LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Neighbouring Niger Republic, which started commercial oil production in 2011, now exports petroleum products to Nigeria, as Egypt and Algeria lead African operations with 13 refineries. Both countries (Egypt and Algeria) have combined capacity of 1.4 million barrels per day. For decades, Nigeria’s three major refineries have been grounded to near-zero capacity […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday expressed his support for the hike in electricity tariff and fuel pump price. Abiodun made his position known on the increases that have attracted knocks from Nigerians in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting he had with the President, Major […]
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government says a plan is in motion to provide alternative fuel, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), that would cost between N95 to N97 per litre. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, January 16, 2020. He noted that CNG has […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has set a 2023 deadline to stop the importation of petrol into the country. Nigeria, an oil-producing country has been heavily dependent on the importation of petroleum products since its four major oil refineries have been under-utilized. According to the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in the early hours of Sunday on Freedom Street in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State as hoodlums stormed the area, burgled shops and vandalised several vehicles. It was gathered that the hoodlums, numbering about 100, were returning from a party around 2am when they attacked the community. […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A tanker loaded with Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, on Thursday afternoon fell into a ditch along Onitsha/Enugu expressway by Chipex Filling station, Onitsha, spilling its product. Though, there is no fire outbreak, but residents of Onitsha around the area have begun running away from the area to avoid an outbreak of fire. […]
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two hundred and eighty eight million naira has been proposed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on generator, meals and newspapers in the 2019 financial year. The disclosure was made in Abuja on Thursday, April 4, by the acting chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu. The breakdown of proposal shows […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria’s state oil firm said on Tuesday it had spent $5.8 billion on fuel imports since late 2017, as it combats a fuel shortage that has left people queuing for hours at filling stations and hobbled an already-struggling economy. “The corporation’s intervention became necessary following the inability of the major and […]
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