LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A suspected COVID-19 patient on Sunday afternoon ran to a police station for help after several attempts to reach the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) failed. The woman, it was gathered, had tried to reach the COVID-19 toll-free lines since she started developing symptoms without success. Desperate for survival, she…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised circumspection towards relaxing the lockdown across different states in the country, saying that such moves if not carefully done would defeat the preventive approach to COVID-19 which the peoples of the world have…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A coalition of Nigerian legal practitioners has dragged the People’s Republic of China to court over the effects of the Coronavirus outbreak on the West African giant. The lawyers are demanding $200 billion as damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption of…
By Egbegi Alfred LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- I was caught hands down by the curfew yesterday. I had promo the Izon-Link publication the other day but I discovered an error and decided to make a reprint before going to the market. That made me leave the press at 9pm. It was behind time and at…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The coronavirus death toll in Israel reached 200 on Sunday afternoon, with one woman dying since the previous evening, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 15,398, an increase of 250 over the previous 24 hours. The woman died at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, outside Tel…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The holy month of Ramadan is marked by the observance of fasting from sun rise to sun set, increased religious and social gatherings whereMuslim communities unite to break their fast together (iftar), and increased attendance at mosques for congregational prayers and listening tosermons (tafsir). It is also customary for some muslim…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian seaport has recorded its first case of Coronavirus through a staff of one of the terminal operators at Tin Can Island Port Lagos. There were initial reports that the COVID-19 patient was a staff of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) but this position was refuted by the authority in a press…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria’s central bank took 1.47 trillion naira ($3.8 billion) from lenders as additional cash reserves for failing to meet regulatory targets, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The accounts of almost 30 commercial lenders held with the central bank were debited by the regulator for missing thresholds on cash-reserve…
