LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Harvard University epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch is predicting the coronavirus “will ultimately not be containable” and, within a year, will infect somewhere between 40 and 70 percent of humanity, The Atlantic reports. But don’t be too alarmed. Many of those people, Lipsitch clarifies, won’t have severe illnesses or even show symptoms at all,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government has pledged N36 million cash gift to any Nigerian scientist who can find a cure for Coronavirus. Minister of Techology, Ogbonnaya Onu, announced this when he spoke at the send forth party organised in honour of the former director of Chemical Technology in the ministry, who recently retired. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-New signing Odion Ighalo will not travel to Manchester United’s training camp in Spain as it is not guaranteed he would clear UK immigration on his return should border restrictions tighten on travellers who have been in China within past 14 days following the coronavirus outbreak. Ighalo, who moved to Old Trafford…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversial Ghanaian cleric Bishop Daniel Obinim of the International Godsway Ministries has done it again. He is a man famous for his controversial lifestyle and professions and he seems to enjoy the uproar that trails his actions on and off the pulpit. Multiple reports from Ghana say the self-acclaimed ‘Angel’ during a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has budgeted N620 million to manage the coronavirus epidemic. This is according to the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire. Tribune reports that the ministry of health budgeted the fund to monitor, detect and prevent the country from the dreaded coronavirus spreading across the world from China. While interfacing with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Sudanese medical staff deployed at Juba International Airport to screen arrivals for deadly Coronavirus have reportedly fled the airport after a plane carrying Chinese diplomats landed. South Sudan government this week begun screening all travelers at airports to help avert the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Coronaviruses are a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, plummeted to its lowest level in more than a year on Monday, trading below the Federal Government’s benchmark for the 2020 budget, as the coronavirus outbreak hit fuel demand in China. The 2020 budget, which was signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China’s richest man, Jack Ma, has donated 100 million yuan (£11 million) to help towards defeating the coronavirus disease, that has rampaged much of China, with close to 170 people already dead and over 7700 already infected. Jack Ma, who is worth £32.9 billion, owns E-commerce giants, AliBaba, and has donated the…