LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The corresponding memorandum was signed by National Nigerian Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Moroccan Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), and ECOWAS Energy Commissioner. The proposed pipeline would connect the Nigerian and Moroccan gas networks, enabling Nigeria to supple both Europe and West Africa with its natural gas. The project involves 16 African…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said Thursday, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa’s largest economy. The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported in its latest consumer price index that inflation rose to 20.5% in August, up from 19.6% in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was past midnight when a dozen men armed with AK47s stormed into Mohammed’s home just outside Nigeria’s capital Abuja to kidnap the truck driver and his wife. After being held hostage in a tiny cave deep in a forest for three days, the couple were released when a relative paid the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Hon. Minister of Transportation, ENGR. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has described the Railway modernization embarked upon by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as unprecedented in the history of this country. He stated this in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State recently while inspecting the ongoing reconstruction of the Eastern Railway Line spanning through Port-Harcourt, Aba,…
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…
