Category archives for: Business

EKEDC Issues Deadline For Phase Out Of UNISTAR Meters

LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced that UNISTAR meters will be phased out by November 14, 2024, urging customers to apply for new meters to avoid being switched to postpaid billing. In a notice posted on Friday, October 11, 2024, the company emphasized that UNISTAR meters are no longer compatible […]

South Korean Investors Conclude Plans To Build  Four  Refineries In Nigeria

  LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A consortium of investors from South Korea has concluded plans to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in various locations in Nigeria, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this at the maiden edition of a summit organised by the Crude Oil […]

Access Bank Announces Temporary Service Interruption

LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Access Bank has announced that it will temporarily shut services for a system upgrade aimed at optimising its offerings to customers. In an email sent to its customers on Tuesday, the bank stated that the upgrade will take place in phases, starting on Saturday, October 12, at 10 pm and ending on […]

Minister Debunks Claim Of Asking NNPCL To Stop Running Own Refineries

LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri Ph.D. has denied report making the rounds that he   directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to stop running its own refineries and focus solely on equity participation in other refineries. A statement signed by the Minister sighted by NewsRangers denied statements […]

Former Ambassador Charges GOCOP To Stir Nigeria Into Seeking Global Financial Inclusion

LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria must key into global financial inclusion and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) must lead in the awareness that may help Nigeria achieve this. The charge was handed down to GOCOP by Yusuf Mamman, Nigeria’s former ambassador to Spain, chairman of the 2024 Annual General Conference of GOCOP holding […]

Shell MD Okunbor Receives Indigenous Companies Association, PETAN Award For Excellency

LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), Osagie Okunbor, has received an “Award of Excellence to an Astute and Visionary Technocrat” from the newly instituted executive leadership of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). Okunbor received the award […]

CBN Releases Update On Savings As Banks Announce Increase In Customers’ Savings Account

LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has released updated saving deposit interest rates for various Deposit Money banks (DMBs). According to CBN, banks now offer an average savings deposit rate of 8.03% compared to the previous average rate of 7.88%. A savings rate is the interest rate Nigerian banks pay their customers to […]

‘85% Of All Cryptocurrencies Are Worth Less Than A Cent’

 By Jastra Kranjec LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ever since the crypto boom in early 2022, the total number of cryptocurrencies has been floating between 8,500 and 10,000, with new tokens being launched every time a bull run in the crypto space starts. The same thing happened in 2024 when the total number of cryptos jumped by […]

MultiChoice In ‘Financial Mess’ As Subscribers Dump DStv For Affordable Broadband

LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South African pay TV consumers are fast dumping DStv as access to affordable, uncapped Broadband improves, just as online streaming services gain popularity in the Southern African economy. ConsumerConnect gathered DStv parent company MultiChoice’s annual report for the year ended March 31, 2024, indicated that active DStv subscribers in South Africa (SA) […]

SNEPCo Names  New As Elohor Proceeds On International Posting

 LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell has named a new Managing Director for its deep-water subsidiary in Nigeria,  Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo.) He is Ronald Adams, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic LNG, Trinidad and Tobago. He takes over from Elohor Aiboni who proceeds on international assignment to Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) as […]

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