LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States District Court in California has convicted Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo, a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), of $2.1 million bribery scheme linked to oil drilling rights in Nigeria. Okoronkwo, 58, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the United States and also a practising lawyer in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has indicted an Air Peace pilot and a Co-pilot for taking hard drugs and alcohol. The accident investigators tested the crew positive for the substances after the aircraft they flew was involved in a runway excursion at the Port Harcourt International Airport on July 13, 2025. This…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré has portrayed himself as a champion of Pan-Africanism. Burkina Faso says it has removed visa fees for all African travellers, in an effort to facilitate the movement of people and goods into the country. “From now on, any citizen from an African country wishing to go to…
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…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi has urged that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) be completely disbanded if Nigeria fails to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Nigeria’s qualification hopes are hanging in the balance after a 1–1 draw with South Africa in Uyo left the Eagles third in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited and the Nigerian Navy have committed to a partnership to strengthen maritime security that would support improved crude oil and gas production across the company’s operational assets in the Niger Delta. The commitment was the highlight of a high-level meeting held on Monday at the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A flash flood swept through the Asokoro–Guzape axis of Abuja on Thursday morning after hours of heavy rainfall. A video shared online by a resident, Prince Adebisi Adetunji, showed torrents of water covering parts of the road, leaving motorists and pedestrians stranded. The flooding caused major disruption to traffic, with vehicles…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first set of Nigerians marked for deportation from the US under President Donald Trump have left America. President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana disclosed this to reporters late Wednesday. “A group of 14 deportees including Nigerians and one Gambian have already arrived in Ghana, and the government facilitated their return…