LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has approved the promotion of nine Deputy Directors to Directors and other employees. This is even as the Board approved the promotion of 30 Assistant Directors to Deputy Directors, 35 Chiefs to Assistant Directors, and ratified the promotion of 169 other…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) yesterday presented an Award of Excellence to the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) Ronald Adams, even as it commended Shell for supporting Nigerian content development in the energy industry. The award which was handed over by PETAN Chairman…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany-bound Condor Airlines flight from Corfu, Greece, had to be diverted to Italy on August 16 after one of its engines caught fire following takeoff, according to People magazine. While nobody on board the Boeing 757 aircraft was injured, an unverified video of the incident went viral on TikTok. The flight,…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa’s richest man reveals touching moment as Davido chose love and family over money at his star-studded wedding to Chioma. Nigerian superstar Davido has shown the world that some things are worth more than money after he reportedly turned down a jaw-dropping $2.1 million wedding gift from his godfather, Africa’s richest man,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says Nigeria is poised to deliver clean and sustainable energy solutions not just in-country but also across Africa and beyond. The President made the remarks yesterday at the commissioning ceremony of a 40,000 cubic meters (CBM) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel, christened “MT Iyaloja (Lagos),” in Ulsan,…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered over N5bn and $10m from contractors and government officials indicted in the fraud in the turnaround maintenance of the nation’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Warri. Sunday PUNCH reliably gathered that the anti-graft agency was working to recover another N10bn and $13m…
By Olaleye Olawale LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger on Enugu Air wrote, “On an Enugu Air flight to Lagos from Abuja this morning, August 16th, another mild drama played out briefly. As the plane taxied, the pilot, a female captain, announced that there was a recalcitrant passenger who had declined switching off his phone…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS0-British Airways on Friday denied 58 passengers boarding on its Abuja-London flight following a faulty door. For safety reasons, the airline had to keep some seats unoccupied, as confirmed by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Director of Public Relations and Consumer Protection of NCAA, Mr. Michael Achimugu, confirmed the development in…