LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to alleviate economic hardship and support small businesses, the Federal Government has announced plans to scrap several taxes affecting vulnerable populations and small-scale enterprises. The decision was part of the resolutions at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held on Monday, chaired by President Bola Tinubu. The FEC approved…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sterling One Foundation, co-conveners of the Africa Social Impact Summit are pleased to announce the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) as one of its partners for the third edition of the Africa Social Impact Summit to be held from July 25 – 26, 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria. With this partnership, DBN joins…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) has announced the new, deregulated meter prices for metres deployed under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) Scheme. The distribution company disclosed this in a statement on its official X account on Friday, revealing prices offered by six different MAP vendors for both single-phase and three-phase metres….
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Breweries (NB PLC) has announced a price increase on all their products effective August 10, 2023. In a letter seen by Nairametrics and dated 1st August 2023, the company established the need to review prices due to the soaring rise in input costs and the necessity to cushion its impact. It…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has fixed the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as fuel or petrol, at N488 and N555 per litre at the peak. This development came hours after the new President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced an end to the removal of fuel subsidy…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, April 15 for governorship, and national and state assembly supplementary elections. INEC said this in a tweet on Monday less than one week after two governorship elections – Kebbi and Adamawa states were declared inconclusive. “Arising from its meeting held today, the Independent…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced she is stepping down in a shock resignation ahead of a general election later this year. Ardern, 42, who became the world’s youngest female leader when she led her Labour Party to power in 2017, doesn’t have the energy or inspiration to seek re-election, she…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ghanaian government says it will issue visa on arrival to travellers entering the country from December 22, 2022, to January 15, 2023. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the country’s transport minister, made this known in a circular issued on Thursday, Dec. 22, and addressed to all airlines. The move is aimed at advancing the…
