LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has issued a travel ban on 13 countries over the COVID-19 pandemic. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha made the announcement at a media briefing on Wednesday. The affected countries are the United State of America, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Iran, Switzerland, Norway, Netherland,…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There seems to be panic everywhere as the Federal Ministry of Health has announced five new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to eight. Nigeria gathered that all the five new cases had a travel history to the United Kingdom and the United States. The Minister…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At a news conference Thursday, President Donald Trump addressed the question of the hour: How long will it take for things to go back to normal? “People are talking about July, August,” he said. But that inquiry, many doctors and scientists say, is the wrong question. “We need to change the conversation…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday shut down all its camps and suspended ongoing orientation course for its corps members nationwide. It blamed the decision on the outbreak of coronavirus which on Tuesday forced the Federal Government to cancel the National Sports Festival. Sequel to the outbreak of the Coronavirus…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH NEWSRANGERS)-Trabzonspor have terminated the contract of Nigeria midfielder, Mikel Obi, after nine months with the club, Sports Extra reports. The midfielder joined the Turkish club in June 2019, on a two-year deal as a free agent but after making a statement on his Instagram page calling for the Turkish Lig to be cancelled due to the coronavirus…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Ghana has ordered the closure of all schools and suspended public events to stop the spread of Coronavirus. President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, made the announcement in an address to the West African nation on Monday. He said the ban was until further notice. Public gatherings — including conferences,…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has advised that mass gatherings of any type should be discouraged as the fear of a possible outbreak looms. In an update released by the NCDC on Monday afternoon, the National Epidemic monitoring team is on top of situation in the country as the global transmission…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Political skirmishing between Washington and Beijing escalated Tuesday when China announced it was expelling expelling U.S. journalists working for three American news outlets in response to Trump administration restrictions on Chinese media here. U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo condemned China’s action and accused the Chinese of imperiling world health by…
