LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 persons (11 females and four males) infected with COVID-19 in Lagos have recovered and discharged. The patients were treated at the isolation centers. So far, 138 persons have recovered in Lagos, the epicenter of the pandemic in Nigeria. “The 15 discharged patients include one Indian national. 11 were discharged…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGRES)-President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory (FCT) by one week. In his third COVID-19 nationwide broadcast on Monday night, the president explained that he consulted widely before taking the decision. He commended Nigerians for the level of endurance shown throughout the four weeks…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A suspected COVID-19 patient on Sunday afternoon ran to a police station for help after several attempts to reach the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) failed. The woman, it was gathered, had tried to reach the COVID-19 toll-free lines since she started developing symptoms without success. Desperate for survival, she…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A coalition of Nigerian legal practitioners has dragged the People’s Republic of China to court over the effects of the Coronavirus outbreak on the West African giant. The lawyers are demanding $200 billion as damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption of…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The coronavirus death toll in Israel reached 200 on Sunday afternoon, with one woman dying since the previous evening, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 15,398, an increase of 250 over the previous 24 hours. The woman died at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, outside Tel…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The holy month of Ramadan is marked by the observance of fasting from sun rise to sun set, increased religious and social gatherings whereMuslim communities unite to break their fast together (iftar), and increased attendance at mosques for congregational prayers and listening tosermons (tafsir). It is also customary for some muslim…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian seaport has recorded its first case of Coronavirus through a staff of one of the terminal operators at Tin Can Island Port Lagos. There were initial reports that the COVID-19 patient was a staff of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) but this position was refuted by the authority in a press…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The General Overseer of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement, Pastor Lazarus Muoka, has claimed that if churches are allowed to reopen, then the coronavirus would be crushed in one minute. The coronavirus is an ongoing pandemic which has claimed the life of over 150,000 people globally and infected over 2.4 million….