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Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has offered free accommodation to medical staff in his London properties as they treat patients with coronavirus. The 27-year-old Ivory Coast international is the latest football personality to offer a free bed, following in the footsteps of former Manchester United star Gary Neville and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Zaha, reported to earn £130,000 ($150,000) a week at the Premier League club, willingly took up the baton saying he had friends working in the National Health Service and he could provide accommodation for the hard-pressed staff who could not return home after their shifts. He has…

US Olympic chiefs said Friday more time was needed to determine the fate of the Tokyo Olympics as a major US sports federation called for the Games to be postponed over the coronavirus pandemic. In a conference call with reporters, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chairwoman Susanne Lyons said there was no need for the International Olympic Committee to make an immediate decision on Tokyo. “I think we would concur with the IOC to say that we need more expert advice and information than we have today to make a decision,” Lyons said. “And we don’t have to…

By DELE MOMODU Fellow Nigerians, as much as I tried to resist the temptation of offering any advice whatsoever to President Muhammadu Buhari, let me apologise, that because of the recent global crisis that the world faces I will have to do a volte face. It is therefore with a heavy heart that I confess that I’m unable to keep the promise I made recently that I won’t bother about our dear President again. Anyone who’s been following my column would have noticed the copious letters I wrote to our President in the last four years. This was based on…

The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the convictions of two FBI suspects and four others before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Warri, Delta State for various offences bordering on impersonation, internet fraud and operating a vessel within Nigerian Waters without due registration and license by appropriate authority. One of the convicts, Patrick Erakposhere Onajokpe, alias John Mark was arraigned on a two count charge of fraudulently impersonating the identity of John Mark through which he defrauded unsuspecting American ladies. One of the count reads: That you Chief Patrick Onajokpe…

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said it would be “premature” to postpone the Tokyo Games Thursday but admitted the body was “considering different scenarios” as the coronavirus pandemic advances. The IOC will act on advice from its own taskforce and the World Health Organization, Bach told the New York Times, after a week when the IOC has weathered criticism over its response to the crisis. But he remained optimistic about holding the Tokyo Olympics on schedule from July 24 to August 9, and said there was no question of cancelling the Games altogether. “Of course we are considering different…

The Federal Government has ordered the shutdown of three international airports in the country to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the three airports include Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. The three airports will be closed from March 21, 2020. However, he said the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos would still be open but no flight operations will be allowed from…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned former Special Adviser to ex-governor AbdulFatah Ahmed on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Ope Saraki before Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, on alleged N220 million fraud. The defendant, who was brought before the court on a-two count charge of corrupt practices and other related offences Act 2000, pleaded not guilty. The counts read: “That you, Ope Saraki, sometime in 2012 whilst being the Special Adviser to the Governor of Kwara State on MDG, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, knowingly acquired indirectly a private interest in contract worth N171.99,000.00…

Today, we will be discussing and treating one of the greatest life’s issues that human beings face on the face of the earth, and it is Fear. Many times when we want to do something, we want to engage in something meaningful and purposeful, we encounter fear. And what is fear? Fear is a limiting experience that prevents a man or a woman from achieving something he or she has proposed to do. Listen To Podcast: LIFE TREATMENT: F.E.A.R (EPISODE 01) And what is that thing that arises? Fear brings about doubt. It brings about double mindedness. You start…

Different precautions are being put in place to ensure people are not affected by the virus Covid-19. Pregnant women in the U.K. are being advised to stay home for 3 months starting from this weekend to prevent being infected by the pandemic. Pregnant women are among the people susceptible to being infected by Coronavirus. Officials said the measure was ‘for precaution’ because it is too early to say whether COVID-19 poses a significant threat to expectant mothers. Generally, pregnant women are more likely to catch an infection than women who are not pregnant. However, some pregnant women are scared they…

Pope Francis stressed Wednesday the importance of families and friends making small gestures such as hugs and phone calls during times of isolation in a pandemic. “We must rediscover the concrete nature of small things, of making small gestures toward those around us — family, friends,” the 83-year-old pontiff told the La Repubblica newspaper. “They are gestures of tenderness, of affection, of compassion, which are nonetheless decisive and important — for example, a hot dish, a caress, a hug, a phone call.” Italian rules instruct everyone to keep one metre (three feet) apart while in public but say nothing about…