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Rising Energy, Spare Parts Cost Threaten Haulage Business In Nigeria

  LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s rising energy cost and prices of spare parts are threatening haulage business, with operators incurring more losses and struggling to break even. The removal of petrol subsidies and naira devaluation have caused a further surge in prices of vehicle spare parts and diesel, thereby worsening truckers’ woes. BusinessDay findings show […]

NIMASA Opens First Of Its Kind In Africa Maritime Museum

  LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said it has opened a maritime museum, which it said is the first in Africa. The museum is located within the new NIMASA head office building in Victoria Island, Lagos. The agency, in a statement issued weekend, affirmed that “all is set for […]

Anguished: Nigerians Lament As ‘Pure Water’ Price  Competes With Gold

LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians living in the commercial city of Nigeria, Lagos, and in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have lamented the over hundred percent increase in the price of sachet water popularly known as “Pure Water.” Water is an essential product to life. According to Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the late afrobeat musician, in […]

President Tinubu Orders Nigeria Customs to Return Confiscated Food Items To Owners

LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRAGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return food items that were confiscated at border communities to owners on the condition that they would be sold in the Nigerian markets. The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this in Katsina yesterday during an interface with residents of […]

Nigeria Govt Suspends Controversial Expatriate Employment Tax

LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has paused a controversial annual levy that would require businesses employing expatriates to pay $15,000 (£12,000) for a director and $10,000 (£8,000) for other workers. President Bola Tinubu imposed the tax over a week ago, but it was met with widespread condemnation. The Ministry of Interior said on X the levy […]

ARWPAN Commends Obi Cubana For Providing Vehicles To Ease Cost Of Transportation In Nigeria

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Association of Rights And Welfare Of passengers In Nigeria(ARWPAN) has commended  Nigeria businessman,  Obi Cubana  for providing  vehicles to ease the cost of  transportation in favour of  passengers and their   goods in Nigeria.  Obi, who launched the transport business last year in Port Harcourt, Rivers state extended it to Abuja to create […]

Ex-Google Software Engineer Charged With Stealing AI Secrets

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Google software engineer has been charged by the US with stealing trade secrets about artificial intelligence (AI) while secretly working for two Chinese companies. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was indicted in California on four charges and arrested on Wednesday. The Chinese national allegedly stole more than 500 […]

NPA Generated N501bn Revenue in 2023, Reiterates $1bn Port Reconstruction Plan

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has disclosed that it recorded unprecedented revenue generation and remittances to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federation last year, as its revenue grew from N361 billion in 2022, to N501 billion as of December 2023. NPA said its remittances increased from N93.4 billion in 2022, to […]

When’ll Nigeria Take Advantage Of It’s Enormous Marine Resources-CONMEP Asks

  LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Congress of Nigerian Maritime Media Practitioners – CONMMEP has expressed shock that despite Nigeria’s  amazing natural endowments and potentials, the country is still struggling in every sector of the economy most especially, the maritime. According to the various publications and information that have put the annual worth of trade within […]

767 Manufacturers Shut Down Operation, 335 Distressed In 2023 – MAN

LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said that 767 manufacturers shut down operations while 335 became distressed in 2023. This came against the backdrop of exchange rate volatility, rising inflation and other economic challenges that have worsened the investment climate. MAN stated this in a statement in which it condemned the recently […]

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