LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dolors Sala Carrio, mother of Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has died after contracting COVID-19. She was 82. A statement by Manchester City said: “The Manchester City family are devastated to report the death today of Pep’s mother Dolors Sala Carrió in Manresa, Barcelona after contracting Corona Virus. “Everyone associated with the…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely seven days into the 14-day stay-at-home order issued by the federal government and enforced by Lagos State government, traffic snarls have resurfaced in parts of the state as Lagosians have begun to flout the directive. This is coming barely three days after the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine months after she was brutally murdered in Ondo state, men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have arrested killers of the late Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Making the disclosure in a press release on Monday, Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary said out of…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Buhari has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service NCS to release with immediate effect bags of rice seized from smugglers for distribution to the masses. The move is not unconnected with the apparent hardship caused by the total lockdown of major cities and businesses, necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak in the country….
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has slam Federal Government for supporting Lagos state with N10bn to fight coronavirus pandemic. He stated that it is quite unfortunate that the containment of coronavirus has been politicized by the Federal Government. Wike lamented that while Lagos State received a grant of N10billion as a commercial…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More reactions have continued to trail The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has described the Federal Government’s decision to invite medical doctors from China to assist in managing COVID-19 cases in the country as an embarrassment to its members. In a statement on Monday, the union said it is dismayed about the decision…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nollywood actor, Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, Abdul-Rasheed Bello (JJC), have been sentenced to 14-day community service for contravening the lockdown order in Lagos State. In a verdict by the Magistrate, they are also to pay a fine of N100, 000. The couple violated the Lagos State Infectious Disease(Emergency Prevention) Regulation 2020,…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As many as 4,000 seriously ill coronavirus patients in New York are being treated with the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, state health official said. Presient Trump has tauted hydroxychloroquine as potential life saver, although there is no wide spread scientific evidence to date showing it helps battle covid-19. But Governor Andrew Cuomo last…