Covid-19:Djokovic In Limbo As His Lawyers Battle To Overturn Australia Entry Ban
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia on Thursday after a storm of protest about a decision to grant him a medical…
Nigeria Gets $400m World Bank Financing For COVID-19
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria got approval on Friday for $400 million in World Bank financing to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccinations, the bank said in a statement. The…
COVID-19 Cases Shot Up 50% Almost In Every US State Despite Vaccine
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The number of daily new COVID-19 infections has shot up almost 50 percent in the United States amid the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant — with rises…
Why Scores Of White Evangelists Shun Covid-19 Vaccine
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stephanie Nana, an evangelical Christian in Edmond, Oklahoma, refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine because she believed it contained “aborted cell tissue.” Nathan French, who leads a…
Covid-19:Buhari Urges Nigerians To Emulate His Vaccine Lead
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari had his first COVID-19 vaccine shot on Saturday, part of a bid to boost public confidence as Nigeria attempts to inoculate 80 million people…
Nigeria Warned Of Possible New COVID-19 Wave As Govt Eye Vaccine In Early 2021
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria may be on the verge of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, the health minister warned on Thursday, as another official said the country expects to…
Bill Gates Expresses Disappointment Over Poor U.S. Response To Covid-19 Pandemic
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-That’s Bill Gates, the Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +1.26% co-founder whose philanthropic foundation has long funded the global fight against infectious diseases, speaking about the coronavirus pandemic Thursday…
COVID-19: CBN Promises To Support Nigeria Homegrown Vaccine With N100bn
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has announced that the apex bank is ready to support researchers, science-based institutions, and biotechnology…
Bayelsa Lifts Ban On Immunisation, To Embark On Measles Vaccine Exercise
By Amos Okioma LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa state yesterday said it will embark on measles vaccination campaign starting from 1st to 13th 2018. The commissioner for health Proffessor Ebitimitula Etebu…