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Villager fakes death to avoid COVID-19 lockdown
A Kashmiri villager faked his death and travelled more than a hundred miles in an ambulance with four others in a desperate bid to circumvent India’s virus lockdown and return home, police said Wednesday. Hakim Din was being treated for a minor head injury at a hospital in Jammu when an ambulance driver suggested the
Juve may sell Ronaldo
Juventus are reportedly considering selling star man Cristiano Ronaldo in order to raise cash for life after coronavirus. As one of the world’s most affected countries, Italy and the Serie A have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. There has been no football in the top flight since March 9, when most games were
‘Makinde didn’t contract COVID-19 at Ibadan PDP rally’
Wale Oyewale, Ibadan The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, has said Governor Seyi Makinde, did not contract COVID-19 at a zonal rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, in Ibadan, on March 18, There were insinuations that the governor contracted the at the party’s unification rally. But Adisa, during
China lockdown blocked 700,000 COVID-19 cases – Research
China’s decision to lock down the city of Wuhan, ground zero for the global COVID-19 pandemic, may have prevented more than 700,000 new cases by delaying the spread of the virus, researchers said Tuesday. Drastic Chinese control measures in the first 50 days of the epidemic bought other cities across the country valuable time to
#AprilFoolDay: Don’t add panic to global pains, COVID-19 volunteers warn Nigerians
Sodiq Oyeleke A group, COVID-19 Incident Volunteers, has warned Nigerians to ignore April Fool Day jokes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The April 1 tradition sees families, web users and corporations embrace practical jokes. But the group urged Nigerians to desist from such act as the global death toll mounts and billions remain under some form
Beijing 2022 Olympics face ‘special situation’ after Tokyo delay
Beijing 2022 organisers said they face “a special situation” after the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics means less than six months between the Summer and Winter Games. The Tokyo Olympics are now scheduled to run from July 23 to August 8, 2021 after they were put back a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Europe COVID-19 death toll tops 30,000
The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 30,000 people in Europe, more than three-quarters of the deaths registered in Italy and Spain, according to an AFP tally at 0700 GMT Wednesday using official figures. A total of 30,063 deaths have been recorded in Europe out of 458,601 cases, making it the continent hit hardest by
Buhari, resolve electricity privatisation crisis
WITH yet another round of tariff increase looming, electricity consumers in Nigeria will have no choice but to brace themselves for harder times. This implies paying more for the usual lack of or irregular electricity supply; arbitrary or fraudulent billing, otherwise couched as “estimated billing,” and threats of random disconnection. The failure to provide a
Stop feeding children with sanitisers, Ogun warns parents
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta The Commissioner for Health in Ogun State, Dr Tomi Coker, has warned mothers to desist from giving their children sanitisers to drink as a way of combating coronavirus. Coker, who gave this warning said this on Tuesday during a press briefing on the update of cases of COVID-19, described the development in
Obasanjo, ex-African leaders demand action against COVID-19 spread
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and 11 other African leaders on Tuesday called on the African Union, United Nations and World Bank to help combat the spread of coronavirus in Africa. They advised all African leaders to immediately shut their borders to prevent further spread of COVID-19 on the continent. Obasanjo, ex-Botswana President
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