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…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Cristiano Ronaldo set to rejects Juventus’ new contract offered to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami next summer The 35-year-old Portugal international who has registered 21 goals in Serie A for Maurizio Sarri’s side this season, is out of contract with the Old Lady at the end of the 2021-22 season….
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Bars, restaurants, theaters and movie houses in New York and Los Angeles were ordered to shut down and several nations in South and Central America closed their borders in the latest moves around the world to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates in…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Government says there is evidence that Nigerian security agents, including the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army, intimidated voters, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and even election observers during the 2019 general elections. According to the US, this fuelled the impression that the Nigerian Army…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China’s Foreign Ministry has implied that the U.S. Army “might be” responsible for taking the coronavirus to Wuhan, the Chinese city where the outbreak first emerged late last year. In a tweet on Thursday, foreign ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, wrote: “When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected?…