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SAHCO Wins Contract To Manage Uganda Airlines, Ibom Air Ground Handling Services

The Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC, has won the contract of providing Passenger, Baggage and Ramp Handling services to Uganda Airlines at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Uganda Airlines which is the flag carrier of the Republic of …

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Photo News: ADVOCATING MARINE & BLUE ECONOMY

Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority Mohammed Bello Koko (Middle) brokers a handshake between the Honourable Minister for Marine and Blue Economy Adegboyega Oyetola and Mr Dinesh Rathi CEO Lekki Free Trade Zone on the sidelines of Nigerian Economic Summit Group …

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BULLS: Shippers’ Council Resides In Minna!

Freight Agents Besiege Shippers council Office Over Terminal Charges Increase

Some aggrieved members of freight forwarders on Monday besieged the headquarters of Nigerian Shippers’ Council(NSC) in protest against the new terminal charges approved by the Council. Addressing the freight forwarders who were mainly  from the National Association Government Approved Freight Forwarders(NAGAFF), …

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NSC Board, Management Condoles With Orakwusi Family

Why We Approved New Terminal Charges-Shippers’ Council

Jime · Approval lacks integrity and transparency –a Director alleges · Storage charge to be abolished · Freight agents allege compromise, seek withdrawal of new charges    In the face of the turbulent agitation by freight forwarders against the latest increase in storage and …

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Nigeria’s Export To Angola Hits $16.8m In Three Years

Nigeria’s exports to Angola hit $ 16.8 million between 2020 and 2022, the Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Angola communities, Domingos Lopes, said. Lopes stated this at the first interactive Angola-Nigeria business forum held in Abuja on Thursday. …

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Customs CG Meets Wike, Solicits Land For Schools In FCT

Adewale Adeniyi, Acting CGC The acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, on Thursday, met with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike, to solicit lands in FCT to build schools. This was contained in a …

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Caverton Marine Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification

Caverton Marine, a subsidiary of Caverton Offshore Support Group, has received the ISO 9001:2015 certification from the Standards Organisation of Nigeria. In a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday, Caverton Marine, a leading provider of marine and aviation logistics …

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FG mulls Chinese, Portuguese loans to complete railways

China To Fund Port Harcourt-Maiduguri, Abuja-Kano Rails

The Chinese government, on Wednesday, expressed its commitment to refinance and complete the Abuja-Kano and Port- Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri railway projects. A statement signed by the VP’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, on Wednesday, said: “President of Peoples …

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Airlines Increase Flight Seats To Beat High Operating Costs

As part of strategies to beat high operating costs in the aviation industry, domestic airlines have increased the number of flight seats, allowing more travellers to commute and boost revenue. The President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies, …

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Reps probe Nigeria’s deal with Russia on Ajaokuta

Ajaokuta Steel Faces Disconnection Over N25bn Debt, Says NERC

Ajaokuta Steel Electricity distribution companies through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission have warned the Federal Government that failure to settle its electricity bills totalling N25bn may result in its facility, Ajaokuta Steel Co. Ltd,’s disconnection from the national grid. This …

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CBN forex ban: Nigerians imported N18tn cooking oil, meat, others in seven years – Report

How Banks Frustrated Forex Restriction Policy On Select Items

*CBN caught in-between policy contradictions *Mixed reactions trail policy as pressure on naira intensifies amid fears   Mixed reactions have continued to trail the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  lifting of forex participation restriction on 43 items, which has been described as …

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Shipping Magnate  Wins Lord Wilson Golf Open Lakowe Nigeria

 The owner of one of Nigeria’s biggest Tug supply Vessels MV Atlantic Brigand Mr Augustine Ndubisi  at the weekend  won the Lord Wilson  golf open tournament which took place at Lakowe Lakes  Golf Resort in Lagos.  Mr Ndubisi who plays off …

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Air Peace reaches 55 million passenger mark in eight years

Angry Passengers Demand Refund Of Air Fares From Air Peace Over Delay

Some Air Peace passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Friday,last week demanded a refund of their airfare in anger after their flight was delayed for several hours. . PREMIUM TIMES  reports that the flight P47140 from Lagos to Uyo, …

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Customs Set To Deploy Tech Solution To Drive  Operations

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has concluded plans to deploy technological solution in order to drive its operation. This was disclosed by the Acting Comptroller General of Customs,  Adewale Adeniyi aftermath the World Customs Organization (WCO) Technology Conference and Exhibition which …

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Why Police Have Interest In Cargo Clearance – AIG Mohammed

From right: Mr. Simeon Nwaonu; Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Lagos and Ogun States,Mohammed Ali Ari; Founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders(NAGAFF),Dr. Boniface Aniebonam and  others at the reception  in honour of the police chief at NAGAFF …

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Shipowners split over $350m maritime fund disbursement

Senate Begins NIMASA Act Amendment,Bill Passes First Reading

   The bill to amend the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA Act has passed the first reading on the floor of the Nigerian Senate. Chairman Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Wasiu Sanni Eshinlokun, who announced this during …

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NIMASA, Others Get Presidential Recognition For Embracing Reform

L-R:The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR (right) and Director General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dasuki Arabi, during the Nigeria GovTech Public Service Awards in Abuja The award for the best Federal Ministry, Department …

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Stakeholders knock FG over $3.2bn Customs modernisation project

Kings Communications Tenders Apologies To Col. Ali

Former Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.) Following a recent publication by MMS Plus in which the former Comptroller General of Customs, CGC Col. Hameed Ali(rtd) was alleged to have transferred N300 billion offshore, Kings Communications …

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Domestic Airlines Demand Jet Fuel Import Licence, Forex

Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Domestic airlines under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria, on Monday, demanded that the Federal Government should allow AON procure the requisite licence for the importation and distribution of aviation fuel, …

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Institute canvasses support for AfCFTA implementation

AfCFTA: Nigeria, ECOWAS Yet To Develop Implementation Strategy

·      Nigeria Customs, stakeholders lament tariff barrier ·      Foreign donors give Africa $58billion as development assistance Nigeria and her neighboring  West  and Central African countries are yet to firm up strategies for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement(AfCFTA) in the face …

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