LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The imposition of a four per cent increase in charges on all consignments imported into the country by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), last week, drew disapproval from manufacturers, economists and other stakeholders at the weekend. The stakeholders said the hike could plunge Nigerians into deeper financial crisis. Experts also said raising…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The News Agency of Nigeria reports that CAC had on Monday issued a two-month registration deadline to PoS operators to register their agents, merchants, and individuals with the commission in line with legal requirements and the directives of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The agents, who spoke to NAN in Abuja…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Christopher Isiguzo, on Monday reiterated the position of stakeholders in the media towards the National Press Council (Amendment) Bill currently before the National Assembly. He said a stakeholders’ meeting was important to settle the grey areas. He added that any regulation that tended towards…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada deported thousands of people even as COVID-19 raged last year, data seen by Reuters shows, and lawyers say deportations are ramping up, putting people needlessly at risk in the midst of a global health emergency. Like many other countries, Canada is struggling to stop a second wave from spiraling out of…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Badagry monarch, Oba Abraham Ogabi, has urged Federal and Lagos State Government to call back to site the contractors handling Lagos – Badagry expressway to alleviate suffering of motorists on the highway. The Onimeke of Imeke Kingdom told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that motorists were facing untold hardship…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said that the continued closure of the country’s land borders is unsustainable as many genuine businesses are suffering, and some are at the verge of shutting down. The Director- General, MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, said this on Tuesday at a ‘Stakeholders forum on impact of border closure…