LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A doctor who has spent the past year treating COVID-19 patients on Friday became the first person in Nigeria to be vaccinated against the disease, kicking off a mammoth campaign that aims to inoculate 80 million people this year. Vaccinating all of Nigeria’s 200 million people and those in other developing countries…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Head of neurosurgery at Pineta Grande, Alfredo Bucciero has certified Victor Osimhen fit to return to action for Napoli, describing the Nigeria striker as a force of nature. Speaking on Radio Kiss Kiss on Tuesday and as reported by calcionapoli24, Bucciero said the 23-year-old who slumped and was rushed to hospital in…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team have arrested members of kidnapping syndicate who allegedly killed three of their victims, after collecting N7.5 million ransom from their family members. The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, while parading 26 suspects arrested for kidnapping, armed robbery, unlawful…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, has revealed that a doctor treating COVID-19 patients at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, has been infected with the diseases. Sokomba said this on Thursday while on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. He said six doctors had died…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The wife of a Kaduna-based doctor, Philip Ataga has been found dead barely 7 days after she was kidnapped alongside her two kids. The deceased who was abducted after gunmen broke into their home at Juji community in Chikun local government area of the state, was reportedly killed over the failure of…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bernard Oko-Boye, a member of Ghanaian parliament has been accused of conniving with Killian Boampong-Konam, a doctor at the Kotoka airport clinic, to issue a false autopsy on the death of Benson Lulu-Briggs, chairman of Moni Pulo Limited. Lulu-Briggs’ death since December 2018 has been trailed by controversy with the billionaire’s three…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday he is travelling to the United Kingdom to see his doctor. “I will be travelling to the United Kingdom tomorrow, to see my doctor, at his request,” said Buhari on his official Twitter account. Buhari said he will be away for four days and plans…