NEWS LENS

Latest Maritime News from MMS Plus including shipping news, cargo, ship port, and ship terminal

UAE lifts visa ban on Nigerians

  The United Arab Emirates Government has finally lifted visa restrictions imposed on Nigerians with immediate effect. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known to State House correspondents on Monday after the Federal Executive Council …

Read More »
Air Peace Economy Class To London Booked Till August – COO

Air Peace Economy Class To London Booked Till August – COO

The Chief Operating Officer of Air Peace, Toyin Olajide, has disclosed that economy class ticket seats on the airline flight to London from Lagos were fully booked for the next 60 days, counting from July. This is as Nigerian travellers …

Read More »
19 Nigerian Airports Not Viable – FAAN

19 Nigerian Airports Not Viable – FAAN

  The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Olubunmi Kuku, has stated that only three out of 22 airports under its management are profitable and contribute largely to the growth of the aviation sector. Kuku, who was …

Read More »
Buy Locally-Assembled CNG Vehicles, FG Advises Nigerians

Buy Locally-Assembled CNG Vehicles, FG Advises Nigerians

The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians to take advantage of the CNG initiative to reduce by buying locally-assembled CNG vehicles. This is expected to reduce pressure on the use of Premium Motor Spirit and diesel in the country. After …

Read More »
Apapa Customs Command Collected N1tn Revenue In H1

Apapa Customs Command Collected N1tn Revenue In H1

  The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command, has disclosed that it collected N1.02tn in revenue between January and June 2024. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Babatunde Olomu, disclosed that on Monday while addressing journalists in …

Read More »
Ogun Customs Command Seizes N770m Contraband

Ogun Customs Command Seizes N770m Contraband

The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command, Idiroko, made seizures of contraband with duty paid value of N770,666,237 between April and June The Controller of the command, Comptroller James Ojo made this disclosure at a briefing held in Abeokuta …

Read More »
NPA Commissions New Tugboats To Enhance Operations At Dangote Refinery, Lekki Port

NPA Commissions New Tugboats To Enhance Operations At Dangote Refinery, Lekki Port

  Adegboyega Oyetola, minister of Marine and Blue Economy has commissioned three newly acquired 80 tons bollard pull tugboats tugboats deployed to enhance the berthing of vessels at the Dangote Refinery and Lekki Deep Seaport. Christened MT IRAGBIJI, MT DAURA, …

Read More »
NEPC Partners LeLook To Boost Bag Export, Empower Artisans

NEPC Partners LeLook To Boost Bag Export, Empower Artisans

  Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aims to capitalize on the burgeoning global demand for traditionally handcrafted bags, targeting a market of over 1.3 billion users across African regions. At the official signing ceremony in Abuja, Mrs. Nonye Ayeni, Executive Director …

Read More »
NPA Launches Tug Boats To Boost Ports Operations

NPA Launches Tug Boats To Boost Ports Operations

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Muhammad Bello-Koko, has said that the Dangote Petrochemicals Refinery handled 120 tanker vessels between January and June 2024. Bello-KoKo disclosed that on Thursday, during the presentation and inauguration of two newly acquired …

Read More »
Vehicle Importation Down By 45% Over Forex Crisis – CGC

Vehicle Importation Down By 45% Over Forex Crisis – CGC

  The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has disclosed that vehicle importation dropped by 45 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, due to foreign exchange challenges in the country. Adeniyi, who stated that during …

Read More »
NPA Can Repay Port Reconstruction Loan – Bello-Koko

NPA Can Repay Port Reconstruction Loan – Bello-Koko

  The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko, has disclosed that the agency can conveniently repay the $700m loan facility it had secured for the rehabilitation of the Apapa and Tincan Island Ports in Lagos. Bello-Koko disclosed this …

Read More »
Senate Scores FG Low On 2024 Budget Performance

Senate Scores FG Low On 2024 Budget Performance

The Senate has scored the executive low in the implementation of the capital component of the 2024 budget, saying there is a need for the government to get Ministries, Department and Agencies of the Federal Government to implement the budget. …

Read More »
Forex Crisis: Operators Lament As Imported Containers Drop

Forex Crisis: Operators Lament As Imported Containers Drop

Licensed Customs agents have blamed the forex crisis in the country for the 2.39 per cent drop in container throughput in the first quarter of 2024. A document exclusively obtained by media source from the Nigerian Ports Authority showed a …

Read More »
Cargo Boom Drives NRC Revenue To N1.4b In Three Months

Cargo Boom Drives NRC Revenue To N1.4b In Three Months

The Nigeria Railway Corporation has disclosed that it made an 84:91 per cent increase in its revenue in 2024 compared to its 2023 first-quarter performance. This was according to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics. Unlike the first …

Read More »
FG Insists On Nigeria Air Suspension

FG Insists On Nigeria Air Suspension

  The Federal Government has said the controversial Nigeria Air project remains suspended as the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, awaits President Bola Tinubu’s decision on the contentious project. The Special Assistant to the Minister of Aviation …

Read More »
BREAKING: NAF Helicopter Crashes In Kaduna

BREAKING: NAF Helicopter Crashes In Kaduna

An Air Force helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force in the early hours of Monday crashed in Tami village, located in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Eyewitness said the incident occurred at approximately 5:00 am, causing …

Read More »
Import Duty: Bank Plane Grounded As FG Clamps Down On Private Jets

Import Duty: Bank Plane Grounded As FG Clamps Down On Private Jets

•Aircraft stopped from flying over alleged N1.9bn unpaid import duties The Federal Government through the Nigeria Customs Service has grounded a United States-registered Gulfstream G650ER jet belonging to a leading Nigerian bank, signalling the commencement of government clampdowns on private …

Read More »
Enugu Govt  Revokes Ubollo-Afor FG’s $8.5 million VTA Investment  Land

Enugu Govt Revokes Ubollo-Afor FG’s $8.5m VTA Investment Land

·       Shippers’ Council not notified ·       Over 10,000 jobs lost Enugu State Government has revoked the Federal Government official site for the establishment of $8.5 million Truck Transit Park (TTP) investment located in Ubolo-Affor, Udenu Local Government Area on account overriding public …

Read More »
Seafarers Are The Lifeblood Of The Maritime Industry – Oyetola

Seafarers Are The Lifeblood Of The Maritime Industry – Oyetola

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola,  has stated that Seafarers are the lifeblood of the maritime industry, which is essential to the success of the Blue Economy. The Minister, who stated this in Lagos during the commemoration …

Read More »
UAE Discusses With Bayelsa On Port Development, Gas and Agriculture

UAE Discusses With Bayelsa On Port Development, Gas and Agriculture

  The United Arab Emirates has said it will support Bayelsa State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region to develop its gas resources, agriculture and seaport. The UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, stated this at a meeting with the …

Read More »
× Get News Alert