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  France and Germany have agreed that people crossing the border between the French region of Moselle and Germany will have to have proof of a negative COVID-19 antigen test in the previous 48 hours, French Europe Minister Clement Beaune said on Sunday. The French government was eager to keep travel restrictions limited at the border, which 16,000 French workers from Moselle cross each day. “We have negotiated with the Germans so that crossing the border remains allowed, so that these tests are faster and easier antigenic tests,” Beaune said on BFM TV. Germany’s Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases on Sunday classified the Moselle district as an area of concern due to the spread of a coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa. The decision prompted Berlin to announce that Germany would impose restrictions on travel from the Moselle region from Tuesday. Public transport between Moselle and the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland will be suspended, and...

  South Africa has signed an agreement with Johnson & Johnson to secure 11 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and will ease restrictions due to a decline in new cases, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. South Africa has been the hardest-hit on the continent by the pandemic, recording almost half of the COVID-19 deaths and more than a third of reported infections. But daily cases have fallen below 2,000, from a peak above 20,000 last month during a second wave of infections. Ramaphosa said in a televised address that 2.8 million of the J&J doses would be delivered in the second quarter, with the rest spread throughout the year. South Africa started administering the single-dose J&J vaccine this month in a research study targeting healthcare workers but has not yet rolled out shots to the wider population unlike in many Western countries. Ramaphosa said 20 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine had also been secured, 12 million shots would come from the World Health Organiz...

  February 28, 2021 Press Statement PDP Postpones Purchase of Forms for Anambra Governorship Election ...Extends Tenure of South-West, North-Central and North-West Zonal Caretaker Committees The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the commencement of sale of forms for Anambra governorship primary election from the earlier scheduled date of Monday, March 1, 2021 to a new date of Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Also, the party has slated March 1, 2021 as the last day for submission of already purchased and completed forms for Zonal Congresses in all the zones. Consequently, screening of aspirants for North-East, South-East and South-South Zonal congresses is now scheduled for Tuesday March 02, 2021 at the Zonal Headquarters. In the same vein, the tenures of Zonal Caretaker Committees for South-West, North-Central and North-West have been extended for another period of 30 days. The fresh extension takes effect from March 10, 2021, being the date of the expiration of the curren...

  Speaking when the former Governor visited him in the hospital, Uzor said he had undergone three surgeries without any improvement.   According to him: “On the day of the incident my father-in-law called me that he was in Owerri to see his seized property and I drove down their to see him.  “On getting there, I saw a crowd of thugs. They had guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, they started harassing everyone including my father-in-law (Okorocha).      “It was when they were asked to round us up that they started shooting. I made to climb the fence but I was hit by bullet and I fell into the bush and I was there for several hours before I was rescued and brought to the hospital. “I have been in this hospital for six days and my leg have been operated three times but it is not getting better. So I will be going out to get a better treatment”.   Describing the attack as sad, Okorocha, said it was an assasination attempt on his lif...

  *POLICE OPERATIVES BURST ANOTHER NOTORIOUS ARMED ROBBERY SYNDICATE TERRORISING NKPOR/OBOSI AXIS* ..Nab two suspects,recover arms and ammunition. On the 27/2/2021 at about 5:30pm,following a distress call that armed robbers were operating along Nkpor/Obosi axis,Police operatives attached to the Command Special Anti-cult unit in conjunction with Scorpion vigilante group,Obosi quickly responded and moved to the scene.On sighting the police,the hoodlums engaged them into a fierce gun battle,as a result,the two suspects sustained gunshot injuries on their hand and leg leading to their arrest as follows, (i).Chiboy Ezike 'm' aged 25years of Abagana in Njikoka LGA of Anambra State and, (i).Chiemere Ajuluchukwu 'm' aged 23years of Awada area. Suspects equally confessed to be members of a secret cult group called "Supreme Vikings Confraternity".Exhibits recovered in their possessions include Two Locally made pistols and 10 live cartridges.Suspects were taken to the ...

*MORE BREAKTHROUGH RECORDED BY THE POLICE IN ANAMBRA STATE,* ..As Police operatives nab 3 more Suspected cultists. On 28/2/2021 at about 6:20am,after receiving credible intelligence report, police operatives attached to the Command Special Anti-cult unit(SPACS) arrested three notorious cultists following raids conducted at their hideouts.The suspects are, (i).Ogonna Uche Joel 'm' aged 18years of Amawbia in Awka South LGA of Anambra State. (ii).Ebube Ogonna 'm' aged 19 years of same address, (iii).Onwuamaeze Arinze 'm' aged 25years of Amawa village,Ogbunike in Oyi LGA of Anambra State. Suspects confessed to be members of "PAYTON"and "VIKINGS CONFRATERNITY"They will be charged to court for prosecution after conclusion of investigation. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police *CP Monday Bala Kuryas,fsi* further reassure all Ndi Anambra that the Command under his watch will continue to work assiduously until crime in the State is reduced to the ba...

  Gov. Hope Uzodimma has again demonstrated his unflinching resolve and determination to recover imo commonwealth that was looted and stolen in the past by both government officials and public servants. This riot act was read out to imolites during the just concluded Imo State Stakeholders Meeting held at the Eze Imo Palace and the 4th time in a row the meeting is taking place in the state. There is no doubt that the declaration by the state government to recover all is of the best interest of Imolites as no one person or group of persons can mortgage the collective resources and properties of the state for their selfish reasons. This act has been going on unchecked by previous administrations which questions the essence of governance and how effective it is on the people being governed. The 3R mantra initiative of the present administration is not in any “foot dragging” on the recovery process as it has already begun and while the affected persons may see it as a witch-hunt or pol...

  The Ogun State Government says it would not apportion blame towards any group or ethnic national in its quest to put an end to the recurrence of the herder-farmer conflicts, but find a lasting solution to the cause of the conflicts. The Chairman, Ogun State Peace Committee on Herder-Farmer Conflicts, Hon. Kayode Oladele, who made this known during an on-the-spot assessment of the area and handing over of palliatives to the Onigua of Eggualand and the Baale of Asa, said that the committee would be compassionate with the methods it would adopt in finding a lasting solution to the recurrence of the conflicts between herders and farmers in the State. Oladele, while also adding that the Committee would look into how the conflict started, added that they would also calculate costs of destruction, losses and compensation to be given to victims. "Our Committee is going to sit. We are going to be very compassionate about this. It is a fact-finding work. "We are not going to apportio...