LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Buhari has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service NCS to release with immediate effect bags of rice seized from smugglers for distribution to the masses. The move is not unconnected with the apparent hardship caused by the total lockdown of major cities and businesses, necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak in the country….
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk, said the ministry has commenced the transfer of cash to poorest households in the country. Addressing a press briefing organised by the presidential task force on Coronavirus in Abuja on Monday, the Minister said the measure was aimed at cushioning…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Presidency has dismissed reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N30,000 relief package to be given to every Nigerian with a verified Bank Verification Number (BVN) to cushion hardships occasioned by Coronavirus. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, was…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has described as false the report that President Muhammadu Buhari and his sick Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari were secretly flown abroad for treatment. This is coming after Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari tested positive for the novel Coronavirus disease, while PMB tested negative. The fears emanating in some…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Intensive Care Unit inside Aso Villa has been activated and placed on standby after President Muhammadu Buhari went into self-isolation on Tuesday evening. A top government source told SaharaReporters that persistent coughing by the President raised fears in Aso Villa on Tuesday despite him earlier testing negative to Coronavirus. Since…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three officials in the of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, have reportedly tested positive to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). A presidential source confirmed the development. Efforts to reach Presidential spokesmen to confirm most of the developments within the State House on Tuesday were unsuccessful as neither the Special…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the coronavirus but his Chief of Staff, Mr. Abba Kyari, has contracted the virus according results of tests carried out by Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. A report by THISDAY citing presidency sources said the test on the President was done after Mr. Kyari…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari daughters has been isolated after returning to the country on Thursday. The First Lady Aisha Buhari, who disclosed this, said her daughter was isolated not because she showed any symptoms but “based on the advice of the Hon. Minister Of Health, Presidential Task force on…