LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS) There was a stampede at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi (NAUTH) over the weekend following the arrival of a man suspected to be a Coronavirus patient. News Express gathered that some doctors and non-medical staff on duty also fled when the patient was brought in to avoid contacting the contagious…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS) The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the death of the Founder and Chairman of Globe Motors, Chief Willy Anumudu, as a huge loss to South East, the business community and entire Nigeria. Obi, who spoke through his Media…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited HEOSL, operator of OML30 assets, and the JV Partners, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company and Shoreline Natural Resources Ltd, today Thursday, donated food items and medical equipments worth over N22m as palliatives to the 112 host communities and 25 selected health institutions in OML30. Mr. Sylvester Okoh, Head,…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sheikh Abdul-Ganiy Abubakry, the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, has said that Ramadan fasting begins on April 23. This was contained in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan. According to Abubakry, the Tarawiy prayer, which proceeds the fasting, holds on Wednesday, while the first Ramadan fasting…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 virus from State to State. The governors, operating under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF),…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has appointed Mr. Dan Okoro, a retired Commissioner of Police (CP) as his Special Adviser on Security. Okoro comes into the job with a huge experience garnered both nationally and internationally over the years as a tested cop. Okoro is expected to assist Governor Uzodimma in…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The ravaging Coronavirus has claimed the life of a Deputy Commissioner of Police attached to the Zone 5 headquarters of the Nigeria Police in Benin City. Informed sources confirmed that the Police Officer, a Lawyer from Cross River State, “suddenly fell ill on the 14th of April and was being managed by…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Igando residents allegedly killed three suspected members of a robbery gang who invaded their community, then dumped their bodies in a canal. Residents claim the suspects were members of the “One Million Boys” robbery gang, who had earlier written a letter warning residents to keep money for them that they were going…
