LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As both the Chrome and Firefox browsers approach their 100th versions, what should be a reason for the developers to celebrate could turn into a bit of a mess. It turns out that much like the Y2K bug, the triple-digit release numbers coded in the browsers’ User-Agents (UAs) could cause issues with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One Abdulrosheed Dada has reportedly been shot dead by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Ogun State. Dada, who was popularly known as Yoboro, had died after he was shot during an encounter with the NCS operatives on Ayetoro road, near Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. It was gathered that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-What was anticipated to be the best of Yuletides soon became a gloomy one in 2016, as hopes of millions of Nigerians, including celebrities’ dreams of earning returns on investments, were shattered after Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), by far the largest Ponzi scheme ever recorded in the country, announced that it was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a quest to stem the rising tide of smuggling activities in many of its border area’s, traditional rulers in border communities of Ogun State have asked the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to specifically create a quota for children of the border communities during Customs recruitment exercises in-order to generate employment for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has insisted on the removal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian authorities. The position of the organization was contained in the Executive Board’s conclusion of the Article IV consultation with Nigeria report, which was released, yesterday. According to the Fund’s statement on the report, “Directors also urged…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For the first time in 2022, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has wielded the big stick and debited Zenith Bank Plc, Providus Bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited and 11 other banks N356.1billion for failing to meet its 27.5 per cent Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) obligation. The fresh debit, which…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Inland Waterways Authority and Water Transport branch of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has been thrown into mourning as the much admired and hardworking General Secretary of this branch of the Union, Comrade Patrick Okodo passed on to join his ancestors. Okodo’s colleague who confirmed his death expressed deep…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s external reserve has fallen below the $40 billion threshold it had maintained in over three months. This is according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The reserve had endured a continuous decline in recent months owing to the intervention of the apex bank in the official FX market…