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Some good news about COVID-19
*How about some good news about Covid-19?* -China has closed down its last coronavirus hospital. Not enough new cases to support them. – Doctors in India have been successful in treating Coronavirus. Combination of drugs used: Lopinavir, Retonovir, Oseltamivir along with Chlorphenamine. They are going to suggest same medicine, globally. – Researchers of the Erasmus …
Makinde orders immediate renovation of classrooms in worst-hit Ibadan schools
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has ordered the immediate renovation of blocks of classrooms and supply of furniture to St John Secondary School, Ode-Aje, Aremo, Ibadan and other worst-hit schools in the metropolis. The governor, who made the order during an on-the-spot assessment to St. John’s School Aremo, Ode-Aje, Ibadan, said government …
Valencia confirm 35% of players & staff test positive for coronavirus
Valencia have confirmed that 35% of the club’s players & staff tested positive for coronavirus. The Spanish club announced last weekend players Mangala, Garay and Gaya and two other staff were infected with the coronavirus. Now things are getting worse. According to the latest report by El Chiringuito, at least 12 Valencia players have tested …
POLITICS & PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN NIGERIAN COURTS -Kayode Ajulo, PhD.
-Kayode Ajulo, PhD INTRODUCTION Judges, individually and collectively, attach great importance to maintaining the confidence of the public. Public confidence is invoked as a guiding principle in relation to the conduct of judges, on and off the bench, and in relation to the institutional conduct of courts. As a value that plays a part …
The coronavirus outbreak and tumbling oil prices are triggering a dollar shortage in Nigeria
Nigeria has recorded only two confirmed cases of Covid-19 but the global pandemic’s growing impact on its economy is far more significant. As oil prices tank while global demand drops drastically in the wake of the outbreak, Nigeria’s economy is being caught in the cross-hairs. Essentially, with oil being Nigeria’s biggest export, the government relies heavily on …
BREAKING: Premier League suspended until April 3rd due to coronavirus pandemic
All Premier League including the FA, EFL and Barclays FA Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship suspended until April 3rd due to coronavirus pandemic
BREAKING: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tested positive for Coronavirus
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tested positive for Coronavirus A statement from the club read: “Our London Colney training centre has been closed after head coach Mikel Arteta received a positive COVID-19 result this evening. Arsenal personnel who had recent close contact with Mikel will now self-isolate in line with Government health guidelines. Arteta has tested …
The EU and Africa, a pandemic, and accountability at the World Bank: This week in development |By Adva Saldinge
By Adva Saldinger @AdvaSal COVID-19 is declared a pandemic, the EU unveils a new vision for Africa, and the World Bank approves long-awaited accountability reforms. This week in development: The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic Wednesday as the new coronavirus continues its rapid spread. “We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and …
Nigeria in 1996, Cameroon in 2000: FIFA reveals Africa’s golden Olympic history!
While Africa is waiting for the continent’s first FIFA World Cup™ triumph, it is worth remembering a series of historic successes that put the continent on the Olympic Football Tournament map. FIFA.com remembers two golden and historic tournaments in Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. Nigeria’s fairytale success Captained by the great Nwankwo Kanu, who had recently …
Coronavirus: Trump bans travel from Europe to the US but exempts UK [video]
US President Donald Trump avoided declaring a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak but is shutting down all travel from Europe – with the exception of the UK and Ireland – and going back on his own advice by urging sick people to “stay home”. In only his second presidential address from the Oval Office in three years, …
Chelsea ‘to announce rising star Anjorin has agreed new contract with the club’
Chelsea are set to soon announce that rising star Tino Anjorin has agreed a new contract with the club, Football Insider can reveal. The London giants have made a breakthrough in talks with the attacking midfielder, 18, just days after his Premier League debut. A Chelsea source has told Football Insider that the club will …
BREAKING: Juventus confirm Daniele Rugani has tested positive for Coronavirus, team quarantined!
Juventus have confirmed that Italy international defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for Coronavirus. In a statement released on Wednesday evening, the club announced that Rugani has been diagnosed with the Coronavirus, but is currently asymptomatic. “Juventus Football Club is currently activating all the procedures of isolation planned by the regulations, including a check on …
Oyo ’ll Be Known for Good Governance Throughout My Tenure—Makinde
Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has declared the State would be known for good governance all through his tenure. Makinde, who stated this while addressing members of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) during a stakeholders’ meeting of the party at its state secretariat, Molete, Ibadan, added that his administration was bent …
WHO declares Coronavirus [COVID-19] outbreak a pandemic! See what this means.
The coronavirus outbreak has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). More than 4,300 people have died globally after contracting COVID-19, the prevalent strain of coronavirus, and there have been over 121,500 confirmed infections. There have been more then 3,000 deaths in China, the epicentre of the outbreak. And in Italy, …
Caught! Ronaldinho signing autographs and drinking alcohol in Paraguayan prison
Ronaldinho chilling signing autographs and drinking alcohol in a Paraguayan prison. Still have no idea how one of the most famous men in Brazil thought he could get into Paraguay with a fake Paraguayan passport. Flag of BrazilFlag of Paraguay Ronaldinho’s lawyers offered a property bond as their get-out-of-jail card for the former footballer at …