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Barcelona icon, Xavi Hernández has tested positive for Coronavirus but is asymptomatic and currently in self-isolation. The 40-year-old Barcelona and Spain legend, who is the current manager of Al Sadd in Qatar, announced his diagnosis today July 25 on Instagram. He wrote on his page: ‘A few days ago, following the QSL (Qatar Stars …

President Muhammadu Buhari has emerged the most followed Sub-Saharan African leader on Twitter during the Covid-19 pandemic, reveals leading global communications agency Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW) on Tuesday, July 21. The newly released BCW Twiplomacy study 2020, which focuses on how world leaders have tweeted during the coronavirus pandemic …

Nigeria has recorded a total of 38,344 confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus in the country. According to data released by Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, Lagos, the nation’s capital, Abuja, Oyo, Edo, Rivers are states with the highest COVID-19 cases. Top ten States with most confirmed cases are …

The NFL Players’ Association (NFLPA) has confirmed 59 players have tested positive for Coronavirus as of July 22. Initially, the NFLPA said 95 players had tested positive, but the players union amended the number on their website on Tuesday evening and said the previous number included all known positives across …

Ekiti Governor Dr Kayode Fayemi has tested positive for Coronavirus. Fayemi made the announcement on his official twitter handle this morning, July 22. His tweet reads ”I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back positive. I’m generally ok and I’m already self isolating at home and receiving …

2020 has been a year of many dramas. As the catchy and significant 20 and 20 figure suggests, it came with big hopes and expectations of favour and positive developments. But unexpectedly, things took different twists in unbelievable proportions. What earlier seemed a pendulum of quick and steady progress started …

As part of measures to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus, the Federal Government says it would be banning citizens from some countries from gaining entry into Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika disclosed this in Abuja while speaking at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on …

South Africa has introduced new restrictions, including another ban on the sale and distribution of alcohol to help contain the spread of Coronavirus. A night-time curfew has also been imposed, and the wearing of masks outdoors is now compulsory as the country has reported increases of more than 10,000 confirmed …

45th president of United States has caused another stir when he took to his microblogging handle, Twitter, to make known his thoughts on education in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. Recall that schools across the country were closed since May at the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Several Americans jumped …

The World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said that the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 489,000 in the past 24 hours. WHO also said that 235,000 people have recovered from the virus across 54 countries in Africa. The …