LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s ‘tallest man’ who is also a popular Nollywood actor and reality TV star, Afeez Agoro Oladimiji, has been reported dead at the age of 48. Afeez who measured 7ft 4in tall reportedly died on Wednesday night at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) after battling with an ailment known as Acromegaly. Afeez,…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura, the controller of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Apapa command on Thursday, July 2, revealed that ten officers contracted coronavirus that is ravaging the country. In a report by Nigerian Tribune, Abba-Kura noted that all the customs officers who tested positive were treated at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A medical doctor in Lagos, Dr. Emeka Chugbo, has become the first health worker in Nigeria to die of COVID-19 after he contracted the virus from a patient he was treating. The doctor, who died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Wednesday after being rushed to the facility Monday, was said…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A LASTMA official has lost his life in a most sad manner after being attacked by hoodlums popularly known as ‘area boys’ in Lagos. Ola Oyeshina, an official of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority has lost his life after being attacked by two hoodlums in the Apapa area of the state. Oyeshina…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12T (NEWSRANGERS)-A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has revealed the “humanitarian crisis, manifestations of corruption and mismanagement at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, and how unhygienic conditions, severe shortages of medicines and medical supplies in the hospital and two other Federal Government owned hospitals in…
By Victor Enny EBIMOMI LAGOS MATCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When scan result showed that Mrs. Amarachi was carrying a twin baby boys last year, her joy and that of her husband, Obinna Ugwoke knew no bound. They were eagerly counting months waiting for the day the boys to physically unite with the family. The day eventually came…