LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Current pressures due to poor funding, staff shortages, and inadequate preparation mean that health systems around the world are unfit to cope with another pandemic, an international survey to assess the effects of COVID-19 on health and care workers has revealed. 49 percent of healthcare professionals surveyed in countries including the UK,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was involved in a car accident early Thursday morning in Kyiv but suffered “no serious injuries,” his press secretary said. Another car collided with the president’s car and his escort vehicles in Ukraine’s capital city, Zelensky’s press secretary Sergii Nykyforov said in a statement. “The president was examined…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least two Nigerians have been reportedly killed and 12 others rescued while aboard the Ophelia Panana ship off the shores of Gbanken Beach in Grand Kru Town. The beach is about five kilometers from Grand Cess City. Those killed on the ship were identified as Frank and Osas Velurobo. According to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old mother and her lover, who sold their baby to a maternity home owner for N500,000. PUNCH Metro reports that the 20-year-old mother, Ola Chima, hails from Amangwu Edda community, in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Her lover, Jonah Ogbuagu,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted a prayer by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Major roads and streets in Owerri , the state capital of Imo state were deserted on Tuesday as President Buhari landed in the state for the commissioning of some signature projects executed by Governor Hope Uzodimma. This is just as residents of the capital metropolis are observing the Sit- at – Home…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As a prelude to her annual conference on October 6, 2022, the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has concluded plans to host media managers in both private and public sector to a business lunch on Wednesday, October 5 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos by 12 noon. A statement issued by Mr….
By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About two years ago, when President Muhammadu Buhari removed Professor Charles Dokubo (now late), as the interim Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and in his place, appointed Mbiama, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State born Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), stakeholders were happy for varying…
