LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As precautionary measure to check the spread of Coronavirus, Turkish Airlines has announced the cancellation of all its flights to its destinations in Nigeria as it also cut back its operations to other international destinations. The airline, which brought in the index coronavirus case, the Italian to Nigeria in a statement, said…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari Monday responded to the drastic crash of crude oil in the international markets by constituting a presidential committee to review the 2020 budget and the oil benchmark and recommend realistic options that will make the document significantly implementable. The Nigerian blend, Bonny Light closed at $46.33 Monday from about…
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has described as deserving and highly rewarding the recent appointment of the former World Bank Managing Director, and former Minister of Finance of Nigeria, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a member of the South African Economic Advisory Council. Obi…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Centre for Disease Control in the United States has advised men to shave their beards and facial hair in an effort to combat Coronairus CDC warned that facial hair can interfere with face masks and respirators, which are being used across the world to combat the global spread of coronavirus The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government to stop flights from countries most affected by the deadly novel coronavirus (Covid-19). An Italian, who arrived Lagos from Milan on Tuesday, tested positive to the virus, health officials said on Friday. In a message of hope also posted on Twitter,…
LAGOS FEBERUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the case in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday, February 28, 2020. According to the statement, the case involves an Italian citizen who works in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS) – The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the government of Nigeria, has held a meeting with stakeholders to discuss details around Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones in Nigeria. A workshop was held in Abuja from 17 to 18 February to address the categorization and location of the SAPZs, which are meant…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Thursday began moves to establish an agency that would see to the rehabilitation, deradicalisation and integration of repentant insurgents in the country. A bill, sponsored by Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe East senatorial district, was read for the first time on the floor of the Senate Thursday. Already a subject…
