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Sad day in football as 21-year-old Brazilian footballer tragically dies amid COVID-19 pandemic

The late 21-year-old Brazilian played his football for Independente, a popular football club in the heart of Brazil's most populated city.

#Covid-19: Cases in Nigeria hits 1000th mark with 114 new cases

In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has just announced that there's been 114 new cases of the novel Coronavirus in the country with 80 new cases in Lagos, 21 in Gombe and

Osinbajo gives breakdown of his activities since April amid questions on his whereabouts

"April 21, Met with IMF and World Bank representatives regarding FG's Post COVID-19 economic stimulus.

Euro 2020: Portugal suffer major setback as key player pulls out of squad

Portugal defender, Joao Cancelo, pulled out of the team's squad at the weekend after testing positive for coronavirus [COVID-19].

Coronavirus: Akon calls out governments, politicians, making 'fake' promises

More than 471,000 people have been infected by the deadly virus and over 21,000 have died globally since COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China.

List of States with COVID-19 deaths in Nigeria

Here is the breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities according to States: Lagos - 21 Borno - 5 FCT- 3 Kano - 3 Edo- 3 Sokoto - 3 Osun- 2 Katsina - 2 Oyo - 2 Delta - 2 Rivers - 2 Ogun- 1 Akwa Ibom - 1 Ekiti - 1 Total - 51

Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported

April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT Lagos- 251 FCT- 67 Kano- 21 Osun- 20 Edo- 15 Oyo- 13 Ogun- 9 Katsina- 7 Bauchi- 6 Kaduna- 6 Akwa Ibom- 6 Kwara- 4 Delta- 4 Ondo- 3 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-2 Niger- 2 Benue-

Billionaire businessman, Willie Anumudu, dies at 68

Late Anumudu died this morning Tuesday April 21 after a brief illness not related to COVID-19. He was to be air-lifted to Germany this morning but died about 4am.

EPL: Premier League confirms 10 tests positive to COVID-19

It read: "The Premier League can today confirm that between Monday 21 September and Sunday 27 September, 1,595 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19. "Of these, there were 10 new positive tests.

Coronavirus: Ghana confirms one death, closes all borders.

Twenty-one cases have been confirmed as at 21:15 GMT on March 21. One death, of a 61-year-old Lebanese, who had tested positive in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, was announced by the president in his address.

COVID-19: FG reveals when schools will resume nationwide

The minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made the disclosure on Thursday, May 21, during the briefing by the presidential task force on COVID-19, Tribune reports.

BREAKING: COVID-19: Gov. Sanwo-Olu announces dates for reopening of schools

Sanwo-Olu disclosed that primary and secondary schools are scheduled to re-open from September 21.

Coronavirus: EPL to resume with Man City vs Arsenal, Villa vs Sheffield

The first complete Game Week would then be played on the weekend of June 19-21. Clubs reached an agreement in principle during a meeting on Thursday. The Premier League was suspended on March 13 because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

NIN registration to be suspended due to overcrowding

The NIMC said the centres were shut down due to non-adherence to the COVID-19 pandemic prevention protocols.

Only vaccinated fans will attend 2022 World Cup - Qatar

The 2022 World Cup is scheduled to start on Nov. 21. The Prime minister said Qatar is negotiating with a company to provide one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for the immunisation of those coming to Qatar for the World Cup, NAN reports.

Transfer: Liverpool centre-back leaves Anfield as 22-year-old star returns to Arsenal

The Wales U21 international spent the first half of the 2020-21 season on loan at Fleetwood Town before returning to Merseyside.

BREAKING: Lagos govt announces resumption date for schools

The resumption marks the commencement of the 2020/21 academic session's second term. Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo, made the announcement in a statement today.