LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Marine Expert and Managing Director of Chidosky Marine Concept Limited, Nze Chidiogo Okpara, has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for its impressive revenue generation but called for renewed focus on easing processes and improving the capacity of importers and agents. Okpara who made the observation while addressing journalists at the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ibom Air, recorded an in-flight death of an adult passenger aboard a MetroFlight operated by it. Usually a rare occurrence on flights, the passenger sadly died mid-air Monday during a domestic flight. Even though Aviation sources confirm the unfortunate incident, neither the name of the passenger nor the route has been made…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has stated that its goal of attracting more funds and investments into the Nigerian oil and gas sector, to grow the country’s industrialization, is at the centre of its decision to devote more executive attention to ongoing reforms in the energy sector. The Special Adviser…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri are rotting away despite the over $3bn contract sum to resuscitate them, Sunday PUNCH findings have revealed. Visits to the refineries by our correspondents in Rivers, Kaduna and Delta states confirmed that the humongous amount, which is now subject of investigation by the Economic…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Tax Board (JTB) has said that Nigerians without Tax Identification (Tax ID) can continue to operate bank accounts beyond January 1, 2026. The four new Tax Acts recently signed by President Bola Tinubu will come into effect from January 1, 2026. The JTB in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, was…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Private depots in Lagos and environs were deserted, yesterday, as the Dangote Petroleum Refinery rolls out its direct petrol supplies. Checks by Vanguard indicated that private depots were deserted because the operators expected to benefit from the direct supplies. A source that pleaded to be anonymous, said: “The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has…
By Iking Ferry LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS) -Last week, I was in a bank when Mama Ngozi, the same woman that sells tomatoes in Ajah Market, came to withdraw money. She wanted to buy bags of tomatoes for resale. But the cashier told her: “Madam, from January 1st, 2026, you can’t operate this account…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced it will begin the direct distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to filling stations across Nigeria from Monday, September 15, 2025, with a corresponding reduction in pump prices. In a statement on Thursday, the company said the gantry price has been reduced to N820 per…