Category: Metro
Ekiti confirms first coronavirus case and how he contracted it
The Ekiti State Government has explained that its first Coronavirus index case, a 38-year-old man of Ekiti origin, drove an American who arrived in th [...]
New study shows Coronavirus can stay in air for hours
New study shows that COVID-19, a strain of coronavirus, can stay in the air and on surfaces for days, a new study by the US National Institutes of Hea [...]
Coronavirus: Politician and businessman, Tonye Cole self-isolates
A former executive director of Sahara Group and a former governorship aspirant in Rivers State under All Progressives Congress, APC, Tonye Cole, is un [...]
Six-week-old baby becomes youngest to be infected with coronavirus in Nigeria
A six-week-old baby is among the latest coronavirus cases confirmed in Nigeria thus making her the youngest to be infected with the pandemic disease. [...]
New Coronavirus case came through Lagos on British Airways
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that the new case of Coronavirus came in through British Airways.
The affecte [...]
Kano Assembly suspends five members for supporting Sanusi
Last week’s decision to dethrone the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II by the state government has consumed five members of the state House of Assembl [...]
FBI arrests 13 Nigerians over $30m cyber fraud
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has arrested thirteen Nigerians, 7 Yorubas, 6 Igbos, over alleged $30 million money laundering scheme in the [...]
Nigerian Embassy in U.S suspends passport interviews, biometric capturing over coronavirus
Nigeria’s diplomatic missions in Washington, New York and Atlanta, United States, have suspended passport interviews and biometric data capture over t [...]
Nigerian pathologist dies of coronavirus in Canada
The minister of state for health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, says a Nigerian pathologist has died in Canada after contracting coronavirus.
He said, “We mu [...]
15 dead as LASG sets up N2bn relief fund for victims of Lagos explosion
The Lagos State government has set up a N2 billion relief fund for victims of the recent explosion in the state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos [...]