LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-California is granting early release to 3,500 inmates in an effort to reduce crowding as coronavirus infections begin spreading through the state prison system. Lawyers for Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday told a panel of federal judges the state is taking “extraordinary and unprecedented protective measures” to slow the spread of the…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army under the leadership of Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, has removed General Olusegun Adeniyi, who appeared in a viral video urging military authorities to supply them with weapons and accurate intelligence to combat Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East region. Adeniyi, who is Theatre Commander of…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some men in Onitsha allegedly went into town to condemn traders who increased prices of food items. A female garri seller was however dealt with as a big bowl of her garri was thrown away by the said meen who were angry that she increased the price of her goods from N500…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk, said the ministry has commenced the transfer of cash to poorest households in the country. Addressing a press briefing organised by the presidential task force on Coronavirus in Abuja on Monday, the Minister said the measure was aimed at cushioning…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He was 81. Yhombi-Opango was ill before he contracted the virus, his son told AFP news agency. He led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979,…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has said that the lockdown of some states and theclosure of their borders by their respective governors is illegal. In reaction to reports of Nigerians being trapped in the border communities of some states because of the closure of the borders by the governor, the secretary to the government…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-World Health Organization officials Monday said they still recommend people not wear face masks unless they are sick with Covid-19 or caring for someone who is sick. “There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit. In fact, there’s some evidence…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa, which has the highest numbers of confirmed coronavirus infections on the continent, will start mass door-to-door screening and testing for coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday. The “unprecedented” exercise will be launched in the next few days, with at least 10,000 field workers deployed across the country of 57 million…