LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa now has more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday, while Nigeria said the president’s chief of staff had died. A total of 52 of the continent’s 54 countries have reported the coronavirus, with the overall number of cases surpassing 20,000 on Saturday….
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the chief judge to free prison inmates who have been awaiting trial for six years or more to ease overcrowding as the novel coronavirus spreads, a spokesman said on Tuesday. A statement quoted Buhari as saying 42% of Nigeria’s 74,000 or so prisoners were awaiting trial….
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A petition to investigate Bill Gates for “crimes against humanity” and “medical malpractice” has gained a staggering 289,000 signatures from concerned citizens, almost tripling the number required to get a response from the White House. The “We the People” petition asks the federal government to call on Congress to investigate the Bill…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, Chief Abimbola Osuolale Richard Akinjide is Dead. The 88-year-old legal icon died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home. A family source said he died around 1 am. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria had been indisposed for about three years According to a source…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The unrest created by the dreaded one million boys is getting out of hand. Their wing is growing. Or how else can we explain the act of these hoodlums snatching an army van? The consequence obviously will be brutal. According to the video posted which claimed to be shared by a Surulere…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The total number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria has increased to 665 after 38 new infections were recorded on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle on Monday. 23 cases were recorded in Kano, 5 in Gombe, 3 in Kaduna, 2 in Borno, 2 in…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-With reports reaching us, this is not the best of times for the Lagos State Police Command despite their efforts to decongest the various detention facilities at SCIID Panti, Yaba, Lagos, due to the lockdown occasioned by Covid-19. Newsmen revealed that the SCIID cells had been filled to full capacity and the…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman disguised as a policeman killed at least 16 people, including a female police officer, in what is believed to be Canada’s worst mass shooting. The 12-hour rampage started on Saturday and ended with a car chase. Police said the suspect shot people at different locations in Nova Scotia, many of…