LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS )-Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, says mass illiteracy and ignorance is worsening the COVID-19 crisis in Kano state. Since it recorded its index COVID-19 case in April, Kano has been hit by a wave of strange deaths. The state recorded the highest number of cases on Thursday and Friday,…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria, on Friday, reported a staggering number of COVID-19 cases – 238 single day infections along with 68 deaths so far, 351 discharged and a total record of 2170 cases nationwide. The country’s Centre for Disease Control, Friday night, said that the new cases were recorded in 22 states and the…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano, Nigeria’s second most populous state, Thursday returned a daily record of 80 confirmed cases of the coronavirus to overtake Lagos for the first time as the state with the highest daily infections. Also, it was yet another record day for Nigeria with a daily high of 204 confirmed cases and 7…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five of the almajiri students returned to Kaduna from Kano have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Last week, governors in northern states agreed to ban the almajiri system as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. The system is a form of education that requires young children to…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerians have taken to social media to express worry over alleged mysterious deaths in Kano state which has reportedly risen to 640 in one week. Though the state was on lockdown for 7 days, it was recently relaxed for a day by Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje following the declaration of Ramadan. …
LAGOSAPRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria is investigating a reported sharp rise in deaths in the northern commercial city of Kano to determine if it is related to the coronavirus outbreak, health officials said on Thursday. Nigeria has 873 confirmed coronavirus cases, 73 of them in Kano state. The national death toll is 28. On Tuesday…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dreaded and deadly coronavirus has killed an Assistant Comptroller of Customs, G.A. Bamigboye at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan on Wednesday, April 23, 2020. According to a reliable source who would not want his mentioned, he said Bamigboye was serving in Kano before he decided to come to Ibadan for…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 61 persons are confirmed dead by a yet-to-be-diagnosed disease in Kano State. A Twitter user, who calls himself King of the North Muhammad Sanusi II raised the alarm on Sunday via his handle @MSII_dynasty. According to him, just yesterday 43 people were buried in a single cemetery in Kano…
