LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of Maritime Journalists Association Of Nigeria (MAJAN) are set to hold a roundtable chat that will focus on ‘African Continental Free Trade Agreement’ (ACFTA). The group is equally slated to hold National Maritime Summit on Apapa traffic gridlock on March, 2021. Making the pronouncement in a statement made available to NewsRangers,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-India has become the second country to outrightly ban Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This is coming after the Central Bank of Nigeria instructed all financial institutions in the country to block the accounts of all individuals and entities linked to cryptocurrency transactions. There has been a lot of drama surrounding India’s cryptocurrency…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Tuesday evening, James Chijindu went to a mall in Lagos to grab a meal and groceries. When it came time to pay, his Guaranty Trust Bank and First Bank debit cards were unresponsive. So he called a GTBank helpline and the message was clear; Chijindu’s account was closed in accordance with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, ICT and Cybercrimes and Capital Market to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to brief it on the recent ban on cryptocurrency in the country. The Senate also invited the Director General of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In what appears to be a brewing scandal, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has balked and admitted to under-reporting the volume of crude oil it takes out of Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta and shortchanging the federal government in the process, THEWILL can authoritatively report. Two authoritative…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have been abducted by Boko Haram in an attack on a Yobe volatile town. Some Boko Haram invaded Geidam, about 130 kilometres to Damaturu, the state capital on Tuesday evening, firing several shots for nearly half an hour, residents said. Security…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has continued its offensive action against drug barons and cartels in Nigeria with the latest seizure of 40 parcels of cocaine weighing 43.11kilogram (100.05pds), with an estimated street value of over N32 billion. The consignment containing the illicit drug was put under surveillance by operatives of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s flagship privately operated airport terminal, Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2, (MMA2) Lagos is embarking on a massive upgrading of its X-ray machine and air conditioning systems for passengers safety, security and comfort. A press statement made available to NewsRangers signed Mikail A. Mumuni, Group Corporate Affairs Manager of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited…