LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS )-Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, says mass illiteracy and ignorance is worsening the COVID-19 crisis in Kano state. Since it recorded its index COVID-19 case in April, Kano has been hit by a wave of strange deaths. The state recorded the highest number of cases on Thursday and Friday,…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS )-At least 15 West African countries would be delivered of the Covid Organics herbal syrup developed in Madagascar to cure Covid-19 patients. The delivery would be made through Equatorial Guinea who who earlier came to the country to pick up the load. Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina stated that they intend to…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS )-For Olajide Ayorinde, a worker with the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company attached to the Imo unit in Abeokuta, Ogun State, he would not forget in a hurry Thursday, April 23; day residents of Isale Igbein/Grammar School area of Abeokuta attacked him for distributing electricity bills during lockdown. The state, including Lagos…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS Bill Gates believes we may eventually need to produce as many as 14 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines globally and that we’re anywhere from nine months to two years away from making that happen. In a blog post Thursday, the billionaire Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist outlined what the race for a…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, rumored for weeks to be deathly ill or even dead, has made his first public appearance in 20 days, North and South Korean media reported Friday. Few details were immediately available, but if true, the appearance would belie rumors of Kim’s death following surgery. The South’s…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- If COVID-19 follows a pattern set by the 1918 Spanish flu, the pandemic is likely to last up to two years and return with a vengeance this fall and winter – a second wave worse than the first, according to a study issued from the University of Minnesota. “States, territories and tribal…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Founder of Daar Communications Plc, owners of Raypower FM and Africa International Television (AIT), Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has tested positive for COVID-19. His daughter-in-law and three grandchildren as well as four other relations also tested positive. Recall that one of his sons, Dokpesi Jnr, had been confirmed positive for the virus…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria, on Friday, reported a staggering number of COVID-19 cases – 238 single day infections along with 68 deaths so far, 351 discharged and a total record of 2170 cases nationwide. The country’s Centre for Disease Control, Friday night, said that the new cases were recorded in 22 states and the…