LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from the rival cult war that seized Benin and its environs in Edo State on Friday has risen from 18 to 28. Among the 10 new casualties was the Assistant Commissioner of Police (name withheld), who was shot during the exchange of gunfire between the rival cult groups. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man has taken to social media to narrate how God reportedly resurrected him while his remains was being taken to the mortuary. According to the Nigerian man identified as Jude Uchechukwu, the accident occurred few weeks after he lost his job. He added that he woke up after some days…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Hospital officials in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo say they are struggling to cope with a rush of coronavirus patients despite the distribution of a herbal drink touted as a remedy by the president. President Andry Rajoelina has been promoting an infusion derived from artemisia – a plant with proven anti-malarial properties – as…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has been admitted to hospital in the capital Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gall bladder, state news agency SPA said on Monday. The king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and close U.S. ally since 2015, was undergoing medical checks, the…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has been a “sharp decline” in the number of coronavirus patients in Tanzania’s hospitals, the president said, four days after the US embassy in the country reported that many hospitals had been “overwhelmed”. John Magufuli was speaking to an applauding church congregation when he said: “God has answered your prayers.” In…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Government has converted its biggest library, the Murtala Mohammed Library Complex, a sport facility and a hospital, into isolation centres for Coronavirus patients. Kano State now has a total of 311 Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, according to new figures of infections announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As many as 10% of recovered coronavirus patients in China tested positive again after being discharged from the hospital, according to a report. Doctors on the front lines of the outbreak in Wuhan, China — where the virus emerged — reported that between 3 and 10% of cured patients became reinfected with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder was rushed to hospital after losing to Tyson Fury in their heavyweight title rematch amid concerns of a burst eardrum. After four rounds of Sunday morning’s mega Las Vegas contest, blood was seen coming out of the American’s left ear. Each break in the fight saw Wilder’s camp tend to…