Tag: Handshake
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Catholic Church resumes hand shake during Mass
The Catholic Church has announced the resumption of the traditional handshake in churches, which was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. His Grace, Most Rev. Lucius IIwejur-Ugorji, the Archbishop of Owerri diocese said in a statement that worshippers were to resume the “Kiss of Peace” during Eucharistic and other events in the liturgical celebrations of the…
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Coronavirus: How Buhari, Osinbajo now greet in Aso Rock (Photos)
Amidst the global pandemic of coronavirus, Nigeria’s Aso Rock Presidential Villa has also changed the ways things are done. Gone is the shaking of hands. It has now been replaced with an elbow shaking. President Buhari and his vice-president demonstrated this at a dinner with High Level CBN Round Table for Growth on Wednesday night.…
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Coronavirus: Premier League club ban players from shaking hands
Premier League side Newcastle have introduced a training ground handshake ban because of coronavirus, says manager Steve Bruce. More than 80,000 people have been infected by the virus worldwide, resulting in nearly 2,800 deaths. “There’s a ritual that everybody shakes hands when we see each other every morning – we’ve stopped that on the advice…
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Handshake Across History?, By Wole Soyinka
Let us begin with some collective introspection. I have become increasingly convinced that, between leadership and the led, there is only a very thin dividing line, often nearly indistinguishable. There is no question in my mind that, most often, the so-called led are their own worst enemies, even to the point of self-betrayal and treachery…
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Killings: Buhari invites Imam who saved 300 Christians for handshake, national honour
President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State to bring the 83-year-old Imam of Nghar village, Gashish District in the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar, to Abuja for “a handshake and national honour.” Lalong said the President took the decision following reports that the Imam saved about 300 persons…