LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has said that it has no intention to mobilize prospective corps members anytime soon, especially as the country is still grappling with the coronavirus pandemic. The Director-General of the Scheme, Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Shuaibu, who made this known in an interview with the Economic Confidential, said…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some foreign airlines are allegedly planning to resume flights to Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt airports despite the ban on international commercial flights by the Federal Government in a bid to halt COVID-19 spread. Although some of the airlines said their plans could change, it was learnt on Saturday that some of…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has not been proven if people can catch the novel coronavirus by touching surfaces where it lingers, such as handles, doorknobs or keyboards. The UN agency, which said this on Saturday, recommended in its safety guidelines that people disinfect objects. The guidelines reference a study…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria impounded a plane operated by a British company for allegedly contravening a flight ban imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the aviation minister said on Sunday. Passenger flights into the country, with the exception of ones to evacuate people or repatriate Nigerian citizens, have been banned for…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Professional Disc Jockeys Association of Nigeria (PDJAN) has claimed that its members are the worst-hit in the entertainment industry by restrictions put in place to control the coronavirus pandemic as they are ‘dying of hunger’. Onyenegecha Isaac, popularly known as Dj Marss, who is the media officer of the association, said…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Government, on Friday announced that it has extended a lockdown in the state by one week. The Governor, Dapo Abiodun mentioned a significance increase in coronavirus cases as one of the reason, saying community transmission of the virus was on the rise in the state. Mr Abiodun said these…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In one fell swoop, four states in the North – Borno, Gombe, Adamawa and Zamfara – on Thursday reopened Mosques and Churches. It was a major easing of the lockdown imposed to curb Coronavirus spread. The Federal Government frowned at the situation having not been consulted as expected, in line with the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to mobilise its members nationwide in a “mother of all protest” if the Federal Government goes ahead with the plan to commence school feeding programme at a time when the schools are shutdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. National President…