Aviation Dana Air laments cost of training local pilots in Nigeria Abiola Seun Dana Air yesterday said it would continue to invest in building capacity for home- grown pilots to advance the aviation industry despite the ... By maritimemagApril 20, 20210
Economy Obaseki raises alarm over Nigeria’s continued reliance on oil revenue Chinazor Megbolu The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that the nation’s dependence on oil revenue is unsustainable. He said this on ... By maritimemagApril 20, 20210
Economy We’ve disbursed $160m from Nigerian Content Intervention Fund—NCDMB Chinazor Megbolu The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) had said that it had so far disbursed the sum of $160 million ... By maritimemagApril 20, 20210
Headlines Amaechi orders Apapa Customs to demolish scanners In six Months Abiola Seun The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has ordered the Apapa Command of the Nigerian Customs Service to demolish ... By maritimemagApril 20, 20210
Headlines Delibrate underfunding of Delibrate underfunding of maritime University, Okerenkoko, recipe for crisis—-Monachy warns, recipe for crisis—-Monachy warns Abiola Seun Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, King Obukohwo Whiskey Udurhie 1 has warned that the deliberate underfunding of the Nigerian ... By maritimemagApril 19, 20210
Aviation Air Peace announces resumption of Abuja-Gombe Flight … as Arik resumes direct flight from Lagos to Kano Chinazor Megbolu An indigenous airliner, Air Peace has announced resumption of commercial flights to Gombe from Abuja. The organisation at the weekend, said ... By maritimemagApril 19, 20210
Headlines Anti-piracy law signals to the world Nigeria’s readiness to fight piracy —-NIMASA Abiola Seun The Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences (SPOMO) Act, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in June 2019, is ... By maritimemagApril 19, 20210
Headlines Importers lose N48bn to foreign shipowners as container deposits.— as Shippers’ Council collaborates with NICOM to mitigate the loss. Abiola Seun The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) over the weekend lamented that Nigerians, since 2018, payed N16bn annually as container deposit fees to ... By maritimemagApril 19, 20210
Editor's Pick Curbing attacks on Customs officers by smugglers Attacks on officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, especially the anti-smuggling team of Federal Operations Units, by smugglers, have reached a level that ... By maritimemagApril 19, 20210
Headlines World Bank boosts Nigeria’s mass metering programme with $500m — as customers apathy slows down process The National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) of the Federal government has been given a boost by the World Bank with the support of ... By maritimemagApril 18, 20210
Economy Dangote denies price hike on cement — says prices from factories between N2,450 to N2,510 per bag The management of Dangote Cement Plc has clarified that the price of a bag of cement from its factories and plants across Nigeria ... By maritimemagApril 18, 20210
Headlines US state lawmakers vote to phase out gasoline cars by 2030 Washington state lawmakers have passed a measure that would phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles starting in 2030. The Clean Cars 2030 ... By maritimemagApril 18, 20210
Economy States record negative economic growth in 2020 — as IGR slumps to N1.31 trillion States Internally Generated Revenue fell by N20bn to N1.31tn as of the end of 2020 from N1.33tn as of the end of 2019. ... By maritimemagApril 18, 20210
Aviation NCAA approves Bayelsa airport for commercial flight operations The Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had on Saturday finally endorsed the Bayelsa State-owned airport for commercial flight operations. The NCAA Director-General, Dr Nuhu ... By maritimemagApril 18, 20210
Economy FG to ban forex on sugar, wheat importation — as Nigeria spends N1billion on Sugar annually Chinazor Megbolu The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had said it will soon ban foreign exchange on sugar and ... By maritimemagApril 17, 20210
Economy Oyo seeks NEPC collaboration on food production, exportation Chinazor Megbolu The Oyo State government is seeking to collaborate with the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on food production and exportation. ... By maritimemagApril 17, 20210