LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protests by freight forwarders and customs brokers at the Lagos Port, which began at the weekend, may have cost the country over N200 billion as port activities remained paralysed as of yesterday evening. Port expert and President of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, Mr. Lucky Amiwero, told New…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A London high court began to hear a lawsuit on Wednesday launched by Nigeria against U.S. bank JP Morgan Chase, claiming more than $1.7 billion for its role in a disputed 2011 oilfield deal. The civil suit filed in the English courts relates to the purchase by energy majors Shell and Eni…
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 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights abuse investigator, who is also a researcher, formerly working with the Amnesty International, Nigeria, Mr. Damian Ugwu, has taken to his social media handle to recall how an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), John Umoru, otherwise known as ‘Too Much Money,’ allegedly caused the death of seven detainees. Ugwu…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven children have been killed in Niger in an air strike by the Nigerian army targeting “bandits”, a local governor and state media have said. Five more were hurt in the apparently accidental strike, the governor of Niger’s Maradi region told AFP. Governor Chaibou Aboubacar said four were killed instantly and three…
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 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Religious police in Nigeria have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer in a crackdown on alcohol. The bottles were crushed into the ground by bulldozers in the northern city of Kano in front of crowds cheering “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great). The predominantly Muslim city is in one of several northern…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN said that the law will take its course in the cases involving separatist leaders Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Malami said the Federal Government will not…