LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s new Dangote mega refinery near Lagos is seeking to buy millions of barrels of US crude over the next year as it ramps up processing rates, a sign of the challenges that Africa’s largest producer faces in lifting its own oil output. The plant, built by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote,…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has walked out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations after the government and the Organised Private Sector made what the unionists described as “ridiculous offers” of N48,000 and N54,000, respectively. According to a source who is a leader of the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Igbotako Ward II, Okitipupa local government area of Ondo State, have announced the suspension of the Senator representing Ondo South, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, over alleged anti-party activities and insubordination. The notice was signed by ward executive members including Omotoye Olusola, Bakere Usuf, Tore…
By Barr. (Chief) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I was miffed beyond measure when I watched a press briefing where the Governor of Delta State,.Sheriff Oborevwori was ignorantly or would I say cowardly hailing the FGN and the military high command for their interventions for the withdrawal of Soldiers from the Okuama and a dishonest…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu, his deputy, Kashim Shettima, and other top Nigetian government officials are now to pay access fees at the gates of the airports across the country. This was disclosed to the State House correspondents by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, after the meeting of the Federal…
The police say the 38-year-old suspect set off a petrol bomb in the mosque following a family dispute over inheritance. The police have arrested a man who allegedly detonated a bomb that killed a worshipper and injured 24 others in a mosque in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident occurred early Wednesday…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olamide Taiwo, a 3-year-old boy, who was carted away in a stolen vehicle has been found in Owode-Oniri, Ikorodu, Lagos State. City and Crime reports that the three-year-old boy was inside his father’s car when suspected thieves hijacked the vehicle and zoomed away in Ikenne, Ogun State on Saturday. The father, Taiwo…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burundi took a giant stride towards the final qualifying round for the 2024 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup with a staggering 18-0 win over Djibouti in the first leg of their third round tie on Sunday. In a one-sided contest relocated to Ethiopia, the young Burundian stars ran riot, with Esperence Habonima…
