LAGOS APRIL2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A city in China has banned its residents from eating dog and cat meat with a groundbreaking new law in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Animal activists have demanded the Chinese government prohibit the consumption of pets for years, and the new accord is the first of its kind in the country. …
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the Israeli government has evacuated Two hundred and seventy-four of her citizens from Nigeria to Israel. A statement signed by the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Shimon Ben- Shoshan, says the Israelis were being evacuated to Tel Aviv, on board Air Peace Boeing 777-300…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China’s “wet markets” have reopened – selling bats, pangolins and dogs for human consumption. The move is dangerous as scientists believe that the Covid-19 causing coronavirus first lurked in a bat in China and hopped to another animal, before getting passed on to humans. Various reports suggest that a 55-year-old man from…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS) ― Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to issue a statewide “stay-at-home” order to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus because the disease has not hit many areas of the state, he said. At least 30 states have issued statewide stay-at-home orders so far. Florida, among eight states with the…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the last Presidential elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has dismissed reports making the rounds in social media circles that he donated a billion Naira to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) relief fund. “I have not donated to the fund,” Obi said in a statement issued…
By Mcanthony Onuoha LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the exemption of the Nation”s Seaports from the lockdown order by President Muhammadu Buhari, to curb the spread of Covid-19 which has been ravaging countries of the world, a Maritime advocacy group, Maritime Integrity Initiative (MII) has asked for total shutdown of seaports saying that it was of…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In exercise of the powers conferred on him by Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the COVID-19 Regulations, 2020, which declared COVID-19 a dangerous infectious disease. This was made known…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the World Health Organization’s lead, Brazil’s Ministry of Health published guidelines for all businesses in the country, including the media. The guidelines recommend virtual meetings and canceling non-essential trips, and encourage employees to work from home if possible. Managers are advised to adopt alternative schedules so that workers could avoid peak commuting hours. Many Brazilian news outlets are implementing preventive…