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Mayor sends police to break up coronavirus party, finds his wife there By: Lailasnews.com A US mayor, of a small town in Illinois, Alton Mayor Brant Walker, was left embarrassed after police he sent to break up parties amid coronavirus lockdown, discovered his wife among the revelers attending one of the parties. Mayor sends police to break up coronavirus party, finds his wife there When Police officers busted one of the parties they found several people in attendance including the first lady of Alton. On Monday, Mr. Walker issued a statement on Facebook saying police had found his wife at a bar in the city that was operating against Governor J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home orders. Walker said he was embarrassed and apologised to his constituents before disclosing that he told the town’s police chief to treat his wife, Shannon, as he would any citizen violating the “Stay At Home” order. ‘I am embarrassed by this incident and apologize to the citizens of Alton for any emb

Factbox: China's fight against novel coronavirus outbreak Here are the latest developments on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China: -- Non-Beijing residents who come to the capital for medical care will have to undergo a 14-day observation at home or collectively. -- The Wuhan-based Istituto Italo-Cinese jointly built by China's Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and the Sapienza University of Rome has cooperated with medical experts from the city's top hospital on compiling an Italian version of a COVID-19 prevention guide. -- The power grid of Wuhan saw a maximum daily load of up to 5.62 million kW Wednesday afternoon, 30 percent higher than a week ago. The city's pillar industries including automobile making, electronic communication and pharmaceutical manufacturing saw a faster growth of electricity consumption. -- Over one-third of all existing domestic COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland are in serious or critical conditions.

April Fools’ tradition popularized On April 1, 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other. Although the day, also called All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These pranks included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as poisson d’avril (April fish), said to symbolize a young, “easily hooked” fish and a gullible person. April Fools’ Day spread throughout Britain during the 18th

Oyo state government has discharged its index case of coronavirus (COVID-19) - The patient was discharged after testing negative to the infection at the state isolation centre - The pleasant report came after Governor Seyi Makinde confirmed his COVIDN-19 status. The war against coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit a massive breakthrough as Oyo government confirmed the discharge of the index case in the state. Taiwo Adisa, the chief press secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo, made this known in a statement on Monday, March 30, The Nation reports. According to Adisa, the index case was discharged after the completion of his treatment at the Agbami Chest Hospital Isolation Centre in Ibadan. He stressed that the patient, an American returnee, tested negative to two consecutive coronavirus tests. "The index case had been on self-isolation at a private residence in Ibadan until he was transferred to the Isolation Centre on March 23. “The index case was re

The Federal government through the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), has announced a reduction in the pump price of petrol. A statement signed by the PPPRA Executive Secretary, Abdulkadri Saidu, says the new retail price of petrol would be N123.50 beginning from today April 1st. The new price is N1.50 lower than the N125 per litre announced on March 18th. “The PPPRA, in line with the government approval for a monthly review of premium motor spirit (PMS) pump price, hereby announces guiding PMS pump price of N123.50 per litre. The guiding price, which becomes effective April 1, 2020, shall apply at all retail outlets nationwide for the month of April, 2020. The PPPRA and other relevant regulatory agencies shall continue to monitor compliance to extant regulations for a sustainable downstream petroleum sector. Members of the public and all oil marketing companies are to be guided , accordingly.” he said Recall that on March 18, the Federal Executive Council had appro