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• As Buhari Takes Delivery Of ‘Drug,’ Promises To Listen To Scientists • Why Nigeria Must Look Inward For Cure Of Pandemic – PTF • How 97% Of First 32 COVID-19 Cases In Lagos Were Treated With Iopinanir-ritonavir – Study • PDP Gives FG 48-hour Ultimatum To Declare Whereabouts Of Chinese Medical Team • They Are With CCECC, Says Chinese Embassy President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, at the State House, Abuja, received the Madagascan native formulation against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), and reiterated that he will listen to scientists before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians.…

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Chief Sunny Onuesoke yesterday congratulated the Founder of DAAR Communication Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi and members of his family on their recovery from COVID-19. Onuesoke, who contested for governorship office in Delta State in 2019, described the recovery of Dokpesi and his family members as God’s wonders in a statement yesterday. Dokpesi and three members of his family had tested to positive to Covid-19 and were subsequently admitted at the Gwagwalada Teaching Hospital, Abuja. But they were successfully treated and discharged at the teaching hospital after testing negative to the…

Jurgen Klopp has insisted Liverpool have no need to be at their “all-time best” in order to clinch a first English league title in 30 years. Premier League officials are now aiming to restart the season in mid-June, with Liverpool just two wins away from the title when the campaign was postponed on March 13 because of the coronavirus outbreak. For so long the dominant force in English football, the Merseysiders have not been crowned domestic champions in the Premier League era, with the last of their league titles coming when they won the old First Division crown in 1990.…

World athletics chief Sebastian Coe has warned that sports leaders may rebel against pandemic restrictions as they struggle to get major events back on track. Coe expressed the frustrations felt by many sports chiefs when he said it was crucial to get top events started again even as the coronavirus takes a mounting toll around the world. “We have to be guided by what governments, the WHO and local authorities are telling us, but we also have to make our own decisions and make sensible compromises,” Coe, 63, told Indian television channel WION. “There may be a moment when a…

Watford manager Nigel Pearson has raised the possibility of a coronavirus-related death should the Premier League season resume amid the pandemic. English top-flight teams could return to some type of training next week following a Premier League meeting on Monday where medical protocols will be voted on and there are plans to get matches going again by mid-June. Pearson, however, has doubts about ‘Project Restart’ with much of Britain still in lockdown due to COVID-19. “God forbid we have a fatality,” he told The Times. “People are closing their eyes to the threat. “Yes, we would like to restart it…

The Bundesliga returns to action on Saturday with the resumption of the first top European league since the coronavirus lockdown watched closely to see if it provides a blueprint for other competitions. Matches will be played behind closed doors and players and coaches, who have been in quarantine for the past week, must follow stringent hygiene guidelines. In the highlight of six matches on Saturday, Borussia Dortmund host Schalke 04 in the Ruhr Derby at 1330 GMT, a fixture that would normally attract an 82,000 crowd to Signal Iduna Park. But supporters will be locked out — Germans are calling…

Jesusegun Alagbe The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat turned the world’s attention to the immune system, the body’s defence mechanism against disease-causing bacteria, viruses and other organisms that we touch, ingest and inhale every day. Several studies have stressed the importance of a strong immune system to the human body. According to the Heart Foundation, New Zealand, when a foreign microbe gets into the body, the body puts up a defence. Although the immune system is not always successful in preventing microbes from entering the body, it can help to quickly recover from the illness. According to medical scientists, one…

• Fans To Watch Matches Behind Closed Door • Augsburg Coach To Miss Clash Against Wolfsburg After two months of inactivity, German top-flight league, the Bundesliga, will resume this afternoon. The sudden break in the Bundesliga was as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19, which has killed thousands of people and affected sporting activities and business across the globe. The excitement will return this afternoon following lockdown being lifted in Germany. But the fans will have to watch behind closed-door matches from the comfort of their own homes. However, the head coach of Augsburg, Heiko Herrlich, will miss the…

• ADB Bars China’s Zhonghao Limited For 18 Months The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal office, yesterday, arraigned the duo of Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi, both Chinese, before Justice Mohammed Sa’idu Sifawa of the State High Court, Sokoto on a two-count charge of conspiracy and offering N100million bribe to a public servant. The defendants were docked for allegedly offering to bribe the EFCC Sokoto Zonal Head, Mr. Abdullahi Lawal, with the amount on behalf of a construction company, China Zhonghao Nigeria Limited, which is being investigated over contracts awarded it by the Zamfara State Government in the sum of over N50billion between 2012 and 2019. The…

Lionel Messi says he is comfortable with footballers returning to play again as La Liga prepares to restart the season in Spain next month. La Liga president Javier Tebas has circled June 12 as the ideal date for matches to resume. Barcelona sit top of the table, two points ahead of Real Madrid. Players in Spain have started working individually at training grounds as part of a strict and staggered programme, with five players already put into quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus. “The risk of contagion is everywhere,” Messi said in an interview with Mundo Deportivo, published on Friday.…