LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Sanusi Bala, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that one of the confirmed cases has died. Mr Bala explained that…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain has overtaken Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe by the novel coronavirus, according to the latest official figures released on Tuesday. Chairing Tuesday’s Downing Street press briefing, Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, said another 693 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 29,427. The figures…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump is looking to wind down the White House coronavirus task force in the coming weeks even as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. continues to rise, the New York Times reported. Vice President Mike Pence, who Trump appointed to lead the task force, confirmed that such…
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…
