By Yusuf Odejobi Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria has charged African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) policy experts and trade negotiators to successfully integrate identified gender concerns into AfCFTA provisions. The President of WISTA Nigeria, Mrs. Eunice …

By Kenneth Jukpor Two of the nation’s leading professional transport institutes; Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIoTA) Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Nigeria have initiated plans for a merger. The President of CIoTA Nigeria, Dr. …

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected the sum of N1,003,752,951,735.55 in the first half of the year, as against the N713,548,395,834.93 collected between January to June 2020, with a positive difference of N290,204,555,900.62. The National Public Relations Officer of the …

By Kenneth Jukpor Two months after the Ministry of Transportation began investigations on the numerous atrocities allegedly perpetuated by the Registrar of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Barr. Samuel Nwakohu, a freight forwarding group …

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday in Abuja said the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved N17.4 billion for the purchase of a property in Lagos, to serve as the new headquarters of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety …

The registered Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) said yesterday that an Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held soon for critical appraisal of development in the association and the industry, with the …

Truckers condemn monetary provisions, multiple extortions By Yusuf Odejobi The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has refloated the implementation of the Minimum Safety Standards (MSS) for trucks in a bid to end the incessant breakdown of trucks on the port access …

By Kenneth Jukpor Despite the tough economic times in the nation, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected N366billion as revenue in the first half of the year 2021 at the Apapa port. The Area Controller, Comptroller Yusuf Malanta revealed …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced the issuance of new certificates of ship registration while simultaneously phasing out the old permits. According to the Agency, this is in a bid to ensure the utilisation of secured …

  By Kenneth Jukpor Amid criticisms that the decision of the National Executive Council (NEC),  Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) to expel some members of the association was extreme, facts have emerged that their offences were too grievous …

By Kenneth Jukpor In a bid to address the rising unemployment and lack of training opportunities for seafarers, the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has urged the Federal Government to as matter of urgency revamp the Nigeria National Shipping …

The immediate-past Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside will be inaugurating the Blue Economy Resources Nigeria Coordinating Group virtually on Zoom, on the 1st of July 2021 at 12 noon. The Group is …

By Kenneth Jukpor The Federal Government has expressed commitment to develop better living conditions as a minimum benchmark for seafarers in Nigeria as part of efforts to support their efforts in global trade. Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi …

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Emmanuel-Lyambee Jime as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on …

A total of 937 deficiencies were recorded by the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central African Region, during ship Inspections in 2020. The statistics as published the the Abuja MoU Annual Report for 2020, …

By Kenneth Jukpor Nigeria’s bid to enhance the transportation sector for more economic and logistics benefits could be realized via strategic technological approaches via funding and support of tech-driven transport platforms. Transport experts suggested this while proffering several other solutions …

Following an unapproved increment in its terminal handling charges, Port and Terminal Operators (Nig) Limited, PTOL, has been called to order by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). PTOL was told that it’s arbitrary increase …

By Kenneth Jukpor Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has raised concerns over the high level of security threats across the nation, noting that the challenge is evident at the nation’s ports with negative effects on the cost and ease …

Expels erring members, SIFAX boss emerges new BOT chairman By Yusuf Odejobi The National President of Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Iju Tony Nwabunike has expressed his displeasure towards the quick implementation of new Customs exchange rate. He …

Enyinnaya Abaribe, the brilliant and brave senator who signed the bail for Nnamdi Kanu’s release delivered perhaps the most perceptive and wisest speech on Igbos and Nigeria last week in Mississippi, US. Every Igbo who cares about the present and …