LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Barr Joseph Daramola has called for reopening of churches closed over the COVID-19 pandemic. Daramola said it was wrong of government authorities to continue closing churches when other aspects of national life have started taking shape. Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike at seaports over the arrest of its members on essential service by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. Already, the union has given 48 hours ultimatum, starting from Monday to the Rivers State governor to…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– Nigeria’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 4,399 on Sunday with 248 new cases reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The agency announced that 17 additional deaths were recorded across the country. This is the highest daily figure of deaths reported from the virus since the…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– An officer of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), identified as Assistant Superintendent Chidi Johnson, last Friday sustained severe injuries in an ambush laid by suspected smugglers in Ikpokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. Johnson was among a team of Customs men from Ogun 1 Command, said to have been sent…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– With reports reaching us, the Dan Iyan of Kano who is the district head of Dawakin kudu, Yusuf Bayero, has died in the early hours of Sunday. Yusuf was said to have died after a protracted illness. A source in the Kano emirate confirmed his death. He is a younger brother…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– The Rivers Government on Sunday demolished two Hotels in the state for flouting lockdown orders and State’s Executive Order No. 6 against the spread of Novel COVID-19 pandemic. This was made known on Sunday in a statement by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant (Electronic Media) to Rivers Governor. He said that…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The soul, funk and R&B singer Betty Wright, celebrated across pop genres for her remarkable vocal prowess, has died aged 66. The cause of death was not immediately known but Wright’s niece confirmed the news, writing on Twitter: “Sleep in peace aunty Betty Wright. Fly high angel.” Wright was best known for…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 160 Nigerians were airlifted from the United States of America in the early hours of the day after being stranded due to the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease have landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. They were ferried to the country at their own expense by a…
