LAGOS MARCH 18TH NEWSRANGERS)-Trabzonspor have terminated the contract of Nigeria midfielder, Mikel Obi, after nine months with the club, Sports Extra reports. The midfielder joined the Turkish club in June 2019, on a two-year deal as a free agent but after making a statement on his Instagram page calling for the Turkish Lig to be cancelled due to the coronavirus…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Ghana has ordered the closure of all schools and suspended public events to stop the spread of Coronavirus. President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, made the announcement in an address to the West African nation on Monday. He said the ban was until further notice. Public gatherings — including conferences,…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has advised that mass gatherings of any type should be discouraged as the fear of a possible outbreak looms. In an update released by the NCDC on Monday afternoon, the National Epidemic monitoring team is on top of situation in the country as the global transmission…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Political skirmishing between Washington and Beijing escalated Tuesday when China announced it was expelling expelling U.S. journalists working for three American news outlets in response to Trump administration restrictions on Chinese media here. U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo condemned China’s action and accused the Chinese of imperiling world health by…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the House of Representaives have called on the Federal Government halt flight from UK,Spain, Italy,China, South Korea where there are high cases of dreaded coronavirus. The lawmakers made the resolution on Tuesday while adopting a motion of urgent national importance by Onofiok Luke(Akwa-Ibom, PDP). They also resolved that only Nigerian…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Abuja chapter, have announced they would be embarking on an indefinite strike beginning from today March 17th, amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. Rising from an emergency meeting this morning, the doctors in a statement released by its president, Roland Aigbovo, said they deliberated extensively on the health…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, held its state congress in Benin City yesterday to elect officers to pilot affair of the party for the next four years. At press time, accreditation of party delegates for the election had been concluded and voting was about to commence….
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two daughters of Chief Emiola Adesina, Director of Sports in the Old Western State and proprietor of Subuola Nursery and Primary School in Ibadan have been kidnapped. Their abductors are demanding a ransom of N100m, according to a family source. A close friend of the family, Professor Tunji Olopa, disclosed that the…
