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NNPC Ltd Woos South Korean Consortium On Development Of Gas Projects In Nigeria

LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has held talks with a South Korean consortium led by Daewoo E & C on the development of gas projects in Nigeria. The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr Mele Kyari, led the company’s team to the discussions which held in Seoul, […]

Jan 31 2024 | Posted in Business,National | Read More »

Italy Defeats Korea 2-1 To Reach FIFA Under-20 World Cup Final First Time

LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italy have reached the FIFA Under-20 World Cup final for the first time, as they beat Asian side, Korea Republic 2-1 in the semi-final. Italy will now play Uruguay in the final of the tournament ongoing in Argentina on Sunday. None of the sides had ever won the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. […]

Jun 9 2023 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

FIFA Under-20 World Cup: Flying Eagles Suffer Heart-Breaking Defeat To South Korea

LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A game of few chances saw South Korea emerge victorious over Nigeria courtesy of a header from Choi Seok-Hyun five minutes into the first half of extra time. It was South Korea’s first and only shot on target in the third time Nigeria has lost out in the quarterfinal in extra time—2007, […]

Jun 5 2023 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

UK, US, Others Present Goodwill Message To President Tinubu, Pledge Support, Solidarity

LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several countries on Monday formally presented their goodwill messages and letters of support and solidarity to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The letters were presented to the president by the special envoys and heads of missions of the countries after his inauguration as the 16th President of Nigeria. […]

May 30 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

194 Passengers Escape Death As Man Opens Plane Emergency Door During Flight

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has been arrested for opening the emergency door of an Asiana Airlines flight as it was landing in South Korea. All 194 passengers survived the flight, which landed safely but with its door still open at Daegu International Airport on Friday. Some passengers fainted while others had breathing problems and […]

May 26 2023 | Posted in Business,National | Read More »

Soul Korea: Over 151 Peoples Killed In Halloween Crowd Surge In Seoul

LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A raucous Halloween celebration in the swinging center of the South Korean capital morphed on Saturday night into a grim procession of bodies after at least 151 people were killed in the crush of a crowd stuck in a narrow roadway, officials said. Dozens more were injured, many of them seriously, according […]

Oct 31 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

Turkey Inaugurates World Longest Suspension Bridge Linking Europe And Asia

LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The president of Turkey, South Korea’s prime minister and other officials inaugurated a massive suspension bridge Friday over the Dardanelles Strait that connects the European and Asian shores of the key waterway. With a a 2,023-meter (6,637 feet) span between its towers, the “1915 Canakkale Bridge” becomes the world’s longest suspension bridge, […]

Mar 20 2022 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Okonjo-Iweala Set To Be Name WTO DG As Rival Contestant Allegedly Drops Out Of Race

LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s former minister of finance and the frontrunner in the WTO DG race, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is set to be named the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after South Korea reportedly decided to withdraw its Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee from the race. According to the Washington Trade Daily, Seoul is […]

Nov 24 2020 | Posted in Business,International,National | Read More »

Nigeria Reaches Out To U.S., South Korea To Back Okonjo-Iweala For WTO Candidate

LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is reaching out to the United States and South Korea to persuade them to back its pick to head the World Trade Organization, the trade ministry said on Friday, after the candidate’s last-minute rejection threw the selection process into confusion. The United States on Wednesday voiced its opposition to former Nigerian […]

Oct 31 2020 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

U.S. Rejection Of Nigerian, Okojo-Iweala Plunges WTO Leadership Race Into Confusion

LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Trade Organization’s bid to select a new leader was plunged into uncertainty on Wednesday after the United States rejected the Nigerian woman proposed as the global trade watchdog’s next director-general. Just six days before the U.S. election in which trade is a hot topic, Washington struck another blow at the […]

Oct 28 2020 | Posted in International,National | Read More »