LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium on Friday afternoon at the Immigration office, Alagbon Close, Lagos, as a Chinese woman fell down and started vomiting. Passport seekers, immigration officers, visitors, including policemen and military personnel took to their heels on sighting the woman. Many people were injured while some lost their documents as they scampered…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered immediate closure of tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools nationwide following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country and as part of measures to contain the spread. This was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono. According to a…
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)-As part of precautionary measures to stop the spread of Coronavirus pandemic COVID-19, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the closure of all public and private schools from Monday, 23rd March 2020. Sanwo-Olu gave the directive, in a statement, released late Wednesday evening, through the state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs…
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 United States has reciprocated Nigeria’s action which slammed travel ban on Americans amid the coronavirus scare. The ban affects the U.S. and 12 other countries. In a statement made by the US Embassy in Nigeria on Wednesday says, it had stopped all visa appointments. It explained that the information was for visa…