LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government said it would not hesitate to deploy the military and the police for contact tracing in cases where persons suspected to have contacted the virus do not voluntarily show up for testing. The Government has urged Nigerians to prepare for tougher measures as part of its response to the […]
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ecobank Nigeria, on Monday, said it has temporarily closed its Wuse II, Abuja branch. This was announced in a statement released by the bank. According to the statement, the first victim of coronavirus to die visited the Abuja branch on March 12, 2020. However, according to the bank, at the time of […]
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has ordered all courts in the country to shut down from Tuesday. The CJN, in a statement he issued on the official website of the National Judicial Council, NJC, said the measure became necessary, in view of the reality of the COVID-19 in […]
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joining an ever-growing chorus, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced late Monday that it would favor postponing the Tokyo Games this summer amid concerns about the coronavirus. Team USA officials did not say when they would prefer the event to take place, but several other countries — including Canada, Australia, Germany, […]
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Access Bank Plc has temporarily closed its Ligali Ayorinde branch in Victoria Island, Lagos after a visitor tested positive for coronavirus. “We have confirmed that an individual who visited our Ligali Ayorinde branch on Monday 16th March 2020, has tested positive for coronavirus,” Accessbank said in a statement on Monday. “He was […]
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the coronavirus but his Chief of Staff, Mr. Abba Kyari, has contracted the virus according results of tests carried out by Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. A report by THISDAY citing presidency sources said the test on the President was done after Mr. Kyari […]
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Catholic priest, Rev. Father, Cyprian Kooro, has reportedly slumped and died while conducting mass in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A source, who spoke in confidence said said the morning mass was underway on Sunday at St. Helen Catholic Church, Ogbogoro when the priest suddenly collapsed. He said other officials of the […]
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has described retired Supreme Court Justice James Ogebe as an exemplary jurist of all times. Obi was speaking at the weekend in Abuja during the launch of the autobiography of the octogenarian entitled, “Justice Under the Shadow of the Almighty; My Life Sojourn to […]
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes, NANP, has called on its members to suspend their bed-to-wealth business till further notice amid coronavirus. President of the group, Tamar Tion, in a telephone chat with Daily Post on Sunday, urged members to desist from engaging in any sexual intercourse for now until the virus […]
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of efforts to further stems the spread of raging Coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the state’s civil servants from grade 01-12 to stay at home from Monday, March 23, for 14 days in the first instance. Sanwo-Olu also urged operators in the private sector […]
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