LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor of Kenya’s capital Nairobi has distributed bottles of cognac to the poor, saying it protects against the new coronavirus, though the drink maker and national government chided him for propagating a myth. Cognac is a specific type of brandy, an alcoholic beverage produced from distilled white wine. Mike Mbuvi Sonko,…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of protesters on foot and in vehicles converged Wednesday on Michigan’s capital to rally against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders in the state. “Operation Gridlock,” organized by the Michigan Conservative Coalition, created a huge bumper-to-bumper traffic jam around the Michigan Capitol Building in Lansing, Fox 2 Detroit reported. Meshawn Maddock, an…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed with condoms and disposable thermometers, the outreach workers ventured out to streets in South Los Angeles notorious for sex trade activity. They expected that some women would still be working on this chilly Friday night in early April. But what they saw caught them off guard. Two weeks into the mandated…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Denmark began reopening schools on Wednesday after a month-long closure over the novel coronavirus, becoming the first country in Europe to do so. Nurseries, kindergartens and primary schools were reopening, according to an AFP correspondent, after they were closed on March 12 in an effort to curb the COVID-19 epidemic. However classes…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Director of US based non-governmental organization, Victims Of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOF), Marion Smith has applauded the White House for taking this much step in the suspension of funds to World Health Organisation (WHO) on corovirus. In a statement made available to NewsRangers, disclosed that in their latest documented report…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bill Gates has condemned Donald Trump’s decision to suspend funding for the World Health Organization, saying it is “as dangerous as it sounds”. The billionaire Microsoft founder tweeted that the world needs the health body more than ever. Trump’s controversial decision, which he said was made over the WHO’s handling of the…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- South African police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with Cape Town township residents protesting over access to food aid during a coronavirus lockdown. Hundreds of angry people fought running battles with the police, hurling rocks and setting up barricades on the streets with burning tyres in Mitchells…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Covid-19 continues to spread in the kingdom, prayers will continue to take place at home, not in mosques Muslims will only be permitted to pray at home in Saudi Arabia during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, the Saudi minister of Islamic affairs announced on Monday. This will remain the case…
