LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is mounting anxiety over alleged maltreatment and forcible administration of COVID-19 vaccine on inmates of the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos. Sources alleged that six inmates died after recent administration of the vaccine, while others exhibited speech disorder and abnormal behaviour. According to sources, the inmates, as a result of the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will require civil servants to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test for the disease to gain access to their offices from the beginning of December, a presidential committee said on Wednesday. The presidential committee said unvaccinated government workers will need to present a negative test result done…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The demonstrators gathered outside the headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in London on Saturday, chanting, “Arrest Bill Gates! Arrest Bill Gates!” While it is not immediately clear what crime the protesters alleged Gates committed, some of the protesters held flags appearing to show a vaccine syringe with a red…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria plans to borrow 722.53 billion naira ($1.76 billion) from capital markets for additional security spending, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said on Wednesday. As part of Nigeria’s security spending, the World Bank also agreed to allow the government to restructure existing loans of 39.58 billion naira to supplement the funds, she told…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the first details of the U.S. sending 80 million COVID-19 vaccines overseas with the aim of “ending the pandemic globally.” The Biden administration has been under pressure to provide other hard-hit nations with some of its abundant supply and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said at…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Patients about to undergo elective surgery are a high risk group for COVID-19 infection, Prof. Adesoji Ademuyiwa of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, has said. Prof. Ademuyiwa is the Nigeria lead in a study conducted by 15,000 surgeons and anaesthetists from across 116 countries. The study was commissioned by the…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has dismissed the COVID-19 vaccination of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo, claiming the president and his vice only took Malaria Injections. Addressing his members on Sunday, Pastor Giwa urged Nigerians to be watchful, Daily Report Nigeria…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine landed in Nigeria on Tuesday, March 2 and the Federal Government has intimated that President Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will take their shots on Saturday to assure citizens about the safety of the vaccine. However, some Christians whose pastors have affiliated the vaccine to the Antichrist in…