LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When the world is still battling with Covid-19 alleged to have emanated from Wahun, China, health officials in China have issued a warning after a case of another deadly disease, bubonic plague was confirmed by doctors. A third-level alert was issued in the Chinese city of Bayan Nur – the second lowest…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump has announced he is postponing the G7 until at least September and wants to invite four additional countries to the summit: Russia, Australia, India and South Korea. “I’m postponing it because I don’t feel as a G7 it probably represents what’s going on in the world. It’s a very…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian military transport plane is on its way to the US, carrying medical equipment and other supplies required to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The shipment, cited by many as a public relations coup for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, began on Wednesday following a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump forty-three…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari Monday responded to the drastic crash of crude oil in the international markets by constituting a presidential committee to review the 2020 budget and the oil benchmark and recommend realistic options that will make the document significantly implementable. The Nigerian blend, Bonny Light closed at $46.33 Monday from about…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has placed Nigeria and six other countries on a special list of countries to avoid; due to their repeated violation of religious freedom. Other countries listed in the SWL include Comoros, Russia, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Sudan. This disclosure was revealed by the US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia was banned from the Olympics and other major world championships on Monday after sporting officials decided to punish it for tampering with doping-related laboratory data in another blow to Russia’s already tarnished sporting reputation. The decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), imposed a four-year ban on Russia participating in a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Friday to participate in the 5th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He noted that apart from the Nigerian leader, the one-day…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragedy was averted after a plane packed with tourists was forced to make an emergency landing after a pilot suffered a suspected heart attack in the cockpit before dying. The pilot who was a 49-year-old was flying the Russian state airline Aeroflot Airbus 320 on a domestic flight from Moscow at…