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 SOME WhatsApp enthusiasts may have cause to worry as their phones may no longer run the Whatsapp app from January, 2021. Some of the affected phones include iPhones and Android smartphones. According to the company, the move is to withdraw its support for old versions of Operating System (OS) from next year, noting that several Android and iOS phones may no longer be able to run the Whatsapp app. Information released by WhatsApp said, the company will only be compatible with phones running the Android 4.0.3 operating system or newer as well as iPhones running on iOS-9 and newer devices. By implication, Whatsapp said all iPhone models up to the iPhone 4 will from January 1, 2021, begin to lose support for the messaging platform. It listed affected mobile phones as:  iPhone-4S, iPhone-5, the iPhone-5S, iPhone-6, and iPhone-6S. Others in the Android category are: HTC Desire, Motorola Droid Razr, LG Optimus Black, and the Samsung Galaxy S2 will lose WhatsApp support as 2020 ends...

WORLD Health Organisation’s Head of Emergencies Programme, Dr Mike Ryan has warned public to becareful over their health as another pandemic deadlier than Coronavirus coming soon.   Ryan who spoke at a press conference, said: “Although the Coronavirus pandemic has been very severe, it was not yet the big one. This is a wake-up call. We are learning now how to do things better in science, logistics, training and governance, how to communicate better. But the planet is fragile. “We live in an increasingly complex global society. These threats will continue. If there is one thing we need to take from this pandemic, with all of the tragedy and loss, is we need to get our act together. We need to honour those we’ve lost by getting better at what we do every day. “This pandemic has been very severe; it has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one,” he stated. I warned against reopening schools — NMA President President of  the Nigerian Medi...

CONVOCATION: Rector of Evangel Faith Theological Seminary, Rev. (Prof.) Johnson Atanda Olatunde (JP) 3rd left; Rev Suleimon Yakubu Lento (2nd left) and other men of God during the 2020 Convocation of Evangel Faith Tehological Seminary held recently at the premises of Evangelical Faith Church, Akintunde Street, Mafoluku-Oshodi. By Adebukola Adedigba & Grace Ishola with Agency report THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in a statement by its President, Reverend Samson Ayokunle, said: “We are not happy that we would not be able to enter into the new year prayerfully in joint fellowship with our brothers and sisters. We, however, urge you all to abide by the directives of each state government on this so as to prevent the spread of the infection.  “There is no sacrifice that is too much in order to put an end to the pandemic once and for all. One thing that is certain is that the end of Covid-19 is here at last in the mighty Name of Jesus Christ. “CAN advises that, where th...

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, told the present crop of Nigeria leaders to stop blaming God for the country’s woes, but rather blame themselves. He insisted that God did not create Nigeria to be poor, but the bad decisions of Nigerian leaders had left the country in its current bad situation. Obasanjo said this in his 2021 message to Nigerians, at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The former President, who lamented the insecurity and poor economic state of the country, noted that 2020 had been a challenging year for Nigerians, “but in all things, we must give thanks to God.” His words: “We do not have to blame God for our situation, we have to blame ourselves. Nigeria does not have to be poor; no Nigerian must go to bed hungry. “That we have a situation like this is a choice of our leaders and followers alike, my prayer is that God will make the year 2021 a better year for all of us, but it will not happen without work. “We have ...

AWARD: From left: Alhaji Y. A. Agboola, Chairman, Orile Agege CDC; Ogunyemi Adegboyega, Secretary, Omotoye Estate CDA; Prince Dasaolu Oladimeji, Chairman, Omotoye Estate CDA, and Mrs. Akintunde Oyeyinka, Head of Agric, Orile Agege Local Council Development Area, LCDA, with the prize Omotoye Estate CDA received at this year, 2020 Lagos State Community Day, held by  Lagos State Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs at Police College, Ikeja, Lagos.   *Says 236,212 tested so far; recorded 28,885 cases, 241 deaths *Sets up 10 oxygen centres in high burden LGAs *Vows to eliminate extortionist cabals causing Apapa gridlock Lagos State Government has raised alarm over sales of fake Coronavirus test results in the state, warning that processes are being put in place to clamp down on both buyers and sellers. The state government stated that in order to properly treat critical Coronavirus cases, the state has completed 10 oxygen centres across 10 Coronavirus high-burden loc...