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 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the reopening of markets on selected days in the state. He spoke during a televised press conference on Wednesday. The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, in a series of tweets, said the governor also ordered that schools should remain closed. He tweeted, “Eateries…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Federal Government says banks will open for commercial operations in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States beginning Monday, May 4. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this in an ongoing update in Abuja monitored by The PUNCH. Aliyu said banks would be allowed…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) -The Arewa Council of Chiefs in Lagos has slammed the state’s Commissioner of Waterfront, Architect Ahmed Kabiru Abdullahi, for allegedly claiming that the council had been giving ‘several tonnes’ of rice. The council, which said it has not received even a grain of rice from the Lagos State government, warned people…
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 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Residents of Willoughby Street, Okobaba, a thickly populated slum community located in the Ebute-Metta (East) axis of Lagos State were relieved with the sight of a siren-blaring ambulance from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which was in their community to fetch three suspected coronavirus patients for treatment. What was…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has recorded 114 new cases of coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1095 with 32 deaths recorded and 208 patients discharged after fully recovering from the virus and testing negative twice. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC announced the new development on Friday evening…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Igando residents allegedly killed three suspected members of a robbery gang who invaded their community, then dumped their bodies in a canal. Residents claim the suspects were members of the “One Million Boys” robbery gang, who had earlier written a letter warning residents to keep money for them that they were going…