LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For almost seven months, students in federal government-owned universities in Nigeria have been stuck at home, forced out of class by a protracted strike by staff. The protest over pay, welfare and crumbling facilities by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has shut down universities since February 14 in the latest…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and South Africa will be notable absentees from the African Nations Championship after qualifying for the 2022 finals in Algeria concluded on Sunday. Ghana pipped arch-rivals Nigeria on penalties after a 2-2 aggregate draw, while South Africa slumped to a 4-1 loss at home to Angola, who triumphed 6-1 overall. Leading nations…
By Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When I say Niger Deltans , I mean Nigerians indigenous to the Niger Delta region of Nigeria comprises nine states namely : Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. The Niger Delta is one of the World’s most important wetland and coastal marine…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s leading domestic gas distribution company, the Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG), has commissioned a far-reaching gas market survey in 33% of the states in Nigeria to gain deeper market insights for entry and to accelerate the achievement of Nigeria’s Decade of Gas objectives. SNG has engaged notable indigenous consulting firm, Philips…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger Republic has denied receiving 10 vehicles allegedly purchased by the President Muhammadu Buhari government for N1.15 billion. Niger Republic’s Minister of Defence, Alkassoum Indatou, denied the donation. According to him, only Zamfara State that has come to the aid of the country with five vehicles mainly on account of the repeated…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian electricity workers on Wednesday began an indefinite strike over pay, throwing parts of Africa’s most populous nation into darkness, a union leader said. The National Union of Electricity Employees called the nationwide industrial action to compel the government to honour a 2019 agreement to pay retired workers of a former state-owned electricity…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld his initial approval of Exxon Mobil’s sale of local offshore shallow water assets to Seplat, his spokesman said on Thursday, after the oil regulator refused to give its consent. Buhari on Monday consented to the $1.28 billion transaction, only for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of Nigeria’s most prominent living legends, Pa Akintola Williams, clocks 103 on Tuesday, August 9. Pa Williams, the doyen of the accountancy profession in Nigeria, is the first chartered accountant in Africa. He was 30 years old when he achieved that feat. He was born on August 9, 1919 He is…