Gerrard opens up on Rangers future, ‘special’ Liverpool links
Steven Gerrard insists his future lies with Rangers despite the lure of managing Liverpool. Gerrard celebrated his second year as Rangers manager this week, and has more than four years left on his Ibrox contract. The 39-year-old signed a two-year extension to his deal in December, shortly before fuelling speculation over his future. But […]
COVID-19: Ekiti govt to prosecute female positive case who defied interstate travel ban
The Ekiti Government on Wednesday said it would prosecute a positive case of COVID-19 who defied the interstate travel ban to enter the state from Katsina State. The woman, who came from Katsina to visit her husband working in the state, was discovered to have contracted COVID-19. The discovery was made after her husband, a […]
San Francisco gets alcohol, tobacco for addicts in hotels
San Francisco is using private donations to deliver alcohol, tobacco, and medical marijuana to a few dozen people dealing with addiction as they isolate or quarantine in city-leased hotel rooms during the pandemic, officials confirmed Wednesday. There are about 270 people, mostly homeless, staying in hotel rooms to recover from COVID-19 or to wait out […]
Include 9.5m Almajiri children in COVID-19 palliatives — NGOs
Demand inclusion of Almajiris in social register By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Non Governmental Organisations under the auspices of Advocates for Dan Almajiri, ADA, have alleged exclusion of over 9.5 million Almajiri children from the government’s palliative under the current lockdown and stay-at-home orders. This was contained in a statement signed by leaders of five […]
British Airways parent company dives into huge quarterly loss
British Airways owner IAG said Thursday it plunged into the red in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic grounded planes, adding that pre-crisis passenger demand would not return until 2023. The company suffered a huge net loss of 1.68 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in the three months to the end of March, when the […]
COVID-19: Nadal expresses doubts on tennis resumption in 2020
Rafa Nadal believes he’s played his last tennis of 2020 and has predicted the sport won’t return until next year’s Australian Open. Like every other major sport, tennis has been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen Wimbledon, which was scheduled for July, and September’s French Open cancelled in recent weeks. The ATP […]
