A Southern California beach that had been closed since an undersea pipeline leaked crude into ocean waters last week is set to reopen Monday, officials announced Sunday night.
City and state beaches in Huntington Beach will reopen after water quality tests revealed no detectable levels of oil associated toxins in the ocean water, the city of Huntington Beach and California State Parks said in a news release.
They are still urging visitors to avoid areas that smell of oil and not to touch any oiled materials that wash ashore.
That news will likely please surfers and beach-goers like Richard Beach, who returned to the waves in Huntington Beach with his bodyboard — until lifeguards jet skis chased him out on Sunday.
He trekked back across the beach, passing workers in hazmat suits tasked with clearing the sand of sticky, black blobs that washed ashore after the spill.
Huntington Beach and nearby coastal communities have been reeling from last week’s spill that officials said sent at least about 25,000 gallons (95,000 liters) and no more than 132,000 gallons (500,000 liters) of oil into the ocean.
It was caused by a leak about 5 miles (8 kilometers) off the coast in a pipeline owned by Houston-based Amplify Energy that shuttles crude from offshore oil platforms to the coast.
The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to develop a Clean Cooking Policy.
This was the key message from the just concluded Nigerian Clean Cooking Forum organised by the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cooking in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Environment and other partners, and with support from Heinrich Boell Stiftung (HBS) and Nigeria Energy Support Programme (NESP).
The two-day event, held from October 5 to 6. 2021 in Abuja, brought together key policymakers, private sector actors, research institutions, women groups, academia, civil society stakeholders as well as international development partners to discuss the implementation plans towards achieving the clean cooking targets of the Paris Agreement.
Speaking at the event, the Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, stated that it is unacceptable that Nigeria should have the greatest number of people dying in Africa as a result of the lack of access to clean cooking.
She pledged the Federal Government’s determination to develop a policy framework for clean cooking in the country. According to the minister, “there is already an inter-ministerial committee saddled with the responsibility of developing this policy.
Furthermore, a sub-committee of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Climate Change will coordinate national efforts to address the challenges posed by the lack of access to clean cooking”.
She declared that the Ministry is committed to integrating the outcomes of the forum in its NDCs implementation efforts and plans.
In her goodwill message, the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, represented by Mrs. Funke Oladipo, thanked the Federal Ministry of Environment and the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cookstoves for their foresight in promoting clean cooking aimed at improving the lives of women and children in Nigeria.
She aligned the Ministry to the objective of achieving clean cooking in Nigeria and outlined the Ministry’s effort in promoting clean cooking through distribution of 1,000 cooking gas equipment in each of the 774 local government areas (LGAs) across Nigeria and public awareness campaigns.
In his keynote address, the Deputy Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, commended the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and expressed the unalloyed commitment of the Legislature in ensuring clean cooking for all Nigerian.
According to him, “there is no doubt that the clean cooking initiative is about some new details regarding the hazards associated with our rather rusty traditional firewood system of cooking”.
He urged the stakeholders to articulate ways to address grey areas in existing laws and if there is need for a new law, such should be forwarded to the National Assembly.
He also urged stakeholders to articulate ways of ensuring that this vision is achieved and stated that the Senate is always available to support the initiatives where required.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, represented by Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, in his goodwill message said the 9th Senate is favourably disposed to support policies and programmes being championed through the forum.
He pointed out that the newly enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) has critical elements that seek to promote access to LPG for cooking, adding that, should the need arise, the National Assembly is willing to amend the PIA to ensure enhanced private sector-driven LPG expansion in Nigeria.
The Kano State Government has approved N137 billion for the provision of potable water in Gaya to combat cholera and to address other challenges.
Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammed Garba, said in a statement issued on Sunday, October 10, 2021 in Kano that the approval was given at the end of the state Executive Council meeting.
Garba said that the money would be spent on the rehabilitation of Wudil Regional Water Scheme, Gaya town and its environs; construction of six solar mechanised boreholes and 30 hand pump boreholes.
He added that the money would also cover expenses for sensitisation programme on hygiene promotion in the area.
He said that N82 million was earmarked for high-capacity generators for Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital and Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital.
The commissioner said that part of the money would be spent on the general renovation of Science and Technical Schools Board secretariat.
The cost of RMK College of Arts and Remedial Studies; Tudun-Wada, the Kano State College of Education and Remedial Studies and the training of 220 youths selected from 44 local governments would also be accommodated.
Garba added that the Industrial Training Fund would train the youths.
1138 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000
1634 Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany
1718 Dedication of New Jerusalem Church in Tranquebar, India.
1737 Earthquake reported to have killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta in India. Now thought to have been an exaggerated account of a hurricane which claimed 3,000 of the city’s estimated 20,000 residents.
1797 Battle of Camperdown (Kamperduin): British navy defeats Dutch fleet
1945 Chinese civil war begins between Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong’s Communist Party
1962 Second Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII
1986 Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
Today in Film & TV 1975 “Saturday Night Live” created by Lorne Michaels premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host
Today in Music 1983 “Can’t Slow Down” second studio album by Lionel Richie is released
Today in Sport 2000 South African Cricket Board issues former captain Hansie Cronje with a life ban as a result of match-fixing allegations
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Albert Einstein informs FDR of the possibilities of an atomic bomb, on this day in 1939
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First woman FBI “special investigator”, Alaska Davidson, appointed, on this day in 1922
Amidst series of attacks and abductions for ransoms in the State, Residents of Zamfara on Sunday gathered to pray for God’s intervention over the continuous activities of bandits in their land and the country at large.
The residents also urged the Federal Government to provide adequate equipment for security personnel fighting the war against banditry and other crimes in the state.
The state government, following the recent bandits’ attacks has had to take more stringent measures such as the shutting down of telecoms services to enable relevant security agencies, carry out the required activities towards addressing the security challenge in the State.
680 Al-Hussein (Al-Ḥusayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa
1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. Atlantic’s deadliest recorded hurricane.
1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after withdrawal of French troops
1957 A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world’s first major nuclear accident
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1954 1st National Film Awards (India): “Shyamchi Aai” wins the Golden Lotus
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1969 “Jesus Christ Superstar” soundtrack album by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is recorded
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1899 African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
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“Vinland Map” is introduced by Yale University as being the first known map of America, drawn about 1440, on this day in 1965
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The Provost, College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Dr Cecelia Adebayo, has lauded the accreditation granted eight of the institution’s academic and professional programmes by the appropriate bodies.
Adebayo said the accreditation was result of “our resolve to uplift academic standard in the institution as we are pursuing vigorously the vision of transmuting the College to a Polytechnic”.
A statement by the school management titled, ‘COHESTI gets accreditation for eight academic/professional programmes’, stated that the college authorities would not relent in the quest for excellence at the academic and professional levels.
“Sequel to the accreditation conducted in August 2021, the Optometrists Dispensing Opticianry Registration Board of Nigeria has approved full accreditation for the Dispensing Optician Technicians programme of the College” the statement reads.
COHESTI stated that the Health Officers Record Registration Board of Nigeria had in July, 2021 accredited the professional National Diploma in Health Information Management Technology and as well the technicians’ programme of the course.
In May 2021, the following programs were accredited by the National Board for Technical Education;
National Diploma in Environment Health Technology; Health information Management Technology; and Computer Science.
Recall that in March 2021, the Community Health Practitioners Board of Nigeria granted full accreditation to the College’s Community Health Extension Workers and Junior Community Heath Extension Workers’ programmes.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State had its third induction/ oath taking ceremony inducted 33 veterinary doctors into veterinary medicine practice.
Speaking at the event, president, Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN), assistant inspector-general of police (AIG), Aishatu Abubakar-Baju, said the veterinary medicine practice provides immense employment opportunities that cut across different government agencies, organisations as well as private practice.
Abubakar-Baju said the VCN is working on policies as well as collaborating with government and non-governmental agencies towards providing employment and other necessities for young veterinary doctors.
We are working on policies as well as collaborating with government and non-governmental agencies geared towards providing employment and other necessities for young Vets either in public or private sectors of the economy.
“The council is also making efforts towards providing adequate and sustainable regulatory framework to enable animal healthcare practitioners to provide needed services and support to government at all levels in ensuring a healthy people and nation, she added.
The vice chancellor of the university, Prof Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, represented by the provost, College of Health Sciences, Professor Olanrewaju Adedoyin, charged the young graduates to make the university proud by being exemplary in their conduct.
In his speech, the dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Prof Moshood Raji, charged the young doctors never to stop learning and never to forget that veterinary medicine is an art practiced by doctors of veterinary medicine.
The Kwara State governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq represented by his deputy, Kayode Alabi, charged the graduates to be hard working, exhibit good character and maintain good relationships to attain greatness.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved two new tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The President’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said in a statement that the president has approved the establishment of the Federal College of Agriculture, Kirikasamma and the Federal College of Education (Special) Birnin Kudu.
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In consonance with the commitment of his administration to diversify the economy with agriculture playing a critical role, President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (Amendment) Bill 2021.
With the amendment, the Council is expected to play a crucial part in coordinating research efforts in the agricultural sector towards achieving food sufficiency and security in the nation.
The President, who assented to the bills before his visit to Ethiopia, also approved the establishment of the Federal College of Agriculture, Kirikasamma and the Federal College of Education (Special) Birnin Kudu.
768 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks
1000 Leif Ericson discovers “Vinland” (possibly L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada) reputedly becoming first European to reach North America
1446 The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea
1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Head of State of modern Greece, assassinated in Nafplion
1941 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves an atomic program that would become the Manhattan Project
2006 North Korea conducts its first nuclear test, with an estimated yield of between 0.4-2 kilotons
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1926 NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms
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1986 Stage musical “Phantom of the Opera” premieres in London, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman; runs for 13,629 performance
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1919 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox, 10-5 at Comiskey Park for a 5-3 series victory; due to ‘Black Sox Scandal’ last WS to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball in place
1928 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3 at Sportsman’s Park to become first to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth hits smashes 3 HRs for Yanks
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American inventor Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor, on this day in 1855
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Vajont Dam disaster, landslide creates 50 million cubic metre wave killing around 2,000 in the Piave Valley in Northern Italy, on this day in 1963
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