Residents of Australia’s largest city will spend at least one more week in lockdown, authorities announced on Wednesday, after detecting dozens of new coronavirus cases. Sydney, home to a fifth of Australia’s 25 million people, first on June 26 amid an outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant. While strict stay-at-home orders were due to…
Haitian President Jovenel Moise has been assassinated at his home, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said. A group of unidentified individuals attacked the private resident of Moise overnight on Wednesday and shot him dead, Joseph said The first lady was hospitalised in the attack. Moise had been ruling Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas,…
Environmentalists on Monday called for an end to the frequent oil leaks at the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) oil fields in Tein community, Biseni, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Newsmen reports that the environmentalists, under the auspices of Environment Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), made the call in its field…
Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt The governor said the lifting of the curfew will take effect from Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Wike who disclosed this during a state broadcast on Tuesday reiterated that the state government acknowledges the negative impact of the curfew on business and the social-economic well-being of the state and its residents. Wike’s…
Agency Report Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday revealed plans to lift most of England’s legal coronavirus restrictions, including face masks and social distancing from July 19, urging personal responsibility rather than government edict. Johnson had initially aimed for a full reopening on June 21, but was forced to push back the date because of…
Kayode Oyero and Daud Olatunji Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo says he is done with politics and he has no intention to form a new political party as reported by some media platforms This was contained in a statement on Monday, titled, ‘Obasanjo Not Forming Political Party’. It was signed by the ex-president’s Special Assistant on Media…
By Adesola Ogunbanwo and Yemisi Fashola To further strengthen the health system in Ogun State, the United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) in conjunction with the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) has launched a unique USSD CODE called “Text4life”, to report cases of Gender-Based Violence, medical emergencies and other health issues, to facilitate prompt intervention by professionals. This was made known…
By Mistura Oshileye and Ismail Shokunbi, The affordable housing programme of the Prince Dapo Abiodun administration in Ogun State is non-discriminatory, as it is planned and designed to accommodate people in the formal and informal sectors. The General Manager, Ogun State Housing Corporation, Estate Surveyor and Valuer Akinwale Ojo made this clarification during a chat…
By Iyabo Araba The Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi has given accolades to the present administration in Ogun State for ensuring equity in the distribution of dividends of democracy across the three Senatorial Districts. Akarigbo said this at a reception organised by the Committee of Friends in honour of the Permanent…