LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Professor Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from May 1 to December 31, 2020. The extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) has received a seven-day ultimatum to make public the total number of COVID-19 funds and material donations received from local and international organisations from February to April this year. Since February when the first Coronavirus index case, an Italian, was discovered in Nigeria, funds from…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- – Michel d’Hooghe, chief doctor of world soccer governing body, FIFA, has warned against the return of football anytime soon due to the continuous threat of COVID-19. D’Hooghe, who doubles as chairman of FIFA’s medical committee, gave the warning during an interview with BBC saying governing bodies should rather prepare for…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- NGERS)- Confirmed coronavirus cases in Ghana have surged above 2,000, increasing 24% in a matter of days, health officials announced Thursday, reflecting mostly test taken during a recent three-week lockdown in the West African country’s two largest cities. And Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros announced its first confirmed case, making…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The The imbroglio between the Oyo State government and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over the alleged ‘ infested’ 1,800 bags of rice continued on Wednesday with Oyo State government dumping the bag of rice by the gate of Oyo State Command of Nigeria Customs Service located at Ibadan. The Oyo…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The UK has the third-highest coronavirus death toll in the world after the British government published new figures Wednesday that include deaths outside of hospitals. After factoring in deaths in all settings such as care homes, the number of people in Britain who have died after testing positive for the virus has…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 3.8 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, meaning the coronavirus crisis has sidelined more than 30 million workers, new federal data show. That means 18.6 percent of the nation’s workforce — more people than the entire state of Texas — tried to collect unemployment checks in the…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Anambra State Ministry of Health on Tuesday discovered four unused ventilators stacked in its central store in Awka, the state capital. The ventilators along with other medical equipment were said to have been purchased by the former Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, during…
