LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has been moved to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, for intensive care after testing positive for Coronavirus earlier this week. According to insider sources, the governor is being treated at his home in Abuja with a sizable number of medical personnel on the ground to ensure he gets…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the countdown to 2023 begins and several candidates have started announcing their intentions to run for the office of the President of the federal republic of Nigeria, it appears that there would be a lot of competition ahead. Atiku Abubakar who is a former Vice-President of Nigeria has been a strong…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Youth Service Corps has embarked on measures that would enable safe and efficient conduct of its operations after lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country. The NYSC said the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Orientation Course was suspended one week into the exercise as a proactive measure…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil has pulled out of the race to host the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup just two weeks before the successful bid is announced. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the country’s national soccer body, said its government did not want to sign guarantees required to hold the event owing to Covid-19. Brazil…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Randy, the oldest son of deceased iconic reggae musician, Majek Fashek, claims scammers are using the death of his father to deceive gullible fans. Speaking to the media, Randy urged the public to be wary of making donations for the father’s burial. He said: “There are a lot of scammers out there…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, who recently tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19), has been flown out of the state for further treatment, News Express learnt. Sources close to the Government House, Umuahia, said he was “flown to Abuja for treatment and was not in Abia State as at last week Saturday.”…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged churches in Nigeria to remember Nigeria in their prayers, especially now that the country, like all other countries of the world, is being ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. Obi spoke on Tuesday through the Chairman…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has accepted the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of the candidates for the office of the director-general of the organisation. President Muhammadu Buhari had endorsed Okonjo-Iweala for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) top job last week. “Nigeria, on 9 June 2020, nominated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for…
