LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Customs has faulted the plans by the federal government to purchase four new scanners for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The NSC is planning to purchase scanners, while refusing to repair the existing ones. However, the same committee had earlier okayed the purchase of the scanners…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Faced with numerous challenges for the smooth operation and development of barge operation business in the maritime industry, members of Barge Operators Association of Nigeria (BOAN) have called on the Federal Government and regulators of maritime industry to come to their assistance so that they can be able to execute their business…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Director of Sea Empowerment And Research Centre Limited, Francis Uchechukwu Aneziechukwu has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for minimizing the incidents of piracy in the Gulf Guinea by signing of the suppression of piracy and other maritime related bill act into law in 2019. He equally commended Nigeria Maritime And Safety Agency (NIMASA)…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Communications Commission has denied reports that mobile subscribers will be required to submit the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of their phones to it from July, 2021. In a statement on Friday, the Director of public affairs of the NCC, Ikechukwu Adinde, said the commission did not at any time…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Usman has threatened to take legal action against Sahara Reporters over the online newspaper’s barrage of attacks against her. Usman said in a statement on Friday made available to Qed.ng that the publication has in the past two weeks spread false…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Multinational oil giant Shell has revealed its intention to withdraw from Nigeria’s onshore oil sector. Making this known at Shell’s annual general meeting on Tuesday, the CEO, Van Beurden, said his organisation was in talks with the Nigerian government to work out how to exit its onshore licenses. Mr Beurden explained that…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s inflation rate reduced by 0.05 per cent in April compared to what obtained in March, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a report Monday. The bureau said while inflation rate stood at 18.17 per cent in March, it reduced to 18.12 per cent in April. It is the first fall…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House Of Representatives is set to legalise the use of Indian Hemp in the country for economic benefit. Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu said this during a press conference on the benefits and opportunities of Cannabis in Akure, Ondo state capital. Kalu said that the House…