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Killing trade facilitation on the altar of Customs’ hard revenue drive

Killing trade facilitation on the altar of Customs' hard revenue drive Statutorily, the major functions of the Nigeria Customs Service are revenue generation, trade...

The SON desperate move to return to ports

On October 26th, 2011, there was a Presidential directive which pruned down the mushroom government agencies at the ports to only eight. The directive issued...

Will CVFF Ever Be Disbursed?

For the beleaguered indigenous ship owners, accessing the controversial Cabotage Vessels Financing Funds (CVFF) is like a proverbial camel passing through the eye of a...

SAA Scandal: Mockery of Security at Ports

In January 2021, an odious smell of scandal oozed out from the security contraption called Secure Anchorage Area (SAA). This controversial improvised security arrangement was...

ETO: Searching for Sanity in Apapa Traffic Nightmare

ETO is a Yoruba word for orderliness, organisation or sanity. It presupposes that an otherwise chaotic or rowdy situation, event or activity is...

The ANLCA’ s Dance of Shame

In recent years, the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has become a theatre of comedy where stakeholders are being treated to different tunes...

The Tragic Irony of Delayed Border Re-opening

For 17 months from August 20th, 2019, the Federal Government shut the land borders bordering the country at the four geo-political zones of the country...

The Cabal Behind Apapa Traffic Gridlock

The Apapa traffic gricklock has become a national malaise which has defied all the solutions thrown at it. It has become a perennial headache for...

Is Nigeria’s Port Industry Ready For Another Covid-19 Lockdown?

It is no longer in contention that the second wave of the dreaded Covid- 19 pandemic is currently blowing across the world. Some countries in...

Terminal Operators’ Greek Gifts To NPA

In October 2020, at the heat of Endsars protest, hoodlums who masqueraded as #ENDSARS protestors torched the magnificent Headquarters building of the Nigerian Ports...

Securing Nigerian Ports Amidst Rising Insecurity

In recent times, the security architecture of the country has come under ceaseless bombardment by insurgents and militants, stretching its security personnel and their expertise...

CIOTA and Task Of Professionalising Transport Industry In Nigeria

In June 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria(CIOTA) bill into law after it was passed by the...

Why Government Should Probe Third Governing Council Of CRFFN

In a bid to sanitise and regulate the operations of freight forwarding industry in Nigeria, the Federal Government, through an Act of Parliament No 16...

Behind the Cloak of Secure Ancourage Area (SAA)

On October 5th, 2020, Nigeria recorded an embarrassing incident when seven of its nationals were arrested as stowaways on board a Liberian-flagged vessel, MT Nave...

ICDs and struggle for survival

In 2002, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council mooted the idea of establishing Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in different parts of the country. ...

#ENDSARS Protests: The hard but effective way to speak to leaders

Protest, which is a form of civil disobedience, is always the last resort used all over the world, to force the hands of government,...