Britain’s Adam Yates was declared winner Friday of the UAE Tour, after the final two stages fell victim to the coronavirus outbreak. Yates led the overall race after Thursday’s fifth stage of the WorldTour event scheduled to finish on Saturday. Second was Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia with Kazak Alexey Lutsenko third. The race was abandoned […]

The Lebanese government had frozen recruitment but then, around the time of a key election, thousands of people suddenly landed civil servant jobs. The alleged corruption case is just one of many stirring public anger in Lebanon, where protesters are calling out rampant graft they say has brought the economy to its knees. Cronyism in […]

By Dennis Agbo OPPOSITION political parties in Enugu state have predicted that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will achieve a landslide victory in Saturday’s local government council elections in the state. Meanwhile, The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, said it has made adequate preparation to ensure that the election is conducted successfully in […]

She wakes every day long before dawn to chat with her three-stranded daughters on the other side of the world in China’s locked-down city of Wuhan, anxious to see they have started a new day virus-free. “If I don’t get a reply it worries me, but if I get a reply from any of them […]

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident that Manchester United will not repeat last season’s embarrassing “capitulation” against Everton as they seek to strengthen their push for a Champions League place. United make the short trip to Goodison Park on Sunday in an upbeat mood after seven games unbeaten — and six clean sheets — in all […]

Premier League club Newcastle United have introduced a handshake ban to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, manager Steve Bruce said on Friday. “There’s a ritual here that everybody shakes hands with everybody as soon as we see each other every morning — we’ve stopped that on the advice of the doctor,” Bruce said. […]

… As WHO says no country should assume it won’t get cases By Chioma Obinna The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has deployed its Rapid Response Teams to support the Lagos State Government, as Nigeria records first case of the Coronavirus (COVID19). The Federal Ministry of Health had in early hour of Friday morning […]

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres Thursday called for an end to gender inequality which he said: “should shame us all in the 21st century because it is not only unacceptable, it is stupid.” Comparing it to past “stains” of slavery and colonialism, he said discrimination against women and girls remained a major problem around the […]

Malaysia’s king struck down Friday a power play by 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad aimed at seizing momentum in a political crisis, capping a week of turmoil that has left the country effectively leaderless. He rejected Mahathir’s plan to convene parliament to vote on the country’s next prime minister, after it was widely criticised as against the constitution. […]

By Adesina Wahab, The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South-West Zone (Zone D) has written the Department of State Service, DSS, about the activities of some people posing as the leaders of the body in the zone. The letter was sent to the Directors of the DSS in states in the […]

Commissioner says his symptoms are subsiding By Sola Ogundipe The Lagos state government has started tracing persons that might have had contact with the index case of the Coronavirusinfection in Nigeria in order to start the isolation and containment of exercise that will break the cycle of transmission of the disease. The State Commissioner for […]

The Swiss government on Friday said it was suspending all events in the country involving more than 1,000 participants until March 15 in a bid to stop new coronavirus contagion. “Large-scale events involving more than 1,000 people are to be banned. The ban comes into immediate effect and will apply at least until 15 March,” […]

Iran on Friday reported eight new deaths from coronavirus, raising its toll to 34, as the number of infections jumped again in the Islamic republic, one of the worst-hit countries. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 143 cases had been detected over the past 24 hours, increasing the total of confirmed infections to 388. Among the […]

The “French Oscars” the Cesars will be awarded Friday in a poisonous atmosphere with Roman Polanski — whose new film has the highest number of nominations — staying away from the ceremony because he fears a “public lynching”. With the French film industry at war with itself over the decision to honour the controversial director […]

Jamil Abubakar is also known as Capt. Jamyl is an aircraft pilot with over a decade of experience to his name. He is better known for his aviation mentorship program and an NGO that caters for the health, education, and alleviation of the less privileged in communities all around northern Nigeria. An indigene of Gusau, […]