Another batch of 900 British travellers stranded in Nigeria are set to return home on three flights charterred by the UK Government over the next 11 days. The British High Commission in Nigeria said in a statement on Friday that the three additional flights would bring the total number of people flown back to the UK from Nigeria on Government charter flights to around 2,000. According to the statement, the new flights are scheduled as follows: April 28: Abuja – London, May 1: Lagos – London and May 5: Lagos – London. It said that the additional charter flights had…
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The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday met via video conferencing to deliberate on important issues in Nigerian football, according to a statement from the football body. The NFF Executive Committee, according to the meeting’s eight-point communique, resolved that the Federation should revise its budget for the year, among other stringent measures. “The Executive Committee mandated the General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, to within the next four weeks and armed with the realistic projections derivable from the meetings with the partners/sponsors and equipped with new figures from probable subvention from Government and expected grants from the Confederation of…
The Nasarawa State Government, has lauded compliance with the ban on commercial motorcycles and tricycles in the state. Mr Dogo Shammah, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, made this remark on Friday in Lafia after going round the state capital to monitor the level of compliance. According to him, going round the state capital from Makurdi, Shendam and Jos roads, the level of compliance especially by the tricycles is total. He said that based on the available reports with the government, the compliance was effective across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state. The commissioner noted that…
The first female Commissioner of Police in Abia, Jane Agbede, assumed office on Friday and issued a stern warning to criminal elements in the state to relocate elsewhere or face a tough time. Agbede, who came from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, took over from Mr Ene Okon, who was removed in the wake of last Saturday’s alleged killing of a youth in Ohafia. Okon had told journalists that the deceased was shot and killed by a “drunken” constable. Agbede told newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Umuahia, that he would build on the structure on ground to provide adequate security…
The Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) is concerned about players undergoing large-scale testing for the novel coronavirus, the organisation said in a statement on Friday. The players association said it believes that other sections of society need tests more urgently. Football in Spain has been indefinitely suspended since March, although organising body La Liga has sent a protocol to clubs in the top two divisions. This outlines conditions for restarting training, which includes vigorous testing for players and staff. La Liga president Javier Tebas has said matches in closed stadiums could commence from May 29, June 7 or June 28. This…
The novel coronavirus pandemic will define the modern era in the same way World War II shaped an earlier generation, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates writes in a 11-page memo outlining his ideas on how best to tackle the disease. “This is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same side,” he writes. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed 250 million dollars to the battle and Gates has been speaking up regularly to influence its direction – something that has sometimes placed him at odds with President Donald Trump and made him a target of right-wing pundits and conspiracy theorists.…
Bayern Munich midfielder Philippe Coutinho underwent minor surgery on his right ankle on Friday and will start his rehabilitation programme in about two weeks, the German champions said. The 27-year-old Brazilian, on loan from FC Barcelona for one season, could be back fit for the remainder of the Bundesliga campaign. The competition has been suspended since mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak. Coutinho has so far failed to impress in Germany and is reportedly a target for several English Premier League clubs. The German league is expected to restart some time next month with games played without spectators, though an…
There is no gainsaying, the fact that the global war against one common enemy called Coronavirus (Covid-19) disease has been hampered by such basic needs like the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).Investigations have revealed that the PPE as important as they are for all the people in the frontline war against Covid-19 especially the nurses, medical doctors, laboratory technologists, ambulance drivers and many other staff working in the health facilities, are very scarce now. Expectedly, frontline health workers in Nigeria have decried the continued scarcity of the PPE just as the Federal Government’s quasi-outfit, Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 Pandemic has…
The United States government has described the late Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari as a dedicated public servant and respected interlocutor for the American government. In a condolence message to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, eulogized the important role played by Kyari in the repatriation of over $300 million in funds stolen by former head of state, Sani Abacha. ‘‘Kyari was a valued and respected interlocutor for the U.S. government and particularly for our leadership team in Abuja. ‘‘We appreciate working with him on many important matters, including…
Mr Kafishu Abdullahi, the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has challenged researchers, professionals, among others to come up with `tailor fitted solutions’ to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Abdullahi spoke on Friday in Abuja at an online event `COVID-19: Hackathon,’ also called `Hack the Crisis in Nigeria.’ Abdullahi in his keynote address, `COVID-19: Nigeria’s status and update,’ said beyond the health crisis, the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic since its outbreak, has also demonstrated to be a socio-economic scourge. “The post COVID-19 era will have an economy shaped by new habits, policies and regulations based…