Coronavirus: WHO Reveals When Football Will Likely Return
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reportedly called for suspension of all football matches until the end of next season, 2021. This is following the increasing cases of Coronavirus across the world. There are over two million confirmed cases recorded globally since Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China. According to Italian paper, La Repubblica, WHO during […]
Herdsmen Still Killing Our People Amid Lockdown – BNYL
The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, on Wednesday decried the Nigerian government’s failure to clamp down on killer herdsmen ravaging communities despite the COVID-19 lockdown. BNYL was reacting to the recent herdsmen attacks across the nation. Read Also: Leader Of Biafran Group Group Tenders Resignation The group lamented that herdsmen were freely crossing state borders […]
US Oil Rebounds, Back In Positive Territory
US oil prices rebounded above zero Tuesday, a day after futures ended in negative territory for the first time as a coronavirus-triggered collapse in demand leaves the world awash in crude. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for May delivery was changing hands at $1.10 a barrel after closing at -$37.63 in New York. The May […]
Seoul Plays Down Report On North Korean Leader’s Health
South Korea played down a report Tuesday that the North’s leader Kim Jong Un was being treated after surgery, as speculation mounted over his absence from a key anniversary. Pyongyang marked the birthday of its late founder, Kim’s grandfather Kim Il Sung, on April 15 — by far the most important date in its annual […]
Returning To Virus Fight, Healed Caregivers Are Uneasy
After spending three weeks in isolation, Justin Jara returns to work Tuesday at his hospital in Detroit, but he doesn’t have a lot of faith in the test that showed he now has antibodies against the new coronavirus. “I still have fear, I am scared to go back to work,” the 26-year-old nurse told AFP. […]
NFL Braces For ‘Virtual Draft’ Amid Virus Lockdown
The NFL Draft will head into uncharted territory on Thursday, with lockdown restrictions put in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic forcing teams to take part in an unprecedented “virtual draft”. The annual three-day marketplace to choose the cream of collegiate talent was initially due to have been held on the Las Vegas strip, with […]
Human Trials For UK Coronavirus Vaccine This Week
A COVID-19 vaccine developed at the University of Oxford will be trialled on humans in the UK from Thursday this week. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today said he was ‘throwing everything at’ Britain’s attempt to develop the first vaccine in the world. The Government will give the scientists an extra £20million to help with their trials, Mr Hancock said, […]
Woman’s Breast Implant Deflects Bullet, Saving Her Life
(CNN) A woman who survived a close-range gunshot wound to the chest was saved because of her silicone breast implants, doctors believe. In a case study published to the SAGE medical journal last week, doctors described how a silicone breast implant deflected a bullet away from a 30-year-old woman’s vital organs. The incident, which took place in 2018 in Toronto, […]
World Risks ‘Biblical’ Famines Due To Pandemic – UN
The world is at risk of widespread famines “of biblical proportions” caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the UN has warned. David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme (WFP), said urgent action was needed to avoid a catastrophe. A report estimates that the number suffering from hunger could almost double from 135m to more than […]
Coronavirus Yellow Vaccine In Kano Is Fake – FG Warns
The Nigerian government has reacted to reports of a vaccine for COVID-19 found in Kano State. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammad on Tuesday said the vaccine being hawked in Kano is fake and should not be bought. Lai Mohammed said this while giving updates on COVID-19 during the Presidential task force press briefing on […]
Police Raid Zamfara Illegal Mining Sites
Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Barrister Usman Nagogo says foreign nationals such as Chinese, Koreans and Burkinabes were working against Nigeria’s economy through illegal mining. The commissioner said he was worried about the continuous destruction of Nigeria’s economy by foreign nationals at illegal mining sites in Zamfara State despite government’s order to them to quit […]
Buhari Reacts To Death Of Former Attorney Gen., Akinjide
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the people of Oyo State over the death of former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide. Read Also: Breaking: Buhari’s Personal Bodyguard Is Dead Africa Today News had reported that the former Minister of Justice, Akinjide died on Tuesday. President Buhari in a […]