LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benue State Police Command has begun investigation into the death of a French national, identified as Pietier Gilles who suddenly died in a hotel in Gboko. Gilles, who is said to be 67 years old, was reported to have died on Saturday while lodging in an hotel in the ancient city. According…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has directed the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to commence the process that will lead to the long-awaited disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF). The Media & Communications Adviser to the Minister, Dr. Bolaji Akinola, in a statement said…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) says its members are now loading petroleum products from the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries. In a statement on Saturday, Joseph Obele, PETROAN’s spokesman, said the loading has doused previous doubts that the refineries owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olufemi Soneye is the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, CCCO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL. In this interview, Soneye speaks on the game-changing nature of the ongoing pipelines and depots rehabilitation project which he says is set to resolve longstanding challenges in petroleum supply and strengthen the country’s energy infrastructure…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Port Harcourt Refining Company, a refinery under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Rivers State, has again failed to commence operations after about six postponements, The PUNCH reports. It was observed that promises made to Nigerians by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and NNPC about the…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Police Command has commenced an investigation into an incident where a man, identified as Onyemali Christopher, allegedly brutalised his wife, Annabel Onyemali, in the state on Thursday. The command’s spokesperson, SP Edafe Bright, disclosed this in a post on X.com on Thursday. In his post, he shared a picture…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have declared a 7-day warning strike over federal government’s delay to pay their salaries. The decision to embark on a warning strike was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions, after a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, yesterday flagged off the sale of 25kg bag of rice to Nigerians at a discounted price of ten thousand naira (N10,000.00) only. Speaking at a press conference to flag off the event in Yaba, Lagos state, the Comptroller General of Customs, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi recalled…