LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dreaded and deadly coronavirus has killed an Assistant Comptroller of Customs, G.A. Bamigboye at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan on Wednesday, April 23, 2020. According to a reliable source who would not want his mentioned, he said Bamigboye was serving in Kano before he decided to come to Ibadan for…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS) Seventy-two Nigerians awaiting evacuation in Guangzhou city, Guangdong Province of China have tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The results of the tests conducted on 56 Nigerians, which were released on Tuesday, indicated that the affected individuals were asymptomatic, raising concern that they might have infected other people. It was learnt that…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS) -Missouri became the first state to sue the Chinese government, citing “an appalling campaign of deceit” related to the coronavirus pandemic. The civil lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court by GOP state Attorney General Eric Schmitt, claiming Chinese officials are “responsible for the enormous death, suffering, and economic losses they inflicted on the world,…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS) There was a stampede at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi (NAUTH) over the weekend following the arrival of a man suspected to be a Coronavirus patient. News Express gathered that some doctors and non-medical staff on duty also fled when the patient was brought in to avoid contacting the contagious…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The ravaging Coronavirus has claimed the life of a Deputy Commissioner of Police attached to the Zone 5 headquarters of the Nigeria Police in Benin City. Informed sources confirmed that the Police Officer, a Lawyer from Cross River State, “suddenly fell ill on the 14th of April and was being managed by…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State government has released 249 inmates across the state. The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, disclosed this on Monday while conducting the special jail delivery exercise at the Judiciary Complex in Abeokuta, the state capital. She explained that the move was part of measures to contain the…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki, to effect a total lockdown of the state, to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus. In a letter to the governor, dated April 16, the monarch stated that the state government should in addition direct the that there should be…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso and Ghana have eased some coronavirus lockdown restrictions this week to test the possibility of a return to a semblance of normality after weeks of shutdowns that have hobbled both economies. The West African countries have rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and it is unclear yet how bad it will…