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Total Eclipse Warnings: How Prepared Are You For April 8
With total eclipse warnings for April 8, 2024, a rational question to ask, is: how prepared are you personally?
Expected to be an extraordinary event for scientists, it nonetheless foretells of consequences for all and sundry.
In other words, it is one phenomenon that comes with warnings for both the big and the small. It is for these reasons that very discerning persons and corporates have begun to make elaborate preparations along the lines of the many total eclipse warnings and cautions available to them.
What a solar eclipse?
By way of a background, a solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth, casting a shadow on the earth.
Solar eclipses occur only over a narrow band of the earth at a time, last only a short time, and are quite rare events, explains, the Australian Radiation Protection & Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA).
Also, a solar eclipse may be classified as total, annular, or partial, depending on how much of the sun is obscured.
Part of The Eagle’s total eclipse warnings, is to that the upcoming phenomenon would result in the moon’s close proximity to the Earth, our dwelling place.
This will cast a looming shadow on the earth, and as scientist say, bring with it, anticipated increased solar activity, potentially leading to remarkable solar flares.
April 8 Total Eclipse Warnings And What To Do
1. Direct viewing of a full or partial solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage
2. Exposing your eyes to the sun without proper eye protection during a solar eclipse can cause “eclipse blindness” or retinal burns, also known as solar retinopathy
3. Use expert-approved solar eclipse glasses to view a solar eclipse safely and without damaging your eyes.
4. Wear your solar eclipse glasses at all times when watching an annular or partial solar eclipse.
Safe And Cost-Effective Way To View The Eclipse
According to preventblindness.org, there is safe and most inexpensive way to watch a solar eclipse. This helps to avoid looking directly at the eclipse by using a projected image.
make a pinhole (a thumbtack should make the right sized hole) in a cardboard paper that blocks light except sunlight shining through the pinhole.
that will serve as your projection screen (as shown in the image). The piece of cardboard with the pinhole should be about three feet above the piece of paper used as a screen.facing away from the sun, hold the piece of paper so that the light from the sun can shine through the pinhole without obstruction.
allow the sunlight shining through the pinhole to project onto a second piece of white paper
Use a Telescope or Binoculars
You could also use a telescope or binoculars to project images of the partially eclipsed Sun onto a surface, facilitating convenient viewing. This method, known as optical projection, employs optics such as lenses and/or mirrors, according to the Indian Space agency
The month of March was a busy one at the Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency with numerous Programmes and Trainings approved and sponsored by Rep. O. K. Chinda.
The month of April is already showing signs of being busier as we have commenced a Free 3-day Medical Outreach.
Today, which is day 1, featured Health Talks and Sensitization, with some participants going home with 10kg of rice after being attended to.
The programme continues tomorrow and will include the following: –
• Vital signs checking.
• Seeing of Doctor/optometrist.
• Laboratory/ diagnosis
• Pharmacy.
The medical outreach is anchored by Dailystar Pharmacy Nigeria Limited
“I WIN, U WIN”
From
The Media Team
Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency Office
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
There was tension on Wednesday As vigilante operating at Dei-Dei community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mujahid Ibrahim (32), has reportedly shot himself while trailing a suspect in the area. Abuja Metro learnt that the bullets from his rifle injured him around his feet, with at least seven cartridges extracted from his body
He was said to be awaiting x-ray results for the possibility of more cartridges in his body.
The incident took place around 12 am in the early hours of Wednesday when the victim and his colleague intercepted a resident in the neighbourhood, they were guarding for working at late hours.
Speaking yesterday at the Kubwa General Hospital, where he was rushed to, Ibrahim said the suspect came around 12 am against the 11 pm, which was agreed upon by the members of the community.
“My colleague, who attended to him, tried in vain to make him understand the rule, but instead for him to cooperate, he resorted to violence and in an effort to scare him, I cooked my rifle pointing toward the sky. I later withdrew the rifle back to my shoulder, but forgot to pull it back and in the process of running toward him as the man was having a scuffle with my colleague, the gun fired out some bullets that hit me around my feet,’’ he said
Also speaking, his colleague, who accompanied him to the hospital, Ben Isaac, said following the incident, the resident in question disappeared but his elder brother has taken all the responsibilities including the treatment charges.
He added that a 24- hour warning was issued to him to appear or get arrested.
The Independent National Electoral Commission,( INEC) has rejected the petition to recall the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, inadequate.
The electoral umpire via its 𝕏 handle on Thursday, April 3, 2025, made this known in a terse statement where it disclosed that the group, who initiated the process did not meet the requirements of the constitution.
INEC in a tweet on its ‘X’ handle said; “The petition for the recall of the Senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)”.
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