2020 May | NEWS RANGERS

Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin Tests Positive For Covid-19

LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Thursday that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus, becoming the highest-ranking Russian official known to have gotten infected. Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin during a video call that he would self-isolate but planned to stay in touch on key policy issues. It wasn’t […]

May 2 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

May Day: FG Assures Workers Of Job Security Amid Covid-19

LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- The federal government says it will work to ensure that there are no job losses arising from the extreme effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the economy. The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, said this on Thursday in his May Day message released by his media aide, Emmanuel Nzomiwu, saying […]

May 2 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Coronavirus: Nigeria Lawmakers Insist On Two-Month Free Electricity For Nigerians

LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- The House of Representatives has insisted that the proposed two-month free electricity for Nigerians be implemented to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizens. The DisCos had announced that they were working with the federal government to provide free two-month electricity as palliative to Nigerians but the Transmission Company […]

May 2 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Premier League Release Statement On 2019-20 Season

LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- The latest Premier League club meeting has taken place via a four-hour video conference call and reports say a vote is set to be held on the plan to restart the 2019-20 season. Details from the ‘project restart’ plan was the primary focus during the meeting, as a vote is set […]

May 2 2020 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

Fela’s Drummer, Tony Allen Passes On At 79

LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian drummer and composer Tony Allen, who worked closely with musician Fela Kuti as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, died in Paris aged 79, his manager said. The Afrobeat sound, which rose to prominence in Nigeria in the 1970s, combined organ riffs with West African drum patterns and brass instruments. […]

May 2 2020 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »

Covid-19 Cases Spike In Tanzania As Three Lawmakers Die In Eleven Days

LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- With Covid-19 cases on a sharp rise in Tanzania, there is now widespread speculation that three of its lawmakers who died in a space of 11 days might have contracted the virus. It’s a concern which has prompted the country’s leading opposition party Chadema to call for a suspension of parliament. […]

May 2 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

We Are Short Of Bed Space For Covid-19 Patients In Lagos, NCDC DG Cries Out

LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that bed spaces for patients of Coronavirus Disease are no longer readily available in Lagos State. Ihekweazu said this on Thursday when he spoke at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. […]

May 1 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Kano Leads As Nigeria’s Covid-19 Cases Spike 204 After Partial Lifting Of Lockdown

LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano, Nigeria’s second most populous state, Thursday returned a daily record of 80 confirmed cases of the coronavirus to overtake Lagos for the first time as the state with the highest daily infections. Also, it was yet another record day for Nigeria with a daily high of 204 confirmed cases and 7 […]

May 1 2020 | Posted in Health | Read More »

Buhari Extends Tenure Of NDDC Interim Management Committee, Approves N6bn COVID-19 Spending

LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Professor Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from May 1 to December 31, 2020. The extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under […]

May 1 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Group Gives CBN Ultimatum To Make Public All COVID-19 Donations

LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) has received a seven-day ultimatum to make public the total number of COVID-19 funds and material donations received from local and international organisations from February to April this year. Since February when the first Coronavirus index case, an Italian, was discovered in Nigeria, funds from […]