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1:07 PM May 10, 2021
Approximately 30 people were found to have been at the party in February during the third Covid lockdown.
- Credit: Metropolitan Police
A man has admitted breaking Covid rules after throwing a Hackney boat party during the pandemic.
Jordy Nicholas Van Duijvenbode, 31, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at Stratford Magistrates’ Court on April 30, after approximately 30 people gathered for a party on a house boat on the River Lea between Tottenham Lock and Hackney.
Police received several calls in the early hours of February 13 reporting a large number of people playing music on a boat located off Hackney Marshes at about 4.20am.
Returning foreign passengers who fled the quarantine facilities and violated the compulsory requirement will not go unpunished.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, stated this on Monday at the resumed briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He noted that the committee has received reports that some persons who recently returned to the country violated the mandatory quarantine requirement under the advisory by escaping from the facilities.
Mustapha, who is also the PSC Chairman, condemned the violation of the nation’s laws and hospitality, noting that the committee was awaiting the report of ongoing investigations and would impose appropriate sanctions on the violators.
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Due to an impending new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government has reintroduced restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), effective Tuesday midnight.
This new directive was declared by the Head of Technical Secretariat of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, in Abuja.
According to Channels Television, mass gatherings in public spaces have been restricted to 50 people at any given time. Access to government institutions would also be denied to anyone not wearing a face mask while government meetings and travels have been limited to the virtual platform.
According to Mohammed, the government has directed that bars and nightclubs should remain closed and the nationwide curfew will be in force until further notice.
[BREAKING] COVID-19 Resurgence: FG re-imposes restrictions as ECOWAS fixes tests at $50
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…Imposes nationwide curfew, limits gatherings to 50 persons
By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA
Disturbed by the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government has announced the reinstitution of all extant control measures aimed at mitigating the impact of the deadly scourge.
Accordingly, the Presidential Steering Committee PSC on COVID-19 has reimposed the nationwide curfew earlier put in place to control the spread of the virus.
It has also limited gatherings especially in enclosed spaces to a maximum of 50 persons, urging state governments to inaugurate mobile courts to try offenders.
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Enforcement action may be taken against a barbers shop – after it was caught flouting Covid rules for a second time in less than a month.
The business in Meir had previously been given advice on a range of coronavirus measures by public protection officers from Stoke-on-Trent City Council, after reopening from lockdown in April.