LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s first oil and gas park built by the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has opened its doors for business. NCDMB General Manager, Corporate Communication and Zonal Coordination Division, Dr Ginah O. Ginah, disclosed this on Thursday during a media tour of the park located in Odukpani, Cross River State….
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, better known as Falz, has undergone knee surgery in the United Kingdom. The songwriter took to his Instagram page to narrate how he sustained an injury on his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Falz said he was playing football in November 2022 when he sustained the knee injury….
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 boys and girls perished in a boat mishap in the Dandeji river in Shagari local government of Sokoto State. The incident, which occurred in the morning hours, according to the chairman of the council, Aliyu Dantani, when the boat capsized. Dantani said the deceased have been buried according…
By Eseoghene Laba LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and Chairman, Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON has commended Director-General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh for his grit and determination in ensuring that the Agency fulfils its mandate. The…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Tuesday delivered a landmark judgment confirming the authority of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to collect the one percent Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF)levy from every contract awarded in the Nigerian oil and gas upstream transaction as mandated under…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Omotosho was of the view that NBC, not being a court of law, lacked the power to impose sanctions as punishment on alleged erring broadcast stations. The judge held that the NBC Code, on which the commission relies to impose sanctions, is in conflict with Section 6 of the Constitution which…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, left Nigeria for Europe on a working visit. This is coming Two weeks after he returned to the country from a trip to London, Saudi Arabia and Paris. This was contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman. According to the statement,…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has flayed the Nigeria Customs Service, Nigerian Ports Authority and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council for the congestion of the nation’s ports. Dangote slammed maritime sector stakeholders in his remarks at the third ‘Race to US$200bn In FX Repatriation’ Non-Oil Export Summit of the Central…
