German champions Bayern Munich utterly humiliated FC Barcelona with a stunning 8-2 victory on Friday. It was a sensational outing that sent them through into the semi-finals of the 2019/2020 UEFA Champions League in an extraordinarily emphatic manner. Thomas Mueller scored twice for a rampant Bayern Munich, who led 4-1 after 31 astonishing minutes. Lionel Messi and his team mates were condemned to a thrashing that felt like the end of an era for the illustrious Catalan club. Both teams have been crowned European champions five times. But, while Bayern Munich look to have a…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 329 fresh cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. The NCDC also announced seven additional deaths to take the country’s toll from the virus to 973. It stated that 21 states recorded the 329 infections bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 48,445. The health agency said that 35,998 persons have been treated and have recovered from the infection across the country. “In what is now the second highest number of COVID-19 patients to be…
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei produced a brilliant display of solo running to break Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old 5,000 metres world record on Friday. The 23-year-old broke the record by almost two seconds at the Monaco Diamond League meeting. Cheptegei had predicted a world record run in the first Diamond League meeting of the season and duly delivered as he clocked 12 minutes, 35.36 seconds. He destroyed the 12:37.35 which Bekele set in the Netherlands in 2004. The 2019 world champion over 10,000 metres was in hot form before lockdown. He set world records over 10km and 5km…
A Lagos-based theatre promoter, Anthony Oluwabiyi, says he will host a virtual art and dance festival on August 27 to showcase Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage globally. Oluwabiyi told newsmen on Friday in Lagos that the virtual theatre festival entitled: “Araloba Virtual Festival 2020: The Dancer and The Poet,” would help attract multinationals to experience the cultural diversity of Nigeria. “The festival will be a unifying factor culturally and further foster unity among the people. One of the visual arts at display “We plan to also engage up and coming cultural and tourism practitioners in a positive…
The volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday rose by 86.97 per cent, just as the market indices dipped by 0.15 per cent. Specifically, investors traded 482.52 million shares valued at N4.52 billion in 3,897 deals. This was in contrast with a turnover of 258.08 million shares worth N1.68 billion, achieved in 3,640 deals on Thursday. An analysis of the activity chart indicates that Wapic Insurance was the most active, exchanging 101.09 million shares valued at N33.36 million. Unilever followed with an account of 67.87 million shares worth N848.49 million, while…
Showmax, an internet television service on Friday said the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) show had become the most popular entertainment live stream on that platform This was contained in a statement given to newsmen in Lagos, by the organisation which added that the development had proved that local content definitely had cross-border appeal. The television service drew audiences in Nigeria and other countries across the continent. “The Big Brother Naija Lockdown which started July 19, 2020 had already broken a Showmax live-streaming record and become the most-watched live entertainment content ever on the streaming service. …
Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, the Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, says that the hospital has lost 18 persons out of the 159 COVID-19 patients it has treated so far. Otegbayo made this known on Friday in Ibadan on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of the Josephus Foundation-aided new Infectious Disease Centre at UCH. According to him, the coronavirus cases treated by the teaching hospital were severe with some of the patients having underlying health conditions. “From the last figure I saw, we have treated about 159 COVID-19 patients and 18 of them died. …
The Police Command in Kano, says it has arrested a father, Aminu Farawa, for allegedly immuring his 30-year-old son, Ahmed Aminu, for seven years without proper feeding and medication. The Spokesperson of the Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday in Kano. Haruna disclosed that the suspect was arrested on Aug. 13, at his home in Farawa Quarters, in a raid conducted by men of Operation Puff Adder, sequel to the intelligence gathering. “The Command received information that the suspect confined his 30-year-old son, inside a garage in his house situated at…
A media expert, Mr David Ajikobi, has advised journalists to rise above the menace of fake news ahead of the forthcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections by verifying any information received before publication. Ajikobi, who is Nigeria Editor of AfricaCheck, an independent fact checking organisation, gave the advice at a media capacity building webinar organised by the International Press Centre (IPC) on Friday in Lagos. He spoke on the topic “Rising Above Fake News and Hate Speech and the Imperative of Fact-Checking during Forthcoming Elections’’ at the webinar sponsored by the European Union through its support to Democratic…
The Committee on Citizens Data Management and Harmonisation has concluded its assignment and substantially addressed the concerns of the United States on citizen data that led to its imposition of visa ban on Nigerians. The Committee, in its report, also urged the Federal Government to establish a National DNA data bank, testing laboratories and Data collection structures and formations across the federation. It said this was to support the national security architecture with the view to finding lasting solutions to the security challenges bedevilling the country. Mr Mohammed Manga, the Director, Press and Public Relations of the…