LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday announced that the name of the proposed new National Carrier is ‘Nigeria Air’. The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while unveiling the airline to investors at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in UK. The colour is green white green.
LAGOS JULY 19T (NEWSRANGERS)-The European Union fined Google a record $5 billion Wednesday for forcing cellphone makers that use the company’s hugely popular Android operating system to install Google apps. The EU said the practice restricts competition and reduces choices for consumers. The fine, which caps a three-year investigation, is the biggest ever imposed on…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)- In line with its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, especially its strategy to diversify the economy by making technology an enabler for forex revenue earnings, the Buhari administration would be actively supporting Google’s Next Billion users plan intended to ensure greater digital access in Nigeria and around the world. This will…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-MultiChoice Nigeria, the country’s leading pay television company, it has been gathered, may soon review subscriptions on some bouquets on its GOtv platform. Industry sources told our correspondent that the review, expected to be announced soon, may see the subscription rate on GOtv MAX, the highest package on the GOtv platform, slashed…
By Asuquo Nuwak LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Apapa chapter chairman of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) Comrade EmekaEnwelu has condemned the low level of business activities experiencing in the port is as a result of many factors ranging from the issues of foreign exchange policy, system failure, poor port access…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A total of 13,203 mobile telecommunications subscribers in Nigeria changed their network providers for others in May, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The subscribers changed their service providers under the Mobile Number Portability (MNP). The commission made this known in its Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Network…
LAGOS JULY 5TH(NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, Zone “B” Federal Operations Unit, has impounded an empty petrol tanker, a J5 bus and a truck conveying smuggled rice on the Kaduna-Zaria axis. Usman Dakingari, the Controller, FOU Zone B, dropped the hint while addressing journalists on the seizures in Kaduna on Wednesday. He said that the customs…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has sealed a $475 million bilateral deal with France President Emmanuel Macron to aid a number of infrastructural projects cutting across three states. The initial beneficiaries will include Lagos, Kano and Ogun states. The agreement was sealed while Buhari played host to Macron in Abuja on Tuesday. Lagos aspect…