LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) yesterday said the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola diagnosed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has to do with a diplomat whose condition has deteriorated into “multi-organ failure”. On Tuesday, Health Minister, Muhammad Ali Pate, had announced that a female patient who had…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles players have wished Clemens Westerhof a quick recovery as the Dutch coach battles colon cancer in the Netherlands, The PUNCH reports. Westerhof is in critical condition at Rijnstate Hospital in Arnhem, his hometown. His wife, Lilian, revealed that he was taken to the hospital last Wednesday. The 86-year-old had…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has recorded a case of Ebola in a female patient who travelled from Uganda in East Africa to Abuja, capital of the West African state. Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said the diagnosis had been confirmed by laboratory tests. The patient is in isolation and receiving medical care after being admitted…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has marked his 65th birthday with free surgeries for 65 children. Obi disclosed this on Thursday morning via a post he shared on his official X account accompanied with a video showing him taking pictures with the children and their parents/guardians….
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has paraded four suspects allegedly involved in an organ harvesting and human trafficking syndicate operating in Nasarawa State. The suspects are Emmanuel Ode, 23; Dr Benjamin Oyime, 48, a nephrologist and consultant to Wellington Hospital, Life Camp, Abuja; Dr Daniel Otukpa, 53, also a nephrologist and Acting…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker in Nasarawa State has raised concerns over the whereabouts of items he said he personally purchased and donated to Umaisha General Hospital, demanding explanations from the facility’s management. The lawmaker, expressed his anger during a visit to the hospital, where he questioned staff over the whereabouts…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With nearly 3,000 people in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State benefitted from the latest edition of the Vision First initiative of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) which held there last week. Some 38 patients had surgeries which restored their…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says 13 people have been found dead after a powerful earthquake shook part of southwestern Japan, as efforts continued Wednesday morning to find the missing. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto, a southern area on the main island of Kyushu, late Tuesday afternoon, its epicentre 20km (12…
