LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, residents of Aiyetoro community in Ajegunle, in the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State are living in fear of hoodlums popularly known as Awala Boys. The thugs who belong to different factional groups have reportedly been terrorising residents and passersby since 2018, dispossessing…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many churches witnessed a low to zero turnouts of worshippers for the Palm Sunday service as they comply with social distancing regulations. There must be at least a distance of 2 metres between persons in a gathering to stop the spread of COVID-19. Whilst some churches held online service, some were closely…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 6 in Lagos, 2 in FCT and 2 in Edo. As at 11:15 am 5th April there are 224 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Twenty-seven have been discharged with five deaths. Radio Nigeria
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government on Saturday night took delivery of its first batch of medical supplies in the fight against the spread of Coronavirus pandemic and for the treatment of those infected. Air Peace aircraft, Boeing 777 with registration number, 5N-BWI carrying the supplies landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Correctional Service in Kaduna says four inmates have died in an attempted jailbreak on March 31. The Comptroller, Kaduna command, Sanusi Danmusa, said in a statement that the inmates attempted jailbreak when some of them demanded their release over fears of contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the cells. “The…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria plans to create a 500 billion naira ($1.39 billion)coronavirus fund to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure to tackle the virus, the government said on Saturday. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed, House of Representatives speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and Senate President Ahmad Lawan agreed in a meeting that the crisis intervention fund would pull…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bauchi State government has suspended lockdown in the state due to fear of hardship. The government explained that the suspension of the two weeks total lockdown of the state followed the realization of the untold hardship it’s citizens may be subjected to due to non provision of palliative measures Similarly, the…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government says it has so far treated and discharged 24 Coronavirus patients following their full recovery from the virus. Four of them, including an eight-week-old baby girl who was admitted alongside her mother were discharged earlier today The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi who made this known while…