LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of massive exercise of franchise, leading business centres across the federation have started announcing closure of markets so as to enable their members to go and collect their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) at INEC centers nearest to them. Accordingly, business activities at the Lagos International Trade Fair complex, along Badagry Expressway,…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has marked the opening of a $1.5 billion, Chinese-funded deep seaport in the commercial hub of Lagos that authorities hope will help grow the West African nation’s ailing economy. The Lekki Deep Sea Port is one of the biggest in West Africa and will create hundreds of thousands…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Airlines in Nigeria said on Monday flights were being disrupted after ground staff began an indefinite strike to demand higher pay. Air Peace, which has the biggest fleet in Nigeria, and smaller carrier Dana Air said the strike by the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) was delaying flights and hoped the issue…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs has successfully assisted a lawmaker in recovering a stolen Toyota Land Cruiser SUV car. This was disclosed by the sector coordinator of the JBPT and acting assistant comptroller of customs, Olugbenga Peter disclosed, to newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday. Peters said the vehicle was seized from two suspected…
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…