By Balogun Damilola FIFA, world football governing body, has proposed allowing teams to make up to five substitutions per game to help players cope with the return to action after the COVID-19 crisis. If approved, FIFA’s proposals would also apply to competitions due to start in 2020/2021 season, as well as the current campaign, according to Sky Sports. How it works? Teams will be granted certain windows during games to change players — aside injuries — so the flow of the match will not be disrupted with extra subs being made just to waste time. The proposal would have to…
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By Balogun Damilola Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says recklessness of security agents led to the increased confirmed cases of COVID-19 pandemic to eight in the state. Akeredolu made this known at a press briefing on COVID-19 update on Monday in Akure. The governor explained that the fourth and fifth cases occurred on Saturday, while the sixth, seventh and eighth cases were discovered on Sunday. “The fourth and fifth cases, who are officers of the Police Command in Lagos State, were clear evidence of panic, disobedience, lack of discretion and reckless disregard for the wellbeing of others. “The…
By Balogun Damilola The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has said despite progress so far made to combat the spread of the infection, the country had yet a long ground to cover. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the (PTF), Mr Boss Mustapha, who stated this on Monday at the daily media briefing by the PTF in Abuja, also said the situation in Kano State was being closely monitored. The SGF whose speech opened the day’s briefing, re-echoed the charge to all Nigerians to take responsibility for the…
By Balogun Damilola Fire has gutted the NNPC Petrol Station in the Ogba area of Lagos State. There is an ongoing fire outbreak at Yaya Abatan area of Ogba, Lagos State. YemieFash gathered that the fire had affected a filling station and nearby houses. As of the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire outbreak is unknown. “Yes, there is fire,” a resident in the area, Dehinbo Timothy told our correspondent on the telephone. Details later…
By Balogun Damilola Over 100,000 people have recovered from COVID-19 in Spain, the Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services said on Monday. According to the daily figures published by the ministry, 100,875 patients have beaten the virus, an increase of 2,144 over the last 24 hours. Up to 23,521 people have died from the coronavirus in Spain, the ministry said, adding that it registered 331 deaths in the 24-hour period until 9.00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) on Sunday. Meanwhile, 1,831 new cases of COVID-19 were detected by PCR tests, which discover if the coronavirus is…
By Balogun Damilola The Ondo State Government has rejected expired bags of rice from the 1,800 bags sent to the state by the Federal Government. The federal government sent about 1,800 bags of rice and vegetable oil to the state as part of measures to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown in the country. The state Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has ordered the return of some bags of rice sent to the state by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management as they were found to have expired. Speaking on the development, the Secretary of the…
By Balogun Damilolaa Ondo state has recorded another case of #COVID19, the result came in late last night. We now have 8 active cases, YemieFash reports. Details shortly…..
By Balogun Damilola A man and woman in Borno State are currently on the run after they had tested positive for COVID-19, officials claim. The Borno commissioner of health, Salisu Kwayabura, disclosed this information to journalists at the daily briefing of the Committee on covid19 He said, “two patients, Abbas Kaka Hassan, a 24-year-old male and Hauwa Mohammed, 42-year-old female, are on the run after testing positive to Covid19 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in the metropolis.” He said the male is from Layin tanki suburbs in Gwange II ward, while the woman lives in the Shuwari ward.…
By Balogun Damilola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government of donating expired bags of rice to Nigerians in the name of COVID-19 palliative. This came as Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has directed that the expired rice should be rejected and replaced. Also, the Oyo State government, yesterday, explained why it returned the expired rice. The PDP, in a statement by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Diran Odeyemi said: “It is lack of initiative and poor judgement if the best method and option deployed by the Federal Government…
By Balogun Damilola 91 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 43-Lagos 8-Sokoto 6-Taraba 5-Kaduna 5-Gombe 3-Ondo 3-FCT 3-Edo 3-Oyo 3-Rivers 3-Bauchi 2-Osun 1-Akwa Ibom 1-Bayelsa 1-Ebonyi 1-Kebbi As at 11:50pm 26th April- 1273 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 239 Deaths: 40