LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his home in Jamaica after last week celebrating his 34th birthday with a big bash mask-free. Jamaica’s health ministry confirmed late on Monday that Bolt, who holds world records in the 100m and…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor, who announced this via his verified twitter handle said he has gone into isolation. He tweeted; “I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back positive. I’m generally ok and I’m already self-isolating at home and…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19, and became the first member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet to contract the new coronavirus. Onyeama, 64, said on Twitter he had taken a COVID-19 test because of a throat irritation. “Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday at…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Tuesday slid into panic mode following rumours that over 50 legislators may have tested positive to dreaded coronavirus, and are still attending plenary sessions and committee meetings. As a result, the House has adjourned plenary till next week, as oplosed to its adopted covid-19 sitting guideline of…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak even as it has ravaged his nation, said Tuesday that he has COVID-19. Confirming his diagnosis to journalists in Brasilia on Tuesday, Bolsonaro said that he was suffering muscle aches, fatigue and a fever but otherwise felt “normal.”…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has tested positive for COVID-19, a Government House source has disclosed. The source also disclosed that a security aide of the governor had also tested positive. Though no official statement has been released by the government on the status of the wife of the…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19. He made the disclosure in a video he posted on his verified Twitter handle. According to the governor, he’s currently asymptomatic and has been self-isolating. “Today I tested positive for #COVID19. All is well. I’m asymptomatic and have…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that one of its staff at its Marina, Lagos branch has tested positive to Coronavirus Disease. This was made known by the Bank in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, all staff of the branch have been asked to go on self-isolation and…