Recent studies suggest there may be a link between a person’s blood type and their risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus. A June 17 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine focused on potential genetic factors in severe cases of COVID-19 with respiratory failure. The study involve...
Hip Hop billionaire, Kanye West, received over $2 million in government relief programmes for America’s small businesses through his Yeezy LLC sneaker company. Details of the 4.9 million loans through the Paycheck Protection Program were released by the Small Business Administration. The loan would allo...
Showmax Pro in Nigeria and Kenya will also have news and music channels. In a bid to compete better with Netflix and Amazon, Africa’s biggest pay-TV firm, Multichoice Group Ltd, has started streaming live sports including Premier League soccer through an upgraded version of its Showmax service. Accordin...
A Nigerian student, Josephine Lawal, has taken the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, United Kingdom, before the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for High Education (OIA) over the varsity’s cancellation of her doctorate programme despite paying £20,000 for school fees. PUNCH Metro gathered th...
The federal and the Lagos state governments have appealed to commuters to cooperate with the relevant agencies during the six-month partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for maintenance work. The Federal Government had on Monday announced the partial closure of the bridge from July 24 to January...
The Senate has passed the Sexual Harassment Bill which is to stop sexual abuse of female undergraduates in tertiary institutions in the country. The bill titled: ‘A Bill for an Act to prevent, prohibit and redress Sexual Harassment of students in tertiary educational institutions and for matters c...
