Warrior Port The city of Delta, British Columbia has released a new report on deep-seated security problems at Deltaport Roberts Bank Terminal, the largest container facility in Canada. The terminal at Roberts Bank handles three million containers per year, and …
Read More »Customs Pledges Intimate Ties With Plateau State Government
The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi , has pledged to strengthen ties with the people and the government of Plateau State during a courtesy visit by the Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, at Customs Headquarters Abuja, last week.Welcoming the Governor and …
Read More »Haastrup Indicates Interest In MWUN Leadership Selection
The Executive Vice Chairman of the ENL Consortium, operators of terminals C&D at the Lagos Port Complex, Vicky Haastrup has strongly advised that the leadership of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigerian (MWUN) must not be handed over to somebody …
Read More »Oil Tanker Trade Drops By Over 50 % As Ship Owners Lament Forex Volatility
Oil Vessel · Tasks Blue Economy Minister on implementation strategy · Seek CVFF disbursement to earn dollars for country The increasing volatility in foreign exchange market has adversely affected the volume of business in the shipping and tanker trade by over 50 …
Read More »Lagos Govt Issues Final Warning To Truck Drivers On Apapa Access Roads
Trucks parked on the roadside waiting to get access into Tincan port in Apapa, Lagos, on January 11, 2021 The Lagos State Government last week issued a final warning to port operators, especially petroleum tanker drivers and container truck drivers …
Read More »Maritime Workers Union Writes Blue Economy Minister, Laments IOCs Negligence
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has written the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy,Adegboyega Oyetola presenting its numerous challenges faced over time. The Union in a statement signed by Comrade John Kennedy Ikemefuna, Head of Media, listed a …
Read More »Customs Assures Polish Investors Of Commitment To Trade Facilitation
The Acting Comptroller-General of ,Customs Adewale Adeniyi, has expressed his administration’s readiness to collaborate with foreign and domestic traders, stating that his main priority is to take proactive measures to facilitate trade. The Ag. CGC spoke when he recently received the …
Read More »NRC Launches Apapa-Kajola Express Train Service
In a bid to alleviate the impact of petroleum subsidy removal on Nigerians, the Nigerian Railway Corporation announced the launch of a mass transit express passenger train, code-named Apapa Express, along the standard gauge railway line. In a release on …
Read More »Nigeria’s Fuel Quality, Price Attracting Smugglers – Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service, on Thursday, said its latest findings showed that the quality and price of Nigeria’s Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, were the key factors causing the persistent smuggling of PMS out of the country. It also …
Read More »Customs Seize N1.6bn Explosive Materials, Hard Drugs, Arrest Nine
The acting Customs Area Controller, Kayode Kolade displaying some of the seized items The Federal Operations Unit, Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service, has intercepted raw materials for the production of explosive devices, cannabis sativa, and other contrabands with …
Read More »Why FG Returned To Subsidy, Suspends Single Window Forex Policy
President Bola Tinubu · CBN lacks capacity for intervention · Finance Minister gives no hope The surprising and sudden reversal of the twin flagship policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration has continued to elicit divergent reactions from economists and financial analysts many …
Read More »NPA Grants AIM Logistics Export Terminal Operation Approval
The Nigerian Ports Authority has given an operating approval to AIM Logistics Limited as an Export Processing Terminal. By this development, AIM Logistics Terminal has transmuted into an emporium where Nigerian produce buyers, agriculture investors and exporters in general can …
Read More »Customs CG Visits PR Nigeria, Pledges Strong Collaboration
The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has reiterated his unwavering commitment to collaborate with media professionals to amplify the Service’s influence on Nigerians. The Customs’ boss made this known when he paid the CEO of Image …
Read More »Customs Boss Tasks New Recruits On Professionalism In Weapon Handling
Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has charged the newly recruited officers undergoing training to imbibe the culture of handling their firearms properly, as they wrap up their regimental training. He made this …
Read More »UN-Habitat, Customs To Combat Smuggling
The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has said that the Service, under his watch, will implement every necessary action against saboteurs of Nigeria’s economy with a commitment to cripple their ‘illegitimate’ smuggling business. UN-Habitat is the United Nations entity …
Read More »New ANLCA Elected Management Team Visits Ag CGC
From left: Chairman, Customs Consultative Council(CCC),Aare Hakeem Olarewaju, leading the new elected executive of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents(ANLCA) on a courtesy visit to the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs,Adewale Adeniyi in Abuja last week. The Acting Comptroller …
Read More »Tax Expert Urges Govt To Boost Investment-Friendly Environment
Dr. Titilayo Fowokan Dr. Titilayo Fowokan, a former Lagos State Coordinator of the Society of Women in Taxation (SWIT), has called for a significant improvement in the tax environment. Her recommendations encompass fairness, transparency, and a seamless tax collection process …
Read More »REA To Increase Licensing Threshold For Mini-Grid
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is eyeing more investment in Nigeria’s energy by increasing the licensing threshold for mini-grids from 1MW to 5MW as part of its engagements with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The REA Managing Director and …
Read More »Blue Economy: NIMASA To Invest In Research,Development – Jamoh
Dr Bashir Jamoh, DG, NIMASA The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has disclosed that the Agency is set to reopen the Lokoja office, as part of efforts towards harnessing the Blue …
Read More »CRFFN Begins Orientation Training Programme For Workers
Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of CRFFN, Mrs. Chinyere Uromta The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN has organized its first induction and orientation training programme for its members of staff in the Northern, Western and Southern Zonal …
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