LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has disclosed that telecommunications companies (telcos) will commence the full introduction of new tariffs in March. On January 20, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for granted telecommunications companies (telcos) to implement a 50 percent tariff hike. Three days later, the minister of finance, Wale…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) says its members are now loading petroleum products from the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries. In a statement on Saturday, Joseph Obele, PETROAN’s spokesman, said the loading has doused previous doubts that the refineries owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-On Friday, almost immediately after the Trump administration announced that tariffs against China, Mexico, and Canada will begin on Saturday, the stock market plunged. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that tariffs of 25 percent would be implemented against Canada and Mexico, and a 10 percent tariff against China. Right…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Hours after President Donald Trump signed executive orders implementing tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, the three countries slammed the move and promised retaliatory measures. U.S. allies Canada and Mexico said that they would implement their own tariffs in response to Trump’s, a move that signals further economic upheaval among…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has suspended the operations of Max Air, following an incident involving one of its aircraft at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Tuesday. It can be recalled that a Max Air B734 aircraft, with registration marks 5N-MBD, experienced a tyre burst on landing at about 10:51 pm. However,…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Itsekiri leaders of Abigborodo, Obotie and Ugbekoko reiterated that the aforementioned communities are the host communities of the land in which on SEPLAT oil company is operating. The Itsekiri leaders in a press statement issued by the Chairman and Secretary of Abigborodo Management Committee, Hon Misan Ukubeyinje, ESQ and Mr Victor Atseponu…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil marketers have revealed that the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) as of Friday was N922.65 per litre. Dealers said this cost factors in various expenses including shipping, import duties, and exchange rates. The amount is a considerable reduction of N32.35 from the N955 per litre offered at the…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Trade Organization chief said on Thursday that any tit-for-tat trade wars prompted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats would have catastrophic consequences for global growth, urging states to refrain from retaliation. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister, starts her second term as head of the global…