Mick McCarthy is no longer manager of the Republic of Ireland, with Stephen Kenny taking over “with immediate effect,” the Football Association of Ireland has said in a statement.
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World football governing body, FIFA, has postponed the Super Eagles 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Squirrels of Republic of Benin, originally scheduled to be played in June.
The Ekiti State Government has assured the people of the state that adequate prevention measures have been put in place to contain the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus Disease in the state, saying health workers have been strategically stationed at the various borders points with infrared thermometers to test those coming in and going outside the state.
Leadway Assurance Company Limited, Custodian & Allied Insurance Plc, Lasaco Assurance Plc, AIICO Insurance Plc, Tangerine Life Insurance Limited and Ark Insurance Brokers Limited have contributed a premium for a N5 billion insurance scheme to support Lagos State Health Care Workers and Volunteers.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has set up a 47-member panel of eminent citizens of the state, including three former governors, to help mobilise resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Governor of New York thanked the Chinese Government for facilitating the transfer of 1,000 ventilators, which are being donated to the hard-hit state, the current epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Saturday met with the leadership of the National Assembly to intimate it with an Executive proposal to establish a N500 billion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund.
The Federal Government has denied issuing licence for the deployment of Fifth Generation Mobile Networks technology in Nigeria.
The position of the State Government was made known by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, in a WhatsApp message exchange with The Eagle Online
Leading figures from the 20 clubs, including Tony Bloom and Paul Barber, representing Albion, on Friday met via video link to discuss the next step in the face of the coronavirus epidemic.
The management of Rangers International Football Club has extended the break given to players of the club by two weeks.
A private plane often used by Lionel Messi had to make an emergency landing at Brussel’s Zavantem airport on Friday morning after problems with the landing gear were detected.
Nigeria’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic has caught the attention of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who described it as remarkable.
The death of a Chartered Accountant, Alhaji Jimoh Raufu-Muideen, at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has thrown people in Ilorin into a Coronavirus Disease panic.
The Nigerian Armed Forces is ready to produce and store pure Liquefied Oxygen for immediate supply to isolation centres and designated hospitals for the management of COVID-19 cases.
The Abia State Government has warned its health workers to stop rejecting patients with some COVID-19 symptoms until such patients were tested and confirmed positive.
Queen Elizabeth will make an extremely rare address to the nation on Sunday as Britain grapples with the increasingly deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Also, they have voted to provide £125 million to Football League and National League teams to help with cash flow problems caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Spanish football’s top-flight has recommended that all its clubs join FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in introducing pay cuts to staff, including players.
Pope Francis on Friday issued a special video message calling on people around the world not to lose faith and to comfort each other through the novel coronavirus pandemic.