Last week Friday, Nigeria once again lost its bid to regain the Category C seat of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)…
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Category: Editorial
Border Closure: A Tale of Two Cities
During the penultimate week, a member of the House of Representatives representing Daura/Mai’adua/Sandamu Constituency, Katsina State, Fatuhu Muhammed, stunned Nigerians…
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Lagos Ports Access Roads: Killing the Goose that lays the Golden Eggs
It is no gainsaying that the Lagos ports access roads have become a national embarrassment. The roads have also…
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Border Closure and Pains of Legitimate Business Owners
Today makes it the 83rd day since August 21, 2019 when Nigerian government shut its border posts in the…
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Security for Sale at Nigerian Ports
Penultimate week, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman, at the behest of Minister of…
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The Task before Muoghalu, New NIWA MD
On October 2, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the National Auditor of All Progressive Party (APC), Chief George Muoghalu as…
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Is Nigeria Customs scared of Cargo Scanners?
In 2013, three Scanning Service Providers, Cotecna, SGS and Global Scan, transferred the Destination Inspection Scheme (DI) to the Nigeria…
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Trade Facilitation as Casualty of Customs’ Revenue Targets
It has been an annual ritual for the Federal government to set revenue target for the Nigeria Customs Service. For…
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As The World Converges On Abuja To Tackle Insecurity in Gulf of Guinea.
From today, Monday October 7, 2019 and for three days, the world will literally turn its attention on the Nigeria’s…
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Amaechi’s gambit over renewed supremacy war on Lagos waters
On September 17, 2019, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, reopened a protracted war over the control of the Lagos…
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Maritime Agencies As Strange Bed Fellows
On September 12, 2019, during the third maritime stakeholders conference in Lagos, Hassan Bello, the Executive Secretary of the…
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The Sour Song of SON to Return to Ports
On October 26th, 2011, there was a presidential directive that pruned down the mushroom government agencies at the ports…
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CIOTA and challenges of professionalism in Transport industry.
In June 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria(CIOTA) bill into law after it…
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Customs Joint Border Patrol: A Parody of Border Security
Every sovereign country secures its borders against all form of criminality such as terrorism, illegal immigration, smuggling, banditry and other…
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The Need To Rescue Eastern Ports From Throes of Death
The efforts of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to revive the ailing ports in the Eastern flank of the country have…
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The Return of Wharf Rats to Lagos Ports
One of the dark spots of pre-concession era of the Nigerian Ports was the activities of ‘Wharf rats’ ‘Wharf rats’…
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Reformed Ship Registry: Raising Nigerian Flag from Ashes of Shame.
Last week Monday, Dakuku Peterside, the Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), took delivery of a report…
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Anti-Piracy Law: The Task Before NIMASA
Nigeria recently sent a strong signal to both the local and international shipping community of its intention to reduce…
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Now that Amaechi may come back
Except there is a last minute political manipulation and portfolio rejigging, Rotimi Amaechi, the immediate past Minister of Transportation, is…
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Before Nigeria ratifies African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)
For several years in the past, African Heads of Government have been desirous of having a single and unified African…
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