LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British judge on Thursday gave Nigeria permission to seek to overturn a ruling that would have allowed a private firm to try to seize more than $9 billion in assets from the West African country. Process & Industrial Developments, a firm set up to carry out a gas project with Nigeria,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25H (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari, Olusegun Obasanjo and Senate President Bukola Saraki among others have congratulated PDP Presidential candidate in 2019 election for having been formally turbaned as the seventh Waziri of Adamawa Emirate. In his remarks, President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by the FCT Minister, Alhaji Musa Bello, congratulated Atiku for the esteemed position…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Monday, foiled an armed robbery attempt on a bank customer, rescuing the victim and recovering N10 million in cash. It was learnt that the armed robbers, who operated in a black SUV, trailed the victim from Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB), Amarata branch, where…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has named Monica Dongban-Mensem as substantive President of the Appeal Court in Nigeria. Buhari made the move after coming under intense criticisms from Nigerians including a retired colonel, Abubakar Umar. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, announced the nomination in a statement on…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In Africa, chartering vessels and processing ocean freight can be challenging. The sector is largely inefficient and fragmented. Merchants also struggle to access finance to perform cross-border trade in the continent. A couple of digital freight companies are tackling this problem, like Nigerian-based MVX. The company today is announcing its $1.3 million…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell has identified key enablers for boosting local content in the oil and gas industry, saying strategic partnerships, capacity building and adherence to regulations would help Nigeria to derive more value from the participation of local business in such operations. The remark was made by the General Manager, Nigeria Content Development of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gracious David West, the key suspect arrested Thursday and paraded by the Rivers police command on Friday has said he was forced into killing young girls in hotel rooms to avenge his mother who he said died from illness after she was poisoned by an unknown person. Making the revelation while speaking…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Actress Chinedu Bernard has slumped in a church and has been confirmed dead in a hospital. The ‘Big Mama’s Stick’ actress was reportedly confirmed dead by doctors at the East Side hospital in Enugu State. She was said to have slumped while cleaning the Chapel of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church…