LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau on Tuesday confirmed an accident involving a Cessna 172 aircraft operated by Skypower Express at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo State. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the bureau’s Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Mrs. Bimbo Oladeji. PUNCH Online gathered…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has moved to significantly boost its air power with the acquisition of 24 M-346FA light fighter aircraft from Italy in a deal estimated at €1.2 billion, marking the largest single purchase of military jets by any country in West Africa. Business Inside Africa reported on Tuesday that the agreement was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) announces with profound grief a devastating road traffic calamity that occurred at Iyana Meiran inward Meiran Road, by the Primary Health Centre (PHC), Meiran, Lagos, resulting in the instantaneous death of two persons and the critical injury of three others. Preliminary security findings revealed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says the Nigeria–France tax memorandum of understanding (MoU) must be transparent, as it has generated understandable public concern. On December 10, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) signed a MoU with France’s Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP) on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen disguised in military uniforms have killed a soldier and abducted 13 passengers during coordinated attacks on two commercial vehicles along the Okene–Auchi highway. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism publication, the incident occurred at about 5:35 pm on Tuesday when gunmen intercepted a green Toyota Sienna, conveying nine passengers from Abuja…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has vowed not to deputize any presidential candidate in the 2027 general elections. There has been speculation that the former governor would deputize ex-vice president, Atiku Abubakar, who is likely emerging as the flagbearer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC. But speaking at an event in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-THE embattled Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority NMDPRA Engr. Farouk Ahmed and his counterpart in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, have resigned. Already, President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the NMDPRA…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices. The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump,” calling it…