BEARS & BULLS

It is no news now that the Nigeria Customs Service has gotten a new boss. However, it is unfortunate to note that a section of the media is already making insinuations as to the new CG’s credibility to lead the …

That the port access road is in very poor shape and in need of urgent rehabilitation is not in doubt. But that a body like the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) would threaten strike action over the state of …

As the end-date of the ongoing Amnesty Programme for former militants and youths in the Niger-delta draws near, not a few people are apprehensive that “the boys” would have no option but to return to the creeks. But it would …

With a resounding high pitch cheer, we the colleagues of Chima Ogbonna wish him a happy birthday as he added another year, last week. Chima who has displayed a high level of diligence and commitment in discharging his responsibilities as …

Traders on the Tincan-Island Ports access roads have been warned incessantly of the dangers in spreading their wares close to the fast moving cars and motorcycles on the road. But do they listen? The Environmental Sanitation Department of the Lagos …

The efforts to move the  truck tankers off the port access roads has proved abortive in solving the challenge of the gridlock on the road as the trucks occupy the service lane but the container trucks continue to compound the headaches …

Mrs Chinwe Ezenwa is indeed an entrepreneur with many facets, not only is she a technocrat in the maritime industry, her creativity in the craft of turning our second rated ‘adire’ into finished special merchandise like hand bags, shoes, wallets, …

Nigerian Jean Chiazor Anishere was voted the vice-president of Women In Maritime Africa (WIMAFRICA), at the just concluded Africa Union Summit in Addis – Ababa, Ethiopia. Gradually, Nigerian and Africa women are getting close to the sit of presidency in …

Heat in the conference hall of the intercontinental so called five star hotel located in high brow Victoria Island is better imagined than felt at over 4o0 . Delegates who attended the Nigerian Shippers’ Council event could not help the sweat …

The tragedy that almost occurred at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminnal, few weeks back in Lagos, when two Airbus 330 conveying not fewer than 250 passengers had a collision that resulted in the two air craft being partially damaged.   …

Baba Haruna Jauro is now the new Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA). Haruna, who until his appointment was the most senior officer of the agency as the Executive Director Finance and Administration in the agency, …

It seems that the almost lost peace and cooperation which trailed the activities at the nation’ seaports has been restored. This is due to the meeting between the Maritime workers Union (MWUN) and the management of the NPA. Many has …

BVN means Bank Verification Number. The objective of the BVN is to uniquely verify the identity of each Bank’s customer know the customer. A customer enrolls at any branch of a bank where he/she has an account or intends to …

The sudden disappearance of trucks on the Apapa/Tincan Island ports access road must be a huge relief to port users and workers in that area and their sudden reappearance on the Badagry expressway has given users of that road a …

The biblical assertion that a prophet is not honoured in his own country, may be applicable to Mrs. Mfon Usoro. Just recently in Cote D’ivoire, Ivory Coast, she was given a presidential honour for her contributions to the development of …

As the DG of Nigerian Chamber of Shipping Mrs. Ify Anazonwu Akerele celebrates her 60th year on Earth and 13 years of service to the Chamber, she has succeeded in transforming the chamber from a one-room office where it started …

The spate of crime incidences continues to reverberate in our conscience with the recent robbery attacks at Zenith Bank and First Bank in Ebute Ipako area of Ikorodu, and to think that a police station is adjacent the scene of …

As a civil servant or public office holder, retiring or leaving the office, how would you like to be remembered? No testimonial can be more painful or sweeter than the one made by one’s colleagues in the office. The public …

We are not sure Nigerians are taking stock of the humble but surprising milestones of the Port  Economic  Regulator, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC)in less than two years. This is the dividend of working well with the right people in right …

Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ade Bayero Sanusi appears to be a man that has a listening ears as his administration has keyed in to the yearnings of maritime stakeholders in the industry. Though a novice in the …