Controversial British journalist, Piers Morgan has led fresh calls for players who break lockdown rules to be banned when football restarts for tarnishing the reputation of all footballers. His statement comes after Chelsea winger, Callum Hudson-Odoi who recovered from Coronavirus back in March, was arrested for allegedly breaching lockdown rules and involving in a row with a model he had invited to his home. Manchescity City’s Kyle Walker and Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish are among players who have broken the lockdown rules. …
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Mohammed Bello, permanent secretary of the ministry of science and technology has been issued a query by the federal government over alleged financial misconduct while he was the permanent secretary of the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development. In the query which was signed by the head of service of the federation Folasade Yemi-Esan, it was alleged that Bello used the entire 2019 first-quarter release of N7 billion to pay for 2018 contracts that were already funded. He was also accused of procuring some equipments …
President Buhari today had a virtual meeting with members of the Nigerian Governors Forum where he appealed to all state governors to work closely with the Presidential Task Force to bring an end to the Coronavirus pandemic in the nation. A statement released by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, says the President informed the governors that the PTF had briefed him on the next steps to take in the national response to the …
Babajide, son of Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has lashed out at members of the state’s House of Assembly following their probe of the N4.3bn discovered in a ‘secret’ account belonging to Ondo Government. The governor’s son said the lawmakers were making “unnecessary noise” over the money. He said, “This was from 2018 and the audited report was submitted from the executive to the House since then. Why is it coming up now? “We all know why. It is all …
Britain’s Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has confirmed the English Premier League is on course to resume from the middle of June with plans being drawn up to show 3pm kick-offs on free-to-air TV. No top-flight football has been played in the UK since early March due to the coronavirus pandemic, but with games set to return, the British government hopes that allowing everybody to watch football in their homes for free will encourage the public to stay indoors. “I …
England’s deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam on Monday May 18 announced the addition of loss of taste and smell to the official list of Coronavirus symptoms in the country. Van-Tam said victims of anosmia (the clinical name for a loss of smell) will also be eligible for Coronavirus testing even if they don’t have other symptoms. Before now, only Brits with a new fever or persistent cough were told to self-isolate and allowed to get tested. The …