LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Ltd has officially ruled out sale of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, reaffirming its commitment to completing high-graded rehabilitation and retention of the plant. The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of NNPC Limited, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, announced this at a company-wide town hall meeting…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that the federal government makes 52 kobo from every N1 generated from the production and sale of Dangote Cement. Dangote disclosed this on Wednesday at the 2025 Taraba International Investment Summit, with the theme: ‘Unlocking Taraba’s Investment Potentials, Advancing Agriculture, Energy, Mining, and…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African woman went on trial Monday charged with kidnapping and selling her young daughter in a case that gained national attention. Kelly Smith is charged alongside her partner and another man over the disappearance of her daughter Joshlin more than a year ago. Joshlin, who was 6 when she disappeared,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Libya continues to offer the cheapest petrol in Africa, with the price of octane-95 gasoline (petrol) standing at 0.15 Libyan Dinar per litre, equivalent to approximately $0.032 or N52 as of September 16, 2024. This is according to a report by Global Petrol Prices, a platform that tracks retail petrol prices across…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Police Command has arrested two mortuary attendants for selling human body parts to suspected ritualists. The Acting Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Giwa-Alade Emmanuel, disclosed this during a press briefing at the police headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. The mortuary attendants, Johnson Daniel, 43,…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has withdrawn the sale of subsidised 50 kilogramme bags of rice for N40,000 to public servants. No reason was given for the sudden change of action. The sale of the subsidised rice was announced on August 1 2024 through the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Human Resources…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A self-proclaimed “Nigerian scammer” proudly took credit for the failed attempt to auction off Elvis Presley’s iconic Graceland mansion, which left his granddaughter Riley Keough “traumatized,” according to a report. The ownership of the sprawling Memphis property was thrust into doubt earlier this month after a mysterious company named Naussany Investments and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The unruly behaviours of intending beneficiaries of the sales of seized rice in Lagos on Friday, February 23rd, 2024 which unfortunately led to a number of death of innocent Nigerians, has made the Nigeria Customs Service to suspend the exercise indefinitely. Announcing the decision to halt the noble exercise in which about…