LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, on Tuesday, announced 31 deaths from COVID-19 as the caseload shot up to 17,148. The death toll was the highest number ever announced, since the reckoning began in late February. Twenty-five of the deaths occurred in Lagos, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said. It said the figure covered the…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has said it will release more inmates just as the number of those discharged has increased to 3,955, as part of measures to decongest the custodial facilities and curb COVID-19 spread. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, explained that the challenge of inmates’ accommodation was being addressed with the…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jeffrey Dugas who is the WWE associate medical director has confirmed that one of their wrestlers has been tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. The medical director explained that the latest development means that recording of programming will have to be put on hold temporarily so as to give them the chance…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it is not safe to reopen schools, television viewing centres and other areas of public interest. PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to him, some governors were contemplating…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After a three-month absence, the Premier League will restart on Wednesday. Aston Villa host Sheffield United to get things off and running before Manchester City welcome Arsenal to the Etihad Stadium for a fixture that was postponed on March 11 after Gunners boss Mikel Arteta tested positive for COVID-19. Those games precede a full…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has suspended a private jet charter and aircraft maintenance firm, Executive Jet Services, for flying Musician, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, to Abuja to attend a concert. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this during the Presidential Task Force briefing in Abuja on Monday. Sirika said the aircraft…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Bayo Osinowo, popularly known as Pepper, who represented Lagos East at the National Assembly, has died. Osinowo died on Monday at the First Cardiologist Hospital, Lagos, the same hospital where late Chief of Staff of the President, Abba Kyari, died. The federal legislator, though diabetic, is said to have died of…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared that travelers to Nigeria are now required to submit their passports with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) for two weeks pending the verification of their COVID-19 status. The directive is contained in a circular addressed to all diplomatic, consular and international organisations accredited to Nigeria in line…