Dangote Loses $900m In One Day

LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, saw his total net worth drop by $900m on Friday as his flagship company emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a ranking of the world’s 500 richest people, showed that his…

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Owerri Customs Intercept 5,200 live Ammunition, Bullet Proof Vehicle

LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Controller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’, Mr Yusuf Lawal, on Thursday in Owerri displayed 5,200 live ammunition, 1,215 bags of foreign rice and a bullet proof Toyota Landcruser jeep intercepted during 2020 Yuletide. The controller said during the exhibition that the seizures were made between Nov. 23 and Dec. 27, 2020….

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Lagos Shippers Raise Alarm Over 28 Export Containers From Minna Detained At Seaport Since September

LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) has raised the alarm that 28 containers of export products from Minna, the capital of Niger State have been detained at the ports since September, 2020, and are still languishing away due to unworkable Federal Government import and Export Adjustments policies. In a statement made…

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NIN: NCC Clears Air about Mass Disconnection of Telecom Subscribers LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said that it’s has been drawn to numerous publications in both print and electronic media regarding the unfounded fears of mass disconnection of telephone subscribers as a result of the ongoing linkage of SIM Registration Records with the…

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Lagos: Mixed Reaction Trail Shift In Balogun Market Resumption Date

LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mixed reactions are coming from Balogun Market traders over the shift in the resumption date for business activities after the December 24 closure of the market for the Christmas and New Year holidays. The caretaker management committee inaugurated in December to manage the complex had shifted the resumption date from January 4…

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Electric Replaces Petrol Powered ‘Okada’ In Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda. Why Not In Nigeria?

LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rwanda’s green mobility policy, aimed at phasing out petrol motorcycles, has been in effect for at least five years now. In Kenya, electric motorcycles are over a decade in operation. Uganda’s adoption of the innovation is recent, but in all, the trend highlights East Africa’s wokeness in anti-pollution and energy use. It is…

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