Nigeria’s highest and unacceptable crude oil production cost comes from indigenous oil firms, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, said on Thursday. Kyari, who said this during a Seplat Energy Summit 2020 webinar, also noted that …
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Dutch airline KLM said Friday it would shed up to 5,000 jobs due to a “crisis of unprecedented magnitude” caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The carrier, part of the Air France KLM group, said the cuts through the end of …
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By Kenneth Jukpor Following Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) recent directive to shipping lines and terminals to refund monies collected from port users as container transfer charges without the importer’s permission, G-Major and a group of freight forwarding companies has commended …
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By Kenneth Jukpor Blue economy has been described as a viable tool to correct the high poverty margins in Africa, if the potentials in the sector are harnessed optimally. Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria stressed this during …
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By Kenneth Jukpor Senator Gbemisola Saraki, the Minister of State for Transportation will on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 10am deliver a keynote address and flag off a one day webinar on “Enforcing Policies and Legal Instruments Against Sexual Harassment …
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By Ayoola Olaitan Fifteen months after Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s helicopter crashed in Kogi State, the Accident and Investigation Bureau (AIB) has concluded its report on the incident with the crew indicted for inappropriate landing techniques. Recall that …
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The pilots of the crashed helicopter that conveyed the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on February 2, 2019, deployed an inappropriate landing technique that eventually led to the crash, the Accident Investigation Bureau stated on Tuesday. The AIB also stated …
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By Kenneth Jukpor Newly promoted officers of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at the Western Marine Command, have been implored to facilitate trade by carrying out their responsibilities without compromise. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) at the Command, Comptroller Olugboyega Peters …
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The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has appealed to the Niger Delta Development Commission to pay the allowances, tuition and other incentives of students on its scholarship scheme in the United Kingdom. She said the students had turned …
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By Kenneth Jukpor As part of efforts to ensure the boats utilized on Nigerian waterways meet the right standards and specifications, Bank of Industry (BoI) and National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) are concluding plans to avail boat operators funds to …
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By Kenneth Jukpor Following the approval of $20million by the Federal Government for the acquisition of three scanning machines to be installed at Onne, Port Harcourt and Tin Can Ports, the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has …
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By Ayoola Olaitan The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami, has said that there is no convenient time for tax payments as it rolls out six percent stamp duty on rent, lease and others. He made …
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Three neighbouring countries bought a total amount of electricity worth $81.48bn from Nigeria in the last two years, even as many households and businesses in the country continued to suffer blackout, ’Punch reports The invoices given to the Republics of …
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The Federal Government on Sunday announced that 14 airports were now opened for domestic commercial flight operations. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who announced this in a tweet through his official Twitter handle, said the airports had resumed full domestic …
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By Kenneth Jukpor As Africa celebrated the African Day of Seas and Oceans yesterday, experts have stressed the need to address the supply chain inefficiencies and human capacity development as critical issues in the bid to exploit potentials of the …
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· Oil producing states squandered N8trn in 20 years · Unpaid levies got CRFFN delisted from FIATA · COVID-19, Associations’ fracas stalls re-accreditation By Kenneth Jukpor Over N769billion has been squandered by the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2004 …
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By Kenneth Jukpor African Women in Maritime (WIMAFRICA) has admonished African governments to prioritize and protect African oceans and seas with a view to harnessing the numerous potentials in the blue economy. The President of WIMAFRICA, Barr. (Mrs.) Jean-Chiazor Anishere …
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By Kenneth Jukpor While the COVID-19 pandemic has seen Nigerian prisoners jettisoned by their families, lawyers as well as Non Governmental Organizations (NGO), it hasn’t hindered the charitable deeds of Bomarah Foundation which took donations to Kirikiri Maximum prison, this …
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By Kenneth Jukpor Following the expiration of the seven days ultimatum freight forwarders under National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) issued Mr. Klaus Laursen, Country Manager of AP Moller Terminals Nigeria, to tender an unreserved official apology, the …
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Team Leader on the Presidential Committee on Clearing of Apapa Port and Access Roads, Kayode Opeifa, has accused manufacturers, shippers and freight forwarders of not showing enough interest in port activities. Opeifa challenged stakeholders at the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network webinar …
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