LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A frequent target of racist abuse and often surrounded in controversy, Mario Balotelli’s nomadic career has taken another radical turn. The former Italy striker was reportedly fired by his hometown club for failing to report to training as the Italian soccer league prepares to resume from a three-month break amid the coronavirus…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the government’s strategy on Covid-19. The government has stopped…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plot to disqualify Governor Godwin Obseki of Edo State ahead of the June 22, 2020, APC governorship primary in the state has been activated, Daily Trust reliably gathered. The party has fixed the screening of the six aspirants that have purchased, filled and submitted nomination and expression of interest forms for…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria chartered a special flight between Abuja and Dhaka on Sunday to collect a small dose of the Bangladesh-produced anti-viral drug remdesivir in an effort to treat one of its officials suffering from Covid-19, officials in Dhaka said. Dpa International reported that the plane returned home nearly 20 minutes after landing at…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday, announced that the country has recorded 260 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 12,486. The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle and website on Sunday night. The centre also said that the number…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has contracted the deadly coronavirus, the State’s Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, said in a statement. The Governor’s sample, which was taken twice, returned negative Tuesday and then a second sample test Thursday confirmed he had contracted the disease. The statement said: “Recall that on…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adamu Atiku-Abubakar, the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said his father would contest the presidency again in 2023. The former Vice President will be 76 years old in 2023. Atiku’s son said this while presenting the score card of his ministry as the Commissioner for Works and Energy in Adamawa…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dele Momodu has dismissed reports making the rounds that former Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke has been offered a position by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and that she also carries a diplomatic passport issued to her by the Dominican government. A report shared by The Nation earlier today…
