LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dangote refinery is preparing to import crude from the US in the forthcoming months, signalling the increasing competitiveness of American barrels in the global market. This is according to reports from Bloomberg. Traders’ familiar with the matter disclosed that Trafigura Group has sold 2 million barrels of WTI Midland to the…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Wednesday, shunned an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission probing the N37.1bn allegedly laundered during her tenure in office through a contractor, James Okwete. Umar-Farouq kept interrogators waiting for over eight hours on Wednesday without an official…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-West Africa’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors, ruling that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a request. Following the July coup that toppled Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African regional…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As efforts to resolve the Niger crisis continue, overtures by the head of the military junta in that West African country, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, to have direct access and discussion with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been outrightly rejected by the Nigerian leader, Empowered Newswire reports. According to diplomatic sources, consenting to…
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has reportedly rejected 100 rams from a philanthropist in the state. His Niger State counterpart, Mohammed Bago, urged Muslims to imbibe the virtues of love, obedience and sacrifice as exemplified by Prophet Ibrahim. The Guardian gathered that the rams were presented to Radda, yesterday, ahead of today’s Sallah celebration,…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, refused an application by the police to formally arraign afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. Kuti, who was released from custody on Tuesday night, had been on remand for six days on the orders of the court. The police had on May 16 applied…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-London-based Vlogger, Ms Maureen Badejo is in the news again. But this time, for the bad as she has again lost an appeal against mounting Court rulings against her in respect to several defamatory statements she had made against Dr. Daniel Olukoya and his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Folashade Olukoya. Dr. Olukoya is…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Contrary to speculations that the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala-Usman met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the recently concluded two-day visit to Kaduna, Pointblanknews.com authoritatively gathered that she was shunned by the President. It was further gathered that attempts to get President Muhammadu Buhari’s attention immediately…