on social media as some people noted that the governor’s action was too extreme.

Some reactions below,

The governor instructs the police to Take Away Bikes from people if they fail to Abide by the rules.

The governor of Lagos state Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the state government might be forced to announce another lockdown order in the state if citizens do not take responsibility to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sanwo-Olu announced this during a live broadcast on Saturday, May 9, 2020.

In a bid to contain the spread of the virus in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari had twice announced a two-week lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal Capital Territory.

The President later extended the lockdown by one week on Monday, April 27, 2020.

We may lockdown Lagos again if citizens don’t change their behaviour and #TakeResponsibility towards stopping the spread of #Covid_19. @jidesanwoolu today during a live broadcast in Lagos. pic.twitter.com/LoMaqTrJgS

— Gboyega Akosile (@gboyegaakosile) May 9, 2020

However, since the lockdown order was relaxed on Monday, May 4, 2020, coronavirus cases have been on the rise in the state despite the measures put in place to ease the lockdown order and reduce the spread.

Between Monday, May 4, and Friday, May 9, 2020, Lagos, the epicenter of the pandemic in Nigeria recorded 560 cases of out 1355 new cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

Due to the rise in the number of new cases, the Lagos State government has warned that another lockdown order might soon be announced.

Sanwo-Olu during the broadcast on Saturday also lamented that Okada riders openly flouted the ease of lockdown directive, adding that the police have been directed to confiscate bikes of people that are not adhering to the directive.

The governor also said that yellow buses (Danfo) scored below performance in the level of compliance.

He, however, maintained that the state will continue to work with them with the hope that there will be a significant improvement in the next few days.

Buhari has run out of ideas regarding COVID-19.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged Nigerians to do everything possible to protect themself from contacting Coronavirus.

It claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari has run out of ideas regarding COVID-19.

PDP said because the lockdown is relaxed, Nigerians should protect themselves because Buhari and his government haven’t any plans to rescue them from the jaws of COVID-19.

A statement by PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said Buhari had did not find direction within the fight against the spread of the virus.

PDP charged Nigerians to not “resign to fate and jeopardize their lives following President Buhari’s failure to seek out direction within the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in our country despite the large resources at his disposal.”

The opposition party also described the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 as incompetent.

PDP said Buhari Presidency and its “incompetent Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 had compounded things by crippling the economy after which they’re now leaving Nigerians to their fate without providing any therapeutic or operable containment strategy to stem the rising spread and fatalities of COVID-19 in our country.

“Our party notes that the inept leadership of Buhari Presidency did not engage our indigenous doctors and makers for home grew solutions in therapeutics, test kits, and ventilators; resulting in an avoidable spike of the pandemic in our country,” the party added.

The gradual lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States as directed by Buhari is predicted to start out today, May 4.