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Juventus striker, Cristiano Ronaldo will be isolated for another two weeks when he returns to Italy from his home country, Portugal. Recall Corriere dello Sport reported earlier this week that Juventus has recalled their foreign players who left Italy during the Coronavirus lockdown.  Ronaldo, who traveled to Portugal will be required to stay in isolation for another 14 days once he gets back to Italy.  In addition, Ronaldo's teammates, Douglas Costa and Alex Sandro, who both went to Brazil, are expected to return to Italy and will also be isolated. This comes after it was claimed that Serie A clubs could return to training on May 4, but that may not include players who have returned from abroad. Italy, the European country hardest hit by the coronavirus, has been in national lockdown since March 10. Over 200,000 cases of Coronavirus have been recorded with 27,682 deaths and 71,252 recoveries in the country.

Proper hand hygiene is an effective way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases Wash your hands frequently with soap under running water for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitiser Let's all #TakeResponsibility to keep ourselves, loved ones & communities safe.

The monarch says he chose to lead by example by putting on the mask - Oba Ogunwusi called on those taking the deadly disease with levity to change their mindset towards the pandemic, adding that COVID-19 is real The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said he is wearing face mask to cover his nose and mouth in order to protect himself and others from the deadly coronavirus. The monarch stated this at the Ogun state governor's office on Wednesday, April 29, in response to the people wondering why he wears a face mask in public, The Nation reports, According to Oba Ogunwusi, he decided to “lead by example” by putting on preventive measures against the deadly He said: “Coronavirus is real. It is dangerous and a respecter of nobody. I advise those still skeptical about the reality of the dreadful pandemic to adjust their thinking and face the issue that has today become a global health concern.” The monarch was at the governor's office to hand over two motorised ...

 President George Weah is expected to lay speculations about his health to rest as he prepares to undergo testing for the deadly coronavirus, Presidential Spokesperson, Isaac Solo Kelgbeh the media. “President Weah will do his test very soon,” Mr. Kelgbeh told the New Dawn as he dismissed increasing rumors here which purport that the President is COVID 19 positive.Mr. Kelgbeh explains that Mr. Weah has been self-isolating since the COVID 19 confirmed index case here-Nathaniel Blamah and has not reported to his temporary office at the Foreign Ministry since then. “President Weah has been working from home. He holds large meetings at his Jamaica Resort and small group meetings at his residence. He attended the April 23, (2020) ECOWAS Summit from his residence,” Kelgbeh said.In an earlier prepared statement issued on April 2 about the President’s health, Kelgbeh stated that President Weah is in good health. He described the reports about the President’s health as false and a blata...

Ladies and Gentlemen, the isolation center recently built at FMC lokoja before and after rain. 😂😂😂 ......

Workers in Kaduna State have rejected deduction of 25 per cent from salaries of senior civil servants in the state as announced by Governor Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufa’i . The governor had said the deductions were due to issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic However, the workers told Governor El-Rufai to return the deducted fund or face action from the Labour Union. Speaking at a conference in Kaduna on Wednesday, the state NLC Chairman, Comrade Ayuba Magaji Suleiman said, government should stop the 25% deduction henceforth and should return the one already deducted from the workers. He said that, the deduction ought to have been done with the consent of the labour union and be made a voluntary donation, rather than forceful deduction. “Sequel to the deductions of 25% on the salary of all civil servants in Kaduna state, effective from April, 2020, labour in Kaduna State unequivocally rejects this deduction. This is because the Union was not consulted on the issue nor consente...

Aimed at meeting the challenges of the post Covid-19 era, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has review the state budget downward by 38.8 percent. Chairman House Committee on Information Hon Aniefiok Dennis while highlighting the breakdown of the amended budget said that the amended recurrent expenditure excluding the consolidated revenue fund now stands at NGN98.22BN from the previous NGN111.22BN indicating an 11.7% slash. According to him, the house approved a NGN36.1BN reduction from the NGN116.93BN consolidated revenue fund charges for the year 2020 to arrive at the amended provision of NGN80.83BN indicating a 30.88% downward review. The previously approved capital expenditure in the 2020 budget stood at NGN369.58BN, but the house further made 50.58% reduction to arrive at an amended provision of NGN186.94BN capital expenditure. This development brings the total State’s budget size to NGN366BN for the 2020 fiscal year from the previous NGN597.73BN indicating a 38.8% reductio...

 Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth has laid off an additional 200 employees as part of a broader whittling down of its global operations. The 200 jobs affected were based in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, a Canopy Growth spokesperson told CNN Business. Canopy Growth declined to disclose which departments or job types were affected. The reductions, which were disclosed via a corporate internal announcement, were first reported by BNN Blomberg. “Although difficult, the decisions that have been made over the last few months are to allow Canopy Growth to remain focused on the areas where we are winning and ensure that we are delivering the highest quality products to our consumers in every market where we operate,” Canopy Growth CEO David Klein wrote in an emailed statement. “For a long time Canopy has prioritized doing things first, but going forward we’ll be focused on doing things the best in the markets and in the product formats that show ...

Huawei has maintained a strong presence in Europe for over 20 years and we are proud to reaffirm our commitment at this challenging time. We firmly stand by our European partners and will support them by any means to win the fight against this virus.#20YearsHuaweiEurope #TECH4ALL.

Top Nigerian Video Vixen Divine aka Picturekodak confirmed dead... R.I.P 💔🕊😔 .

A man of 72-year-old rower has finished a solo trans-Atlantic crossing he started at the end of January -- well before the coronavirus outbreak had spread around the globe. Graham Walters set off from the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on January 25 and arrived in Antigua on Wednesday, a journey that took 96 days. If certified, Walters will have beaten the Guinness world record for the oldest person to row across any ocean solo. It was set by  Frenchman Gerard Marie , who was 66 when he rowed across the Atlantic in 2015. At the start of the crossing, the weather was cold and wet and miserable so my spirits got quite low, but once the sun came out when I got to the Atlantic everything was fine," he told CNN in a statement. But the weather did cause some problems later on. Walters had to get towed toward the end of his trip by the Coast Guard after fighting against strong winds that were blowing him in the opposite direction of his destination. Having aimed for Antigua...

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Premier League return to training protocols revealed ahead of crunch meeting. EPL players will be told to wear face masks or snoods at all times in training as one of many measures drawn up to allow squads to return to group training.     In documents obtained by Express Sport, the league has set out specific criteria to keep players and staff safe. The framework for Project Restart, the English top-flight's plan to resume the season in mid-June, was given the greenlight by the UK government on Wednesday it is understood.  The plans include players being gradually phased back into training at all 20 clubs' training grounds, with full contact squad training by the end of May. Fixtures would then return, behind closed doors and only at specific stadiums, in the second week of June.The Premier League will fund an extensive and regular testing programme to ensure players do not become infected with the covid -19 which has the lives of over 26,000 people in the UK . Wi...

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced that its Board of Directors has voted unanimously to cancel 2020 Hall of Fame induction weekend events as a result of health and safety concerns associated with the Covid-19 pandemic https://t.co/USV2F8Zh3M.

The Lagos state police command has arrested 65 people for violating the lockdown order currently in effect in the state to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. According to a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA, signed by DSP Bala Elkana, the Lagos police command spokesperson, the arrests were made in a hotel in Oko Oba area of the state on Wednesday. “On 29/4/2020 at about 1405hrs, acting on credible intelligence, operatives from Area G Command and Oko Oba Division arrested 65 suspects at 84 Park Hotel, Augusto Close, Oko Oba. The suspects were arrested for holding a birthday party and consuming some substances suspected to be hard/illicit drugs.” “Some of the suspects were found in the swimming pool catching fun, in total neglect of the social distancing regulations and the lockdown order. The suspects who are within the range of 16 to 45 years, confessed to have left their various homes to the hotel in defiance to the sit at home order. The Manager of the hotel is equally ar...

Boeing Airline announced sweeping cost-cutting measures Wednesday after reporting a first-quarter loss of $641 million following the hit to the airline business from the coronavirus pandemic. The aerospace giant plans to reduce its workforce by 10 percent through a combination of voluntary and involuntary layoffs and will slash production of its main commercial planes, including the 787 and 777, Chief Executive David Calhoun said in a message to employees that accompanied an earnings release.

The new system of alert levels will allow government to react quickly & change the level of restrictions based on the rate of COVID-19 infections in different parts of the country. This ensures we can begin the process of easing the nationwide lockdown as safely as possible. https://t.co/DXKFH7WVfM

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the discharge of 49 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centres. The governor disclosed this at an ongoing press conference in Marina, a suburb in the city. According to Sanwo-Olu, 48 of the newly discharged were Nigerians and one Greek. The Lagos State ‪#COVID19 Incident Commander, Gov @jidesanwoolu has announced the discharge of 49 ‪#COVID19Lagos patients; 28 females and 21 males including a foreign national – a Greek from our isolation facilities at Yaba and Onikan to reunite with the society,” Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to the governor posted.

The Nigerian government has revealed that bank branches are to resume operations on Monday, adding that they are to operate from 8 a.m to 2 p.m daily. This was announced by the presidential task force on COVID-19 today during its daily briefing aired on Channels Television. The national coordinator of the task force, Sani Aliyu said banking halls in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states would be open to customers daily between 8 am and 2 pm. He also added that all federal offices nationwide will also open from May 4 for workers to resume work. Aliyu said the resumption will be based on specific grade levels. He said: “For government offices, government staff will be allowed to resume from the 4 of May but it will be based on specific grade levels and specific days so that we can reduce the amount of congestion that we might have in our government offices and we will be discussing further with state governments to make sure that we have a common approach to this. “Banks will be allowed ...

Minister of State, Labour & Employment Festus Keyamos SAN, Supervising Minister of @NDENigeria, today inaugurated Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee on the Special Public Works Program approved by President Mohammed Buhari to employ 1000 persons in each of the 774 LGAs for a 3-month period. https://t.co/zBMT2O5ugZ

We may ask Madagascar to send us a plane load of herbs to treat COVID-19, says SGF #COVID19 #StayHome

Manchester United to introduce safe standing next season.

It has been brought to the notice of, Man Of God and founder and head prophet of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, a misleading statement from his friend, social media influencer and OAP, Daddy Freeze.  Daddy Freeze’s statement, which has since gone viral, was made on the 25th of April, 2020, as a response to a comment on Instagram. It involved Daddy Freeze trying to defend his transparency as a social media influencer; the OAP’s comment may have unintentionally or intentionally implied that Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin had offered him some sort of monetary gift or bribe, which he refused to accept.  Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin has, however, come out to clear the air over the highly misconstrued statement. In a press release signed by his publicity secretary, Mr Moses Akpovotiti and his Media aide, Engr Tare Franklin Fufeyin, the man of God made it unequivocally clear what transpired between himself and Daddy Freeze was a working plan to a...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a dead former lawmaker from Ebonyi State, Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru, to the board of the Federal Character Commission, SaharaReporters reports. The appointment of the late Okwuru alongside 37 others was contained in a letter Buhari sent to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read out the letter on Tuesday during plenary.  But findings by SaharaReporters has revealed that Okwuru, who once represented Ikwo/Ezza Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, died in February 2020 at the age of 59.  During his lifetime, he served as state auditor of Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Whip of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, before moving to represent his constituency at the National Assembly.  Interestingly, this won’t be the first time President Buhari will be giving appointment to dead people. In 2017, the list of appointments into the boards of federal agencies and corporati...

South Eastern girls still remain the least educated in Nigeria. Ezekwesilli and Okonjo-Iweala needs to hear up their empowerment game. Too many appointments and not giving back directly to their communities.

The board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the sum of $3.4 billion to support Nigeria’s COVID-19 fight The   assistance, facilitated via the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), will help limit the decline in Nigeria’s international reserves, the IMF said. It will also provide financing for the country’s budget, which has been severely affected by falling oil prices triggered by the pandemic and price wars. The IMF praised the Nigerian government’s “immediate” response to the crisis, describing it as “welcome.” However, it noted that short-term focus should be on higher health spending and palliative for households and businesses. The financial body also said Nigeria should take steps to unify its exchange rate as quickly as possible. After the COVID-19 crisis passes, Nigeria’s “focus should remain on medium-term macroeconomic stability, with revenue-based fiscal consolidation essential to keep Nigeria’s debt sustainable and create fiscal space for pri...

Gombe State government, following the report by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, April 28 which has it that 195 new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria, has affirmed to the 10 records credited to the state. Confirming the new update a few moments ago, the Special Assistant on Media and publicity to Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, Ismail Umisilli, noted that one of the patients previously credited to the state has now been transferred to Borno State.

A Story of a woman who had been termed barren for 14 years allegedly gave birth to four healthy babies at once. To make matter worse for the woman, she had her uterus removed 8 years ago after she was reportedly diagnosed with multiple fibroid. As it is common in a typical African marriage without a child, the woman was said to have become object of mockery of the people for her barrenness and also said to be hated by her husband’s relatives. And when it was time for God to prove himself, she was said to have been delivered of two sons and two daughters all at once with the four babies said to be in good health without surgery.

Verified cases of COVID-19 are going down gradually in Lagos State similar to what was recorded last week. Nigerians had earlier raised the alarm over the rising profile of COVID-19 cases in the country, particularly in Lagos.  Between April 19 – 24, 2020; Lagos state had recorded 361 cases of coronavirus, a figure, which caused fears among the people. Breakdown of the number of confirmed cases include: 70 cases confirmed on April 19; 59 on April 21; 74 on April 22; 78 on April 23 and 80 on April 24, 2020. The number, however, began to reduce gradually from April 25, 2020 when the figure dropped to 33 cases It went a little higher on April 26 with 43 cases while it further dropped to 34 on Monday, April 27, 2020.

Miss Oluchukwu Ezeobi aged 23 - year old was stabbed to death by unknown assailants during her usual morning walk around Emma Nnaemeka area within Ziks Avenue, Awka, the Anambra state capital in the early hours of Tuesday, February 12. It was gathered that two boys accosted and ordered her to hand over her handset to them but she resisted. During their struggle over the handset Oluchukwu was stabbed severally, and was left to struggle in the pool of her blood; while the assailants dispossessed her of her handset and ran away. According to a friend of the deceased, Chibuike Igwe, she was out around 6a.m on Monday morning when she was stabbed by some suspected hoodlums trying to rob her. She died instantly. Her remains has been deposited at the mortuary.

The General Overseer Pastor of Father’s House Int’l Church (aka The Wealthy Place), Calabar, Dr. Goodheart Val Aloysius, has said it is a sin for the members of a church to eat when their pastor has not eaten during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. The popular Calabar-based pastor also known as My Father My Father, stated this on Monday, April 27, 2020, afternoon in a Facebook post that has generated a lot of controversial comments so far. “During this lockdown, it’s a sin to eat when your Pastor has not eaten!!”, Aloysius wrote on Facebook. However, that didn’t go well with some of his followers as they alleged that a shepherd cannot eat while his flocks are starving. Many said they don’t buy into his ideology as hunger is killing people more than the virus in Nigeria.

There's been a lot of hate going around about okra, one of the South's tried and true foods, lately, and we need to talk about it. In a recent article in The Guardian where chefs named their most-hated ingredients, Jason Atherton, a chef-proprietor at the Social Company restaurants in London, gave a pretty savage description of the vegetable, saying it "is the most foul thing ever grown." Seems unlikely, but okay. Atherton went on to say that it's only "near a edible" when it's deep fried, which is a description you could apply to pretty much everything and, therefore, isn't a real compliment. I realize a British chef's opinion of a Southern food should not be taken too seriously, but he's not the only one rippin' on it. When we asked our Facebook followers to tell us what Southern foods they thought were overrated, okra came up early and often. When poorly prepared, okra can be pretty unappealing. What about all the good times Sout...

A man whose name goes as   Suleman has been arrested yesterday for raping his Only Daughter to death. Su leman has been having sexual intercourse with his daughter, but he was caught yesterday after raping his daughter Alima to death.