LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China is facing a backlash from major European powers after suspicions over its role in the coronavirus pandemic which has caused 1 lakh deaths in Europe. The Express UK reported that that a major German newspaper has put together a 130-billion-pound invoice that Beijing “owes” Berlin following the impact of the coronavirus…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 61 persons are confirmed dead by a yet-to-be-diagnosed disease in Kano State. A Twitter user, who calls himself King of the North Muhammad Sanusi II raised the alarm on Sunday via his handle @MSII_dynasty. According to him, just yesterday 43 people were buried in a single cemetery in Kano…
LAGOS APRIL 21S (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. oil prices plummeted in historic fashion Monday, crashing below zero as traders unloaded positions ahead of the May contract’s Tuesday expiration. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures for May delivery cratered by 305 percent to -$36.73 a barrel. At a price below zero, buyers would be paid to take delivery as there are costs…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some top aides of President Muhammadu Buhari have been denied access into the Presidential Villa in Abuja after returning from the burial of late Chief of Staff to Buhari, Abba Kyari, on Saturday. The burial at Gudu Cemetery was attended by a large crowd – most of whom had no nose mask…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel cabinet will convene on Saturday night to approve a series of measures aimed at rolling back of some coronavirus restrictions in order to restart the economy, with steps likely to be significantly more widespread than health officials wanted. With the statistics on the number of new cases and the number of…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man who ran away from Ghana after testing positive for coronavirus has been declared wanted. A Nigerian man, 46 known as Simon Okafor Chukwudi has been declared wanted by the Police in Ghana on Friday, April 17. Chukwudi fled the country after he was found to have tested positive for…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says between May and September, it will begin mass testing for COVID-19. The centre disclosed this in its report detailing how it plans to scale up laboratory test for COVID-19 in Nigeria. Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, had earlier said there would be no…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano Central Mosque appeared like a ghost town Friday as Muslims across the metropolis shunned the weekly Friday Jumat prayers after the recent revelation that the coronavirus pandemic is now prevalent in the state. Yesterday, Kano has became third most impacted state in Nigeria within a space of under a week. Later…