France, Germany and Switzerland on Monday allowed travel to resume three months after unprecedented restrictions were imposed in a bid to curb the coronavirus pandemic. France reopened its borders with all EU countries except Spain, where restrictions would remain in place until June 21 in line with a similar decision on the Spanish side. Passengers arriving from Britain would also be asked to self-isolate for 14 days, in line with British restrictions on individuals arriving...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State Chapter has appealed to government at all levels to tackle the security challenges facing the country. Rev. John Hayab, the Chairman of CAN made the appeal in a statement on Monday. Hayab said that the chapter was sad and upset with the killings and increasing insecurity in the north, especially in Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto and Borno States. “Our governments must therefore live up to their responsibility by...
Stocks in the Asia Pacific region on Monday plummeted amid fears of a resurgence of COVID-19, as more countries gradually lifted restrictions. The Japanese yen rise also contributed to a 3.4 per cent plunge in the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average. The Nikkei lost 774.53 points, or 3.47 per cent, to close at 21,530.95, ending below the 22,000 mark for the first time since late May. Earlier, Tokyo Ministry of Health announced 48 new cases...
Nigeria recorded 403 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 16085. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on its official Twitter handle. The centre said 13 deaths were also recorded. It added that no new state had reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Gombe State recorded 73 cases which was the highest number of infections for the day recorded. The health agency said that...
The governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are preparing to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the party’s governorship primary crisis in Edo State. It is gathered that the governors would seek for Buhari’s intervention in the crisis, which led to the disqualification of the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, from the State APC primary scheduled for June 22. The West African Pilot had earlier reported that Obaseki on Sunday...
In preparation for the re-opening of social centres in Lagos, the state government has begun verifying and certifying social clubs across Lagos. The move by the government is part of the register-to-open initiative which the government disclosed last month that the registration and verification exercise would ensure adequate space management to guarantee social distancing, hygiene and safety measures at all religious and social centres. The Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola said...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has said that the state’s growing population of 26 million, needs 260,000 units of blood every year. The Commissioner disclosed this during a virtual discussion organised by the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS), to commemorate this year’s World Blood Donor Day in Lagos, with the theme: ‘Safe Blood, Saves Lives. He added that the state government plans to recruit and retain voluntary blood donors in...
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has promised his supporters that he would be making his next move after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. He made this known via his Twitter handle on Sunday. The Governor while appreciating the show of solidarity shower on him by the goodwill people of Edo people and Nigerians, and promises to make next move after he complete consultation with supporters and President Buhari. Obaseki tweeted, “I appreciate the sustained...
“From Akoko Edo to Ibilo, the checkpoints were endless” To curtail the spread of Covid-19 cases in Nigeria, on March 30, 2020, President Mohammed Buhari signed the Covid-19 Quarantine Regulation Act which regulates the conditions, time and form of quarantine compliance as well as the surveillance of individuals concerning health control measures. On April 27, Buhari ordered a nationwide dusk-to-dusk curfew and banned all interstate movement, sparing only essential interstate passengers. However, despite the standing...
I did not think… I did not know… What pale excuse is this I make In answer to my brother’s woe, Age-long, for deep injustice sake! Across his mute and patient soul, While I have gone my heedless way, The shadows of a fate might roll That deepened night and darkened day. But I have read a burning page, That glowed with white and soul-wrung fire, And now no more I may engage My conscience...
