Several players, including the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane, have seen their market values drop because of what football is going through at the moment owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Nigerian players were not left out of the negative market value changes published by Transfermarkt on Wednesday, April 8. ALSO […]

Lufthansa is losing a million euros ($1.1 million) per hour as the coronavirus pandemic paralyses travel, CEO Carsten Spohr said, warning that the German airline giant would need state aid to survive. READ ALSO: NSCDC cautions gas dealers against operating in residential areas “We are losing about a million euros in liquidity reserves per hour. Day […]

Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, sentenced a 40- year-old drug dealer, Abiodun Adebisi, to three years in prison for unlawfully trafficking 14.5 kg of psychotropic substance. Abdulmaleek said that she convicted and sentenced Adebisi based on the evidence before her. “I hope that this sentence will serve as a […]

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it will not mete out punishment on Prof. Alakija Salami, a Senior Consultant in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) for alleged unethical conduct. Dr. Alihu Adebara, NCDC Team Leader to Kwara, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Thursday, said […]

Asked Wednesday at the World Health Organisations’s daily briefing in Geneva about the criticism from the U.S., the WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus initially responded by saying he wouldn’t answer the question. “I don’t think that’s necessary,” Tedros said. “We shouldn’t waste time pointing fingers. We need time to unite. … Let’s unite. … The […]

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has cautioned gas dealers against situating their plants in residential areas. The Commander Area C, Kafanchan, Efere Joseph, gave the warning on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kafanchan. Joseph said that locating gas plants in residential areas was a […]

Following the impact of the lockdown ordered by Ondo State government to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the state, Special Adviser (Energy) Engr. Tunji Ariyomo on Wednesday distributed no fewer than 500 live chickens to his constituents in Akure South Local Government Area of the state. He explained that the move became necessary considering […]

The Idiroko Unit Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised Nigerians to celebrate Easter on a low-key to prevent further spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the country. The FRSC Unit Commander, Mr. Akinwunmi Olaluwoye, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, on Thursday. NAN […]

The 11 Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), have affirmed that they will support the move to supply free electricity to all consumers within their network in the next two month.

Tottenham have reminded coach Jose Mourinho and his players of their responsibilities as they were caught breaking social distancing rules implemented under the coronavirus crisis. Mourinho was pictured in a North London park with Ryan Sessegnon, while Tanguy Ndombele and Davinson Sanchez ran together nearby. “We will continue to reinforce the government’s message,” a club […]