LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State government has released 249 inmates across the state. The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, disclosed this on Monday while conducting the special jail delivery exercise at the Judiciary Complex in Abeokuta, the state capital. She explained that the move was part of measures to contain the…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State Governor and PDP Vice Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi’s Media Adviser, Valentine Obienyem has denied report that Obi bought a house in Enugu. Obienyem in a statement made available to NewsRangers said what is uppermost in Obi’s mind right now is his contributions to COVID-19 efforts and raising money…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso and Ghana have eased some coronavirus lockdown restrictions this week to test the possibility of a return to a semblance of normality after weeks of shutdowns that have hobbled both economies. The West African countries have rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and it is unclear yet how bad it will…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa now has more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday, while Nigeria said the president’s chief of staff had died. A total of 52 of the continent’s 54 countries have reported the coronavirus, with the overall number of cases surpassing 20,000 on Saturday….
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the chief judge to free prison inmates who have been awaiting trial for six years or more to ease overcrowding as the novel coronavirus spreads, a spokesman said on Tuesday. A statement quoted Buhari as saying 42% of Nigeria’s 74,000 or so prisoners were awaiting trial….
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-With reports reaching us, this is not the best of times for the Lagos State Police Command despite their efforts to decongest the various detention facilities at SCIID Panti, Yaba, Lagos, due to the lockdown occasioned by Covid-19. Newsmen revealed that the SCIID cells had been filled to full capacity and the…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel cabinet will convene on Saturday night to approve a series of measures aimed at rolling back of some coronavirus restrictions in order to restart the economy, with steps likely to be significantly more widespread than health officials wanted. With the statistics on the number of new cases and the number of…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says between May and September, it will begin mass testing for COVID-19. The centre disclosed this in its report detailing how it plans to scale up laboratory test for COVID-19 in Nigeria. Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, had earlier said there would be no…