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…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a ceremony that brought together heads of state, ministers, parliamentarians, and Africa’s most distinguished business and public sector leaders, *Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, FAS, Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)*, was presented with the Special African Leadership Commendation…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, has received a donation of equipment and educational materials from the Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360) Programme. In a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, the hospital said the donation armed to support neonatal care, clinical education, and data management within the Department…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) 2027 Presidential hopeful, Peter Obi, has continued to underscore the importance of health as a development catalyst for any progressive nation. Obi, who visited the Anglican Church Hospital in Kubwa, Abuja, on Friday, said that when health and education are positioned as the engines of national progress,…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) last week donated an Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) system and a Body Plethysmograph to the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital (LUTH), enabling one of Nigeria’s foremost health institutions to provide advanced diagnostics in pulmonary or respiratory…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana has formally legalised the cultivation of Cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes after lawmakers approved the policy framework allowing licensed companies to engage in regulated production. The decision follows approval by the Parliament of Ghana, which passed the necessary legislative measures enabling the government to open a licensing regime for…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government says consignments of Lenacapavir, a new drug for HIV prevention, are expected to arrive in Nigeria in March 2026. In a statement on Monday, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) said it is advancing preparations for the introduction and rollout of Lenacapavir (LEN) as pre-exposure prophylaxis…
