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The Real Madrid coach is Coronavirus positive, the La Liga club said in a statement on Friday, January 22. Zinedine Zidane had been isolating earlier this month after a close contact tested positive for Covid-19 and did not attend a training session as a result. Madrid said in a statement on their official website: “Real Madrid CF announces that our coach Zinedine Zidane has tested positive for Covid-19.” In line with protocols, the club will closely monitor their manager during his period in isolation. The French Manager, who is under pressure following Real’s shock cup defeat to third division side…

Thirteen persons died in an auto crash along Kaita-Dankama Road in Katsina State, leaving 70 others injured.  An eyewitness told Channels Television that a truck that conveyed the victims left Dankama town on Thursday night for Lagos State, with most of the passengers from the Niger Republic. Victims who sustained various degrees of injury were taken to various hospitals in the state which include General Hospital Katsina, Federal Medical Centre and Amadi Rimi Orthopaedic Hospital for medical treatment. Seventy sheep were equally killed in the accident.  “On the ill-fated pronouncement made by a member of the forum regarding the Covid-19 vaccine…

The effective date for the implementation of the 65 years’ retirement age and 40 years of service approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) is January 1.  The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said that revealed this on Thursday January 21 as he spoke at the 2020 ministerial briefing on Wednesday January 20, in Abuja.  Adamu noted that there would be no uniform take-off date for all the other policies approved by President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2020 World Teachers’ Day. He said effective dates for other policies would be announced subsequently after the submission of the report of the National…

A 23-year-old student in Akwa Ibom State has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for cult membership. The court found the convict, Emmanuel Itoro Thomas, guilty of belonging to an unlawful society known as ‘Red Skin Secret Cult Confraternity’. Thomas, a native of Uruk Uso in Obot Akara Local Government Area, was convicted by Justice Okon Okon of the state High Court in Uyo. Justice Okon said the judgment was passed by the provision of Section 1 sub-Section 2 of the Cultism, Offensive Weapons and Violent Behaviour Prohibition Law 2004 of the state. The provision stressed that: “Any person who…

A former Presidential Spokesman, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has described his son’s decision to openly declare himself a homosexual as a spiritual challenge. Okupe said this in a series of tweets while reacting to a viral photo showing his son, Bolu, wearing rainbow boxers with the caption, ”Yes, I am gay”. Okupe, who served under former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, said as an evangelist, he would never accept homosexuality as it is at variance with Christian values. He, however, said he was hopeful that God would intervene, adding that he had been aware of his son’s sexual orientation for…

Google, Friday, threatened to pull its search engine from Australia over a proposed media code that would require the tech firm to pay for news content. Mel Silva, managing director for Google’s Australian operations, told a Senate enquiry the code was unworkable and the company was unable to calculate the financial risk, news agency AAP reported. Leaving the Australian market is the “only rational choice if this law were to pass,” she said. The news media bargaining code bill was introduced into Australia’s parliament in December. If passed, it will force tech companies to pay news outlets for their content…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed 1,964 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, bringing the total number to 116,655 in the country. On the other hand, Nigeria recorded seven new deaths, bringing the overall to 1,485. Of the new cases recorded in 23 states including the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos was leading with 824; FCT, 246; Plateau, 166; Kaduna, 128. Others were Ogun (76), Nasarawa (74), Anambra (69), Edo (50), Rivers (45), Ondo (44), Niger (40), Oyo (38), Adamawa (35), Kano (31), Akwa Ibom (27), Gombe (19), Kwara (13), Ekiti (12), Delta (6), Kebbi (6), Bauchi (5), Ebonyi (4), Osun (3),…

Nigerian Government has approved N6.45 billion for the setting up of oxygen plants in 38 locations nationwide for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This was stated at the first National Economic Council (NEC) of 2021 presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval for the production of oxygen was necessitated by the increase in Coronavirus patients. Health Minister Osagie Ehanire informed the NEC that sequel to Buhari’s decision to activate the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund based on the National Health Act, N55.1 billion was approved in 2018 and that 50 per…

Ghanaian Government will scrap eight ministries and 41 ministerial positions for achieving the purposes they were created, said a press release on Thursday. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will reduce the number of ministries to 26, from the previous 38, and appoint 85 ministers instead of 126 during his first term, said the release signed by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communication at the presidency. The ministries to be scrapped include the Ministries of Aviation, Business Development, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Inner City and Zongo Development, Regional Reorganization, and Special Development Initiatives, all special-purpose ministries Akufo-Addo created during his first…

As restructuring calls keep reverberating across the country, Goodluck Jonathan, a former Nigerian President, has said restructuring alone would not help solve the numerous problems bedevilling the country. “We cannot restructure without solving issues that polarize us: nepotism, ethnic and religious differences and lack of patriotism,” he posited. Jonathan stated this at the 18th Daily Trust Dialogue on the theme: “Restructuring: Why? How?” held on Thursday in Abuja. The former president, who is the chairman of the event, said the country must come up with specific solutions to her problems. “Discussion on restructuring will not help except we restructure our…