LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Mr. Baba Tela, has tested positive for COVID-19. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had carried out tests on him after exhibiting noticeable symptoms of the disease. According to a statement issued yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Bala Mohammed, Mr. Mukhtar Gidado, the deputy…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has recorded 553 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total cases close to 10,000, The PUNCH reports. This was stated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday night. The Centre noted that 2,856 patients have been discharged upon recovery while 273 associated deaths have been recorded. “On the 30th of May…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-COVID-19 cases in Nigeria seem to have decreased on Thursday with 182 cases reported by the country. The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter. This takes the country’s total infections to 8,915 out of which 2,592 have been discharged with 259…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new confirmed new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the country to 8,733. NAN reports that the figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the beginning of the outbreak in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is to hold a virtual meeting with Christian leaders on Wednesday to review guidelines, which would prevent the spread of COVID-19 in churches after the reopening of worship centres in the country. The apex Christian group in the country said the guidelines would be submitted to…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will again address the nation on Monday, May 18, 2020, following the end of the first phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force in COVID-19, made this disclosure when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, the…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has rubbished claims that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) officials are collecting N35,000 to collect samples for COVID-19 test. Mustapha reacted on Wednesday, while fielding questions during the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing. According to him, many Nigerians…
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…
