The Curious Mind

A new COVID-19 mutation appears to be even more contagious, according to a study. Experts say it could be a response by the virus to defeat masks and other social-distancing efforts. Scientists in a paper published Wednesday identified a new strain of the virus, which accounted for 99.9 percent of cases during the second wave in the Houston, Texas, area, the Washington Post reported. The paper, which has not been peer-reviewed, said people with the strain, known as the D614G mutation, had higher loads of virus suggesting it is more contagious. Though the strain isn’t more deadly, researchers said it appeared to have adapted better to spread among humans. David Morens, a virologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the findings suggest that the virus may become more contagious and that this “may have implications for our ability to control it.” He said it’s possible that the virus had evolved to resist efforts such as hand-washing and social distancing. ...

T he challenges facing marriages in the contemporary time is enormous and has continued to increase with no sight of an end. The mysteries surrounding stories that occurs in it remains to be fathomed.  There was confusion on Saturday at the Great Salvation Christian Centre, aka Father’s Church, on Ako Aro Road, in the Ifako-Ijaiye area of Lagos State, the Punch reports. A man named Iberemu Osadebe, disrupted an ongoing wedding in the church claiming that the bride, Gloria, was his wife. He explained that he became sick for about five years, during which time he sold most of his properties in other to seek for a cure. Osadebe was said to have travelled to his hometown in Isiala Mbano, where he continued the treatment. He was on his sick bed when he received information that his wife of 20 years would be getting married to another man on Saturday, August 29, 2020. The Imo State indigene was said to have developed high blood pressure, which affected his speech. Then he returned to Lag...

To many, death marks the end of existence. But to others, it is just the start of a more superior existence, one greater than the one left behind.  Chadwick Bosman For United States of America actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero franchise, that could be the case as he joins his ancestors after a long battle with cancer. He was aged, 43. The Actor died at home in Los Angeles with his wife and family by his side, a statement posted on social media said. Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago but did not make the information public. The news has left fans and the film world stunned. "A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much." The statement continued. "From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and several more - all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. It was the ho...

Geoffrey Onyeama The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for coronavirus. He confirmed the development in a tweet on Sunday. “Did my fourth COVID-19 test yesterday at the first sign of a throat irritation and unfortunately this time it came back positive. That is life! Win some, lose some. “Heading for isolation in a health facility and praying for the best. #StayHomeSaveLives #COVID19 #PTFCOVID19.”

What appears to be Twitter’s biggest hack just happened and  millions of dollars have been swindled in the crypto scam. Accounts belonging to Bill Gates , Elon Musk, Apple , Uber , Jeff Bezos , Kanye West , Barrack Obama among other prominent handles were hacked by Bitcoin scammers. Reports suggest that over 5,300 people have fallen for the scam already, and sent the hackers $7.8M USD so far. Twitter has already confirmed the hack and investigation and steps have been taken to fix it. The micro blogging app also lost 4% in stock value after the cyber attack. Below are list of accounts hacked by bitcoin scammers.  • Bill Gates • Elon Musk • Kayne West • Bitcoin • Apple • Coinbase • BINANCE  • CZ_Binance  • Gemini • Kucoin • Coindesk • Uber • Tron • Justin Sun • Charlee Lee • President Obama • XXXTentacion & random accounts are all included in a massive bitcoin scam.

A FedEx employee was injured early Tuesday after a package explosion, believed to be bound for Austin and linked to previous bombings in the state’s capital, detonated at a distribution center in Schertz, Texas. The Schertz Police Department confirmed on Facebook that they responded to an explosion at the facility, which they determined came from the sorting area. NBC affiliate WOAI reported the package detonated while being transported from an upper conveyor belt to a lower one. The package contained nails and shrapnel, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.  The Washington Post  reports that the package was believed to have been headed for Austin, the site of four previous bombings. Police said “one person was treated and released at the scene.” The fire department added that the worker suffered a “non life threatening percussion type injury.” FBI San Antonio spokeswoman Michelle Lee said “we suspect it is re...

A judge has entered a ‘no-guilty’ plea on behalf of a man standing trial for matricide. The 18-year-old man, Agugu Adau, who allegedly killed his mother for refusing to hand over a charm he claimed was his inheritance, appeared before a Plateau State High Court on Tuesday. Adau, a resident of Kisaghyip village in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, reportedly killed his mother who he accused of withholding a charm that was capable of making him disappear or reappear at will. He was charged with culpable homicide. The Police prosecutor, Mr U.F. Okeke, told the court that the accused committed the offence on December 29, 2016, saying that it contravened Section 221 of the Penal Code and is punishable with death upon conviction. The accused, in his plea, pleaded guilty to the crime and tried to explain how he killed his own mother. Justice Nafisa Musa, after listening to his plea, however, entered a ‘no guilty’ plea for him. “In a capital offence, the burden of ...

A man identified as Phillip ended his life by drinking poison after allegedly catching his girlfriend with another lover. According to  reports, the incident happened at Bedore, Ajah area of Lagos. 

A director in the Kogi State civil service, Mr Edward Soje has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree in Lokoja, the state capital. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Saturday in Lokoja that the dangling body of Soje was found on a tree behind the mammy market at the Maigumeri barracks, the Nigeria Army Command Record. The 54-year-old civil servant decided to take his life barely 10 days after his wife of 17 years gave birth to a set of male triplets in a private hospital in Abuja. The couple had been childless before then. Soje, a Grade Level 16 Officer in the Kogi State Teaching Service Commission, was being owed 11 months’ salary arrears as at the time he took his life. He hailed from Ogori town in Ogori -Magongo Local Government area of the state. He had before killing himself travelled to Abuja and left a suicide note for the wife who also works in one of the federal ministries. “Psalm 121:3 God will not suffer your foot to be moved: He that k...

The Tanzanian government said Saturday it had suspended an NGO it had accused of promoting gay marriage in contravention of local “customs, traditions and laws”. The move followed a police raid on a Community Health Education Services and Advocacy (CHESA) centre, which is accused of being involved in “the promotion of marriage between people of the same sex”. The government said “marriages between people of the same sex are unacceptable in Tanzania as (they are) contrary to the customs, traditions and laws of the country”. CHESA stands accused of organising last Tuesday a workshop for gay couples in a hotel in Dar es Salaam, the country’s largest city. Police made 12 arrests Wednesday at the hotel, including two South Africans and a Ugandan, for presumed homosexuality. In a joint statement Friday CHESA and South Africa’s Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), a fellow NGO, insisted they were merely coordinating a “legal consultation” to challenge a government...

A woman, Chinyere James , has been arrested by the police in the Okokomaiko division, Lagos State, for allegedly torturing her nine  year  old cousin, Emmanuel. It was learnt  that the victim had been wrongly accused by the 28  year  old of defiling his three year old sister at their home on Akinberu Road , Okokomaiko. The aunt , without investigation , allegedly flogged him for hours, as his plea of innocence fell on deaf ears. A resident was said to have rescued him and reported the matter to the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender. An official of the agency , who did not want to be identified , said the case was reported to the police . She said , “The boy’ s mother , Joy , and the aunt, Chinyere , live in the same single  room apartment with their parents. Joy , who is 27 years old, had Emmanuel and the three year old for different men. “ Chinyere tortured the boy for an offence he didn’ t commit . Investigation showed that it was on...

The Kebbi State Government on Monday suspended the polio immunisation exercise meant to commence across the 225 wards of its 21 local government areas due to lack of marker pens. The National Polio Immunisation ( NPI ) Manager for Birnin-Kebbi Local Government, Alhaji Bello Umar, confirmed the suspension in an interview with newsmen after the flag-off of the exercise at the Deputy Governor’s residence in Kebbi. Umar said that the commencement of the exercise had been shifted to Thursday, Oct. 19. “We are likely to receive the marker pens probably by Tuesday. “If it comes, we will commence the distribution of the vaccines on Wednesday while immunization proper will kick-off on Thursday this week. “However, all necessary materials to embark on the polio immunisation exercise are on ground, it is only the maker pens that are not available.” The Commissioner of Health, Alhaji Umar Kambaza, who also confirmed the suspension of the exercise, said that the markers would be avail...

Evans A plot by billionaire kidnapper, Onwumadike Chukwudumeme, also known as Evans to escape from his prison cell has been uncovered by men of the Nigerian Police Force. Evans is alleged to have attempted to give between $50,000 and $100,000 to one of the guards manning his cell to facilitate his escape, The Nation reports. The report said the kidnap kingpin was plotting the escape before his recent arraignment in court. A source who was quoted in the report, said Evans was allegedly coordinating his escape bid with some members of his gang by telephone which he obtained through “suspicious” means. The source said, “When Evans was in our custody, he tried to escape but we were able to abort all his plans. We discovered that he had access to phones which were hidden in the middle of loaves of bread, eba, semovita and so on. “He was making calls from these smuggled phones in the middle of the night, making arrangements with some yet to be identified members of...

A Nigerian woman identified as Chioma Pius has demanded for justice after being beaten mercilessly by police officers for having tattoos on her body. According to her, she could not record the brutal incident because the officers seized her phones. The woman said she was assaulted along Emohua axis at the highway leading to Bayelsa. Narrating her ordeal, the young lady on her Facebook wall @ChiomaPius wrote: “Today was a horrible day. I experienced the worst day in my life. Today I was brutalized by police officers. This happened at emohua axis of river state. At the highway leading to bayelsa. My crime was that I tattooed my body. In this modern age. A police officer asked me to step down from the taxi I was traveling with from bayelsa to portharcourt. I asked to know why and he asked again so I got out of the car and then he asked to know who I was and what I did. “I gladly introduced myself after which i had a big smile on my face and my phone rang but I couldn’t answer an...