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 29TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Former Vice President Joe Biden is calling for an immediate nationwide stay-at-home order to contain the spread of the coronavirus, saying the main mistake that leaders can make in a pandemic is “going too slow.” The Democratic presidential candidate told CNN on Friday that he agreed with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates that…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A McGill University student who is recovering from a COVID-19 infection has a message for anyone tempted to take the novel coronavirus lightly: listen to directives to limit contact with others. “It isn’t about what would happen to you if you got it,” Ntando, a 22-year-old studying psychology, said Friday. “It’s more important…
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…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has announced the cancellation of already issued visas for travelers from 13 countries as part of measures to contain the pandemic Coronavirus. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, briefed State House correspondents at the sidelines of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Political skirmishing between Washington and Beijing escalated Tuesday when China announced it was expelling expelling U.S. journalists working for three American news outlets in response to Trump administration restrictions on Chinese media here. U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo condemned China’s action and accused the Chinese of imperiling world health by…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran has issued its most dire warning about coronavirus, suggesting ‘millions’ could die in the Islamic Republic if the public keeps ignoring health guidance. A state television journalist who is also a medical doctor gave the warning after Shiite faithful pushed their way into the courtyards of two major shrines that had…