Six persons lost their lives on Tuesday when a truck fell on a taxi along the Epe Expressway in Lagos State. The taxi with number plate SMK – 312ES was said to be conveying seven persons to a destination in the state when the tragedy struck after the Epe Long Bridge. PUNCH Metro learnt that the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it ordered its members, who are lecturers across universities, to embark on strike during the coronavirus pandemic because there would never be a time approved for such an action. The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, on Tuesday, also inaugurated ASUU COVID-19 intervention in an…
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi’s former wife, Chanel’s chin has reacted to his coronavirus video and blamed it on mental illness and hard drugs. Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi had made a plea to God, asking him to spare the world and send the Coronavirus to him instead. The flamboyant Yoruba King was captured in…
The National Coordinator, Nigeria Sex Workers Association, Amaka Enemo, says sex workers in the country have been forced to suspend activities, especially in Lagos and Abuja due to the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Enemo told The PUNCH on Tuesday that although sex workers offer “essential services” they will remain indoors because their services involve “substantial…
Dr. James T. Goodrich, the neurosurgeon who allowed CNN inside a remarkable operation to separate twins Jadon and Anias McDonald, died on Monday after complications related to Covid-19, according to the hospital where he worked. “Dr. Goodrich was a beacon of our institution and he will be truly missed,” said Montefiore Medicine CEO Dr. Philip…
If the prophecy fails, local medicine must be applied. That seems to be the new posturing of the Founder and leader of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly referred to as TB. Joshua after coronavirus persists despite his prophecy that it would vanish on March 27. Speaking to his congregation recently,…
A 12-year-old girl confirmed infected with COVID-19 has died in Belgium, health officials said Tuesday. Fatality at such a young age “is a very rare occurrence,” said government spokesman Dr Emmanuel Andre, adding that her death “shook us”. The girl had had a fever for three days before her death, and tested positive for COVID-19,…
The dollar exchanged for N412 on Monday at the Bureau De Change segment of the market. This followed a temporary suspension of sale of forex to the Bureau De Change operators in the industry by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria had made a request to the…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC has warned against the myths some Nigerians have about the Coronavirus disease. The NCDC in a post shared on Twitter warned that the consumption of lemon, ginger, garlic, palm oil doesn’t protect or prevent against Coronavirus. The agency also stated that drinking or spraying of dettol all over…
The police in Imo State have arrested a housewife, Mrs. Ada Amuzie, for allegedly killing a commercial sex worker, identified simply as Happiness. The police said Amuzie had accused Happiness of dating her husband, Ejike Lambert. It was gathered that Happiness, in order to get even with Amuzie, went to her house at Imika Obiti,…