LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. This comes a day after the governor took the test after he had contact with the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar,…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGRS)-National President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal, Bello Bosejo, has asked members of the association to shut down cattle markets across the country. Bodejo said the decision was taken as a measure to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country as he asked members of the association to remain in…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The reports circulating online is not a cheering one considering the number of deaths recorded so far globally as a result of Coronavirus (COVID19). The world as it is now is battling Coronavirus. Countries like Italy and Spain are in serious emergency as a result of it. Online report has it that…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Rose Oko, representing Cross River North Senatorial District of Cross River is dead, aged 63. The late Senator Oko, who died last night at a UK hospital, was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Trade and Investment. Sources said the senator was flown to the UK about 2 weeks ago to receive…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is currently no treatment that has been proven to be effective against COVID-19,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organisation director-general said on Monday. At a virtual news conference in Geneva, Tedros warned against the use of drugs not shown to work against the disease. His remarks came as the number…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria late Monday night, March 23, 2020, recorded a second death from the raging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The announcement was made by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which earlier in the day broke the news of the country’s first death in the person of Engr. Suleiman Achimugu, a former Managing…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government said it would not hesitate to deploy the military and the police for contact tracing in cases where persons suspected to have contacted the virus do not voluntarily show up for testing. The Government has urged Nigerians to prepare for tougher measures as part of its response to the…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ecobank Nigeria, on Monday, said it has temporarily closed its Wuse II, Abuja branch. This was announced in a statement released by the bank. According to the statement, the first victim of coronavirus to die visited the Abuja branch on March 12, 2020. However, according to the bank, at the time of…
