A total of 675 new cases of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Nigeria, bringing the total number of cases to 20, 919.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 288 of the cases were recorded in Lagos State, 76 in Oyo State, 56 in Rivers State, 31 in Delta State, 30 in Ebonyi State, 28 in Gombe State, 20 each in Ondo, Kaduna and Kwara states and 17 in Ogun State.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded 16 new cases, 13 in Edo State, 10 in Abia State, nine each in Nasarawa and Imo states, eight each in Bayelsa, Borno and Katsina states, three each in Sokoto and Bauchi states and two in Plateau State.
Skales, Nigerian rapper, has come through with his 7-track extended play christened ‘Healing Process’.
The talented singer and songwriter took to his social media page on Friday to announce the release of the project to his fans.
The new body of work features several other top music talents including Walshy Fire, Ice Prince and Mc Makopolo.
“The #HealingProcessEP is out now! Big love to @walshyfire, @iceprincezamani and @mc_makopolo for blessing this project with their vocals,” he wrote on Instagram.
It features songs such as ‘God Is Good’, ‘Badman Love’, ‘Selecta’, ‘Done to Me’, ‘On Your Side’, ‘Loko’, and ‘A’lagos’
Skales, whose real name is Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, has established himself as a household name in the country’s music industry since he started writing rap songs in 2000.
The 29-year-old has also produced individual projects and collaborated with several music superstars including Akon, Bankole Wellington, Falz.
In April, he had teamed up with Akon for ‘Kowope’, a song, which examined hard workers who stay true to their struggle.
In 2019, the singer had also recounted how he grew from relative obscurity into prominence.
“I am a star now. When I released my first single 10 years ago, nobody knew who I was. I have more exposure now and I have grown in my music too. As we speak, I don’t think there is any music-loving Nigerian who doesn’t know Skales,” he had said.
The All Progressives Congress primary election to choose the candidate for the September 19 gubernatorial poll in Edo state is underway.
Pastor OSAGIE IZE-IYAMU and PIUS ODUBU are the two aspirants to slug it out for the party’s ticket in 192 wards of 18 Local Governments in the state.
The State APC governorship election committee headed by the Imo State Governor, HOPE UZODINMA, released guidelines for the party primary election insisting that the exercise would hold as scheduled.
He said its guidelines were in compliance with the state government’s COVID-19 regulations.
But the factional chairman of the APC in Edo State, ANSLEM OJEZUA, rejected the HOPE UZODINMA-led committee noting the purported inauguration was done during the suspension of its National chairman, ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE.
In a swift reaction, DANIEL OSA-OGBEGIE says all is well with the party.
On its part, the state government said, in compliance with its COVID-19 law, the APC must apply for a waiver before organising a political gathering in any part of the state.
