Okomu Oil, Dangote Cement, others gain as stock market stays bullish
The scourge of covid-19 failed to hold down the nation’s stock market as it maintained bullish mood on Tuesday with the key performance indices increasing further by 1.09 per cent…
LUTH delivers 22-year-old covid-19 patient of twins
A team of doctors, anaesthetists and nurses at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, has delivered another COVID-19 patient of twins. Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, LUTH Chairman Medical Advisory…
COVID-19: Ooni’s motorised fumigators land in Delta as monarch seeks end to pandemic
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has called for collective global effort in the fight against COVID-19. The Ooni made the call in Asaba while presenting…
N7bn building scam: Umar indicts minister, fellow Perm Sec; opens lid on another N3bn fraud
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Mohammed Bello Umar, has responded to a query over the purchase of an uncompleted building for N7 billion, saying the Minister…
Delta to establish own security outfit – ‘Operation Delta Hawk’
Apparently worried by growing insecurity in the state, the Delta government says it has concluded plans to set up its own security outfit codenamed “Operation Delta Hawk,” to combat crimes…
Alleged N48.42bn fraud: Heads to roll in Agric Ministry, FCDA as Perm Sec receives query
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Mohammed Umar Bello, has been queried by the Federal Government for allegedly incurring a contractual liability of over N48 billion when…
Covid-19: Medical workers account for 11% of cases in Germany
Around 20,000 staff in hospitals, aged care, and nursing homes have contracted the novel coronavirus in Germany, accounting for around 11 per cent of total cases in the country, the…
Linking 5G to coronavirus is “baseless and irresponsible – Australian Minister
Australian Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, Paul Fletcher has warned Australians about misinformation linking the COVID-19 to 5G mobile technology. In a statement issued on Tuesday morning,…
Trump threatens to permanently freeze WHO funding, reconsider U.S. membership
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improvements within 30 days, and to reconsider…
Electric car sales to fall by 23% this year, not as much as other cars – research
Worldwide electric car registrations are set to fall 18% this year, but those of combustion engine cars are set to drop even faster, analysts BloombergNEF (BNEF) said on Tuesday, as…