Argentina’s Senate voted on Wednesday to legalize abortion, a first for a big country in Latin America and a triumph for women’s rights campaigners achieved over the visceral objection of the Catholic Church. Abortion is extremely rare in a region where the Church has held cultural and political sway for centuries. Previously, it was allowed on demand only in Communist Cuba, tiny Uruguay and parts of Mexico. The fiercely contentious vote was held at 4:00 a.m. after a marathon debate that lasted through the night. In a vote of 38-29 with one abstention, the Senate backed the government proposal to…
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The Ogun State Government has banned crossover services to usher in the New Year in all worship centres across the state. Nigerian Tribune monitored the announcement made on the state-owned radio station, Ogun State Broadcasting (OGBC), by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Waheed Odusile. This was sequel to a meeting government held with the Christian and Islamic clerics in adherence to the Covid-19 protocols. The Ogun State Government thereby urged all worshipers to adhere to the stay-at-home order or make use of the social media platforms available. Details later…… Nigerian Tribune
A new WhatsApp update will prevent the popular messaging app from working on millions of phones from January 1st 2021. Older Android and iPhone devices will no longer support the latest version of the app, forcing owners to either update their mobile operating system or buy a new smartphone. Any iPhone not running iOS 9 or newer, or any phone not running at least Android 4.0.3 – also known as Ice Cream Sandwich – will no longer be able to open or operate the Facebook-owned app. This means all iPhone models up to the iPhone 4 will be unable to…
Worried about the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the state, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has urged Lagosians to make lifestyle adjustments by adhering to all non-pharmaceutical interventions inorder to cope with the pandemic. Abayomi while briefing journalists on Monday on Government’s response against the COVID-19 second wave, Abayomi explained that citizens should adopt all COVID19 safety protocols including proper and regular use of face mask, social distancing guidelines and avoiding mass gatherings. He said people should begin to practice regular hand and respiratory hygiene, submit themselves for tests if symptomatic, self-isolate if positive and…
Members of the Senate Public Account Committee have expressed their dissatisfaction towards some officials of the Ministry of Defence who paid N968.8m to contractors without approval. The report of the Auditor-General for the Federation specifically indicted the ministry officials of paying the huge sums to the contractors. It was meant for the production and supply of medals and ribbons for the Armed Forces Independence Anniversary but allegedly without approval from Federal Executive Council and the Ministerial Tender Board. The AuGF report indicted defence ministry officials of facilitating the payment for the contracts despite the objection raised by the Deputy Director…
To overcome the challenge occasioned a huge demand for the NIN with a large crowd visiting the NIMC Enrolment Centers nationwide, the Commission has adopted booking system for NIN enrolment. A statement issued on Tuesday by the Commission signed by the Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Kayode Adegoke, the Commission said it adopted a couple of measures to contain the spread of the virus whilst ensuring its services to Nigerians are not entirely interrupted. Recall that the recent Federal Government policy which requires mobile network subscribers to update their SIM registration with a valid National Identification Number (NIN) has occasioned…
A recently elected US lawmaker has died from Covid-19 – the first member of the US Congress to die from the disease. Republican Luke Letlow, 41, had been elected as Representative for Louisiana’s 5th district and was due to be sworn in on Sunday. He announced on 18 December that he had tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to hospital soon afterwards. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards ordered flags to be flown at half-mast on the day of Letlow’s funeral. “It is with heavy hearts that @FirstLadyOfLA and I offer our condolences to Congressman-elect Luke Letlow’s family on his…
Nine bandits were reportedly killed by troops in Kaduna State in a gun battle while attempting to cross over from the eastern part of the Kaduna-Abuja road to the western part, with a large herd of rustled cattle, yesterday. This came as six bandits were also killed, yesterday, in a gun duel between security operatives and bandits in Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. Kaduna State Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said yesterday that the troops acted on intelligence. He said the herders whose cattle had been rustled from the eastern part of the route alerted…
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted a significant increase in coronavirus infections in Nigeria by January, 2021. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, at the Presidential Task force (PTF) National Briefing, Director General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Iheakwazu said Nigeria would in January 2021 pay the price of violating the COVID-19 protocols during the festivities. “We just faced the worst week since we started responding to this outbreak. We had more cases in Nigeria last week than in any other previous week since the beginning of the outbreak. “Pictures and videos from across the country paint a…
UK has approved the use of Coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford. This will lead to a massive expansion in the UK’s immunisation campaign – aimed at getting life back to normal. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the rollout will start on 4 January “and will really accelerate into the first few weeks of next year”. The UK has ordered 100 million doses from the manufacturer AstraZeneca – enough to vaccinate 50 million people. The approval, by the medicines regulator, means the vaccine is both safe and effective. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was designed in the first months…