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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
