The presidential task force on COVID-19 has called for caution and strict compliance with guidelines as schools reopen for students in exit class.
At Monday’s briefing, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the taskforce, Boss Mustapha said the team is concerned that if not handled properly, school resumption could cause increased community transmission of the virus.
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire said Nigeria recorded a decline in positive COVID-19 cases from 17.2% in June to 11% in July.
However, Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba said he is monitoring developments in schools across the country while lauding Principals of unity Colleges for the comprehensive preparation put in place ahead of resumption.
The minister had held a virtual meeting with Commissioners of Education in 36 States and other stakeholders and he shared the outcome of the meeting during an interview at the PTF briefing.
Nigeria has recorded 288 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest figure since the 8th of June, bringing its total infections to 44,129.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this saying the new infections were recorded in Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and 13 other states of the federation.
While Lagos topped the list with 88 new cases, the FCT reported 25 fresh infections.
The other states with new cases include Kwara – 33, Osun – 27, Enugu – 25, Abia – 20, Kaduna – 17, Plateau and Rivers – 13, Delta – 10, Gombe – 8.
Others include Ogun – 4, Oyo – 3, Katsina and Bauchi with 1 each.
20,663 people said to have recovered from the virus have been discharged while a total of 896 patients have died.
“It started a year ago, and at the time, it wasn’t a grand idea; it was a video,” Fordjour tells ET’s Kevin Frazier. “We had just finished ‘Spirit.’ That was the first visual from the album, and she wanted to release more visuals. We were discussing what we would do, what the process would be, and that’s how it all started.”
“For me, it’s pretty exciting,” he adds, of what it’s like working on such a massive production. “Your adrenaline starts to rush and it becomes like, ‘OK, what are we going to do, how are we going to do it, where do we start?’ When you get into the space where you’re so interested and enthralled with creating worlds and spaces, it becomes fun, and she makes it fun.”
Fordjour tells ET that Black Is King was filmed in several locations, from South Africa to Belgium to London, and even Bey’s home in Los Angeles.
“The tree shot in ‘Already,’ that was her backyard,” he reveals. “Yeah, that was the adrenaline [rushing] because she was like, ‘I want to shoot, let’s do it. Let’s start at my house.’ I was like, ‘Hell yeah, let’s do it!’ So we scouted and we found the tree that felt like it was the most relative to The Lion King.“
“Because it was the first video, that video took the longest to shoot,” he adds. “I want to say we shot that one across maybe like 4-5 days.”
“You have to be prepared,” she exclaimed. “If she says, ‘I just want to shoot, I think it would be really nice in a T-shirt,’ I’m like, OK, 10 ball gowns, please. Just in case! Because more likely than not, we get there and it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s so beautiful, we need something more grand.’ And we kind of allow it to shape-shift.”
Akers always makes sure to pack some extra items for Blue, too, as she is consistently surprising the crew. “The cool thing about Blue that not a lot of people know is that a lot of times she chooses when she wants to [be involved],” Akers shares. “She may see her mother doing a shot she thinks is cool. When she sees something in it, she may be like, ‘I want to do that, can I have a turn to do that?'”
“She gets up and she just kind of does her thing,” she adds. “It all kind of comes to life.”
Kim Kardashian West is voting for her husband Kanye West to end his White House run.
Amid a report that Kim is working to save their six-year marriage, she is also said to be urging him to end his long shot presidential bid for the sake of their family. Kanye, however, has gone the complete other direction.
“Kim begged Kanye to stop his presidential thing, to stop talking about their kids at rallies. But he ignored her and instead he went ahead and hired more people . . . and tried to register in more states,” a source told Page Six, adding that Kanye “just won’t stop” in his desire to be POTUS.
Kanye announced on July 4 on Twitter that he was running for President of the United States. At the time, Kim replied to the tweet with an emoji of an American flag, seemingly a show of support. Now, she sees that presidential bid as a huge hinderance to the family, particularly after Kanye’s emotional campaign rally in South Carolina in July in which he spoke about he and Kim discussing whether to abort their first pregnancy.
He later tweeted that he has been eyeing a divorce from the “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star, only to later delete the tweet and apologize to Kim publicly. Kim has said Kanye is in the midst of bipolar episode.
While this has gone on, Kim and Kanye have reportedly been living separate lives — she’s been in Los Angeles with their kids, while he’s in at their $14 million ranch in Wyoming. Multiple reports said he was ignoring Kim’s calls for several days, but the duo reunited briefly in Wyoming last week. But, it didn’t look like a happy reunion, as photos showed her crying while they appeared to be involved in a heated discussion.
“This is a nightmare for Kim, she is looking for a way out. But she’s also a nice person and wants to do the best for her kids,” Page Six’s source said.
Still, Kim hasn’t given up. On Aug. 2, photos emerged showing Kanye and son Saint boarding a private plane in Wyoming and hours later, TMZ — citing sources close to the West family — reported that Kim and Kanye are taking “a private family vacation to try and work things out.” Kim and Kanye haven’t “seen each other much at all for months,” the website said.
According to TMZ, the vacation is something the couple talked about when Kim was in Wyoming days earlier, and it “will be a time for [Kanye] to prove … he’s willing to change for his family.”
