LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A surgeon in Austria has been fined after amputating the wrong leg of a patient earlier this year. The elderly patient’s right leg was removed instead of his left, with the mistake only discovered two days later. On Wednesday, the court in Linz found the 43-year-old guilty of gross negligence and fined…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Libyan court ruled on Thursday that the son of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi could run for president, his lawyer said, as arguments intensified over the conduct of an election aimed at ending a decade of turmoil. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s appeal against disqualification for the Dec. 24 vote was delayed for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There was chaos and unrest in Yaoundé, Cameroon recently after a man reportedly won 13 billion CFA Francs ($22 million) on 1xBet but wasn’t paid. It was gathered that the man played a bet with $350 (200,000 CFA Francs) and won the 13bn CFA Frans/22 million dollars, but, rather than pay him…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has restricted entry of travelers from South Africa and seven other countries as part of measures to contain the new Omicron. However, the new restriction does not ban United States citizens and lawful U.S residents. The order effective Monday, November 29, 2021, banned travelers from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Japan on Monday announced plans to ban all new foreign arrivals from Tuesday as the new Omicron COVID-19 variant spreads worldwide. “We are taking measures with a strong sense of crisis. The ban comes into effect on Tuesday”, Prime minister, Fumio Kishida, said in a statement on Monday. The move by Japan, which…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada has detected its first cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid, in two people who had traveled recently to Nigeria, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said in a statement on Sunday. “I was informed today by the Public Health Agency of Canada that testing and monitoring of Covid-19 cases has confirmed two…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the first seven months of 2021, more than 15,000 migrants were captured by the Libyan Coast Guard and other authorities as they tried to cross international waters and reach Europe. However, only about 6,000 of the migrants who were captured were being held in designated migrant detention facilities, a New Yorker…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s late dictator, said armed men had prevented him lodging an appeal on Thursday against his client’s disqualification from next month’s presidential election, adding to fears of turmoil around the vote. Disputes about issues including the eligibility of candidates are threatening to derail the…
