LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s leading energy company, Shell, has reiterated its commitment to supporting efforts to help the country meet its lower carbon emission target. “Apart from this being the right thing to do, it is also good for our business in Nigeria,” Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Mrs. Eloho…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Calm has returned to the Lagos Campus of the Nigerian Law School after the news broke that there was a fire outage at the campus located on Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island. During a visit to the institution on Thursday, the Head of Administration, Dr Nathan Akubumadu confirmed the fire incident but…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court Sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday overruled an application seeking to examine the iPhone SIM slot of Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley. He is facing an 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards and fraud before Justice Nicholas Oweibo. The court listened to the cross-examination…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A prolonged fuel shortage in Nigeria, Africa’s top crude oil producer, has provoked growing frustration and many citizens are demanding government action. Authorities blamed the scarcity of fuel on the withdrawal of adulterated gasoline which the West African nation’s national oil company said was found to have been imported by four…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s state-run oil company said it had started a 24-hour distribution of petrol to service stations to end a week-long scarcity that has caused traffic snarls in major cities. The fuel shortage which started last week in the commercial city of Lagos and administrative capital Abuja has caused long queues with few…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in the Ajao Estate area of Lagos when a bus driver set himself ablaze to prevent officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) from seizing his vehicle. The driver was arrested for alleged traffic offences and the traffic officers were about to take the vehicle away when…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Abuja and neighbouring states of Niger and Nasarawa are still facing tough times sourcing for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, with the commodity selling for as high as N400/litre by black marketers. The development came almost one week after the import of millions of dirty PMS from Europe into…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents, of 1st Avenue, Festac, Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos, were said to have been confronted with the lifeless body of an unidentified middle-aged man hanging from a mango tree in the early hours of Wednesday. The gory incident, was said to have taken place opposite a popular hotel, in the red-light district,…