An outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 that is thought to have begun in a primary school in Putian in China’s southeast continues to grow, prompting authorities to impose measures, including travel restrictions and school closures, to curb the spread of the virus. Putian, a city of 3.2 million in coastal Fujian province, ordered…
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has inaugurated a 13-member State Education Council, as part of his administration’s efforts to revitalise basic and post-basic education sector in the state. Buni stated this at the inauguration of the Council on Monday in Damaturu, the state capital. He listed terms of reference of the council to include, among…
The caretaker committee is thus expected to inaugurate a committee on zoning arrangements ahead of the zonal congress and the national convention. It was gathered that the date for the national convention will be fixed through the recommendation of the caretaker committee after wide consultations with some critical stakeholders to the party’s National Executive Committee…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) is set to start academic activities in its Meteorological Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in Katsina. The NiMet`s General Manager, Mr Muntari Ibrahim, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the approval was given by the government in a letter dated Sept. 9 and following a request by…
New Zealand’s biggest city, Auckland, will stay under coronavirus lockdown until Sept. 21 after 33 new cases were recorded in the area in the past day, the prime minister said on Monday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said three clusters were continuing to produce cases of community transmission in Auckland, compelling the extension of the hard…
A nationwide vaccination campaign week starts in Germany on Monday in an attempt to speed up the rate of coronavirus vaccinations ahead of winter. In addition to the usual places where vaccines are offered anyone can get vaccinated without an appointment and free of charge at locations across the country, for example in some libraries,…
North Korea said Monday it had test-fired a new type of long-range cruise missile over the weekend. The tests took place on Saturday and Sunday after two years of research, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA called it a “strategic weapon of great significance.” Observers saw this as an indication the…
A new YouGov poll on Monday revealed that two-thirds of German employees who have been working from home due to the coronavirus crisis want to keep doing so after the pandemic. Energy supplier Eon, which commissioned the survey, said the popularity of working from within your own four walls has increased in the wake of…
The European Union (EU) on Monday lunched its ‘Youth Sounding Board’ (YSB) in Nigeria with 25 youth drawn from the six geo-political zones in the country as board members. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja reports that, the EU-YSB, is a space created for young people to influence the EU’s development cooperation in…
