Nigerian Ports can generate 20 percent of Nigeria's GDP--Apampa

   Segun  Oladipupo     |        If properly managed, Nigerian Ports can generate about twenty percent of the nation's Gross Domestic Product ((GDP). Mr....

How Maerskline lied over holding bays - NPA

Funso Olojo      |              The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has punctured the claims of the Maersk Nigeria Limited...

CUSTOMS NEW AUTOMATION PLATFORM (NICIS 2):  So nice but still challenged.

Early last year, Nigeria Customs Service introduced an enhanced form of automation platform for trade facilitation called Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System II(NICIS 2) The...

CRFFN Elections: Time for federating associations to close ranks

On Saturday, July 7,  2018, the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria(CRFFN) held elections into its governing council that will steer the...

Plan to Move N49 billion Dockyard Components of the Nigerian Maritime University, Niger-Delta Cries Out

Tayo Afolabi     |          High Chief Michael Johnny of Gbaramutu Kingdom in Delta State has risen against alleged plan to move...

Proposed Border Closure:  Symptomatic treatment for rice smuggling 

Recently, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,  Chief Audu Ogbeh, said the Federal Government will soon close Nigeria's border with an unnamed neighbouring country...

Customs CG's Strike Force Impounds five trucks of smuggled rice in one week 

ABIOLA Seun       |         The Comptroller General of Customs' strike Force on smuggling of foreign parboiled rice has intercepted five trailers...

Navy accuses mariners of hoarding information on dangers in waterways 

Tayo Oladipupo       |           The Nigerian Navy (NN) has accused Mariners of not giving enough information in respect of uncharted...

Lack of punctuality  by Customs hampers clearing process at Apapa port - Customs Brokers

ABIOLA Seun     |        Customs brokers plying their trade at the Apapa port have condemned Customs officers at the Apapa command for...

Royalty charges: the impunity of terminal operators

Sifax Group, the operator of terminal "C" at the Tin Can island port,  ruffled not a few feathers last month when it slammed what it...

10 suspected pirates go on trial under new anti-piracy law for hijacking Chinese vessel 

Abiola Seun In what appears to be the test case for the new anti-piracy law,  the Nigerian government on Monday arraigned 10 suspected pirates in...

Buhari appoints Daukoru NLNG Board Chairman

  Chinazor Megbolu The Nigeria's  President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Edmund Daukoru as the Chairman of...

Clearing agent warns government against  concession of scanners to foreigners

Abiola Seun  The Vice-President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA),  Kayode Farinto, has advised against the planned concession of scanning machines at...

Unions tackle NNPC over sack of contract workers

Chinazor Megbolu Two Oil groups, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN)...

Environmental Degradation of Nigerian Ports

Approaches to most ports of the world, especially those which have become or still striving to become regional hub centres as Nigeria is currently struggling...

300 stranded Nigerians evacuated  by Air Peace from Asian countries arrive Nigeria

Chinazor Megbolu The 300 stranded Nigerians evacuated by Air Peace has arrived the country over the weekend. The airline firm announced this at weekend, saying...

Group urges FG to restructure NNPC

Chinazor Megbolu A group known as the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC)has urged the Federal Government to restructure the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)in a bid...

US, UK, others facilitate Crew change amid Covid-19 pandemic

Abiola Seun Amid hues and cries for crew change across the world, the government of the United Kingdom has facilitated a meeting of the International...

Congestion looms at Lagos ports -- as  terminal operators resort to container stacking for lack of space

Abiola Seun There are now heightened fears among freight forwarders over looming port congestion at the Lagos ports. Their anxiety is based on the fact...

I met my wife inside the port terminal -- Franklin Imona

Franklin Imona is the District 1 Apapa Vice Chairman, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN). Simple, young and humble. He actually has the charisma of...

FG fixes July 15th for  full domestic flights in Nigerian Airports

Chinazor Megbolu The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that full domestic flights at all the airports in the country will commence on July 15,...

Group seeks FG's intervention on NPA, OMSL rivalry over SAA

Chinazor Megbolu In a bid to maintain peace and order, a pro-democracy group, the New Nigeria Collective (NNC) has called for the Federal Government intervention...

Maritime agencies adopt modalities to tackle overlapping functions

Peter Olaniyi Maritime agencies under the Federal Ministry of Transportation have agreed on modalities for handling areas of overlap in their responsibilities. Director-General of the...

Zone 17 to be front liners both in community policing and security consciousness - AIG FOLAWIYO

The newly created zone 17 covering Ondo and Ekiti States, shall be front liners both in community policing and security consciousness. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr...

Shipping company tightens measures against export of protected species in Nigeria, others

Abiola Seun The CMA CGM Group said it is committed to fight illicit trafficking of protected species such as pangolin, timbers by tightening its shipment...

How we restore global confidence over renewed fight against piracy -- DG NIMASA

Abiola Seun The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, has revealed that Nigeria’s failure to effect any arrest...