LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is set to disburse the Cabottage Vessel Financing Fund soon to enable indigenous shipping operators to compete favourably with their international counterparts. Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo disclosed this on Friday when he visited the National Inland Waterways Authority, Area…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has disclosed that work on Port Harcourt-Maidugiri Eastern rail line has been suspended due to insecurity and vandalism of railway properties along the corridor. Sambo who was speaking during the Ministerial inspection tour of the project, Friday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said China Civil…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Air Peace flight has made an emergency landing in Lagos due to a bird strike that got the bird stuck on the left main landing gear. The Air Peace flight P47154 which departed Lagos for Owerri, Enugu State at 12.00 noon on Saturday could not reach its destination, but had to…
By Innocent Orok LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-First, I like to state that the job of a Journalist as the “Watch Dog of the Society” is to inform, educate and entertain the public, based on the writer’s proper interrogation of the issues on the ground with facts and balanced reporting in order not to misled or…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. government said on Thursday it will suspend 26 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government’s decision to suspend some U.S. carrier flights over COVID-19 cases. The decision will affect flights by Xiamen, Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Central Bank released $265 million to airlines to settle outstanding ticket sales, it said in a statement on Friday. Airlines have said they have millions trapped in Africa’s most populous nation due to an inability to access the foreign exchange repatriate funds. Dubai’s Emirates has said it will suspend its service…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s leading domestic gas distribution company, the Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG), has commissioned a far-reaching gas market survey in 33% of the states in Nigeria to gain deeper market insights for entry and to accelerate the achievement of Nigeria’s Decade of Gas objectives. SNG has engaged notable indigenous consulting firm, Philips…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has stated that a revised working condition for Nigerian Seafarers is a major component of the proposed review of the NIMASA Act and the Merchant Shipping Act currently before the National Assembly for consideration. He stated this today during the…
