LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has disclosed that the Abuja-Kaduna train service which was halted due to the March 28, 2022, terrorist attack would be reopened for patronage by the general public this November. The Minister stated this earlier today at the second edition of the “PMB Administration Scorecard 2015-2023…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)Two miners who spent nine days trapped in a collapsed South Korean zinc mine living on instant coffee powder have been rescued. The men, aged 62 and 56, are believed to have kept warm by lighting a fire and building a tent out of plastic. They are said to be in a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed that individuals can only deposit N5million for new accounts and N50million for old accounts in one month. CBN Director of Currency, Ahmed B. Umar,who issued the directive said that individuals will not be allowed to deposit more than N5 million if the transaction involves a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Thursday, presented operational licenses to five Export Processing Terminal (EPT) operators. The licenced terminals are Messrs. Diamondstar Port & Terminals Ltd; Messrs. Esslibra Terminal; Messrs. Sundial Global Trade & Service Ltd; Messrs. Bellington Cargo Ltd and Messrs. Tenzik Energy Ltd. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Managing Director/Chief…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dubai’s Emirates has suspended flights to Nigeria for the second time since September citing an inability to repatriate funds from Africa’s biggest economy, the airline said on Thursday. Nigeria is facing severe dollar shortages, forcing many citizens and business to seek forex on the black market, where the naira currency has progressively…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After almost two hours of outage on Tuesday, Meta has restored WhatsApp services. WhatsApp had reportedly crashed a couple of times in the past. A report by India Times says WhatsApp crashed in 2017 and the outage lasted over two hours. No official communication from WhatsApp regarding the reason for the outage….
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has disclosed that the service has dismissed over 2000 staff members in the last seven years. Ali, who featured in the media briefing coordinated by the Presidential Media Team on Thursday in Abuja, said the service abhors corruption and has zero tolerance for…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller in charge of the Trade Facilitation Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Anthony Ayalogu, is dead. Ayalogu died at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, after falling ill. In a statement issued by the Customs Public Relations Unit, AA Maiwada, said after Ayalogu became unconcious, he was rushed to…
