LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Health Organisation has said that Nigeria has expressed interest to be part of the global solidarity trial of the vaccines being developed to tackle COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking during the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Fiona Braka, Officer in Charge, WHO Nigeria, said efforts are underway […]
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LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-pregnant cashier working with Access Bank Ketu/Ikorodu branch allegedly collapsed after she was handed her sack letter as she was said to have been one of the staff affected by the bank’s mass retrenchment of staff. According to Sahara Reporters, the 3-months pregnant cashier identified as Taiwo collapsed on Saturday after hearing […]
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LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Pandemonium broke out in Ogere, Iperu, Ilisan and other communities in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State when a suspected cultist and drug addict identified as Feyisola Dosumu went on the rampage and reportedly killed six persons in the communities. It was learnt that Dosumu, a graduate of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, […]
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LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has revealed that he was the index COVID-19 case in the state who infected four others. El-Rufai said this on Saturday as the Guest Gpeaker on The Platform, an annual event of the Covenant Christian Centre, in Lagos. He said in the bid not to […]
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LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna has recorded 14 more Covid-19 cases from almajiris repatriated from Kano, Commissioner of Health, Dr Amina Mohammed Baloni has confirmed. Dr Baloni, who made the disclosure while briefing the daily meeting of the State Standing Committee on COVID-19 on Saturday, saying that, the figure may rise as more test results are […]
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LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget and Chief of Staff in the Peter Obi Administration, Prof. Chinyere Stella Okunna, has said that contrary to the predominant view among the people, Mr. Peter Obi actually did as much in Health as in Education during his tenure as Governor. Speaking to newsman on […]
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LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Malam Rabiu Musa, Head of Communications in the Kano Field Office of UNICEF, is dead. His son, Musa Rabiu, who confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano, said that the UNICEF official died on Saturday at the age of 60. “My dad died at about 3 a.m […]
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LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-People of the state are now living in fear of the unknown, many have started to leave the ancient city in droves and may be inadvertently spreading the virus to neighbouring states. Relatedyl, yesterday the federal government escalated its containment efforts by opening additional three mobile testing centres to strengthen the war […]
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LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Government has converted its biggest library, the Murtala Mohammed Library Complex, a sport facility and a hospital, into isolation centres for Coronavirus patients. Kano State now has a total of 311 Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, according to new figures of infections announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) […]
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LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Medical Association has asked the federal government to learn from Ghana whose coronavirus cases hiked by 100% in just a week after the leadership eased lockdown in the country. The NMA President, Francis Faduyile,said this in a statement warning that the timing of FG’s decision to ease lockdown was not […]
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