LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-2021 ended with a report that Nigeria experienced a deficit of almost 200 million barrels of crude in the first 11 months of the year, mainly due to oil theft. But these experiences are all too common, and not limited to Nigeria alone. Year on year, we are seeing huge oil losses…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Thursday said it was putting measures in place to ensure further reduction in the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas. It disclosed this while reacting to the recent marginal drop in the cost of cooking gas. According to findings, the price of 12.5kg LPG has…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has imposed a N10 per liter excise duty tax on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. The excise duty tax is one of the amendments made in the Finance Act 2022 which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 31 last year. The Minister of Finance,…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twitter users may soon have access to the social media platform which has met the six conditions imposed on it by the Federal Government. The Technical Committee raised by the government to resolve the impasse between the two parties is fine-tuning the offers by the micro blogger before making a final recommendation…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced total digital manifest management regime for all vessels calling at all Nigerian Ports. The Physical transactions concerning Sailing Certificates and cargo manifest processing are being phased out completely as stakeholders are encouraged to fully embrace the Agency’s initiative by visiting the NIMASA…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the organised private sector (OPS) have advised the federal government to make deliberate efforts to remove impediments to the conduct of business in the country in 2022, especially with respect to clearing of goods at the ports, stressing that its war clearing goods at the country’s seaports. Also, following President…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Ag. Customs Area Controller Western Marine Command, DC Enonche Ochiba has revealed that from January, 2021 to date his Command made several seizures with Total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N2, 215,180,073.4 as against the total DPV of One (#1,104,647,370.00) in the Year 2020 representing over 100% increase. Ochiba who…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority has announced the appointment of some senior staff, seven as General Managers and ten as Assistant General Managers. This is in line with the Management’s commitment to employees’ motivation and service excellence. The new General Managers includes Moltok Josephine Adar, formerly the Asst. General Manager – Overseas Office…