By Amosu AdeboyeLeicster City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is on the radar on Spanish giants Real Madrid.Real Madrid according to a report in fichajes.com, will seek to sign Ndidi this summer as they believe he is capable of filing the role of Brazilian Casemiro. “The African midfielder appears on the scene as a possible new tenant of the midfield of Merengue with a view to the 2020-2021 course,” the website wrote.“He has a contract until 2024 and several of the most important teams in the Premier League follow in his footsteps.“Real Madrid have among their priorities the arrival of a new…
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By Amosu AdeboyePresident of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has announced that the body has reached an agreement with Super Eagles head coach over a new contract.Rohr will now remain in charge of the Super Eagles for the next two years.The 66-year-old contract was due to run out next month.”I’m happy to announce that the @thenff and Coach Gernot Rohr have concluded all contractual discussions and he will stay on as Coach of the Super Eagles. We have always had confidence in his abilities and we are confident that the national team can only go higher from here,”Pinnick wrote…
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) reopened trading on Wednesday after the public holidays to mark the Eid-el- Fitr celebration with a marginal growth of 0.07 per cent. Speficially, the All-Share Index rose by 16.48 points or 0.07 per cent to close at 25,221.23 compared with 25,204.75 achieved on Friday. Similarly, the market capitalisation which opened at N13.135 trillion garnered N9 billion or 0.07 per cent to close at N13.144 trillion. The uptrend was impacted by gains recorded in large and medium capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Nigerian Breweries, Dangote Cement, Stanbic IBTC Holdings, Guinness Nigeria and Dangote Sugar Refinery. Market…
The longest viability period of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) patient would be 10 days, according to a new study by infectious diseases experts in Singapore. The Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) media briefing on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the Singapore study shows that COVID-19 patients are no longer infectious after 11 days of getting sick even though some may still test positive. “A positive test “does not equate to infectiousness or viable virus,” a joint research paper by Singapore’s National…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has directed the resumption of worship centres in the state from Friday, May 29. Akeredolu gave the directive in Akure on Wednesday during a press conference on update of coronavirus pandemic at the Government House. He noted that Mosques and Churches in the state would be allowed to hold services on Friday and Sunday respectively. According to him, the resumption will be guided and syndicated and if carefully managed, casualties on account of such could be easily avoided. The governor disclosed that the decision was made with consultations and wide review with religious leaders…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced interest rates on its facilities through participating Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) from nine to five per cent per annum for one year, effective from March 1, 2020. The CBN made this known in a circular signed by the Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department, Kevin Amugo on Wednesday. The apex bank said the move was part of the bank’s continued effort to mitigate the impact of the corona virus (COVID-19) on households, businesses and regulated institutions. It announced that CBN intervention facilities obtained through participating OFIs Microfinance Banks (MFBs), Primary Mortgage Banks,…
Nigeria has a total of 112 treatment and isolation centres with 5,324 beds as part of the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minster of State for Health Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, made this known during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja. “At present, we have a total of 112 treatment and isolation centres in all the 36 states and FCT with 5,324 beds. “While only five states including the FCT have at least 300 beds as prescribed for isolation and treatment, 21 states have less than 100 bed spaces. “As the number of…
RB Leipzig’s faint title hopes faded further as they fought out a 2-2 home draw with Hertha Berlin after conceding late equaliser from the penalty spot. This was having been reduced to 10 men in see-saw Bundesliga encounter on Wednesday. The result left Leipzig third on 55 points from 28 games, nine behind leaders Bayern Munich and two adrift of second-placed Borussia Dortmund, while Hertha moved up one place to 10th on 35 points. The visitors took 10th-minute lead through Serbian midfielder Marko Grujic, on loan from Premier League Liverpool, before Lukas Klostermann levelled in the 24th and Marcel Halstenberg…
The Adamawa Government has so far recorded three COVID-19 deaths since the first index case was announced on April 21. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Abdullahi Isa, made the announcement at a news conference on Wednesday in Yola. Isa said the state had just recorded 11 new cases on May 27, making a total of 38 cases. “So far, 11 new cases have been recorded in Adamawa State and sadly, we also recorded three deaths. “Also, 20 patients have been discharged after they tested negative for the virus and now we have 18 active cases of COVID-19 in the…
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Tuesday, welcomes a set of twins in a private hospital in Lagos. Adams made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. He said his wife, Mrs Mojisola Adams, delivered of a set of twins, a boy and a girl, on Tuesday night, saying that the mother and the babies were in good condition. The Aare Ona Kakanfo expressed gratitude to God for the gift, saying it was purely a gift from God. He said: “With the new addition of twins to my immediate family, I am happy that…