LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In one fell swoop, four states in the North – Borno, Gombe, Adamawa and Zamfara – on Thursday reopened Mosques and Churches. It was a major easing of the lockdown imposed to curb Coronavirus spread. The Federal Government frowned at the situation having not been consulted as expected, in line with the…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano state government has quarantined over 2,000 Almajiris to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the state, the second hotspot of the virus after Lagos State. The Kano State Commissioner of Health Ibrahim Tsanyawa confirmed this to Channels Television that a team of rapid response experts have been trained to manage the…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, insisted that the 15-member Chinese Medics are not its guests but the staff of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). He, therefore, said that it is not its responsibility to tell the whereabouts of the Chinese team as they are on a…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Turkish footballer has been arrested for killing his 5-year-old son while the boy was being treated in a hospital on suspicion of a COVID-19 infection. According to reports, Cevher Toktas, 32, handed himself over to the police and confessed to having smothered his son, Kasim, with a pillow on May 4….
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Assistant to the President on Digital/New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has knocked a former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, for revealing the treatment he underwent for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Since been discharged on Tuesday alongside his wife, Aduralere, Mr Okupe has been sharing his story on Twitter. In reaction to one of his…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-He was tragically outmatched. Pro sumo wrestler Kiyotaka Suetake, known as Shobushi, died yesterday in Tokyo of multiple organ failure brought on by COVID-19, the Japanese Sumo Association announced. The 28-year-old fourth-tier competitor became ill April 4, but hospitals turned him away until four days later, when he began coughing up blood….
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)— Standard Chartered (https://www.SC.com/) yesterday announced donations totalling USD11,8 million to the Red Cross, UNICEF and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Government Partners providing emergency relief in countries across Africa and the Middle East impacted by COVID-19. The donations will contribute to programmes providing urgent medical support and the protection and education…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On May 13, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) released polling results in partnership with internationally recognized research and data firm YouGov from 1,382 representative U.S. respondents ages 18 and older. “We sensed a rising skepticism of China’s claims regarding coronavirus, but it wasn’t until this poll that we saw the…