LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zonal Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Zone 16, has arrested and detained four personnel involved in the alleged abduction and extortion of N20 million from two suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, in Bayelsa State. DAILY POST gathered that the arrested police personnel confessed that two civilian accomplices,…
LAGOS MAY 14TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Engineer of the Consulting firm handling the construction of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme (NOGaPS) at Emeyal 1 Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Engr. Kelly Oduade has given last quarter of 2023 as the delivery date of the 24 hectares complex. Recall that 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 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 300-level student of Petroleum and Gas Engineering at the Federal University, Otuoke (FUO) in Bayelsa State, has reportedly died from drug overdose. The 19-year-old deceased student, simply identified as Job Alawari Kei, allegedly took a drug known as Colorado (Colos). According to some students on campus, the drug known as Colos…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Infini Power Limited (IPL), a member of Tetracore Energy Group in collaboration with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN), have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The PPA is targeted at supplying Independent Power to the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck the Otuan Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State as a 10-year-old boy allegedly killed his 12-year-old friend with his grandfather’s pistol. According to an eyewitness account, the boys were reenacting scenes from a movie when the deceased claimed to have a spiritual bulletproof charm and challenged…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many prominent Nigerian leaders yesterday bid farewell to Pa Abraham Joseph Michael Diri, father of the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, at Sampou community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. The dignitaries include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan; Jonathan’s wife, Dame Patience; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen have kidnapped the Federal Commissioner representing Bayelsa State at the National Population Commission, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo. She was said to have been abducted on Sunday evening around the Ogbakiri junction along the East-West Road in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Izonfuo was travelling to Port Harcourt, Rivers State…