LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has appealed to Nigerians not to be hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it gets to Nigeria. An official also said President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osibanjo and other prominent Nigerians are willing to be among the first set of Nigerians to receive the vaccine on live…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-If current trending social media reports are to be believed, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has become the first known Nigerian to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Atiku was seen in viral social media photos receiving what is believed to be a vaccine against the dreaded coronavirus in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates….
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government will need about N2.44tn for the vaccination of 164.8 million Nigerians, who will not have access to free vaccines the country is expecting from the international community. Currently, coronavirus vaccines available globally include those discovered by Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Oxford and Novavax. Recall that the Executive Director of…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has revealed that 731 members of Batch B National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19. The chairman, PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, stated this at the national briefing on COVID-19 on Tuesday…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Son of late billionaire transporter and owner of Ekene Dili Chukwu Motors is dead 42 year old Augustine Ilodibe Jnr died in Lagos from COVID-19 complications according to this press release from his family obtained by CKN News “With great sadness we announce the passing unto glory our dear son, husband, father,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria faces oxygen supply challenges to treat coronavirus patients in parts of the country and unacceptable laboratory delays as case numbers rose to the highest recorded in a single week, health authorities said on Tuesday. The new warnings from Nigerian officials come as the resurgent virus strikes across much of the world,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 75-year-old man from Beit She’an died of a heart attack about two hours after being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus on Monday morning, the Health Ministry reported. The man had preexisting conditions and had suffered from heart attacks in the past, it said. Health Ministry director-general Chezy Levy has launched an…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisse died of coronavirus on Friday aged 71, his family and party said, after being held hostage for six months by jihadists earlier this year. Cisse “died in France, where he had been taken for Covid-19 care,” a member of his family told AFP. “I can confirm this…