Archive for: May, 2020

Numbers Of Covid-19 Patients In Tazania Are Reducing- President Magufuli

LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has been a “sharp decline” in the number of coronavirus patients in Tanzania’s hospitals, the president said, four days after the US embassy in the country reported that many hospitals had been “overwhelmed”. John Magufuli was speaking to an applauding church congregation when he said: “God has answered your prayers.” In […]

Nigeria Impounds UK Plane For Breaking Covid-19 Flight Ban Rules

LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria impounded a plane operated by a British company for allegedly contravening a flight ban imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the aviation minister said on Sunday. Passenger flights into the country, with the exception of ones to evacuate people or repatriate Nigerian citizens, have been banned for […]

Naira Slumps To N454 Against Dollar As Importers Struggle For Foreign Exchange

LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Naira has weakened today at the parallel market (popularly known as Black Market) as it trades at N454 to $1. The development could be attributed to the high demand for the dollar by foreign investors and business owners, whose with dollar payment obligations have accumulated amid a shortage of the currency. […]

Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, A Friend That I Am Indebted To

By  Chief Malcolm.Emokiovo Omirhobo LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-To all men,  whether good or bad , sane or insane  have friends and relations and on that premise with all humility  I say without fear that  Ezenwo  Nyesom  Wike  is my friend. He is not just a friend but a friend to  whom I am eternally grateful […]

Lockdown: We Are Dying Of Hunger, Nigerian Disco Jockeys Cry Out

LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Professional Disc Jockeys Association of Nigeria (PDJAN) has claimed that its members are the worst-hit in the entertainment industry by restrictions put in place to control the coronavirus pandemic as they are ‘dying of hunger’. Onyenegecha Isaac, popularly known as Dj Marss, who is the media officer of the association, said […]

Ogun State Governor Explains Why Lockdown Is Extended For A Week

LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Government, on Friday announced that it has extended a lockdown in the state by one week. The Governor, Dapo Abiodun mentioned a significance increase  in coronavirus cases as one of the  reason, saying community transmission of the virus was on the rise in the state. Mr Abiodun said these […]

Court Stops Reps From Passing Infection Disease Bill, Summons Gbajabiamila, AGF, IGP

LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the House of Representatives to maintain status quo on the infectious disease bill which has passed second reading. Justice Ifeoma Ojukwu also summoned the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed […]

Igbo Community Sues Prophet Odumejeje For Calling Them ‘Worshipers Of Monkeys’

LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal war between a religious sensation, Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanemere a.k.a Odumejeje, and Awka community in Anambra State is set to take the center stage as the community has dragged the prophet to court over a statement credited to him. The prophet was said to have insulted the indigenes, calling them worshippers […]

Lockdown: Federal Government Reacts To States Reopening Mosques, Churches

LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In one fell swoop, four states in the North – Borno, Gombe, Adamawa and Zamfara – on Thursday reopened Mosques and Churches. It was a major easing of the lockdown imposed to curb Coronavirus spread. The Federal Government frowned at the situation having not been consulted as expected, in line with the […]

Enugu Government Seals Lord’s Chosen Church Headquarters

LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Enugu state government on Friday sealed – off headquarters premises of the Pastor Lazarus Muoka, led Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement in Enugu, for erecting the structure on waterway. According to the Enugu capital territory Development Authority (ECTDA,) which carried out the sealing exercise, the structure built on waterway have been ravaged by […]

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