Category: Metro
Study shows coronavirus can linger in air of crowded spaces
The new coronavirus appears to linger in the air in crowded spaces or rooms that lack ventilation, researchers found in a study that buttresses the no [...]
Dr Anu freed after being arrested over death of former beauty queen during plastic surgery
Self-acclaimed ‘plastic surgeon’, Adepoju Anuoluwapo Olufunmi, more popularly known as Dr Anu, whose practices has led to an outcry in the last few we [...]
The fall of Orji Uzor Kalu: Governor at 39, Prisoner at 60
Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu recently turned 60. 21 years ago, he was the strong man of Abia politics. Perhaps one of the most flamboyan [...]
For torturing lawyer, Anambra court orders police to pay him N25m
An Anambra High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State, has asked the police to pay a lawyer in the state, Mr Ogbonnaya Obasi, the sum of N25m as da [...]
Lassa fever no longer a national emergency, NCDC declares
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared an end to the emergency phase of the Lassa fever outbreak in the country, TheCable is repor [...]
Ibeju Lekki youths protest against FG’s lockdown, set trucks, vehicles ablaze
There were serious protests in Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State on Monday as irate youths and other residents of the area trooped out to protest the co [...]
Interstate lockdown, compulsory use of facemask, curfew …… highlights from Buhari’s COVID-19 address
Here are the highlights of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide COVID-19 broadcast on Monday 27th.
Phased and gradual easing of lockdown measu [...]
Malaria not killing people in Kano but COVID-19 – Kwankwaso writes Buhari
Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, says that COVID-19 is responsible for the deaths of senior citizens in the state and not acute malaria, d [...]
Nigeria in dire need of kits to expand testings – NCDC
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has revealed one of the agency’s challenges, in its bid to [...]
Kaduna extends lockdown by 30 days, cut salaries by 25%
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has extended the quarantine orders being enforced in the state for another 30 days. The governor’s decision follo [...]