Covid-19: Lagos schools adopt online teaching; LASG uses radio for WAEC candidates
The covid-19 pandemic has forced schools in Lagos to adopt smart learning using e-platforms on social media to engage their pupils and students. Some schools have created class-specific Whatsapp groups…
First Bank, others stop transfer of forex from domiciliary accounts
Nigerian banks have stopped international transfer of dollars and other foreign currencies from domiciliary accounts, claiming it was a directive from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Investigations by Political Economist…
Covid-19: British PM, Health Minister’s positive results sends fear among cabinet members
Moments after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that he has tested positive for coronavirus as the outbreak spreads across the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock also announced he is…
Workers to Wike: Pay us March salary before closing markets
Some workers on the payroll of Rivers Government on Friday pleaded with Gov. Nyesom Wike not to close markets in the state without paying March salary. Wike had ordered the…
Covid-19: FG gives update on Buhari’s health
The Nigerian Government on Thursday debunked the rumour that President Muhammadu Buhari `has been coughing and now on ventilator”. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while giving…
Two guests at Ambassador Oguntade’s UK party die of covid-19; panic among others
Two of the guests who attended the 80th birthday party of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Justice George Oguntade, are dead, some of those who were at the…
Panic in Aso Rock as Abba Kyari is covid-19 positive, Buhari negative
It’s now official. President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for covid-19 while his chief of staff, Abba Kyari, was not so lucky. He tested positive for the virus. The Nigeria…
17 persons arrested over COVID-19 ‘fake news’ posts – Report
Cambodian authorities have arrested 17 people since January over social media posts about the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) that the government has branded “fake news,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on…
Manu Dibango dies of Covid-19; Nigerian Senator dies in the UK
Cameroon-born singer and saxophone player Manu Dibango has died from a coronavirus infection, according to a statement on his official Facebook page on Tuesday. “It is with deep sadness that…
#SoloSafe: How to access Konga’s N10m COVID-19 fund
Konga, Nigeria’s foremost e-commerce giant, has revealed that a minimum of 10,000 shoppers will benefit from its N10m fund set up to cushion the effects of the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19)….