LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus. The tiger, named Nadia, is believed to be the first known case of an animal infected with Covid-19 in the US. The Bronx Zoo, in New York City, says the test result was confirmed by the National…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, released the statement below on speculations linking the coronavirus disease with 5G telecommunications technology. The statement was approved Sunday by Dr. Henry Nkemadu, Director, Public Affairs of the NCC. “In view of the recent development in which misleading materials with no proven evidence are being circulated to…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lockdown imposed by the Federal Government on Lagos State to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taken a toll on the revenue collection of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as major commands in Lagos have recorded a sharp fall in their revenue generation. Findings by SHIPS & PORTS reveal that…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-39-year-old trader, Okonkwo Nwachukwu (pictured above), has been arrested by the Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, after it was discovered that he had opened 25 savings accounts with Zenith Bank, under different identities. The Special Fraud Unit spokesperson, DSP Ngozi Isintume-Agu, said the SFU Commissioner of Police had received a petition from the…
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The issue of COVID -19 global pandemic has generated one the most emotive discussions in migration, international relations and diplomacy over the past five months – among both current affairs analysts, public health practitioners and national governments. According to the World Health Organisation, (WHO), the total numbers of…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Europe saw further signs of hope in the coronavirus outbreak Sunday as Italy’s daily death toll was at its lowest in more than two weeks and its infection curve was finally on a downward slope. In Spain, new deaths dropped for the third straight day. But the optimism was tempered by…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bogus conspiracy theories linking the global COVID-19 outbreak to the rollout of 5G has lead to phone masts in the UK being set alight. The BBC reports that cellular towers in Birmingham, Liverpool and Melling in Merseyside were set alight within the last week, with the attacks now being investigated as possible arson. EE, which…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, residents of Aiyetoro community in Ajegunle, in the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State are living in fear of hoodlums popularly known as Awala Boys. The thugs who belong to different factional groups have reportedly been terrorising residents and passersby since 2018, dispossessing…
