LAGOS MACH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s army is readying troops to help the government and police curb the spread of the coronavirus, one of a series of measures President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering as new infections continue to rise. A week after he declared a state of national disaster on March 15, the number of confirmed…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium on Friday afternoon at the Immigration office, Alagbon Close, Lagos, as a Chinese woman fell down and started vomiting. Passport seekers, immigration officers, visitors, including policemen and military personnel took to their heels on sighting the woman. Many people were injured while some lost their documents as they scampered…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The spiritual and traditional head of the Aborigine Ogboni Worldwide, Oba Olakisan Adetoyese, has stressed the need for the Federal Government to tackle the deadly coronavirus disease with traditional and spiritual means. Oba Adetoyese stated this in a press statement made available to reporters in Akure. He said the disease was not…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Fears gripped natives and residents of Ikare-Akoko in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State as no fewer than 110 unknown dead bodies were conveyed into the town in three ambulances on Wednesday. The people were shocked when they realised that the dead bodies were not of natives of the town,…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Confusion has trailed the collapse of a Chinese man on a street in Nigeria’s economic capital, Lagos. A trending video on the incident says: “Just happened in Lagos, a Chinese man with conbid-19 collapsed on the street of Lagos. God knows how many more undetected people on our street.” The claim has…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has said it will start the modulation of petroleum products prices on a monthly basis as from April 1. This was disclosed by PPPRA Executive Secretary, Abdulkadir Saidu, at a press conference, where he revealed that the price modulation will be determined by market forces,…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has technically devalued the naira at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) trading window from N366.70 to N380.20. A source at the Central Bank of Nigeria, who asked to remain anonymous confirmed the development Friday to THEWILL. The move is expected to sustain foreign portfolio investors’ interest in Nigeria’s financial instruments. Nigeria…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrates’ Court in Ake, Ogun on Friday ordered that a member of the Community Social Orientation and Safety Corps, otherwise known as ”So Safe Corp”, Akinwunmi Ismaeel, who allegedly shot his colleague be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. The police charged Ismaeel with murder. Magistrate I.M. Orekoya, who…
