Brazilian football could restart at the end of June, the secretary-general of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Walter Feldman, said on Tuesday. This is coming in spite of the fact that the number of coronavirus cases is still rising in South America’s hardest-hit nation. Feldman said the return to action in the German Bundesliga, where nine first division games were played last weekend after a two-month hiatus, was a positive example for world football. “It...
Mr Everestus Obiyo, Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Enugu State Command, has turned back 15 Enugu-bound vehicles, mostly commercial buses, at the Enugu-Abia boundary. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Denny Iwuchukwu, said in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu that the vehicles and their occupants were turned back on Tuesday. Iwuchukwu said the commandant took the action while conducting an on-the-spot check on boundaries between Enugu and neighbouring states. He said...
The Kuje Area Council in the FCT, has commenced enforcement of the suspension on all motorcycle operations in the area, aimed at curbing community spread of COVID-19. Mr Abdullahi Sabo, Chairman, Motorcycle Operators Restructuring Committee in Kuje, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. NAN recalls that the council had on May 12, announced the suspension. Sabo said that the development followed the daily rise in confirmed cases...
AWKA, ANAMBRA — The Ohaneze Ndigbo, Anambra Chapter, has expressed dissatisfaction at poor compliance with the order banning interstate travel aimed at curbing COVID-19 spread. Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, President, Ohaneze Ndigbo in Anambra, expressed dissatisfaction in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Awka. He said that some people from states hard hit by the virus had been entering states with less record of the virus in spite of the order....
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 226 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 6401. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to 192. The health agency explained that most of the fatalities recorded from COVID-19 were cases with other underlying illnesses...
Seychelles, another island nation, had become the third African country that had attained Coronavirus free status in the continent. On Monday, May 19, the Health Ministry announced the full recovery of its COVID-19 patients. The country because the third in African to be Coronavirus free after Mauritius and Eritrea. The country’s last cabinet meeting focused on the country’s efforts in containing the spread of the virus as the resumption of life was rolled out. The...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had said that reporting more or fewer cases of coronavirus did not attract support from the Federal Government to states. This was disclosed on Tuesday through the Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu while speaking at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 press briefing There had been unconfirmed reports before now that some states distort the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in their state. This is done...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha had said Madagascar COVID-19 herb was sent to Nigeria at no cost. Mustapha disclosed this on Tuesday at the media briefing of the task force. He also warned that reopening the economy will rely largely on the level of compliance with the guidelines issued for the control of the spread of the virus. According to...
In what he described as the largest and fastest crisis response in the Bank’s history, David Malpass, World Bank Group President, said the bank has provided emergency COVID-19 assistance to 100 developing countries, home to seventy percent of the world’s population. In the wake of the pandemic, the World Bank pledged $160 billion in grants and financial support over a 15-month period, an initiative it says would “help developing countries respond to the health, social...
A woman community leader in Anambra, Mrs Ngozi Mbachi, on Tuesday urged members of the public not to stigmatise persons suffering from Coronavirus sickness. She made the appeal in Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra, during the distribution of palliatives to the women of Aboatulu kindred in the community. According to Mbachi, COVID -19 is not a death sentence and stigmatisation will make sufferers not to disclose their condition thus placing other community members at risk....
