Al Ahly’s players will not take pay cuts in the next four months despite the suspension of all competitions on the back of the coronavirus spread, the Egyptian giants announced on Tuesday. A number of Egyptian Premier League clubs have slashed their players’ wages, including Arab Contractors and Ittihad of Alexandria amid calls for an […]

Sustaining intentional efforts towards ensuring the coronavirus is contained, the private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) is set to hand over isolation facilities set up in Rivers and Kano states to their respective state governments.

By Tordue Salem, Abuja A member of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, Rep. Farah Dagogo, has called for a thorough inquest into the circumstances that led to the death of several fishes along the Niger Delta coastline days ago. He described the tragedy as ‘colossal’ with dire consequences for the socio-economy of citizens […]

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused the World Health Organization of being a “pipe organ” for China during the coronavirus outbreak. Trump said China “misled us,” as he referred to investigations the White House asked the US intelligence agencies to conduct into whether China and the WHO covered up what they knew about the […]

By David Royal The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Wednesday, revealed that 825 tests yielded the 195 positive results announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Tuesday night. The Minister disclosed this during the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja.  You would recall that […]

Uzodinma has achieved nothing – PDP Secretary By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state government, Wednesday. said that Emeka Ihedioha, used his seven months in office as governor, to expand his mansions in Owerri, Aboh Mbaise and Abuja. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, spoke in Owerri, on My radio FM, while […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and the American President, Donald Trump on Tuesday exchanged views on how to successfully combat the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic. The two leaders also commiserated with each other on fatalities in their countries, caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday criticized South Africa and Qatar for accepting doctors from Cuba to battle the coronavirus, accusing the communist island of profiting from the pandemic. Cuba’s globe-trotting doctors have long been a source of diplomatic soft power and pride for Havana, but Washington says the medical workers only benefit the government […]

The World Health Organization lauded Sweden as a “model” for battling the coronavirus as countries lift lockdowns — after the nation controversially refused restrictions. Dr Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergencies expert, said Wednesday there are “lessons to be learned” from the Scandinavian nation, which has largely relied on citizens to self-regulate. “I think there’s […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has suspended the operations of commercial motorcycle operators, popularly known as Okada, in the state, following the COVID-19 pandemic. This is coming ahead of next Monday’s expiration of the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government on Lagos State, Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, […]

deploys Amotekun to borders, mining sites By Shina Abubakar –  Osogbo Government of The State of Osun on Wednesday raised the alarm over the influx of Zamfara indigenes into the State. The state government, however, urged the residents not to panic as adequate security measures have been put in place to arrest the situation. A […]

By Emma Amaize Delta State Government, yesterday, reiterated that the state’s precincts remained closed to all road users, except those on essential services. Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, who briefed journalists in Patani, a border town between Delta and Bayelsa states and at Ugbenu in Ethiope West local government areas, said […]

  By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado Ekiti The unknown gunmen who kidnapped the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, have reduced the ransom to a sum of N15 million. The captors had on Monday called the family and demanded a sum of N30 million ransom to secure the commissioner’s release. Olabode and one other were […]

South Africa’s embattled ex-president Jacob Zuma has abandoned attempts to halt a looming corruption trial on charges related to a 1990s arms deal, his office said Wednesday. A statement released by his foundation said the Constitutional Court had on Tuesday accepted “his withdrawal of the application for leave to appeal” against prosecution. “This indeed paves the […]

First, it was bleach solutions, then massive infusions of vitamin C and “ozone therapy,” and now silver drinks: the US Justice Department is taking down bogus coronavirus treatments that have spread almost as fast as the disease itself. On Wednesday a federal court in Utah moved to block the latest scheme to prey on the […]