LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)– The African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org) welcomes the appointment of Timipre Silva as new Minister of Petroleum in Nigeria. As a former Governor of the Bayelsa State, in the core Niger Delta region, H.E. Timipre Silva understands the core issues affecting Nigeria’s oil & gas sector, the call for better revenue management…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Joint Industrial Council has signed the much awaited conditions of service and Collective Bargaining Agreement for Nigerian seafarers. This is coming after eight years of delay. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Lagos, the Director- General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Dakuku Peterside, said the condition of service…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria says the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa and the Tin-Can Island Port Complex are not congested. Bolaji Akinola, spokesperson of the association, said this in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Akinola said that both ports were operating at less than 70 per cent capacity. He…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted 21 contraband drugs valued at over N5 billion. The National Public Relations Officer of NCS, Assist. Comptroller Joseph Attah, disclosed this when he conducted newsmen round a warehouse where trucks of the intercepted items were parked at the Ikeja Training College of the service in Lagos…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-International legal and finance expert, Dr Adesegun Akin-Olugbade, has been appointed as a member of the World Trade Board, becoming the first African member of the organization. The Nigerian joins 20 other global trade and finance leaders on the board. According to the Chairman of World Trade Board, Simon Paris, the appointment…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital has convicted three accused persons for vandalizing official patrol vehicle attached to Team “H” Roving “A” Anti-Smuggling Patrol Team at Ashipa forest on 22nd September, 2017. The accused persons, Yakubu Olamide, Paul Ayinla, and Ayinde Adebayo, was said to be guilty jointly…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The fledgling mobile money market in Nigeria is about to get a major shake-up. MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest telecoms operator, has been granted a “super agent” license which allows it set up an agent network through which it can provide financial services. It’s the first step in MTN’s plans to finally…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China has commenced the export of used cars popularly known as ‘tokunbo’ to Africa, Asia and Europe, with Nigeria one of the destinations for the first batch of 300 cars. The country’s Ministry of Commerce had, in a statement, announced that it had cleared 10 cities to begin the export of second-hand…