LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the commissioning of the Lekki Deep Seaport by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, the largest container vessel has berthed at the port. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), which took to its official Twitter handle, announced the arrival of the vessel owned and operated by french shipping firm, CMA/CGM, on Sunday….
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Bank of America members are in a frenzy due to allegedly missing funds in their accounts. Customers have taken to social media to share their disbelief when they checked their bank accounts on Jan. 18, due to an alleged outage impacting the systems of Bank of America and Zelle. According to…
JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Remita, a leading electronic payment platform, has commenced the sale of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ePINs to prospective candidates seeking admission into higher institutions across Nigeria. As recently announced by the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB), the sale of ePINs for 2023 UTME registrations commenced on Saturday, January 14,…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A high court sitting in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has granted a garnishee order directing the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to freeze the account of Polaris Bank over a judgment debt of N2.16 billion. A garnishee order is one of the options open to a judgment creditor to enforce a judgment…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has cleared the air on the circumstances surrounding the liquidation of one of his companies, Next International (UK) Ltd. A statement issued late Wednesday by Obi-Datti Media Office dismissed speculations that the company was liquidated by UK authorities, explaining that the owners voluntarily liquidated the firm…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Against the backdrop of rising exchange rate and other exogenous factors, importation into the nation’s seaports dropped by 40 per cent, even as importers are abandoning Nigerian ports for neigbouring countries over high cost of doing business Stakeholders who spoke with Daily Sun yesterday, said that incessant increases in Customs duty, falling of naira…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All outbound flights were grounded until around 9am Eastern Time (2pm GMT) as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) worked to restore its Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system, which alerts pilots of potential hazards along a flight route. As of 3pm GMT 4,948 flights within, into or out of the US have…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare open the 9th African Shippers’ Day in Lagos. The event will be hosted by the the nation’s Port Economic Regulator, Nigerian Shippers’ Council in collaboration with Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) will hold the 9th edition of African Shippers’ Day in Lagos from Monday…