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1. All burial/funeral ceremonies of indigenous deceased persons *must* be registered with the town union of the deceased persons. Registration fee is NGN1,500 2. No person *must* erect any billboard, banner or posters of any kind of deceased persons in the State. 100k fine or 6 months jail term or both for violation. 3. Persons are allowed to erect only directional posts (such as the ones leading to the venue). Must not be erected before seven days to the burial date and must be removed not later than seven days after the burial date. 100k fine or 6 months jail term or both for violation. 4. Corpse *must* not be deposited in the mortuary or any other place beyond 2 months from the date of death. 100k fine or 6 months jail term or both for violation. 5. No blocking of road/street because of burial except with the approval of the appropriate local govt authority. 6. No public display of casket for purposes of fabrication and sale. 50k fine or 1 month jail term or both for v...

A family of four children and their teacher who recently returned from the United States of America and suspected for COVID-19 has been isolated at the Biosecurity Facility of the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, the Lagos State Government has said. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who disclosed this today at a news conference to give updates on COVID19 in Lagos stated that the four children and their teacher were in close proximity with someone who had coronavirus infection. He explained further that the first test carried out on them was negative adding that a confirmation tests will still be repeated to determine the next point of action. Abayomi also announced that a man who recently returned from the UK and suspected for COVID19 is in Isolation at the Mainland Hospital noting that his samples have been collected and test being conducted to determine his status. The Commissioner revealed that the three suspected persons from France, England and Ch...

I am very grateful to God for allowing me to spend another year with you, my loving wife, Adenike Oni-Adisa. It would be ideal to give you everything you want and need, but the most precious thing I have to give to you is my unconditional and unfailing love. I have no words to thank you enough for how sympathetic, loving and sincere you have been to me. I've always bore in mind that getting married to you would be the best decision I ever made and will have no regrets whatsoever in the long run. I am the happiest man by your side, I can only and always wish you the best. My Camouflage uniform can neither hide nor conceal me from sending my loving birthday wishes to you, no enemy could keep me from wishing you the happiest of birthday on this special day. You’re never truly missed dear, I always have you in my heart on special days like this. You are at the forefront of my mind, giving me high morale to advance and scale through every obstacles in life, placing me among...

Owerri,  Feb. 28  A gender rights Activist,  Mrs Dorothy Njemanze on Friday, said social conditioning was still a major problem hindering women and girls  from aspiring and  asserting themselves in the society as well as harness their potential.  Njemanze said this at a two-day workshop tagged "Gender Reporting for Media Professionals, organised by TechHer-Nigeria in collaboration with Premium Times Newspapers and Ford Foundation. She described social conditioning as a process through which individuals, especially women inherit the grand beliefs and behaviour of her society and act accordingly.  According to her,  the social conditioning surrounding gender issues affects women in many areas of life.  "Women are first, human beings and should not be objectified or put in a 'box', and when they act out of the 'box',  the society sees them  as rebels.  "Social conditioning is one of the reason we hav...

Feb.  28, 2020 The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Friday confirmed the first case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak in Lagos, saying it was brought in by an Italian citizen. Abayomi, however, said the State Emergency Operations Centre in response to the case and implementing firm control measures has been activated. He said in Lagos that the case was brought in by an Italian citizen who entered Nigeria on Feb. 25 from Milan, Italy for a brief business visit. The commissioner said that the case was confirmed on Feb. 27, and has been reported to the Federal Ministry of Health. Abayomi said that the patient fell ill on Feb.26, and was transferred to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing. “COVID-19 infection was confirmed by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), part of the Laboratory Network of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. “The patient is clinically s...

The Anambra House of Assembly has called on Gov. Willie Obiano to direct the state Ministry of Health to construct a quarantine facility to check the spread of viral diseases in an event of health emergency in the state. The House made the call in its resolution on Thursday, following a motion moved by Mr Lawrence Ezeudu (Dunukofia) under Matters of Urgent Public Importance. Ezeudu said it was important to have a quarantine facility in an outskirt area to house people afflicted with contagious and dreaded disease separate from other patients and people. He expressed concern over the spread of Coronavirus (Convid-19), Lassa fever and other communicable life-threatening epidemic in the country and the world. “Coronavirus, which emanated from Wuhan in China less than a month ago, has spread to over 26 countries and still counting. “We are aware that the spread of this disease is so massive that 97 people died in a single day in Wuhan, China which is the epicentre of the...

A magazine, “Safety Focus”, aims at educating road users on safety measures to reduce avoidable road accidents in Anambra, was on Tuesday launched by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The launch of the magazine was part of the activities by Anambra Command of FRSC to mark the 32nd anniversary of the corps. The Anambra Sector Commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, said in Awka that about 90 per cent of passengers and freights were transported by roads due to absence of fully functioning railways and water transportation system. According to him, this has put high pressure on roads leading to high incidences of motor vehicle collisions and crashes. “The too many avoidable deaths and injuries due to road crashes in Nigeria today can no longer be accepted as part of our destiny. “These crashes are as a result of human error due to faulty decisions and actions of the drivers. “We believe that road traffic accidents are preventable; they are rarely an accident, hence th...

Awka – Dr Esther Somefun, a Gender and Reproductive Health Analyst, on Sunday, says that women who have undergone  Female Genital Mutilation  (FGM) find it difficult to enjoy  sex . Somefun, work with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said that it was difficult for circumcised women to enjoy sexual pleasure due to the complications of FGM. She described FGM also known as female circumcision, as the partial or total removal of female external genitalia due to non-medical reasons. “Due to the complications of FGM, women find it difficult to enjoy sex because the external female organ, the clitoris which ensure lubrication during sex has been cut off. “These women can also experience painful sex, infertility, pelvic inflammatory infections, menstrual pains and keloids. “FGM can also cause obstructed labour due to the narrowing of the external genitalia. Women with type two and three FGM are most at risk during child birth. “Lubricants can ...

Awka,  The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed into law, a bill for the establishment of Anambra State Erosion,  Watershed  and Climate Change  Agency to ensure environmental sustainability in the state. The Assembly passed the bill after Third Reading on the floor of the House on Friday. The lawmakers took turns to perfect some corrections in the sections of the bill before it was finally passed by the House. The Speaker, Mr Uche Okafor, conducted a voice vote on each of the sections of the bill before passing it into law  by the House. Okafor said: “Having considered the Third Reading for  a bill to establish the Anambra State Erosion,  Watershed  and Climate Change  Agency 2020, and to provide for other related matters,  the bill is hereby passed into law.’’ The speaker directed the Clerk of the House, Mr Pius Udo to forward a clean copy of the bill to Gov. Willie Obiano for his assent. According to ...

Hon.  Charles Obimma representing Oyi Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly  Awka: The Anambra State House of Assembly on Friday, urged Gov.  Willie Obiano to constitute a taskforce aimed at stemming “the growing epidemic” of substandard goods and counterfeit drugs in the state. The resolution followed a motion raised under Matters of Urgent Public Importance by Mr Charles Obimma (Oyi), who lamented that the state had become a dumping ground for substandard products. According to Obimma, substandard goods and counterfeit drugs is a lucrative business for bad people trading on it but dangerous because it kills and destroys lives in thousands. “Eighty per cent of the drugs and goods in our markets are fake and substandard. This is a serious problem that calls for concern. “These fake drugs and substandard goods are purchased by unsuspecting members of the public. “They do not derive value from the money spent on their purchase with other...