LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that if containment measures in African countries fail, between 83,000 and 190,000 people across the continent could die in the first 12 months of the coronavirus pandemic. The study was based on 47 African countries with a total population of 1…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Muazu Magaji, former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Kano State, has tested positive for COVID-19. Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, had on April 18 sacked Magaji as a result of his unguarded utterances over the demise of Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The commissioner,…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has rubbished claims that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) officials are collecting N35,000 to collect samples for COVID-19 test. Mustapha reacted on Wednesday, while fielding questions during the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing. According to him, many Nigerians…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the Senior Pastor of Christ Embassy, has said it is an embarrassment to science to wear face mask. The cleric who has not hidden his displeasure at the different measures put in place by the Federal government since the COVID-19 pandemic started, made the statement in an online sermon…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government on Wednesday , extended the suspension imposed on local and international flights by additional four weeks. Speaking at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 , Secretary to the Government of the Federation, , Boss Mustapha said after due consultation, the federal government decided to extend the…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane conveying Nigerian citizens from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman gave birth to a baby mid-air. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this known on Wednesday. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, had said 265 Nigerians would arrive in Lagos from Dubai…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain has overtaken Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe by the novel coronavirus, according to the latest official figures released on Tuesday. Chairing Tuesday’s Downing Street press briefing, Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, said another 693 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 29,427. The figures…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A medical researcher said to be on the “verge of making very significant” coronavirus findings was found shot to death over the weekend in Pennsylvania, officials said. Bing Liu, 37, a researcher for the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was found dead Saturday inside a home in Ross Township, north of…