LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The NNPC Ltd has flagged off the third edition of the Vision First Programme, as part of comprehensive community-focused healthcare outreach targeted at the Ilaje community and its environs in Bariga, Lagos State. The Vision First programme is a continuation of NNPC Ltd/ SNEPCo Production Sharing Contract (PSC) commitment to advancing […]
Aug 29 2024 | Posted in
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LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More details emerged on Saturday about how security agents rescued the 20 abducted medical students and seven others in Benue State. Sunday PUNCH gathered that one of the suspected kidnappers was shot dead by the combined operatives, consisting of the military, men of the Department of State Services, and the police. Two […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians share a common love for Garri. We love to drink it with cold water and sugar. We also love to sprinkle it into hot water and pound it into smooth Eba to enjoy with our favourite soups. Garri is also one of Nigeria’s most affordable and easily accessible foods. It has […]
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LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering mild symptoms, the White House has said. Karine Jean-Pierre, his press secretary, said the US president is vaccinated and boosted. He has tested positive for Covid twice before. Mr Biden, 81, was seen earlier on Wednesday visiting supporters in Las Vegas and […]
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order to suspend import duties and value-added tax on essential medical supplies imported into the country. This is aimed at easing the high cost of locally producing pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and medical devices such as needles and syringes, and biological among others. Muhammad Ali Pate, minister […]
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LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than five persons have died and 60 others hospitalized from the outbreak of severe gastroenteritis in communities around Eti Osa, Lagos Island, Ikorodu and Kosofe local government areas of Lagos State. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, made this disclosure while reacting to the state surveillance reports, Abayomi […]
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LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on a fresh industrial action over non-payment of accoutrement allowances owed their members. This was disclosed in a communique issued after its general meeting held in Kaduna State, while informing all its chapters to give a two-week ultimatum to the chief […]
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By Kayode Agboola LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Before the advent of medicine, ailments were treated with different potions and mixtures and they were effective at the time or believed to be effective, but medical treatments have evolved, it has been tested and tried, proven and disproved and so many forms of treatment have been added and […]
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MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-LAGOS Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when patients in the hospital protested what they described as the ‘poor treatments’ they are subjected to by management of the facility. It was gathered that a psychiatric doctor, whose identity is yet-to-be ascertained, and three nurses […]
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LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly 900,000 tea bags from the organic tea brand Yogi are being recalled due to a detectable amount of pesticide on the product, according to an enforcement report posted on the US Food and Drug Administration’s website. The pesticides were discovered during “routine audit procedures,” Yogi said in a statement Friday. “While […]
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