LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has extended an invitation to former President Olusegun Obasanjo for a tour of the Port Harcourt Refinery to verify its operational status. This development follows Obasanjo’s recent interview with Channels Television, where he cited advice from Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) suggesting the refinery would…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Three young men who were on their way to supply 740 bullets to bandits in the forest have been arrested by men of the Katsina State Police Command, the command announced in a statement issued today, Friday, August 20, 2024. The state police command disclosed the development on its X handle ,…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US intelligence discovered earlier this year that the Russian government planned to assassinate the chief executive of a powerful German arms manufacturer that has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for Ukraine, according to five US and western officials familiar with the episode. The plot was one of a series of Russian plans to…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s new Dangote mega refinery near Lagos is seeking to buy millions of barrels of US crude over the next year as it ramps up processing rates, a sign of the challenges that Africa’s largest producer faces in lifting its own oil output. The plant, built by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote,…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The military government in Niger Republic, under the leadership of General Abdourahamane Tchiani, is taking bold steps to consolidate on the Transitional regime and ward off threats of military invasion by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Accordingly, Niger on Sunday suspended export of uranium and gold to France with…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Infini Power Limited (IPL), a member of Tetracore Energy Group in collaboration with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN), have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The PPA is targeted at supplying Independent Power to the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) will on Friday, October 30, 2020 commence distribution of free electricity meters to Nigerians with simultaneous launch events of the scheme in Kano, Kaduna, Eko and Ikeja DISCO franchise areas. The programme was initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure mass metering with the hope of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS) — Just before the start of crop planting in May, Abdullahi Hassan Wagini visited a neighbor’s farm in northern Nigeria to discuss how to prepare the fields. What happened next led him to abandon his livelihood of 25 years. As the two men were chatting, bandits on motorcycles opened fire on…