LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia on Thursday after a storm of protest about a decision to grant him a medical exemption from COVID-19 vaccination requirements to play in the Australian Open. The tennis star remained in Australia after his lawyers launched an appeal seeking to…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has imposed a N10 per liter excise duty tax on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. The excise duty tax is one of the amendments made in the Finance Act 2022 which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 31 last year. The Minister of Finance,…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 2.4 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the US in the past week – the most since the pandemic began, according to new data. The new statistic beats out the previous record of just over the 2 million cases recorded almost exactly a year ago for the seven days between…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the incessant use of sexual enhancement drugs. According to the regulatory body, the excessive use of drugs in this category may lead to stroke or sudden death, a statement from the Director-General of the agency, Professor…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The transportation industry has been bracing for pre-pandemic-level crowds this holiday season, but now two major U.S. airlines have been forced to proactively cancel some Christmas Eve flights due to the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19. As of Thursday evening, United Airlines has proactively cancelled 112 flights for Christmas Eve. “The nationwide…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria destroyed more than 1 million expired doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after authorities said they could not be used before their expiration date. Faisal Shuaib, head of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency, said health officials in Africa’s most populous country were left with little choice after receiving…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire swept through a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka, the local fire department said. The blaze is being treated as suspected arson, the Kyodo news agency said, quoting police sources saying that a man who appeared to be in his 60s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Lagos topped the COVID-19 chart with 599 new cases out of the 1,051 cases recorded in Nigeria on Thursday. The NCDC made this known via its Website on Friday morning. It added that Nigeria now has 221,071 COVID-19 cases. The centre said that no…