COVID-19

December 15, (THEWILL) - The Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City will take place as scheduled on Thursday night,despite both clubs demanding that the match be postponed. Spurs' previous Premier League match, against Brighton and Hove Albion, was...

December 15, (THEWILL) - Luka Modric and Marcelo have both tested positive for COVID-19, according to Real Madrid. The club posted a brief statement on its website to this effect but did not provide any other information. Modric and Marcelo are...

December 15, (THEWILL) - President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade Festus Osifo, has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement in Abuja, National Public Relations Officer of PENGASSAN, Comrade Anietie Udoh, said Osifo,...

December 13, (THEWILL) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for COVID-19 and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms. "Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former President F W...

December 12, (THEWILL) - Manchester United's match against Brentford on Tuesday is in jeopardy following an outbreak of COVID-19. Cases of the omicron variant of the disease are on the rise globally, with Tottenham's Europa League match against Rennes and...

December 12, (THEWILL) - The incidences of infection by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the football world has alarmed the authorities, football clubs and fans alike, especially as plans are afoot for next year’s African football showpiece. Omicron, classified...

December 09, (THEWILL) - The United States has announced the donation of 2.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses to Nigeria. The development was disclosed in a statement by the U.S Embassy on Thursday. According to the statement, the vaccine doses arrived in...

December 09, (THEWILL) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has described COVID-19 as the worst crisis it has seen in 75 years. The Agency in a report released on Thursday observed that the pandemic has affected decades of progress on key childhood...

December 08, (THEWILL) - Saudi Arabia authorities have suspended flights  coming from Nigeria into the Kingdom over concerns of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Saudi Arabia confirmed the development in a circular...

December 08, (THEWILL) - The flurry of travel restrictions being clamped on African countries, including Nigeria, by western nations is capable of undermining global effort against Covid-19, says the National Association of Sea Dogs (Pyrates Confraternity). The group condemned the...