LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s maritime sector, the gateway through which over 80 per cent of the nation’s international trade flows, is undergoing a sweeping transformation, which is being midwifed by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho. Anchored on port modernisation, digital trade facilitation and institutional reform, the new maritime…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The escalating increase in the prices of cement has sent shockwaves to operators in the housing/construction sector, leading to delays and abandonment of projects. Depending on the location, a 50- kilogramme(kg) bag of cement, which cost N7,500 in the last quarter of 2025, is now goes for between N11,500 and N15,000 in the…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service led by Deputy Comptroller Wale Moses Adewole, said the Command surpassed its revenue target for 2025, generating N99 billion against a target of N86 billion. This achievement represents a surplus of N13 billion, a testament to the Command’s effective strategies and enforcement efforts….
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to strengthen collaboration with critical stakeholders in revenue generation and the facilitation of legitimate trade, the Acting Customs Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, DC Wale Moses Adewole, alongside members of the Command’s management team, paid a courtesy visit to British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN). During the visit on…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria can harness her gas resources for industrialisation if it achieves stable regulatory enforcement, fair pricing and infrastructure ownership models in the sector, Managing Director Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) Ralph Gbobo said in Lagos recently. Speaking at the Energy Week of the Lagos Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE),…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Acting Area Controller of Ogun 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller OO Afeni has declared war on smugglers and economic saboteurs prowling the axis by assuring them of consistent onslaught. The Acting Controller made the assurance on Thursday, 19th of February, 2026, when he received the leadership of Congress…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 22 wraps of cocaine weighing 25 kilograms and valued at N1bn, even as it unveiled plans to commence paperless operations by the end of the second quarter of 2026. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed the seizure on Friday while parading the suspect alongside the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Arik Air Boeing 737-700 operating a Lagos–Port Harcourt flight made an emergency diversion to Benin Airport on Wednesday after the crew detected what the airline described as a loud bang in one of the aircraft’s engines. The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau later described the incident as involving “significant damage” to…