Real Madrid players in quarantine after positive test for coronavirus
Real Madrid’s players and staff went into quarantine on Thursday, Spain’s La Liga paused its season and the NBA halted games indefinitely as the coronavirus pandemic rocked world sport. La Liga authorities took the decision to suspend matches in the top two divisions for two weeks after Real Madrid confirmed its senior football team was in quarantine following a positive […]
Philippine president to undergo ‘precautionary’ coronavirus test
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be tested for the new coronavirus, an official said Thursday as two key government buildings were being disinfected over an exposure scare. The Philippines has seen a jump this week in cases, including people who recently attended events with Senate lawmakers and government officials, potentially exposing them. In response, the […]
Apple is shutting down all of its stores in Italy indefinitely due to the coronavirus
Apple is indefinitely closing all 17 of its Apple Store retail locations in Italy due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, according to notices posted on the company’s Italian website, as spotted by Bloomberg. The store closings are effectively a formality, though, given that the entire country of Italy has already been put on […]
Opportunities in FinTech enormous, still underutilized — CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that a lot of opportunities abound in, Financial technology, FinTech even as the available ones are still underutilized. Director, Payments System Management Department, CBN, Musa Jimoh said this during the Financial Services Innovators (FSI) maiden Hackaton competition which took place in various regions of the country. Represented by […]
Lassa Fever: Death toll reaches 144 — NCDC
The death toll from the latest round of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 144, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Thursday with a Case Fatality Rate (CFR), of 16.8 per cent. The NCDC said this is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2019 23.3 per cent, which […]
Tiger Woods elected to World Golf Hall of Fame
US superstar Tiger Woods, a 15-time major champion, will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2021. The hall, located in St. Augustine, Florida, released a statement on Wednesday saying Woods had been advised of his impending induction in the male competitor category in a phone call […]
