The Edo State Government has allayed the fear of residents over a suspected case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the state, noting that there is no confirmed case of COVID-19 in any part of the state. In a statement, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia said the only suspected case that was presented to […]

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will face the “best” Manchester United team of the season in Sunday’s derby as they prepare to go head-to-head for the fourth time this season. The 3-0 win over Derby in the FA Cup on Thursday made it nine matches unbeaten across all competitions and 22 goals scored for United, […]

President Martin Vizcarra said Friday Peru has detected its first case of the new coronavirus in a 25-year-old man who had traveled to Europe. The president called for calm and said Peru had taken “all the medical measures” to treat the patient, who had been in Spain, France, and the Czech Republic and was in […]

Derby County midfielder Wayne Rooney has admitted that he used to clash with Sir Alex Ferguson almost every game during the early years of his Manchester United career. Rooney arrived at Old Trafford as an 18-year-old back in 2004, when he was still an inexperienced youngster with the world at his feet. It’s safe to […]

Frank Lampard bemoaned on Friday the “worst injury” crisis among the Premier League’s top sides as his Chelsea team prepare to face Everton with as many as nine frontline players unavailable. “It hasn’t been spoken about that much but we’ve had probably the worst injury list of certainly the top group of the table I […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Half of the staff member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP are to be laid off, according to a memo signed by the party’s deputy national secretary, Agbo Emmanuel. The memo titled, “Disengagement of staff,” and dated March 5, 2020 was addressed to all staff by the National Working Committee of the […]

The United States government announced Friday it is ready to begin collecting DNA from all immigrants it detains, to be saved in a federal police database. The Department of Homeland Security first revealed the measure in October as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts against undocumented migration, attracting strong criticism from civil liberties groups and […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Nigerian Airforce said on Friday that it’s sustained onslaught against Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in the Northeast under the auspices of Operation Decisive Edge has continued to yield tangible results. It said the latest of these was recorded on Thursday, 5 March 2020, when attack aircraft dispatched by the […]

The city of Bethlehem was on lockdown on Friday after the first Palestinian cases of the deadly coronavirus were discovered there and as stuck tourists tried to find a way out. The Palestinian government announced a month-long state of emergency late Thursday after the seven cases were identified, while the Israeli defence ministry said it […]

By Festus Ahon – ASABA TWO days after they were kidnapped by suspected herdsmen who invaded Issele-Azagba community, Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State, three out of the eight victims held hostage have been released by their abductors. Those released, it was gathered, were set free in the early hours of yesterday after reportedly […]

Appeals to contacts to isolate wherever they are,call NCDC Says N1.67 bn budgeted for response in 28 days By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Federal Government , Friday ,disclosed that 93 persons that boarded the same Turkish Airline with an Italian, the country’s Coronavirus index case, were at large. The government said out of the 148 […]

Polish police striving to improve one of Europe’s worst road fatality rates are having to cut back on testing drivers’ breath for alcohol for fear this could speed the transmission of coronavirus. Poland reported its first case of the flu-like virus this week, among more than 85 countries to be hit by the outbreak since […]

Nigeria’s transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi said Friday that completion of a key railway project has been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak as Chinese workers had not returned to the country. The 150-kilometre (90-mile) railway line linking economic hub Lagos to the city of Ibadan is being built by the state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. […]

The International Aviation College, Ilorin, says it is set to commence awarding postgraduate diploma in Aircraft maintenance engineering courses. Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf- Gobir, the Chairman, Governing Council of the college said this on Friday while receiving members of the Ilorin Emirate Durbar committee led by its Chairman, Alhaji Suleiman Alapansanpa. Yusuf-Gobir said that the programme […]

…Party Chair, others meet IGP By Omeiza Ajayi Efforts by some aides of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole were Friday rebuffed by a detachment of security operatives who have continued to lay a siege to the party premises. The policemen, drawn from the Counter-Terrorism Unit CTU, Mobile and […]