Nigerian churches ban handshake

Cardinal John Onaiyekan has recommended receiving Communion in the hand rather than on the tongue, as a precaution against the ebola virus that has spread to Nigeria, writes Fredrick Nzwili. He has also called for the omission of handshakes as signs of peace at Masses. The virus has claimed two lives in Nigeria, and President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a national emergency. More than 1,000 ­people have died of ebola in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.