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)-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 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The European Union has donated 50 million Euros to Nigeria for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Ambassador Ketil Karlsen who led the delegation made the announcement on Tuesday during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. He said that the donation is the single largest donation to any…
By Barr. (Chief)-Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-My fellow Nigerians , I sympathise with you and the whole world for the sorrows , pains , loss and hardship that we are going through as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging mankind today . I know that , like every other pandemic…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China has recorded it’s highest number of new coronavirus cases for five weeks – and medical authorities are saying that most of the cases originated abroad. According to China’s National Health Commission, 108 new coronavirus cases were registered on Sunday, the highest number since March 5, when 143 new infections were reported….
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A new data intercepted by the United States reveals that 21 million people died in China from December 2019 to March 2020, US intelligence officials conclude in a classified report for the Trump administration. The Intelligence report stated that at least 20.9 million of the deaths were linked to coronavirus. According to…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWRANGERS) – Nigeria will extend lockdowns in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states for an additional 14 days to combat the new coronavirus, President Muhammadu Buhari said in an address to the nation on Monday that acknowledged the sacrifices of the country’s poor Initial 14-day lockdowns in the three areas began on March…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No than 600 Iranians have died from the consumption of high-concentrated alcohol believing it protects against the coronavirus. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary, Ghulam Hussein Ismaili, as saying that the number of deaths due to drinking neat alcohol had reached a disturbing figure, adding that…