LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate-past Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, has said that one of the reasons why she was persecuted by a former minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, was her failure to give him a birthday present. She revealed this in her new book released on Tuesday, titled…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed “utter dismay” at the recent social media advert by FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, makers of Peak Milk, which used the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday. CAN’s displeasure was contained in a statement on Monday by…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Marítime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has disclosed that its N50 billion modular floating dock would generate a whopping N 1billion monthly into the federation account. Speaking at the Institute of Maritime Studies (IMS), University of Lagos, the director general, NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, said, the Floating Drydock would also…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The arrival of a container vessel, GSL Alice at the Lekki Deep seaport at the weekend has led to massive entry of trucks into the Lekki area, apparently scouting for cargoes to lift out of the new seaport. This is even as the truckers have lamented the absence of a Truck Holden…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite forfeiting over N10 trillion worth of goods annually, smuggling activities have continued to thrive in major towns and cities in Nigeria. Closer surveys by our reporter revealed that cartons of foreign-made goods, which are on the federal government’s prohibition list, adorn the shelves of big and small supermarkets in major…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Port of Tin Can is collapsing, and if nothing is done in the coming years, there will be many problems related towards doing business there. This was disclosed in an interview by Mohamed Bello- Koko, MD of Nigerian Ports Authority, in an interview with Channels TV on Sunday. The NPA Chief…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The bill to establish the Federal University of Transportation, Daura, Katsina State as a training institution for the development of transportation engineering, logistics and other courses of interest that will support post-modern transportation industry has been assented into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. The bill was passed by the Senate on…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has secured $800 million from the World Bank to scale up its national social program ahead of the removal of its costly but popular subsidies on petrol in June, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said on Wednesday. Africa’s biggest economy set aside 3.36 trillion naira ($7.3 billion) this year to spend on…