Nigeria news today headlines : Saturday 9th May 2020
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COVID-19: FIFA Makes Temporary Change To Football Laws, Permits 5 Substitutions Per Match
Teams will be allowed up to five substitutions per match, instead of the usual three, as a temporary measure to help cope with potential fixture congestion in the aftermath of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. The change in the rules will be allowed in all competitions which are due to finish by the end of this …
Airplane Hits, Kills Man While Landing In Austin
A Southwest Airlines jetliner hit and killed someone as it landed at Austin’s main airport Thursday night, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot of Flight 1392 reported seeing a person on the runway shortly after the Boeing 737 touched down at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport at 8:12 p.m. local time. The carrier said the pilot maneuvered totry to …
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 386 New COVID-19 Cases, 10 Deaths
386 new cases of COVID19; 176-Lagos65-Kano31-Katsina20-FCT17-Borno15-Bauchi14-Nasarawa13-Ogun10-Plateau4-Oyo4-Sokoto4-Rivers3-Kaduna2-Edo2-Ebonyi2-Ondo1-Enugu1-Imo1-Gombe1-Osun
Canada Lost Nearly 2m Jobs In April Amid Pandemic ‘Apocalypse’
Canada’s economy lost nearly 2 million jobs in April as the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shut down entire non-essential industries, the country’s national statistics agency reported on Friday. The loss of 1,993,800 jobs in April came on top of more than one million job losses in March, bringing the total employment decline since the beginning of …
COVID-19 Found In Men’s Semen
The new coronavirus can persist in men’s semen even after they have begun to recover, a finding that raises the possibility the virus could be sexually transmitted, Chinese researchers said Thursday. A team at Shangqiu Municipal Hospital tested 38 male patients treated there at the height of the pandemic in China, in January and February.About …
Child Dies From Syndrome Tied To COVID-19 In New York
A 5-year-old in New York has died of an illness linked to the novel coronavirus that has sickened at least 73 children in the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Friday. The boy’s death on Thursday is the first known fatality in New York related to the ailment, which the state department of health has …
Ekiti To Establish Own Coronavirus Laboratory
The Ekiti astate Governmen said on Friday that it has concluded arrangements to open its own COVID-19 testing laboratories in the next one week. When in place, the laboratories would serve as places where suspected Coronavirus infected patients could be tested without having to wait for higher authorities any longer. This is coming just as …
Italy Passes 30,000 Coronavirus Deaths, As New Cases Drop
Italy on Friday became the third country in the world to record 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, reporting 243 new fatalities compared with a daily tally of 274 the day before. Italy’s total death toll from COVID-19 since its outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 now stands at 30,201, the Civil Protection Agency said. …
BREAKING COVID-19: Panic As 4 Health Workers, 2 Others Allegedly Test Positive At FMC Abeokuta
Abeokuta – Palpable fear has gripped workers of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, after four staff of the institution allegedly tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic within the facility. INDEPENDENT gathered that two other patients have also tested positive to the global pandemic within the last 48 hours. It was …
South African Airways Layoff Temporarily Suspended
The deadline for South African Airways (SAA) staff to agree layoff terms has been suspended while a judge considers his ruling in a court case brought by two trade unions at the cash-strapped airline. State-owned SAA has been fighting for its survival since entering a form of bankruptcy protection in December, with its fortunes deteriorating …
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