Despite taking a pay cut to join Manchester United in the January transfer window, Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo will earn N3.8m (£8,000) for every goal scored and N4m (£9,000) for every Premier League win as bonuses. According to The Sun, several lucrative bonuses were included in his contract when he signed to join Manchester United on…
Prince Albert II of Monaco has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his palace said on Thursday. The 62-year-old sovereign of the enclave on the French Mediterranean coast was being closely monitored by his doctor and specialists, and his health “does not give any cause for concern,” according to the palace. “ “Prince Albert has…
One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughters has gone into self-isolation after returning from the UK over coronavirus. Aisha Buhari, the first lady, who disclosed this, said although her daughter did not show any symptoms of the virus, she went into self-isolation after returning from the UK.
The US has approved the anti-malarial drug chloroquine for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Thursday. “We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been so great,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve gone through the approval…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria now tests negative. He said this at a press conference on Thursday, The PUNCH reports. According to him, the Italian will be tested one more time and will be released if he tests negative again. Coronavirus was first recorded in…
A group of Kenyan youths have killed a man they suspected had the deadly coronavirus. The man identified as George Kotini Hezron, was on his way home from a drinking spree in the village of Msambweni in Kwale County when he was attacked on Wednesday at around 9pm The residents had suspected him of having coronavirus…
Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been lit up with the flags of countries currently battling with the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19). GIOTV notes that there are several countries currently grappling with the coronavirus pandemic which first broke out in China in December 2019. Nigeria is one of the countries affected with…
In a bid to discourage the possible contamination of the dreaded Coronavirus among residents in the state, the Benue state government has announced the closure of all schools operating in the state indefinitely, as from Friday, March 27, 2020. Taking to its official twitter handle, the state Government wrote; ”SCHOOLS TO CLOSE INDEFINITE All Schools…
A hit and run truck driver in the early hours of Wednesday crushed three women to death at Oyigbo in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident occurred at the popular Ukwube market where hundreds of women converted some part of the road as a makeshift stall to display their wares. According to…
A man has been arrested for digging up a gravesite allegedly belonging to Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. Back in February, DailyMail reported that the gravesite in Newport Beach is where Kobe and his daughter were laid to rest. However, last Friday, a man was arrested and placed in handcuffs after he allegedly tried…