LAGOS SEPEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Indian police have discovered a large-scale BTC scam worth $67.6 mln, its facilitator beaten to death for cheating his partners Police in the Indian Uttarakhand state have found out about a big Bitcoin scam after its orchestrator, Abdul Shakoor, was killed by his former crime partners for cheating them. Massive Bitcoin…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWRANGERS)-Nigerian banks are beginning to review their business model which is still very much the traditional banking system as technology is penetrating deeper into the tasks that workers carry out. Technology has already compelled some banks to limit their expansion rate, while others are shutting down their brick and mortar structures to…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Joint Venture, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and its co-venture partners have contributed $2 billion to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Media Relations Manager, Shell Nigeria, Bamidele Odugbesan, stated this while reacting to the allegation that the oil giant was among the…
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…
