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Paris region and beyond to begin month-long limited lockdown on Friday

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French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Thursday a month-long limited lockdown for Paris and other regions of the country starting Friday as the number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care units spikes. Schools and essential shops, including bookstores, will remain open.

Castex said the new restrictions will take effect from Friday midnight and will last four weeks. The restrictions will be imposed on 16 regions, including the Paris area.

While non-essential businesses will close and movement outside will be restricted in the affected regions, schools will stay open and outdoor exercise allowed up to 10 kilometres (6 miles) from home, he said. The curfew will also be reduced, starting at 7pm from Friday.

The progression of the Covid-19 epidemic in France is clearly accelerating, Castex said. “More and more this is looking like a third wave,” he told the news conference.

The announcement falls on the week of the one-year anniversary of France’s first nationwide lockdown. President Emmanuel Macron made the announcement on March 16 and the lockdown went into effect at midday on March 17, 2020, and ended 55 days later on May 10.

France’s second lockdown in November spared schools, although France never did achieve the president’s objective of bringing new infections down to under 5,000 per day, with the numbers plateauing before beginning to rise again in 2021.

On January 16, France introduced a 6pm curfewthat was initially planned for 15 days but is still ongoing.

Sixth-highest in the world

With 4.11 million people infected since the start of the outbreak, France has the sixth-highest case count in the world.

Macron had strongly argued against a third national lockdown, preferring instead to enforce local restrictions to try to slow the spread of the virus and rising numbers of the more contagious British variant.

“Let’s be clear, we’re in a third wave mostly down to the rise of this famous British variant,” Macron said late Wednesday after a day of talks with medical staff and local mayors in the Paris region. “The situation is critical. It’s going to be very hard until mid-April.”

National figures for daily infections had remained steady at around 20,000 a day in February, but new cases have risen 20 percent in the last week alone.

On Thursday, around 38,000 new infections were reported – the highest level in four months – as Paris hospitals overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases began transferring patients to other regions.

More than 91,000 people have died in France from the disease, according to an official count

SOURCE : FRANCE 24


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Apostle Chibuzor gifts elderly woman car, house; shares reason

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Apostle Chibuzor gifts elderly woman car and house

Popular cleric Apostle Chibuzor has surprised Mrs. Iyere, an elderly woman, with a car and a house as he explains the motivation behind the kind presents.

The pastor gave the old Akwa Ibom native a brand-new automobile two weeks prior in appreciation for consistently scrubbing the altar at the OPM headquarters.

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He admitted that he had given her the car so she could hire someone to run her Uber business.   

He bought the elderly woman a house and surprised her with a car after learning that she was having trouble paying the rent at her current residence.

Photos of the new home he purchased in her honour were posted on his official Facebook page.

Sharing the news, OPM pastor …

“Remember Mrs Iyere from Akwa Ibom.
The poor elderly woman that is always cleaning the Alter at OPM headquarters that Apostle Chibuzor OPM gifted a car so she can get someone to be doing UBAH business for her?

2 weeks ago she was brought to Apostle office again to complain that her house rent has expired.

Then Apostle chibuzor made inquiries if any flat is available at any of 18 OPM free estates , but it was fully occupied.

So Apostle chibuzor thought instead of giving her rent money always, why not buy a mini estate for her so she can leave inside and also rent other flats inside.

So Apostle chibuzor called OPM agent to look for a mini estate that Apostle chibuzor will buy for her on her name.

After one week search, the OPM agent could not find any mini estate for Apostle to buy, he only saw these Bungalow.

So today Monday 18 September 2023 Apostle Chibuzor bought this bungalow house for her so she will no longer disturb Apostle chibuzor for house rent.

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By the grace of GOD, Apostle chibuzor has built more than 50 houses for poor widows and has built mini estates for many staffs including the resident pastor of OPM ( mini estate ), PA to GO ( mini estate ) Head of technical of OPM ( mini estate ), Late Chima wife of IKUKU 4 ( mini estate ), the lady in charge of cooking food at OPM free restaurant at ESM university Benin Republic where OPM have more than 650 students on overseas university scholarship and they all eat free of charge at the OPM free restaurant which is the first free restaurant inside a university campus anywhere in the world,
Late Deborah parents etc All the mentioned above and many more were all giving a MINI ESTATE free of charge and they are collecting rents from tenants living in them.

And currently some mini free estates are under construction and will be distributed to deserving members of the church.

Not also forgetting that all 43 domestic staffs working in Apostle residence including cleaners, gate man and police men are all landlords and landlady through the property Apostle Chibuzor distributed to all of them.

All are fully funded through tithes and offerings in OPM church.”

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100-level female Unizik student hit by stray bullet

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A female student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State (Unizik) who was enrolled in 100-level courses, has been declared deceased after being struck by a stray bullet.

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The victim, known only as Uche, is said to have been killed when some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums who were allegedly cultists missed their objective.

Eyewitnesses claimed that the hoodlums were chasing a yet-to-be-identified tricycle operator when the event occurred along the well-known Miracle Junction in Ifite Awka, in the Anambra State.

According to a source who spoke to newsmen, the thugs were chasing the tricycle driver when they shot at the student who was crossing the street instead of their intended target.

The victim, identified as Uche, was reportedly in the hospital’s medical laboratory department when the bullet struck her while she was walking to the market.

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The source said, “This deceased was a 100-level student of the Faculty of Health Science, she was killed on Thursday evening by a stray bullet shot by suspected cultists who were chasing a tricycle operator at the popular Miracle Junction.”

The tricycle driver was shot too, and he pretended to be dead, but surprisingly, he stood up after a while and escaped when his attackers had left thinking he was dead.”

The source further stated that the deceased’s body was thereafter taken to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital in Amaku Awka.

Tochukwu Ikenga, the Anambra State Police Command’s spokesperson, verified the event in a statement.

According to him, police patrol and surveillance have increased in the area, and he appealed to anyone who may have been an eyewitness to the occurrence to come forward and provide additional pertinent information to the police so they may continue their investigation.

Ikenga noted that early investigations had shown that the incident was cult-related and that the police were dedicated to bringing the offenders to justice.

He reaffirmed the command’s commitment to combating cults and vowed that the police would not give up on its crusade.

He said, “it is very unfortunate, preliminary information revealed that the incident is cult-related and we are already working with eyewitnesses to identify the perpetrators and possibly arrest them.

“Meanwhile, police operational positioning has been improved within Awka and patrols intensified.

“The command would not relent in waging war against cultism and other forms of crimes in the state, recently we just remanded 33 suspects in a cult-related incident. We also urge the residents of the state to always alert the police”


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Another Nigerian icon, Cindy Amadi is dead

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Following the loss of Nollywood legend Cindy Amadi is Dead and lost at the hands of nature, Nigerians have once again lost another important figure to death.

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Her passing was verified by several sources on Thursday, but no cause of death has been given since then.

Long before her passing, she appeared in various Nollywood films, including one with LGBTQ themes.

Several Nigerians have used their social media accounts to express their condolences to the deceased’s family following the vehement reactions that have occurred thus far.

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In 2023, Cindy Amadi has succumbed to the call of nature, joining a notable number of other Nigerian superstars.


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