LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has announced plans to resume crude oil exploration activities in Kolmani, located between Gombe and Bauchi states. Ojulari made the disclosure during a recent interview with BBC Hausa. According to him, the company is fully prepared to return…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States “will take over” the Gaza Strip — possibly with the help of American troops — while the Palestinians who live there should leave, a stunning proposal that would dramatically reorient the Middle East and subject a population of more than a million…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US immigration authorities will carry out mass arrests of undocumented immigrants across the country on Tuesday, a top border official in the incoming administration of Donald Trump has said. The move would be among the first by Republican Trump, who returns to the White House on Monday, to uphold a campaign pledge…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has highlighted some measures his government will adopt to rein in stubbornly high inflation to 15 percent next year. Tinubu, during a first presidential media chat on Monday night, said one of the ways he plans to slow prices that have shrunk citizens’ incomes is to “produce more for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said going forward, computer-generated slips issued to the voter or even downloaded from its website will suffice for voter accreditation. According to the electoral umpire, this will not only save cost but also eliminate the issues around the collection of Permanent Voter’s Card (PVCs) and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker that “you have no choice” but to deport everyone who is illegally in the U.S., including possibly removing the American citizen family members of those deported. Trump also said he will move to end birthright citizenship — long…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A consortium of investors from South Korea has concluded plans to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in various locations in Nigeria, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this at the maiden edition of a summit organised by the Crude Oil…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Drought-stricken Namibia plans to cull over 700 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves. The environment ministry says the cull will take place in parks and communal areas where officials believe animal numbers exceed available grazing land and water supplies. In addition to elephants,…