South Africa on Thursday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy, health ministry announced. It is the first case in southern Africa, and the latest confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and Senegal. “This morning,… the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that a suspected case of […]

Tottenham‘s Eric Dier wasn’t the first footballer to snap and decide to physically confront fans in the stands, and he won’t be the last. Given the volatile nature of the game, and how often some fans can’t help but be utter d*ckheads, it’s actually quite surprising that incidents of this nature don’t occur more often. […]

A Jalingo High Court has declared that it has the Jurisdiction to entertain the chieftaicy suit instituted by stakeholders from Gassol LGA of Taraba, challenging the appointment of Mr John Sokwa, as the third class chief of the newly created Kwararrafa Chiefdom. The Taraba government praying the court to dismiss the suit because it was […]

Ministers from the OPEC cartel of oil-producing countries said Thursday they would recommend a production cut of 1.5 million barrels per day to their allies in the wider OPEC+ grouping, as they seek to counter the slump in demand caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. At an extraordinary meeting at the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum […]

By Chioma Obinna & Chinelo Azike The Lagos State government on Tuesday carried out a sensitisation programme to educate community leaders, on preventive measures on   Coronavirus to prevent a larger outbreak. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this at the Stakeholders’ Forum on the Management and Control of COVID-19 in […]

Almost 300 million students worldwide faced weeks at home with Italy and India the latest to shut schools over the deadly new coronavirus, as the IMF urged an all-out global offensive against the epidemic. More than 95,000 people have been infected and over 3,200 have died worldwide from the virus, which by Thursday had reached […]

Sergio Aguero joked that Pep Guardiola is “crazy” after the Spaniard berated him on the touchline despite scoring the winner at City beat Sheffield Wednesday in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Aguero said Guardiola wanted him to run in behind Sheffield Wednesday’s center-backs before his was substituted. “He said when Riyad or Bernardo […]

Iran on Thursday reported 15 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the national toll to 107, and said it would keep schools and universities closed until early April. But the number of the dead could be higher, according to a tally reported by state news agency IRNA. Data gathered by the agency from medical […]

…As VC warns against cultism, examination malpractice About two thousand students have been matriculated to study various degree programmes at the Federal University Wukari, Taraba State. The matriculation ceremony took place on Tuesday at the newly built one thousand seater capacity auditorium of the institution. Speaking at the ceremony the Vice-Chancellor of the University Professor […]

Over one thousand beneficiaries of free eyes test programme who also received free medicated glasses were seen in several shades of happiness today. A Non-Governmental Organisation, Oghenero Alakpodia Foundation is the organiser of the free medical outreach tagged, “Vision at your doorstep” which held at Urogbe Primary School, Owhelogbo in Isoko North Local Area. The […]