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Armenian PM tests positive for COVID-19
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his family have tested positive for the coronavirus, he said Monday, as the rate of new infections soared in the Caucasus nation. “My coronavirus test was positive yesterday,” Pashinyan said in a self-recorded video message on Facebook, adding that his family were also infected. He said he had no …
Obaseki, seven APC govs meet Tinubu, plan President’s meeting
John Alechenu, Abuja Eight governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, on Sunday, held a meeting with the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, at the state House Marina, Lagos to make a case for the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. Although details of the meeting were still sketchy as …
Bayelsa seals six churches for breaching COVID-19 protocols
The Bayelsa Government has sealed six churches in the state for breaching “operational protocols” required to conduct services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state government on May 7 relaxed its restriction on social gatherings and allowed churches to hold services with up to 50 worshipers. The relaxation was granted, subject to compliance with strict conditions …
AfDB: Sierra Leone assures Adesina of support
President Julius Maad Bio of Sierra Leone has assured President of African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, of his support and that of his country. Bio joined other African leaders to rally support for embattled Adesina via his Twitter. The United States Department of Treasury had called for an independent probe corruption allegations levelled against …
Nurses seek gradual reopening of churches, mosques
Our Reporters As the second phase of eased lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic ends today, the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has said the reopening of religious centres in the country should be gradual. Already, religious groups, including the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, have …
North Korea to reopen schools
North Korea will reopen schools this month after shuttering them over the coronavirus pandemic, reports said Monday. Pyongyang has not confirmed a single infection but has imposed strict rules, including closing its borders and putting thousands of its people into isolation. The new school term – initially scheduled to start early April – has been …
Okotie opposes social distancing in churches, slams CAN
Samson Folarin The Pastor of the Household of God Church, Oregun, Lagos, Rev. Chris Okotie, has tackled the Christian Association of Nigeria, saying the body cannot be the mouthpiece of Christians in the country. Okotie, in a statement on Sunday, said CAN “is an amorphous organisation sustained by a Christian appellation.” “It is bereft of …
Obasa allegations should worry Buhari, Tinubu
Tunde Odesola A huge outrage is currently on stage in Minneapolis, USA, where Derek Chauvin, a chauvinist, rammed his knee down a throat and inflicted a large damage to America’s formidable image of a quintessential society resplendent in racial diversity. Chauvin didn’t kneel down in prayer. He, probably, was too profane to pray. He, absolutely, …
Ikpeazu, others in isolation as commissioner dies
Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia Following the outcome of tests conducted on close family members of a late member of the Abia State Executive Council and member of the inter-ministerial committee on COVID-19, the Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed all those who might have recently come in contact with the late commissioner, Solomon Ogunji, …
US astronauts enter space station
NASA astronauts entered the International Space Station on Sunday after a landmark 19-hour journey on the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade, a triumph for SpaceX and private enterprise. The arrival completed the first leg of the trip, designed to test the capabilities of the Crew Dragon capsule. But the mission will only …
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