Category: Metro
Coronavirus: FG orders closure of varsities nationwide
The federal government has ordered closure of tertiary institutions and the 104 unity schools nationwide as a measure to check coronavirus. While scho [...]
FG shuts Kano, P/Harcourt airports, restricts int’l flights to Lagos and Abuja
The Federal Government has announced restriction of international flights to Murtala Muhammad International Airport Lagos and Nnamdi Azikwe Internatio [...]
Ben Murray-Bruce loses wife, Evelyn to cancer
Businessman and former Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Ben Murray-Bruce, has lost his wife, Evelyn, to cancer. He made this dis [...]
Lagos announces four new coronavirus cases bringing total to 12
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has announced four new positive coronavirus cases in Lagos State. Abayomi said the four n [...]
Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria now tests negative
The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria now tests negative. According to him, [...]
Odili sues EFCC for reopening his alleged N100bn fraud case
Following the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reopening of the investigation into the alleged N100 billion case of fraud involving for [...]
Coronavirus: Africa records 17 deaths in 24 hours – WHO reveals
According to the World Health Organisation, WHO, Africa has recorded 17 deaths from the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in the past 24 hours, PremiumTimes i [...]
Coronavirus: Anambra orders closure of schools
The Anambra State Government has ordered the closure of all schools in the state and for them to vacate indefinitely over the coronavirus pandemic. Th [...]
Ogun bans gathering of 50 people at nightclubs, cinemas etc
The Ogun State government in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the state Governor, Kunle Somorin, has banned social clubs, halls, cinemas, n [...]
Coronavirus: FG faces tough task tracing 800 new contacts of latest index cases
Coronavirus cases in Nigeria on Wednesday increased from three to eight within the last 48 hours with four of the five new cases in Lagos State, while [...]