Bundesliga side, FC Cologne, has announced that three members of their staff have tested positive for COVID-19. The club confirmed on Friday that playing staff, as well as coaches and backroom staff, were tested on Thursday at training, but three results came back positive. The trio, who are all symptom-free, will enter a 14-day quarantine period, the club…
Oyo State recorded six new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), out of 238 cases recorded on Friday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), bringing the number of cases recorded to 29. According to the NCDC, this is as of Friday night. Gov. Sheyi Makinde, on in his tweeter handle, said “we have started…
The Enugu State Government has announced another confirmed case of coronavirus, bringing the number of cases in the state to four. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Enugu. Obi said that the new case was a 39- year-old who used to live and work in…
Gotel Communications, a company owned by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Friday, confirmed that it sacked some of its workers. There had been reports that the company sacked about 46 of its employees on Workers’ Day. It was reported that the company, in a letter by its General Manager, Mohammed El Yakubu, had sacked the…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved a hazard allowance ranging from N90,000 to N300,000 for health workers on the frontline of the state government’s efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Obaseki disclosed this at a parley with labour union leaders in the state as part of activities that marked the International Labour…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Friday said it was concerned about claims in the social media that the agency had approved drugs and vaccines for COVID-19, describing the claim as misleading. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said in a statement that although research was ongoing to find…
WHO rejected it, saying the syrup was locally made. If this was done by a white country, they would have endorsed it. Maybe it’s high time African leaders come together & create “Africa Health Organisation, AHO”. What’s wrong with WHO? Same WHO that misled the world that #COVID19 can’t be transmitted from human to human….
An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court on Thursday sentenced four persons to 14 days self-isolation for attempting to escape with one Kazeem Oladayo, a COVID-19 patient, at Sobi Isolation Centre in Ilorin. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Bio Solihu, also ordered the convicts to pay N20,000 fine each in addition to the isolation sentence. Solihu also ordered the…
The Spanish TV host, Alfonso Merlos has been accused of cheating after a half-naked woman walked into shot during one of his at-home news broadcasts,a woman who was not his girlfriend. Merlos, 41, was presenting a report on the Estado de Alarma channel from his home when a woman, appearing to only be wearing a…
Due to the global pandemic, many artistes’ shows have either been postponed to new dates or indefinitely. But fortunately, their inability to tour is gaining a new way for them to make money during the COVID-19 pandemic. Facebook has announced it’s adding an option that will let creators charge viewers to watch live streams on…