Breaking: Nigeria on lockdown over coronavirus, as REPS urge ban on open worship

…Ban open worship, gatherings now until further notice-REPS …ask Airport authorities to restrict crowd …call for laboratory test on staff, members of N/Assembly …ban visitors from coming into NASS complex …call for one-day national prayer …urge MoU with Singapore govt to supply test kits By Levinus Nwabughiogu Barely two hours after the Federal Government imposed a travel ban on 13 high-risk coronavirus infested countries, the House of Representatives has also mandated it to ban open worship and other public gatherings until further notice. The House also directed the airport authorities across the country to put in place mechanisms to discourage crowd gatherings. It also took a decision mandating compulsory laboratory tests on all staff and members of the national assembly to ascertain their status. Also read: COVID-19: Events of mass gatherings must reinforce messages on general hygiene — NCDC It also banned visitors from accessing the national assembly complex while urging the government to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the Singaporean government to produce testing kits for Nigeria. It also added that all public institutions in Nigeria should be equipped with temperature gauge. It also called for one-day national prayers and mandated the Minister of Health to brief the House leadership on the situation on a weekly basis. It will be recalled that the ravaging coronavirus had been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, WHO, leaving most advanced countries of the world to scamper for solutions to contain the virus. Also read: COVID-19: Ban church, mosque worships for 40 days, Buhari’s campaign director tells FG Nigeria as at today had recorded 8 cases but with no death. The House reached the resolutions on the heels of a motion debated for over an hour under “Matters of Urgent Public Importance” on Wednesday plenary. Also read: COVID-19: DTHA wants Health Ministry, relevant agencies to embark on sensitization More Details coming soon…

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Coronavirus: Cases rise in Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal, SA

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in over 80 countries across the globe. The World Health Organisation, WHO , has since declared it a public health emergency of international dimensions. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system to detect and control, his outfit remained concerned about the virus entering country’s with weak systems. Almost all African governments have publicly put in place strict screening at points of entry especially airports. Cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Senegal and Nigeria. African airlines have cancelled scheduled flights to China except for Ethiopian Airlines. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that range from the common cold to MERS coronavirus, which is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus and SARS , Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavir...

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FLASHBACK VIDEO: Emir of Kano is public officer, I’ll remove him and sleep soundly ― Lt Rimi

Late Governor of Kano State, Abubakar Rimi in an interview with veteran journalist, Lekan Alabi, in 1982 said the Emir is a public office holder, paid with public funds, appointed for the pleasure of the state governor and can be removed anytime. Rimi, apparently reacting to the feud between himself and the then Emir. ALSO READ: How stretcher denied Rimi chance to live, Driver recounts He said: “As far as I am concerned, the Emir of Kano, is nothing, nothing, nothing, but a public officer. He is a public officer holding a public office, who is being paid by public funds and whose appointment is at the pleasure of the state governor and who can be dismissed, removed, suspended, if he commits an offence and there is nothing absolutely you think about Ado Bayero, Emir of Kano. “If he commits any offence, we will remove him and we will sleep soundly. Watch here

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