LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has announced a shake-up in the oil sector to ensure transparency amid concerns about declining oil revenue and opaque practices within the NNPC. The President has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to take over responsibility for crude oil sales from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)….
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge in New York has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay nearly $400,000 to cover The New York Times’ legal fees from a now-dismissed lawsuit he brought against the paper, three of its reporters and his niece. Trump sued the New York Times in 2021, accusing the paper of conspiring…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Thursday warned the Point-of-Sales (POS) operators in the country to stop selling naira notes and remove excessive charges to customers nationwide immediately. This is even as the House mandated the Committees on Banking Regulations and Digital and Electronic Banking to invite the Minister of Finance and National…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A West African court ruled on Friday that the ousted president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, and his family were arbitrarily detained and called for a return to democratic rule through his reinstatement. Bazoum was toppled during a military coup on July 26. He and his family have since been in detention without…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos state government has alerted residents downstream of the Ogun River of the likelihood of experiencing flood this month (October). The government then directed residents of about 18 areas to relocate immediately. In a statement, spokesperson for the ministry of environment, Kunle Adeshina, identified the affected areas as Alagbole, Agboyi I,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six persons have been reportedly killed in clashes between Ifon and Ilobu communities of Irepoodun Local Government Area of Osun State. It was gathered that a Divisional Police Officer, alongside three other policemen, were shot and their patrol van razed. Taofeek Adewale, a resident of Ilobu, told Radio Nigeria…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The military junta in Niger has canceled the visa of the French ambassador and instructed police to expel him, after ordering the diplomat last week to leave the country. In the letter shared by local media on Thursday and attributed to the Nigerien Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the junta said, “The diplomatic…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-UAE prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a man who filmed an “arrogant” social media video inside a luxury car showroom in the country. According to a report by state-run news agency WAM, the video insults and ridicules Emirati society and incites harmful public opinion of citizens. In the offending video an…