LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following President Bola Tinubu’s policy statement during his inaugural speech on Monday, on the removal of subsidy, most filling stations in Calabar have shut down while those selling have hiked the price from 210 to 750 naira per litre. Vanguard also observed that commuters who cannot afford to pay 300 naira per…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Organised Labour in the Maritime industry has issued a 14-day strike notice to the Federal Government over the refusal of the International Oil Companies, IOCs, to obey Marine Notice 106 and extant Stevedoring regulations, among other grievances. Under the aegis of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, other grievances of organised…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil marketers have threatened to close their filling stations in protest against the rejection of old naira notes by deposit money banks across the country. It was gathered that the banks issued circulars to some of the filling stations, urging them to stop accepting the old bills, as the DMBs would not…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The popular Alaba International Market in Lagos shut down on Saturday during the visit of Labour Party (LP) presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi. The motorcade of the former Anambra governor passed through the area, Orile, among others, ahead of his presidential rally at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS. Security operatives had a hard time…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the naira scarcity persists, some banks are shutting their branches over rising customer attacks, according to findings by The PUNCH. This came a day after the Lagos State Police Command issued a warning that some groups were planning to unleash violence in the state due to the naira scarcity. The PUNCH…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of massive exercise of franchise, leading business centres across the federation have started announcing closure of markets so as to enable their members to go and collect their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) at INEC centers nearest to them. Accordingly, business activities at the Lagos International Trade Fair complex, along Badagry Expressway,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Monday shut the Kiddies section of Wonderland Lagos after a fun seeker was electrocuted at the event venue. The Director General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola said in a statement that the intervention has become imperative to prevent further exposure of attendees particularly kids…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) numbering over 5000 Friday in Abuja occupied the premises of the National Assembly to protest the alleged missing N89 trillion stamp duty allegation against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. According to the protesters, the demonstration currently ongoing at the assembly complex was to pass…