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How to prevent Coronavirus spread at workplaces – WHO
Kayode Oyero The World Health Organization on Thursday advised employers on ways to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) at workplaces. This was contained in a memo titled, ‘Getting your business ready in case COVID-19 arrives in your community’. Nigeria confirmed its first case of the virus on Friday with an Italian businessman
Coronavirus: Japan PM defends school closure plan despite critics
Japan’s prime minister on Friday defended his call for schools across the country to close over the new coronavirus, as the country confirmed a fifth death linked to the outbreak. The call for school closures came as Japan steps up its response to the outbreak, with Tokyo’s Disney resorts and Universal Studios Japan announcing they
To be safe from coronavirus, shave your beard, CDC warns
The Centre for Disease Control in the United States has warned that facial hair can interfere with face masks and respirators, which are being used around the world in an effort to combat the global spread of coronavirus, a.k.a 2019-nCoV. The CDC has come up with an infographic, which displays assorted styles of beards, and
I wanted to use proceeds for marriage – Bauchi robbery suspect
Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi One of three suspected armed robbers arrested by the police in the Dambam Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Shehu Abdullahi, has confessed that he was planning to use his share of the proceeds to get married. Abdullahi, 20, in an interview with Northern City News, while being paraded at the Bauchi
Wake up, Mr President
Fola Ojo I heard this truth from a Caribbean comedian about the joke of democracy. A nine-year-old boy asked his father: “Daddy what is politics”? Father responded: “Let me put it this simple way to you. I have to provide for you. So, I am the CAPITALIST. You are the PEOPLE. Your mother who keeps
Immunity bill for National Assembly principal officers?
Ayo Olukotun The divisions around propriety, timing and motivation, notwithstanding, a bill to grant immunity from prosecution for presiding officers of the federal and state legislatures has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Bill seeks to amend section 308 of the 1999 constitution (as amended), by extending the immunity granted to the
Dangote backs FG on border closure
Johnson Okafor THE President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has thrown his weight behind the border closure policy of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). In a statement made available to our correspondent in Lagos on Thursday, Dangote debunked insinuations that the policy was responsible for the drop in Dangote Cement’s profitability for
2023: Prepare for eviction, Makinde tells Lagos APC
Mudiaga Affe Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday warned the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress to prepare for eviction following the move to reconcile aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. Makinde, who is the Chairman of the PDP Reconciliation Committee, stated this after a reconciliation parley with
I’ve accepted Supreme Court judgment –Lyon
Daniels Igoni, Yenagoa the sacked All Progressives Congress’ governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Mr David Lyon, has finally conceded defeat and accepted the Supreme Court judgments nullifying his election. A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta had on Wednesday dismissed the applications of the APC seeking a review of its
How Saraki diverted Kwara N10bn –EFCC
Oladimeji Ramon The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission insisted on Thursday that two Ilorin houses belonging to a former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, must be forfeited to the Federal Government because they were built with funds allegedly stolen from the coffers of Kwara State. The anti-graft agency claimed that it had evidence that Saraki,
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