LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it has commenced fumigation of the International Airports in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt ahead of reopening of flight operations in Nigeria. General Manager, (Corporate Affairs) Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, made this known Tuesday in a statement issued in Lagos. Mrs. Yakubu explained that the…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chinese medical team which arrived on April 8 has been unable to leave the country following the unavailability of commercial flights to Beijing, the capital of China. It was gathered that the personnel had concluded their assignment, which included assisting with the installation of some equipment and sharing COVID-19 experience with…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Electrical and Electronics experts have called on the Nigerian government to adopt the 5G mobile technology now so that the country would not be left out of the ongoing global technological industrialisation and development. They made the call at a 5G Health Symposium webinar organised by the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria impounded a plane operated by a British company for allegedly contravening a flight ban imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the aviation minister said on Sunday. Passenger flights into the country, with the exception of ones to evacuate people or repatriate Nigerian citizens, have been banned for…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday said the directive on the relaxation of the lockdown would be reviewed this week. The national coordinator of the PTF, Sani Aliyu, disclosed this at the daily briefing of the task force. Aliyu said: “We continue to monitor closely some of the guidelines we’ve…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria on Tuesday recorded a massive drop in the rate of infection from the Coronavirus Disease. This was from the figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control late on Tuesday. The figures showed a total of 146 infections all over the country. In the last one week, the country had…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered the importation of the much publicized Madagascar’s coronavirus herbal cure to Nigeria. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this during a briefing in Abuja on Monday. His words, “Madagascar has made allocations to various countries and sent them to Guinea Bissau….
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– Nigeria’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 4,399 on Sunday with 248 new cases reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The agency announced that 17 additional deaths were recorded across the country. This is the highest daily figure of deaths reported from the virus since the…
