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Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), had mentioned in a Facebook post how he met with clergymen belonging to Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. However, the The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) says it has no affiliation with the group. TheCable reports that during an interview with the deputy national secretary of the PFN, Sunday, David Bakare. Bakare said:  “There is nothing in PFN that is regional based like southern or northern pentecostal bishops.” Bakare, also reiterated their stand on the same faith ticket, stating that the opposition to the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket has not changed. See Bakare's response below; “The meeting between Tinubu and the Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria has nothing to do with the PFN,” he said. "I am speaking to you officially and authoritatively that the ranks of the Christian community, and of course, the PFN which I represent is not b

When two Elephants fight, the grass indeed gets hurt. The brutal tussle between the Nigerian Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is still on, as the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Friday (today) file an appeal against the ruling of the National Industrial Court which directed its members to resume work. The legal Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), disclosed this in an interview in Abuja on Thursday. To reiterate its demands for enhanced funding for universities and a review of salaries for lecturers, among other pressing issues. The Academic Staff Union embarked on an industrial strike action since February 14, 2022. On Wednesday Justice Polycarp Hamman ordered the union’s members back to work. However, Femi Falana (SAN) has responded, he said; “We are filing the appeal tomorrow (Friday) morning. We just got the certified true copy of the judgment on Thursday. The appeal will be filed first thing Friday morning.” The battle li

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, says he met with Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria on Thursday to discuss important national issues. The forum was led by Archbishop John Praise of Dominion Chapel International Church, Abuja. Tinubu's quote on Facebook below: "Earlier today at a lively, productive and amiable meeting with a delegation representing the Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria, we discussed important issues of national significance as well as my determination to deliver unity, harmony and lasting peace to Nigeria,”  The forum was led by Archbishop John Praise of Dominion Chapel International Church, Abuja. This is coming admist continuous backlash and heavy criticism by some Nigerians on the APC's decision to flaunt a Muslim Muslim ticket in the forth coming Presidential election. Notable is the Northern APC Christian leaders, led by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir

Nolly actress Kate Henshaw, made her stance known in respect of the lingering seven-month-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The beautiful actress advises all on the need to vote wisely in the forthcoming elections. She wrote: “If their children were schooling here, do you think the Universities will be shut for even one day?? Instead they rub it in your faces that they don’t care while they celebrate with glee the graduation of their children in the abroad. VOTE WISELY!!” abroad. VOTE WISELY!!”

The former President of the United States, Donald Trump insinuate that President Joe Biden was not accorded proper honour, at Queen Elizabeth II funeral. “This is what’s happened to America in just two short years. No respect! However, a good time for our President to get to know the leaders of certain Third World countries. “If I were president, they wouldn’t have sat me back there — and our country would be much different than it is right now!” he wrote. Trump made this comment on his social platform while adding a picture of President Joe Biden.

Nollywood Actress Rita Dominic has reacted to the viral news that she and her husband, Fidelis Anosike, have welcomed a set of twins.  Online news had it that Rita delivered a set of twin girls. Rita Dominic shared a cryptic message on her verified Twitter platform. Her reaction below;

Governor Nyesom Wike’s team reportedly pulled out of the campaign Council of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Port Harcourt on Wednesday, following a meeting held early morning in the Rivers State capital, Chief Bode George, after the long meeting, insist that the chairmanship of Ayu undermined the unity and constitution of the party and Ayu must resign. His statement below; "We resolve that we are deeply concerned by the division in our party. We are aware that over the years our party has developed conflict resolution mechanisms that guarantee inclusiveness. “The published presidential campaign council list translates to putting the cat before the horse. The pertinent issue remains the resolution of the leadership which is a departure of “Senator Iyorchia Ayu must resign as the National Chairman of the party for an acting Chairman of the Southern Nigerian extraction to emerge and lead the party on the national campaign. "Consequently, we resolve not to pa

Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, in a statement via his verified Twitter handle, said he hoped that the cocaine seized by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Ikorodu area of Lagos state, was not a plan by a certain person to finance his 2023 election.  His tweet reads; “I seriously hope a certain person was not planning to use the Ikorodu ₦193 billion cocaine that was seized by the NDLEA to finance his 2023 election. Because such a quantum of drugs in a warehouse is mind boggling! ₦193 billion is higher than some state’s budgets.” Echoblog reported earlier today, Monday, that 1.8 tons (1,855 kilograms) of cocaine was discovered in a warehouse at the Ikorodu area of Lagos State by men of the NDLEA. "Mr Omokri is most likely to get a robust reply on this one."

Hollywood Super star, Angelina Jolie, the actress, film maker and humanitarian is set to visit Pakistan. The country is hit by a ravaging flood. Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s minister for climate change, described the situation as;  “The worst humanitarian disaster of this decade” and has called for urgent international help in providing “food, tents and medicines.” The International the International Rescue Committee (IRC) released a statement on Monday, confirming that Jolie will visit the flood-ravaged Pakistan. Her trip is intended to draw international attention to the country’s unfolding crisis.  The country’s Government has already declared it a humanitarian disaster. The lives of more than 1,500 people have been lost to flooding and  the flood is impacting on an estimated 33 million more. It is affecting crops and livestock, washing away homes, bridges, roads and railways.  A third of the country’s land, has so far being affected by the flooding. The lands have given way and are no

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the  chairman of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Buba Marwa (retd) after the agency  seized hard drugs worth N194 billion naira. The agency reported that they seized about 1,855kilograms of cocaine and arrested the drug barons, after they raided a warehouse  in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. The cocaine seized from the warehouse is worth more than Two Hundred and Seventy-Eight Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($278, 250,000) equivalent to about One Hundred and Ninety Four Billion, Seven Hundred and Seventy-Five Million (N194, 775,000,000) Naira in street value. President Muhammadu Buhari who is presently in New York for the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77), said the NDLEA boss should keep up the good work. Four drug barons including a Jamaican and the warehouse manager have been arrested. The kingpins of the cocaine cartel in custody include Messrs Soji Jibril, 69, a

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, yesterday halted activities at the Murtala Muhammad Airport, Ikeja, in protest against the continued strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which has kept students at home for over seven months. The students’ body also vowed to extend the protest to the Apapa Wharf and Tin Can Island ports and the Third Mainland Bridge today. On February 14, 2022, ASUU commenced a strike action to protest the Federal Government’s failure to meet the demands of its members.  Amongst which is the non fulfillment by the Federal Government of an agreement it signed with the government in 2009 on Earned Allowances and replacement of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, and University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS.

Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was on Monday lowered into the Royal Vault at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, bringing to an end public mourning for Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. The “second Elizabethan age” was symbolically brought to a close when the highest-ranking official in the royal household, Lord Chamberlain Andrew Parker, broke his wand of office. The “instruments of state” with which she was crowned in 1953 — the Imperial State Crown, orb and sceptre — were removed from the coffin and placed on the high altar. Her eldest son and successor, King Charles III, placed The Queen’s Company Camp Colour of the Grenadier of Guards on the coffin. As the coffin was lowered, a lone piper played a haunting lament. The queen’s titles were read publicly for the last time: “The late Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, he

Nigerian students on Monday morning, defied the heavy downpour, as they shut down roads leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, over the continued strike by the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU). Their actions caused heavy gridlock on the road leading to the airport, leaving many travellers stranded. The Lagos International Airport Road along Oshodi-Oworonsoko expressway is blocked to traffic including air travellers. The students took siege at the area, chanting Aluta Continua. They carried placards with several inscriptions protesting the 7-month old strike embarked upon by ASUU. They were seen singing solidarity songs, while dancing.  

Students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANs), plan to ground the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Monday (today). The students’ planned mass action is in continuation of their protest against the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Men of the Lagos State Police Command, Lagos Airport Police Command and , may be set for a showdown over the students’  The Police autorities have said that the students “are free to come out and see what awaits them.” NANs National Taskforce Chairman, Olumide Ojo, said that the planned protest will hold, nothing will stop the association’s protest at the Lagos airport. Ojo said that the association was aware of the Federal Government’s plan to mobilise the military against its protest. Ojo statement below; “We can secure ourselves against external forces. We are aware that the Federal Government is mobilising the military to the venue of our protest but that will

World leaders and royalty gather for Queen's funeral. As reported by the BBC, World leaders have arrived at Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. King Charles III will lead a sombre procession behind his mother's coffin on the short journey from Westminster Hall to the abbey shortly. The abbey's bell has started to toll once a minute ahead of the service which will begin at 11:00 BST. It marks the end of 10 days of events across the UK since the Queen's death. US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister are among the world leaders who have arrived at the abbey, while six former British prime ministers are also present. Before the service begins, the Queen's coffin will be conveyed - in the first of three processions throughout the day - through Parliament Square, a distance of about 820ft (250m). The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex will once more walk sid

   Funke Akindele  The visit to persons whose vehicles were recently auctioned by the Lagos State government by Olajide Adediran (Jandor) and Funke Akindele, the guber candidate and running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) respectively, has been condemned by Seye Oladejo, the APC spokesperson in the state.                                              Olajide Adediran (Jandor) In a statement released on Sunday, he described the visit as “appalling.” See statement below; JANDOR’S DESPERATION IS APPALLING. Our attention has been drawn to the recent characteristic charade of the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos state, Jide Adediran. It’s saddening that Jandor and his deputy, Funke Akindele, have graduated from playing politics with human lives to blatantly encouraging the break down of law and order in our dear state. The visit to citizens who paid the price for violating state traffic laws, compensating , inducing and encouraging them is an act that’s totally unacceptable in

  Multiple Grammy Award Winner Kanye West and Gap Clothing Brand, Officially Terminate Clothing Brand Contract Agreement, Before End of Contract. The New York Times reports that the Rapper and 24 time grammy award winner notified the clothing giant, the Gap Inc. that he’s terminating their agreement with the Yeezy-Gap clothing line, while citing a breech of contractual agreement. In June 2020, Kanye's business relationship with the clothing giant was made public. It was welcomed with significant fanfare and led to Gap’s stock price seeing its biggest increase in 40 years. The partnership was supposed to last 10 years and was expected to generate more than $1 billion. However, two years later, the clothing brand acknowledged the relationship was over in a letter to employees. And we are deciding to wind down the partnership.” Kanye told Bloomberg in a recent interview, that he’s done with corporate partnerships and wants to go into business for himself. “It’s time for me to go it al

 I                                     John Boyega John Boyega, The Star Wars Actor And Movie Super Star, Says He Only Dates Black Women As He Reveals What He's Looking for in a Partner. According to an interview with British GQ published on the 13th of September 2022. Boyega, 30, said that he is giving a priority to both work and his personal life, now that he's in his thirties. "I'm 30 now. From 28, I just worked on getting peace and getting myself together," he told the magazine. "Moving with honesty and transparency. No misleading. No lying. And being devoted to what I commit myself to." Now that he's ready to think more seriously about finding love, Boyega said he's specific in what he wants in a partner. "I only date Black," he said. "Then it's about chemistry, personality, goals. Is there a synergy? Can I help you? Can you help me?" He added, "I'm very disciplined in the type of women I speak to. They don&#

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Friday, appeared as a guest on the American-based television station, CNN. See extracts from his interview below; On the Voting pattern; He said the Nigerian elite were the people who advance the biases to harm the country’s development aspirations. "That is what it was yesterday. And that is our problem, because we have been able to elect people based on ethnicity, religion, ‘my turn’, connection, or one form of bias or the other, which brought us to where we are — or structure, which I always say is structure of criminality,” he said. "That is what we want to dismantle now and ensure that the next election is based on character, capacity, competence, commitment to do the right thing. “Nigeria is not just in a physical mess; it is at the last stage to collapsing. The people in the north don’t have a secured place; they don’t have good roads; they don’t buy bread cheaper than people in the south. So [it is with] peop

42 days without anybody testing positive. Ghana has declared that the recent outbreak of the Marburg virus is now over. Marburg is a highly infectious viral hemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola. The virus is initially transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, according to the WHO. Ghana confirmed the country’s first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus and alerted the public of the outbreak of the highly infectious disease in July 2022. The country recorded two fatalities after three people contracted the virus, a father and his 14-month-old child died as a result of the marburg virus. The third person - the mother - recovered and last tested positive in August. The three infected persons had come in contact with almost 200 people but none of them had developed any symptoms. "Ghana is safe," Ghana Health Service Director General Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye told journalists in Accra on Friday.

As a result of the refusal to pay for waste services, poor waste management, the indiscriminate waste disposal and general poor waste management situation at the markets.  The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has issued a statement that from next week Thursday, the Ladipo and Oyingbo markets would be shut down indefinitely. LAWMA’s Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, made this known, he expressed concerns over the unhealthy environmental practices by traders in those markets, despite repeated warnings and reminders. He called for necessary and immediate sanctions. He said: “Our attention has been drawn to the deplorable state of the environment around Ladipo Market, Mushin and Oyingbo Market, resulting from reckless waste dumping by traders. “Despite serving them abatement notices, they have continued the mindless environmental violation. We are left with no other choice than to evoke the necessary sanction of shutting down the markets. This is also meant to serve as a

  On Wednesday in Abuja, Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Suleiman Galadima led the Independent Investigative Panel on human right violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force. The panel awarded compensations to 74 victims of police brutality, to the tune of about N289million, after it considered a total of 297 petitions that were brought before it by either victims or their family members. Secretary of the panel, Mr. Hillary Ogbonna, noted that some of the victims died before the panel could conclude its investigations that spanned for a period of two years. He disclosed that allegations in the petitions that were determined, bordered on extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, cruel/degrading and inhumane treatment by police officers, prolonged detention, abuse of power, as well as non payment of judgement debts. "It is quite unfortunate that some of the petitioners are no more. Some of them died within the

                                  Governor Seyi Makinde  The Peoples Democratic Party South-West held a stakeholders meeting in Ibadan, with its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in attendance. The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde  demanded that the party’s national Chairman, Iyiorcha Ayu, must resign if the party must move forward.  Makinde said, “The truth is that we do not have any issue either with our party or our candidate. If there are challenges they must be tabled. “We are supposed to give hope to our people, we want them to listen to us. Our party wants to rescue Nigeria and our candidate is a unifier. He wants to restructure Nigeria. “Eight years of the All Progressives Congress have left us sharply divided. The issue is we must practice what we preach. If we want to unify Nigeria, we must unify the PDP first. “If we want to restructure Nigeria, we must have the willingness to bring inclusivity to the PDP. Do we have the capacity? The answer is resounding yes. "

                                      Festus Keyamo   Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, planning to stage-manage a fake assassination attempt on himself says Festus Keyamo. Festus Keyamo, the official spokesperson for the ruling All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, made this claim in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. Keyamo alleges that Obi planned to fake his own assassination attempt with hired supporters dressed in the APC caps and T-shirts to attack some of his party secretariats.                                               Peter Obi The statement partly read, “Our attention has been drawn to an offensive, hate-filled video made and circulated by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in which he accused an amorphous and non-existent “Tinubu’s Group” of spreading a WhatsApp message calling on the Yoruba people not to vote for him. The purported message, according to Mr. Obi, forewarned the Yoruba that a vote for Obi would b

  Responding to the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia Ekweremadu's passionate appeal for a kidney donor. A 24-year-old lady, Annastasia Michael, has written an open letter to  Sonia via Facebook, offering to donate one of her kidneys to save her life. Annastasia wrote; "Kidney donation To Sonia Ekweremadu. "I (Annastasia Michael Olamma) want to donate one of my kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu to save her life. I have made up my mind to do this to prove women can help women. If any of her relatives mum, dad, and siblings, cannot give out their kidneys to save their Bloodline, Then i will donate my own to save Sonia and I demand nothing in return. I pray it matches with her own. I am 24 years old ,I don’t take alcohol, and I believe my kidney is very healthy to donate. I have sent message to her email @helpsonialive@gmail.com and anticipate for her reply. May God heal you  🙏 😢 #womensupportingwomen #helpsonialive #sonialivematters. This is coming after the 25-year-old

  It Is Time To Exercise Your Brain 😄 This Is For The Car Enthusiasts. Bored? lets arrange names and words relating to cars 😉  🚗🚙🚕🚓 Below are names all related to cars and not arranged in the right order. Now let's catch fun by ensuring that the names are spelt correctly. 1. ETECRHLVO =  2. AKSDO =  3. LPOE =  4. IDAU  =  5. UZIUS =  6. UCRAA =  7. RBSUAU  =  8. RGAJUA =  9. PEJE =  10. AZMAD =  11. IMNI =  12. DOVLNARRE =  13. SLXEU =  14. BASA =  15. UPETOGE =  16. UTLARNE =  17. ONTRPO =  18. EDWOAO =  19. TIOCNER =  20. GNOYAGSNS =  21. ALICALDC =  22. IATF =  23. RASONTATNIM =  24. ESEDRMCDE =  25. MHCOI =  26. NLACMER =  27. TIINIIFN =  28. TSOLU =  29. LNETEBY =  30. IRATASME =  31. RFEIARR =  32. DHNOA = 33. SNNSIA =  34. AAVLH =  35. RFDO =  36. OLOVV =  37. ETSA =  38. YTOTAO =  39. UODPREA =  40. ELGYE=  41. HSIBUSIMIT =  41. OOEMRFAAL =  42. HAIATDUS =  43. GNEOVSKLWA =  44. CEHSRPO =  45. NIADYHU =  46. ITABGTU =  47. MBALNIHGROI =   48. CRLOSEORYL =  49. IKZSUU

The Daughter Of The Former Deputy President Of The Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Appeals To Members Of The Public To Donate Kidney To Her. Her parents are currently facing charges of organ harvesting in the United Kingdom. She made the plea via her instagram handle. The statement read, “I, Sonia Ekweremadu, hereby appeal to the general public to come to my aid and save my life. “I am 25 years old and a graduate of Media and Communications, University of Coventry. I dropped out of my post graduate studies at the University of Newcastle in 2019 when I was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease, FSGS Nephrotic Syndrome. "My family has battled to save my life and has taken me to various hospitals, but the illness persisted and kept degenerating. I am alive today by the special grace of God. “I am presently in London, UK, receiving five hours of dialysis three to four times a week. This is at the expense of my family as I am not qualified for NHS due to my immigration status. “The last

Businessman, entrepreneur and currently the Senator, representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the Nigerian senate Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, was attacked by gunmen today, Sunday. The convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah was attacked in Enugwu-Ukwu community in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.  Reports are that some of his aides and police escorts were killed while some were injured.  Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is also the CEO of Capital Oil, which he founded in 2001. The condition of Ubah could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.  Sources said the gunmen opened fire on the convoy, and police operatives in the convoy responded and about six policemen were gunned down in the shoot-out.

Do you wake up tired in the morning and you are not quite sure why? Below are a few habits that can affect your sleep time. 1. Drinking Alcohol Before Bed We know reaching for your favorite boozy beverage might sound like the perfect way to unwind from a long day, but it might also be the reason you are not getting a sound sleep. Alcohol when broken down, can affects the sleep centers of the brain and prevents deep sleep. Resulting in the second half of your night being more restless and inducing frequent awakenings. Further, an intake of alcohol before you proceed to sleep can cause increased urination, so you may frequently need to get up to use the bathroom.   2. Technology-Making Use Of Our Mobile/Electronic Devices. Despite knowing we should not it is just so hard to resist reaching for a phone, iPad or laptop while in bed.  The screens are both bright with blue light and interactive, which is wake-promoting. Ideally there should be no screens one to two hours before bedtime."

At the moment the Queen died, the throne passed immediately and without ceremony to the heir, Charles, the former Prince of Wales. He will be known as King Charles III. There is also a new title for Charles' wife, Camilla, who becomes the Queen Consort - consort is the term used for the spouse of the monarch. Prince William has officially been declared the new Prince of Wales as his father, the new monarch, King Charles III addresses Britons for the first time after Queen Elizabeth’s death. In his historic address, King Charles said: "As my heir, William now assumes the Scottish titles which have meant so much to me.". "He succeeds me as Duke of Cornwall and takes on the responsibilities for the Duchy of Cornwall which I have undertaken for more than five decades. "Today, I am proud to create him Prince of Wales, Tywysog Cymru, the country whose title I have been so greatly privileged to bear during so much of my life and duty." “With Catherine beside him,

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. King Charles said: "We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother. "I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world." In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. "The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow." All the Queen's children travelled to Balmoral, near Aberdeen, after doctors placed the Queen under medical supervision. Prime Minister Liz Truss, who was appointed by the Queen on Tuesday, said the monarch was the rock on which modern Britain was built, who had "provided us with the stability and strength that we needed". Speaking about the new King, she said: "We offer him our loyalty and

On Wednesday evening, Queen Elizabeth abruptly canceled a virtual meeting with members of her Privy Council after her doctors advised her to rest. Her doctors "are concerned for Her Majesty’s health," Buckingham Palace announced Thursday, adding that they recommended she stay under medical supervision. "The Queen remains comfortable" at Balmoral Castle, the palace added. The queen, 96, celebrated her platinum jubilee earlier this year. Prince Charles, Camilla, Dutchess of Cornwall and Prince William are said to be traveling to Balmoral Castle to be by her side. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are also reported to be heading there as well. "The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime," Liz Truss, the new prime Minister of the United Kingdom, wrote๠on Twitter. "My thoughts -- and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom -- are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time." The