LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Access Bank Plc has temporarily closed its Ligali Ayorinde branch in Victoria Island, Lagos after a visitor tested positive for coronavirus. “We have confirmed that an individual who visited our Ligali Ayorinde branch on Monday 16th March 2020, has tested positive for coronavirus,” Accessbank said in a statement on Monday. “He was…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A McGill University student who is recovering from a COVID-19 infection has a message for anyone tempted to take the novel coronavirus lightly: listen to directives to limit contact with others. “It isn’t about what would happen to you if you got it,” Ntando, a 22-year-old studying psychology, said Friday. “It’s more important…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police arrested a pastor and raided churches as the West African nation stepped up efforts to enforce a ban on large gatherings and contain the spread of the coronavirus. In the past week, dozens of African nations have shut their borders, grounded planes and closed schools and bars as the case…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The number of people dying from coronavirus in Italy has risen by 475 in one day to nearly 3,000 – the biggest increase since the outbreak. There are a total of 35,713 confirmed cases in the country, with more than 4,000 having successfully recovered. Lombardy, the worst-hit region, recorded 319 deaths in…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has announced that the state has four new cases of coronavirus. Abayomi revealed this on Thursday during a press conference. The commissioner said 19 tests were performed on suspected cases and contacts of the five cases announced on Wednesday, out of which four turned…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari daughters has been isolated after returning to the country on Thursday. The First Lady Aisha Buhari, who disclosed this, said her daughter was isolated not because she showed any symptoms but “based on the advice of the Hon. Minister Of Health, Presidential Task force on…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Grace Fusco — mother of 11, grandmother of 27 — would sit in the same pew at church each Sunday, surrounded by nearly a dozen members of her sprawling Italian American family. Sunday dinners drew an even larger crowd to her home in central New Jersey. Now, her close-knit clan is united…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has announced the cancellation of already issued visas for travelers from 13 countries as part of measures to contain the pandemic Coronavirus. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, briefed State House correspondents at the sidelines of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The…