LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two hippopotamuses have tested positive for Covid-19 at Antwerp zoo in Belgium. Imani, aged 14, and Hermien, 41, have no symptoms apart from runny noses, but the zoo said they had been put in quarantine as a precaution. “To my knowledge, this is the first time in this species. Worldwide, this virus has been…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts is investigating the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control for paying part of the N9bn it received as special intervention fund from the Federal Government on COVID-19 into personal accounts of some members of its staff. The committee had on Friday grilled the Director-General of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, a fresh crisis is brewing in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s next leader. Even though Tinubu is yet to formally declare his interest in the presidential…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian official on Monday criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the British government amid fears about the new omicron coronavirus variant as “punitive, indefensible and discriminatory.” U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Saturday added Nigeria to the U.K.’s travel “red list,” which means that arrivals from…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar who was ousted in a de facto coup this year, was convicted on two charges Monday and handed a four-year sentence that was quickly cut in half — in proceedings widely criticized as a further effort by the country’s military rulers to roll…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a retired customs officer, Mahmud Hassan, and two others to 16 years imprisonment over conspiracy and unlawful importation of 661 pump-action rifles. The two other persons convicted alongside Hassan are Oskar Okafor; Donatus Achinulo and Mahmud’s company, Hassan Trades Limited. The presiding judge,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 70-year-old landlord, Solomon Odogbor and a painter were burnt beyond recognition after they were electrocuted during the painting of a house in Benin, the capital of Edo State on Friday. The incident occurred in an area close to the popular Edaiken Primary School Road, Uselu Quarters, in Egor Local Government Area…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos State have commenced investigation into the death of 8 children in a parked vehicle in Jah-Michael community, Olorunda area of the state. The community was thrown into confusion when the dead children were discovered inside a Honda Pilot Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) with registration number AAA157BD parked inside…
