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Italian FA Chief: Serie A April restart impossible

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2020 0

The President of the Italian Footballers’ Association (AIC), Damiano Tommasi, has cast a cloud over the restart of the Serie A in April as set before. All sporting activity in Italy was suspended until the 3rd of April following the outbreak of Coronavirus, but it now seems like it will

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Why we invited Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria – Lafarge

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2020 0

The Industrial Director of Lafarge Plc, Mr Segun Soyoye, has said “the Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria came to inspect some installations of machines bought from a Swedish firm”. He said this during an on-the-spot-assessment by Ogun State Government, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, and World Health Organisation teams to Lafarge facility at Ewekoro […]

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Coronavirus: Italian-Nigerian footballer, King Udoh, tests positive

Ihesiulo Grace 29 February 2020 0

22 year old Italian-Nigerian footballer, King Udoh, who plays professional football with Pianese, an Italian Serie C side. has tested positive to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Udoh has been isolated after being diagnosed with the disease on Thursday. READ ALSO: Coronavirus: Why infected Italian was not detected at Lagos airport – Health Minister Udoh is […]

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Italian cruise ship placed in quarantine over coronavirus fears

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2020 0

Thousands of people are stuck on a cruise ship at the port of Civitavecchia, near Rome, because of a suspected coronavirus patient on board. The cruise ship is the Costa Smeralda, run by Costa Crociere. READ ALSO: Coronavirus: Germany ‘well-equipped’ to handle virus According to the Italian news agency ANSA, there are around 7,000 people […]

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1945: Benito Mussolini Executed

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

On this day in 1945, “Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland. The 61-year-old deposed former dictator of Italy was established by his German allies as the figurehead of a puppet government in northern Italy during […]