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Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 reportes in Nigeria

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 170 Deaths: 21

Writer slams beyonce for celebrating Fela in photoshoot, calls him Abusive

   Beyonce recently recently made a photo shoot for L'Officiel paris .The singer has been slammed for paying tribute to African icon  Fela Anikulapo Kuti through the shoot because of the late fela's misogyny against women. In a piece by Kirsten West Savali on Huffington Post tagged the 'Life and legacy of Fela' she writes, To watch one of Fela's performances is to witness the roots of Hip-Hop music. Misogyny in rap did not materialize in the boroughs of New York or the strip clubs of Atlanta where the magnificence of the feminine form is appreciated, while what lies beneath is ignored; rather, it manifested in part through the ancestral characterization of women as "mattresses" in need of men to elevate their status and provide sexual gratification.   The fact that  Beyonce Knowles , a self-proclaimed feminist who recently declared that "Girls Run The World", appeared in  L'Officiel Paris  in blackface to honor Fela and his 27 "Queen