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…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN) and maritime stakeholders has concluded plans to hold a one-day programme to review activities and policies in the maritime industry in first quarter of 2021. A press statement sighted by NewsRangers disclosed that the programme slated for Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Lagos, will pave the…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The joy of indigenes of Iseyin in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State who were celebrating the end of Ramadan was short-lived on Thursday as stray bullets allegedly killed four and injured one. According to an impeccable source in Iseyin, the persons were hit by bullets when men of the Nigeria Customs Service…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC has picked 16 consortia for its new crude-for-fuel swap contracts for one year starting in August, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The list includes major Swiss trading firms Trafigura, Vitol and Mercuria, oil major Total as well as large Nigerian traders Sahara Energy, Oando…