World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) have come together to launch a 500,000 dollars (400,448.50 pounds) fund, the global governing body said on Tuesday. World Athletics said the fund is to help athletes in financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak has brought sports events worldwide to a halt, leading to a loss of income for athletes. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe will chair a group assessing applications for assistance. The group will meet this week and also look into how to raise additional funds. “I am in constant contact with athletes around the world…
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One hundred and twenty inmates in Turkey have tested positive for the coronavirus so far in four prisons, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul said on Tuesday in Ankara. The minister added none of the infected was in critical condition. “All [inmates] are receiving treatment in hospital. There is no inmate in an intensive care unit; all are in a good state of health,” Gul told a televised news conference. The minister would not disclose the locations of the prisons. On April 13, Gul reported 17 coronavirus cases in Turkish prisons and said three of them had died of the disease. There were…
The Nigeria Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), has so far realised about N27.160 billion to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. The update of the contribution as at April 23, was made known in a document released by Mr Isaac Okorafor, the Director, Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on behalf of the coalition in Abuja on Tuesday. The document containing the list of contributors showed that the donations were made by institutions and individuals across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CBN and Aliko Dangote were so far the highest contributors of two billion naira…
At least 13 doctors have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana, an official of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) said on Tuesday. The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the GMA, Paa Baidoo, disclosed this to the media in Accra. Baidoo blamed the development on the poor distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to health facilities across the country in the fight against COVID-19. “The virus affects virtually everybody, with no respect for the rich, poor, educated, or non-educated, including our healthcare professionals; nurses, pharmacists, and administrators,” he said. Although there are other risks of exposure, he said medical professionals faced…
Some tailors resident in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday commended Gov. Seyi Makinde for making the wearing of facemasks compulsory in curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic. The tailors told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that the order had revived their businesses. They explained further that apart from making brisk business, the upsurge in requests for facemasks had kept them busy. Mrs Motolani Cole, the Chief Excexutive Officer of Doratee’s Place, said compulsory wearing of facemasks would make tailors to earn more income. “ I first made facemasks for my family members and few friends, I only started selling…
ABUJA – The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has held an extraordinary virtual strategy meeting with FRSC Top Management team and the 12 Zonal Commanding Officers across the country, to review the general performance of the Corps in the ongoing enforcement of the social distancing directives and the national quarantine order that have been in place for more than 4 weeks now.In a statement by Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer, the teleconference meeting which held on Monday focussed exclusively on reviewing the operational performance of the Corps, with a view of identifying underlying…
By Victoria Hanson, LAGOS Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua, has embarked on fasting and prayers to end the ravaging novel coronavirus in Nigeria. TB Joshua, leader and founder of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, is currently on a mountain praying. According to @AdvoBarryRoux on Twitter, “Prophet TB Joshua is praying & fasting on the mountain for Coronavirus to end. He has refused to eat until the enemy is defeated.” The deadly coronavirus (covid-19) has infected over three (3) million people globally and killed over 200,000. Prophet TB Joshua on the mountain Prompt…
The International Aviation College, Ilorin (IACI), Kwara State, has sent its workers on Leave without pay and slashed their salaries for April 2020. The members of the Non-academic Staff Union (NASU) College are grumbling over the development, describing it as “unfair and harsh” in the face of the prevailing economic hardship. The school management directed every staff, minus a few, to immediately proceed on unpaid leave, beginning from Friday, May 1, 2020. Rector of the College, Engr. Benedict Adeyileka, in a statement, explained that the action was necessitated as a result of the global health and economic crises triggered by…
The Ekiti government has directed that salaries of Gov. Kayode Fayemi, his deputy and all political appointees in the state be slashed by 50 per cent with immediate effect. Chief Muyiwa Olumilua, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, disclosed in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday that Gov. Fayemi gave the salary cut directive. He said the development was due to the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 scourge. “The global economy has been severely affected and it has affected Nigeria’s economy as a nation and expectedly, Ekiti. ” As a responsive and responsible government, we have taken…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the inclusion of two more laboratories into the country’s COVID-19 pandemic molecular network. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, NCDC Director-General, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, that this brought the total number of molecular laboratories in the network to 17. Ihekweazu, giving an update on the laboratory, said that the agency was working closely with more private laboratories to expand testing capacity in Nigeria. NAN reports that on March 27, the NCDC announced via its Twitter handle that this is part of the laboratory strategy developed. The NCDC director-general said…