LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Days after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Nigeria to protest against inflation and other economic hardships, clothing seller Michael Nwankwo is still counting the cost of the business he lost. At least 22 people died, according to Amnesty International, in the demonstrations that started on Thursday last […]
Aug 10 2024 | Posted in
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LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Investors are literally scrambling for shares of Fidelity Bank Plc as the leading commercial bank’s capital raising continues to gather momentum among all categories of investors. Investors’ appetite for Fidelity Bank is shown in massive subscriptions to its ongoing rights and public offers and voluminous trading at the stock market. Current weekly […]
Aug 9 2024 | Posted in
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LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has clarified issues surrounding the reported fire at the Mobil filling station at Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday. A statement by Chief Corporate Communications Officer NNPC Ltd, Olufemi Soneye after the incident, said the explosion had nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing […]
Aug 9 2024 | Posted in
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LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Union Bank of Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s foremost financial institutions, has added to its growing list of qualified personnel with the recent graduation of the 2024 set of Management Trainees. The ceremony, which was held at the Bank’s multiple-purpose sports complex, ‘The Stable, ’ in Surulere, Lagos, included the financial institution’s […]
Aug 8 2024 | Posted in
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LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-First Bank sacked over 100 employees in July 2024, four months after discovering that Tijani Muiz Adeyinka, a manager on the operations team, allegedly diverted ₦40 billion over two years. In details first reported by TechCabal, Adeyinka, who is still on the run, used his authorisation to approve chargebacks to accounts he […]
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By Olufemi Soneye LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In its editorial of 2nd August, 2024, the BusinessDay newspaper, characteristically, launched another scurrilous and baseless attack on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd). In the editorial entitled: “NNPCL: Liability or Asset to Nigerians?”, the newspaper set out to paint the picture of NNPC Ltd that […]
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite assurance by the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), that the seaports will be opened to business, majority of the clearing agents, truckers operating at the Apapa and Tin-Can Island seaports stayed away from work. LEADERSHIP reports that the Apapa Port CAC, Compt. Babatunde Olomu, […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2024, co-convened by The Sterling One Foundation and the United Nations, was held at the Eko Convention Center from July 25-26. This landmark event highlighted the importance of collaboration across sectors, bringing together private sector organizations, NGOs, and other stakeholders to tackle Africa’s most pressing challenges. […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Naira continued to appreciate against the dollar at the foreign exchange market despite the ongoing nationwide protest against bad governance. This came as the Naira appreciated significantly in both official and parallel foreign exchange markets. FMDQ data showed that Naira significantly appreciated to N1570.00 against the dollar on Thursday from N1608.73 […]
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LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Telecoms giant, MTN, has shut all its stores and service centres across Nigeria. This was coming on the heels of an outrage by some of its subscribers across the country after the network provider barred their lines on Sunday. In a viral video on social media Monday, a mob is seen destroying […]
Jul 30 2024 | Posted in
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