LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday floated the idea of a transition back to democracy in neighbouring Niger similar to the nine-month period his country underwent in the late 1990s. The Economic Community of West African States has imposed sanctions on Niger after troops ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup on July 26…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu yesterday in Abuja declared support for a partnership between the Federal Ministry of Health’s National Eye Health Programme & the Peek Vision Foundation to provide more than 5 million pairs of eyeglasses to Nigerians with sight impairments. According to a statement by presidential spokesman, the president recounted how close…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, for the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, on Saturday, paid a courtesy visit to Premium Kidney Hospital in Nnewi, Anambra State. The visit was an on-the-spot assessment of the quality of work at the state-of-the-art hospital, which was commissioned in 2022. During the visit…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s black market for kidneys is booming due to hypertension and renal failure, which affect 20 million Nigerians, with one in five needing urgent transplants. Since humans only need one kidney for survival, they can donate the other to a sick person. In recent years, there has been an increase in the…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some 10,209 nurses between January 01, and July 07, 2023, sought clearance with the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) Secretariate to leave the country for greener pastures. Out of the figure, about 4,000 were cleared and have travelled to work outside as nurses. Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, General Secretary of GRNMA,…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr. Bob Wachter was an expert who diligently practiced what he preached. For three years, the prominent University of California at San Francisco physician advocated masking and vaccination for those who, like him, wanted to avoid the coronavirus, as well as the mysterious, long-lasting symptoms known as long COVID. When Wachter’s wife…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has declared war on drug hawkers nationwide. Director General of NAFDC, Prof Christianah Adeyeye who made the declaration during a sensitisation workshop on Dangers of Drug Hawking and Ripening of Fruits with Carbide on Wednesday in Lagos decried the nefarious activities…
By Chikezie Esther LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Covid-19 pandemic, has had a significant impact on Nigeria’s economy and the healthcare system. The first case in Nigeria was recorded was recorded on the 27th of February, 2020 and since then the number of cases continued to rise with over 170,000 cases and over 2000 deaths confirmed…