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Burundi President, Pierre Nkurunziza Dies From Covid-19 Infection Contacted From Wife

LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Burundian president died from the coronavirus, according to medics at the hospital where he was flown to following his death. The country’s government had announced Pierre Nkurunziza’s cause of death as from a heart attack. A medical source at the Karusi hospital where Nkurunziza died, has confirmed the president was in ‘respiratory […]

Jun 15 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

Ukraine’s First Lady Tests Positive For Covid-19

LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska said on Friday she had tested positive for the novel coronavirus amid a rise in infections. Zelenska, 42, added that her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky, and their two children tested negative. “Today I’ve received a positive COVID-19 test result,” she said on Facebook. On Thursday, Ukrainian authorities […]

Jun 14 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

Abia State Gov, Ikpeazu’s Covid-19 Treatment Complicated By Kidney Failure

LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has been moved to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, for intensive care after testing positive for Coronavirus earlier this week. According to insider sources, the governor is being treated at his home in Abuja with a sizable number of medical personnel on the ground to ensure he gets […]

Jun 10 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Impact Of Covid19 And Falling Oil Prices On Nigeria’s Economy

In an interview, Austin Avuru, CEO, Seplat Petroleum Development Company, speaks on the impact of Covid-19 and falling oil prices on Nigeria’s economy. How is Nigeria’s oil and gas industry faring in the face of the current pandemic? AUSTIN AVURU : The combination of the current pandemic and the rapid decline in demand for crude oil […]

Jun 10 2020 | Posted in Business,Health,Interview | Read More »

President John Magufuli Goes Spiritual, Declares Tanzania Free Of Covid-19

LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the government’s strategy on Covid-19. The government has stopped […]

Jun 8 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

Nigeria Flies In Covid-19 Drug From Bangladesh For Infected VIP

LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria chartered a special flight between Abuja and Dhaka on Sunday to collect a small dose of the Bangladesh-produced anti-viral drug remdesivir in an effort to treat one of its officials suffering from Covid-19, officials in Dhaka said. Dpa International reported that the plane returned home nearly 20 minutes after landing at […]

Jun 8 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Abia State Leads As Nigeria Records 260 New COVID-19 Cases

LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday, announced that the country has recorded 260 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 12,486. The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle and website on Sunday night. The centre also said that the number […]

Jun 8 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Covid-19:: Madagascar Minister Over Plans To Order $2m Sweet For Schoolchildren

LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Madagascar’s education minister has been fired over plans to order more than $2m (£1.6m) worth of sweets for schoolchildren. Rijasoa Andriamanana said pupils would be given three lollipops each to mask the “bitter” aftertaste of an untested herbal remedy for coronavirus. The plan was called off after objections from Madagascar’s president. President […]

Jun 6 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

South Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Rise Amid Lockdown Ease

LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Even as South Africa eases its coronavirus lockdown, infection numbers have started to rise quickly and President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday he was particularly concerned about the province around Cape Town. Western Cape, whose Table Mountain and wine tours make it a leading tourist destination, has become the country’s main coronavirus […]

Jun 5 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

WHO, NAFDAC Raise Alarm As Fake Coronavirus Drugs Flood Nigerian Market

LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the world anxiously await a cure for COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday raised the alarm over the rising number of adulterated medical products in the markets. They specifically mentioned Chloroquine as one of such products […]

Jun 5 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »