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Liverpool were crowned English champions for the first time in 30 years without kicking a ball on Thursday when Chelsea beat Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. However, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Friday congratulated bitter rivals Liverpool on their long-awaited Premier League triumph but said watching other sides lifting the trophy “hurt”. “First of all, any team that …

On Friday, Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, announced that one of his daughters has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor announced this on Friday via his verified Twitter handle. Earlier today, Edith and I received the news that one of our daughters has tested positive for #COVID19. Hence, in-line with the laid out procedures, we are both going into …

Former four-weight boxing world champion, Roberto Duran has been hospitalized after contracting Coronavirus. Duran’s son Robin said his father was taken to hospital after experiencing cold-like symptoms because “he has a lung that doesn’t work 100 per cent due to an accident he had in Argentina a few years ago”. Robin later confirmed this morning that the 69-year-old Panamanian boxing …

Nigeria’s youngest state commissioner, Seun Fakorede announced on Thursday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. Mr. Seun Fakorede who is the Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports in Oyo State, disclosed on Friday that he had gone into isolation in order not to spread the disease. I tested positive for COVID-19 and I want you to know that there's …

On Thursday, the director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu announced that the FG will disclose the date for the reopening of Nigeria’s airspace to commercial flight operations next week. In a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, Mr. Nuhu stated that the airports remained shut as some gaps in the aviation restart …

Canadian Singer Justin Bieber has reportedly filed a $20M defamation suit against two women who accused him of sexual molestation and rape. Media reports reveal that Bieber is suing both women $10M each over what he calls malicious claims. According to one of the accusers, Bieber assaulted her when she met him while attending an event in Texas and claimed …

The National Youth Service Corps has said it will not reopen orientation camps across te country until it is safe to do so. The NYSC, in a statement on Thursday by its Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, any report that it was planning to open the camps was false She said, “To put issues in proper perspective, it …

Nigeria record 594 new cases of the novel COVID-19 which took the total infection case to 22,614, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday. Nigeria recorded 649 cases yesterday, but it reduced to 594 today. The death rate also rises to 549 from 542. According to the health agency, Lagos state recorded the highest number with 159 …

In Thursday, Côte d’Ivoire government announced that it will allow the resumption of International flights as from July 1st, after almost three months of being grounded due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This news makes Ivory Coast one of the first African countries to announce the resumption of its international flights. The county’s Health Minister Eugene Aka Aoule announced at a …

Following his demise on Thursday 25th June 2020, the late former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi will be buried tomorrow, Friday 26th June 2020. According to media reports the family stated that the late senator would be buried in Ibadan at 10:00am on Friday according to the Islamic rites. Reports revealed that the late Ajimobi had been on …