LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has lifted the Condition of Entry (CoE) imposed on vessels arriving in the United States from Nigeria, ending a 12-year regime of enhanced security requirements on ships calling at Nigerian ports. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, announced the development, describing…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory’s domestic debt has risen more than fourfold since Nyesom Wike assumed office as minister of the FCT in August 2023, moving the territory from among Nigeria’s least indebted sub-national governments to the second-highest debtor, PREMIUM TIMES analysis of data from the Debt Management Office (DMO) has shown. When Mr Wike…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has summoned the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Ikechukwu Dozie, over his appointment of 24 aides less than a week after assuming office. In a letter dated 25 June and signed by the Acting Director of University Education, Kareem Lateef, the minister…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has assured that Lieutenant Ahmad Yerima, the naval officer who engaged in a heated exchange with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will not face any disciplinary action. Matawalle gave the assurance while speaking in an interview with DCL Hausa following…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Scores of demonstrators on Friday marched from the National Assembly to the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation in Abuja, protesting against what they described as the harassment of the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim. The protesters, comprising human rights activists, civil society organisations and concerned…
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 OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri Ph.D. has denied report making the rounds that he directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to stop running its own refineries and focus solely on equity participation in other refineries. A statement signed by the Minister sighted by NewsRangers denied statements…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first democratically elected Governor of the old Abia State and former Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has died at the age of 73. The younger brother of the deceased confirmed this exclusively to ait.live that the ex-Minister died of a prolonged illness which started days after the…
