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Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian film composer, has died at the age of 91
His death was confirmed by his lawyer, Giorgio Assumma, who also disclosed that Morricone requested a private funeral.
Morricone began his career as a trumpet player before switching to film composition in 1961.
He created music for more than 70 award-winning movies, including “Once Upon a Time in the West ” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” which earned him a spot in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009. He also won an Academy Award for his soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” in 2016.
8 Nigerians employees accused Chinese couple they work for of locking them up for four months.
The employees, who have been in the couple’s residence in the Jabi area of Abuja for months, were “rescued” by the personnel of the Utako Divisional Police Station on Tuesday following a tip-off by a resident, who reported the incident to the Human Rights radio station.
The Chinese couple and their Nigerian employees were taken to the police station. They were later released on bail.
A video shared by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting shows the victims claiming they had been locked up in the apartment since February.
They said their Chinese employer forbid them from leaving the house and those who dared to leave to get supplies were penalized with salary deduction.
One staff who was sick claimed the couple didn’t allow her to leave the house to seek medical help.
Dr Clare Wenham, assistant professor of global health policy distracted by her daughter during a video call interview with BBC…
During the video call to discuss the Coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, July 1, Wenham’s daughter, Scarlett, is seen in the background trying to position a photo frame.
BBC newsreader, Christian Fraser then engaged Scarlett in a conversation and the girl decided to take the conversation further.
While some states started restricting border movements in April 2020 in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Federal Government implemented a nationwide ban on interstate movement in early May.
However, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 announced on Monday, June 29 that interstate movement can now resume across the country starting from Wednesday, July 1.
Chief among safety measures ordered by the government is that vehicles can only fill 50% of their capacities.
Acting General Secretary of the NURTW, Kabiru Yau, said on Tuesday, June 30 that this could force drivers to hike transport fare if they’re not supported by the government.
He said, “Due to the spacing in the vehicles which will require the drivers to carry only nine or ten instead of the usual 18 passengers, the income of the drivers will be reduced.
“So we want the government to help subsidise the cost of those passengers that we will not be carrying or we will have to increase our transport fare.”
The PTF chairman, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday that the ban was lifted because it was not working, and created a side business for agents who were profiting from allowing illegal movement by charging motorists and travellers.
“People were paying so much to embark on those unnecessary illegal trips,” he lamented.
Movement across state boundaries are allowed between 4 am and 10 pm, as the nationwide curfew between 10 pm and 4 am remains in place.
Safety guidelines issued by the government to the transport union in the administration of motor parks and terminals include disinfection and sanitisation, social distancing in waiting areas, posting of notices on conduct of persons, temperature checks, wearing of face masks, and other crowd control measures.
Yau said all the measures will be implemented with motorists and passengers to combat the spread of the disease that has already infected 25,133 people and killed 573 in Nigeria 📹: @pulsenigeria247
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