LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akash Kumar was excited when he boarded his first ship as a seafarer, a bulk carrier called the Ula. “That time it was a good feeling … a dream come true. I joined this merchant navy because I love to explore other places, other countries,” he says. The 25-year-old Indian seafarer was…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 1.27 million subscribers were lost in the month of May by MTN Nigeria, Globacom, Airtel Nigeria and 9mobile as the companies bleed amid their data war. The month ended with Airtel becoming the biggest loser having lost 906,669 data users. This loss dwindled the telco’s customer base from 37.02 million of…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Many young Nigerians are adopting bitcoin amid the crypto ban put in place by the Nigerian Central Bank. In fact, since the start of 2021, peer-to-peer bitcoin trading has grown to $204 million, the largest amount in Africa. Data collated from Usefultulips, a Bitcoin analytic provider, shows Nigeria dwarfs the rest of…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Commercial motorcycle riders popularly known as okada have accused Customs officials manning the gate of Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) of extortion. The okada riders lamented the incessant collection of “tolls” by the Apapa Area Command Customs operatives whenever they drop passengers in front of its gate. One…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past President of Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, branch of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and a former Vice Chairman of Lagos State Council, of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Adeleke Sanni, is dead. He died on Sunday in Lagos. President-General of MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, who confirmed his death, said…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The University of Lagos is test-running its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) it initiated in 2018. The institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academics and Research), Prof. Oluwole Familoni, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, the production is an invaluable addition to the…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has issued seven queries on the audited accounts of the Nigerian Ports Authority in 2017. The queries include standalone financial statements, non-current assets (depreciation, addition to fixed assets, property, plant and equipment, and interest in joint ventures), current assets (cash and cash equivalent, trapped…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Recovered Loots and Assets of Government, yesterday, heard of how $300 million belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was “hidden in a Polaris Bank account and remained unattended to for years.” At the resumed public hearing of the panel in Abuja, the…