LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar, has been hospitalised at the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre in Kastina State. Daura is the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari. A palace source told SaharaReporters on Tuesday that Umar was rushed to the hospital on Monday night in a critical condition. The emir…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere better known as Prophet Odumeje has revealed there Is No Coronavirus In Nigeria. The controversial Anambra Prophet made this claim on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday, a day the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 245 new coronavirus cases in Nigeria. The controversial prophet who is Spiritual…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s economy is expected to contract by 3.4% this year, government officials said on Tuesday (May 5) as dwindling oil revenues coupled with a world under lockdown forced the country to assume a lower petroleum price of $20-a-barrel. That’s bad news for a sector that, over the past decade, has seen unprecedented…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A medical researcher said to be on the “verge of making very significant” coronavirus findings was found shot to death over the weekend in Pennsylvania, officials said. Bing Liu, 37, a researcher for the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was found dead Saturday inside a home in Ross Township, north of…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Douye Diri was sworn in as governor of Bayelsa state paripasu with Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo as his deputy governor after the supreme court had nullified the election of the APC governor elect , David Lyon who received the information while rehearsing at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex, Ovom…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay (SAN), has reacted to the return of $300m looted by the late dictator, Sani Abacha. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, confirmed the return of the looted funds on Monday in a statement by his Special Assistant…
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education in Bayelsa state, Comrade Walton Liverpool said those clamoring for the merger of existing state owned tertiary institutions are enemies of the state. The PS made the assertion while speaking to Newsmen on the sidelines of clamours in some quarters for the…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have reacted to a report of over 100 mysterious deaths in Jigawa State within days. It was reported on Monday that about 100 persons have died in the Hadejia area of the State, which has raised serious concerns. The government in response set up a five-man committee to investigate the deaths…