LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has received 4 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States government, its health minister said on Monday, as the West African country battles a third wave of infections. Osagie Ehanire said the vaccines, which arrived on Sunday, are undergoing validation by the country’s drug regulator. He said…
Tunde Adesola LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-If you went to nursery or primary school in Nigeria, you’re unlikely to miss the deafening ‘A-for-apple’ cognitive verbal rendition schoolchildren crammed and screamed. ‘A-for-apple!’, ‘B-for-ball!’, ‘C-for-cake!’, ‘D-for-dog!’, ‘E-for-egg!’, ‘F-for-fish!’ ‘G-for-goat!’, ‘H-for-hen!’, ‘I-for-ink!’, ‘J-for-jug!’. In my kindergarten days, ‘K’ was for kettle, but now, I guess ‘K’ must be for…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There are strong indications that the police authorities may not hand over the Commander, IGP Intelligence Response and Monitoring Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, to the United States for criminal prosecution. It was gathered that the battle to extradite Kyari to the US for trial for alleged involvement in…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (MEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has filed fresh terrorism charges against a Shia Muslim cleric, a prosecution lawyer said Sunday, days after he was acquitted of murder following almost six years in detention. A court in the northern city of Kaduna discharged Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife on Wednesday because of a lack of evidence in…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Egbe’s shocking discovery highlighted both the lack of corpses available in Nigeria for medical students and what can happen to victims of police violence. Between the 16th and 19th Centuries, different laws in the UK granted the bodies of executed criminals to medical schools – a punishment that also advanced the…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Benin has ordered that a Nigerian separatist leader being held in the country be moved to prison from police custody. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, is accused of entering the country illegally and planning to cause trouble but he denied the charges. He was arrested at a…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has hailed Mr. Peter Obi on the occasion of his 60th birthday, describing him as a sincere patriot, deeply committed to nation building. Obi, who was the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, marked his 60th birthday on July…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s almost two months since the Nigerian Government shutdown Twitter operation in the country, and findings show that Nigerians have lost more than Jack Dorsey, founder of the tech firm. On June 5, the Federal Government announced that Twitter’s services will no longer be allowed within the territory of the country, a…
