LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Dutch officials have recalled tens of thousands of masks imported from China and distributed to hospitals battling the coronavirus outbreak because they do not meet quality standards. They received a delivery of masks from a Chinese manufacturer on March 21, the health ministry said in a statement. The masks did not…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals has told the Federal Government to pay health workers fighting the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) N100,000 special hazard allowance. The union also demanded life insurance cover for health workers. In a statement jointly signed by the National President of the union, Dr Obinna Ogbonna, and…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China’s “wet markets” have reopened – selling bats, pangolins and dogs for human consumption. The move is dangerous as scientists believe that the Covid-19 causing coronavirus first lurked in a bat in China and hopped to another animal, before getting passed on to humans. Various reports suggest that a 55-year-old man from…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Chelsea star retired from international duty following Nigeria’s first-round exit at the 2018 World Cup, but he has now reversed that decision. Inter Milan star, Victor Moses has revealed he is making a return to the national team almost two years after quitting the Super Eagles. Moses shocked Nigerians when…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The founder and president of the Synagogue Church of All Nations(SCOAN), Prophet, TB. Joshua has made donations of $1 million and a 5 trainer loaded with bags of rice to Lagosian, especially Ikotun residents at large. The church also donated medical resources and food items as part of it’s plead and continuous…
LAGOS APRIL 1Six persons lost their lives on Tuesday when a truck fell on a taxi along the Epe T (NEWSRANGERS)-Expressway in Lagos State. The taxi with number plate SMK – 312ES was said to be conveying seven persons to a destination in the state when the tragedy struck after the Epe Long Bridge. PUNCH…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 11 million Nigerians will benefit from the Federal Government’s palliative measure to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Farouk stated this on Tuesday. She spoke during the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has announced further reduction of the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol from N125 to N123.50k per litre. The agency made the announcement in a statement singed by its Executive Secretary, Abdulkadir Saidu, in Abuja on Tuesday night. “PPPRA in…