LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has alerted Nigerians on the outbreak of Anthrax in some neighbouring countries within the West African sub-region. Following the development, the ministry strongly advised Nigerians to desist from the consumption of hides (ponmo), smoked meat and bush meat as they pose serious risk until…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive by Islamic extremists in West Africa for more than seven years has been freed and has returned to Australia. Ken Elliott was safe and well and was reunited with his wife and their children on Thursday night, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said. “I’m very pleased to…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has paid a visit to outspoken entertainer, Charly Boy at his Lagos residence. It would be recalled that Charly Boy, a known supporter of Obi, disclosed he had been battling prostate cancer. “I have fought one too many battles in my short…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Junior doctors are being lured to Australia with job adverts promising A$240,000 (£127,600) salaries and 20 days off a month to “travel, swim and surf in the sun”. In a reference to the popular autobiography and TV series This is Going to Hurt, which was written by Dr Adam Kay, a former…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians about a dangerous cough syrup called ‘Naturcold’ in circulation. According to reports, the syrup which is reportedly manufactured by Fraken Group, is believed to have caused the deaths of six children under the age of five at a…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria and 53 other countries on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. The announcement was contained in the revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The waiting list for Tomorrow Biostasis, a cryopreservation startup based in Germany, is in the hundreds. And the company already has about 10 bodies preserved in a lab. What comes next is the real issue. According to a report from Tech.Eu, the company’s “standby ambulance” has already been busy, with cofounder Emil…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria on Friday confirmed the outbreak of a new infection of the nose and throat, otherwise known as Diphtheria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) in a public health advisory issued Friday morning, confirmed that not less than 25 people have reportedly died from the disease in Kano State,…