LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has completed the turnaround maintenance on the Bonga Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, leading to resumption of production at Nigeria’s premier deepwater field on March 6, 2026. The project was delivered 11 days ahead of schedule and without any safety incident,…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vladimir Putin has been raking in billions as oil prices surge following the US-Israeli war with Iran. Despite years of sanctions on the Russian oil industry, amid Putin’s deadly ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the outbreak of war in the Middle East has helped line the despot’s pockets. New analysis has revealed the…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran says no one can exclude it from the World Cup later this year, in response to President Donald Trump’s warning that their “life and safety” would be at risk in the US. The Iranian team also said in the social media post on Thursday that the United States should not…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has flatly denied claims by President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, that he sought to recruit him into his 2023 presidential election campaign, describing the allegation as baseless and unworthy of a response. Obi made the clarification in a statement issued…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The power shortage across Nigeria may worsen as suppliers have reduced the amount of gas they supply to thermal power plants. It would be recalled that the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) had stated that thermal power plants require an estimated 1,629.75 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to operate…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana has formally legalised the cultivation of Cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes after lawmakers approved the policy framework allowing licensed companies to engage in regulated production. The decision follows approval by the Parliament of Ghana, which passed the necessary legislative measures enabling the government to open a licensing regime for…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Abuja has ordered officials of a faction of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) currently occupying the union’s national secretariat, including the present management team led by Musiliu Akinsanya (Alias: Oluomo), to vacate the office in the Federal Capital Territory. The…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal high court in Akure, the capital of Ondo, has barred Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of the state, from seeking another term in office in 2028. Toyin Adegoke, the presiding judge, on Thursday, ruled that allowing the governor to contest again would violate the constitutional limit on the tenure of the elected…