LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has stated that it will soon issue an order, compelling airline operators to commence payment of compensation to passengers for delayed and cancelled flights not ‘caused’ by natural occurrences. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said this during a meeting with airline operators in Abuja on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The price of 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas has skyrocketed to N13,500 in Lagos. A gas retailer, who spoke to New Telegraph yesterday, said the increment was attributed to the high depreciation of the naira to the dollar. He lamented that last month, they sold…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Days after announcing the reduction of the ex-factory price of cement, BUA Group has silently increased prices of foods, particularly a bag of sugar, a bag of flour, and a carton of spaghetti, an investigation has revealed. The management of one of the giant cement coy in the country had on October…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has urged the indigenous oil operators to comply with the Nigerian Content Act so as to make the industry robust for all stakeholders. The Executive Secretary (ES), Engr. Simbi Wabote, gave this charge at breakfast meeting with members of Guild of Corporate Online Publishers…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)- As part of the build up to the 7th annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), the group is gearing up to host media managers in both private and public sectors to a business luncheon on Wednesday, October 4 at the Abuja Continental Hotel (Old Sheraton) by 12…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has taken a decisive step by formally petitioning the Nigeria Police Force against Max Air, citing grave concerns over the endangerment of lives due to reported safety violations. This move comes in the wake of Max Air’s purported presentation of altered records to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Saturday said that it had intercepted 105 wild birds being smuggled through Seme-Badagry Expressway. The Controller of the Command, Comptroller Timi Bomodi, in a statement, said that the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the birds was worth N24,912,928. Bomodi said officers of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria plans to overhaul its tax system to shift more of the burden to wealthy citizens while cutting corporate taxes. The move — part of President Bola Tinubu’s reforms to overhaul the beleaguered economy – aims to lift the country’s tax take to 18% of gross domestic product within three years from…