Editor's Pick 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 each of these ... By maritimemagOctober 14, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 Federal Capital Territory, ... By maritimemagOctober 7, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 State Waterways when ... By maritimemagSeptember 30, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 Nigerian Shippers’ Council, ... By maritimemagSeptember 23, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 to only eight. ... By maritimemagSeptember 17, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 was passed by ... By maritimemagSeptember 9, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 anti-trade practices. It ... By maritimemagSeptember 2, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 been consistent and ... By maritimemagAugust 26, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 of nine-man panel ... By maritimemagAugust 12, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 to a barest ... By maritimemagAugust 5, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 sure to stage ... By maritimemagJuly 29, 20190
Editor's Pick 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 market devoid of ... By maritimemagJuly 22, 20190
Editor's Pick Nura Dalhatu’s aborted “Coup” As Metaphor For Officers’ Disenchantment in Customs Penultimate week, July 8th, 2019, Nigerians were treated to a mild drama at the Abuja Headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service where an ... By maritimemagJuly 16, 20190
Editor's Pick Maritime industry: Waiting for the Minister Today, July 8th, 2019, marks the 41 days since President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in for the second term in office as the ... By maritimemagJuly 8, 20190
Editor's Pick Nigeria-Benin Republic Joint Border Trade Portal: The Benefits, the Challenges. Penultimate week, the Nigeria Customs Service and its counterpart in Republic of Benin, launched a joint interconnectivity platform which is meant to harmonise ... By maritimemagJuly 5, 20190
Editor's Pick Day of the Seafarer: Beyond Annual Ritual of Rhetoric Today, June 25, Nigeria will once again join other member-nations of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to celebrate the Day of the Seafarer. ... By maritimemagJune 25, 20190
