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Fuel marketers, FAAN clash over airport fee, passengers stranded

MMIA Operates 272 Flights Daily, Due For Decongestion – FAAN

According to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Murtala Muhammed International Airport has become congested as it currently operates 272 flights daily, forty years after its inauguration. The MMIA Airport Manager, Mrs. Victoria Shin-Aba, on Tuesday said the …

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Poor Maritime Surveillance: Nigerian Fishing Trawlers Suffer 80% Decline

Poor Maritime Surveillance: Nigerian Fishing Trawlers Suffer 80% Decline

  Despite the acquisition of several surveillance equipments by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), maritime experts decry poor surveillance of the nation’s maritime domain. Experts say that the surveillance …

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Shippers' Council Disapproves PTML's Move To Increase Charges

Ignore Unauthorized Police Officers At Ports- NSC

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has asked freight forwarders operating at the nation’s seaports to ignore unauthorized policemen that are involved in illegal interception of already cleared cargoes. The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Council, Mr. Hassan …

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Reps summon Customs CG over alleged ports extortion, dwindling revenue

Group Labels Customs  Anti-Smuggling War ‘A Scam

The much-touted anti-smuggling war of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has been described as a scam allegedly contrived and sustained over the years to enrich favoured persons within and outside the Service, even as the nation suffers terribly from revenue …

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NCAA probes Lufthansa over alleged passengers’ maltreatment

NCAA Cautions Pilots, Airlines Over Bad Weather Conditions

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has instructed Air Traffic controllers to temporarily close the airspace and for pilots and airline operators to exercise caution during flight operations during such weather conditions. This warning was contained in an Advisory Circular (AC) …

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Fuel marketers, FAAN clash over airport fee, passengers stranded

FAAN Urges Passengers To Leave Home Early

Following traffic gridlock due to construction along the airport road axis, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised passengers travelling through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to leave their homes early, to meet up their travel. The …

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Aviation Ministry, IPADIS To Hold 2-Day Regional Air Transport Summit

Cape Verde Authority To Start Flight Operations In Nigeria

Federal Government of Nigeria has said Cape Verde is planning to establish its embassy in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This is just as Federal Government has hinted on the discussion with Cape Verde on the plan to begin air …

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NIWA To Prosecute Boat Owner Conveying School Children Without Life Jackets

NIWA To Prosecute Boat Owner Conveying School Children Without Life Jackets

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has said that it accosted a private passenger boat on the Lagos lagoon, conveying school children of the Government Secondary School, Tarkwa Bay, to Osborne for a school event without life jackets. The General …

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SIFAX Group Appoints Ojeniyi, Sky Capital GMD; Omajuwa, Strategy Director

SIFAX Group Appoints Three New Managerial Staff

As part of the ongoing restructuring effort, which is targeted at strategically positioning the company for better service delivery, corporate re-engineering and ensuring growth, SIFAX Group has appointed three new members of staff to man key managerial positions. They are …

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MMS Plus Business Roundtable: Why Port Access Crisis Will Defy FG's Solutions

MMS Plus Business Roundtable: Why Port Access Crisis Will Defy FG’s Solutions

• FDI’s restrained by policies, lack of confidence in FG • Public sector funds key to strengthen Commercial Banks By Kenneth Jukpor Despite the alarming degree of traffic congestion that characterizes Lagos ports and neighbouring environs, economic experts have predicted …

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Court Stops State's Control Of Inland Waterways

Appeal Court Sets Aside Judgment On NIMASA, NLNG Levy Case

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Friday set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court which held that the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) was right in refusing to pay levies imposed by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Security Agency …

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Nigeria loses N2tr yearly to foreign shipping lines

Ship Financing: Stakeholders Lament Colossal Interest Rates

Stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime sector have highlighted high interest rate and lack of single digit financing as one of the major problems facing the maritime industry in the country. They made this claim during a maritime breakfast round table …

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Shippers' Council Disapproves PTML's Move To Increase Charges

Shippers Council, CRFFN Intervention Thwarts Lagos Port Crisis

· As Aggrieved Freight Forwarders Issue FG 14-Day Ultimatum By Kenneth Jukpor The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) have met with the Concerned Freight Forwarders in the Western Zone with …

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Customers Of British Airways To Enjoy Lounge Services

Customers Of British Airways To Enjoy Lounge Services

Premium Customers of British Airways (BA) flying from Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja will be treated to kingship reception before departure, courtesy of Strong ground Delivery Services Enterprise (SDS) lounge services, which has provided a world-class lounge for BA passengers. …

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Resolving Aircraft Maintenance Problems For Local Airlines

NAAPE Urges Airlines To Improve Safety Culture

The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has urged airlines, regulators and other aviation stakeholders to improve safety culture in the industry. The group, at a safety workshop in Lagos, reiterated that standard safety culture is central to …

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Shippers' Council Disapproves PTML's Move To Increase Charges

Shippers’ council, SON harp on ethics, integrity in shipping

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) in collaboration with the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) have intensified efforts to boost the ethics and integrity in shipping trade, urging the importers to comply with the standards and shun unethical practices that is …

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Port congestion looms as 8,000 vehicles arrive Monday amid strike

Nigeria loses N3.5tr yearly to poor ports infrastructure

Nigeria’s routine losses appear unending, as the Nigerian Logistics and Supply Chain Industry estimated N3.4 trillion yearly shortage caused by poor infrastructure, policy implementation and corruption at the nation’s ports. The report published by Africa Centre for Supply Chain (ACSC), …

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Ship operators raise concerns over string of vessel fires

Ship operators raise concerns over string of vessel fires

The international shipping industry is currently wrestling with a spate of fires aboard vessels at sea in recent months that have crippled several big cargo ships, killed a number of seafarers and cost companies and their customers hundreds of millions …

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Exporters bemoan N5000 per kilo of produce tariff charge

Exporters bemoan N5000 per kilo of produce tariff charge

Exporters in the Airfreight business have decried the exorbitant tariff charges imposed by the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service on agricultural produce, saying the agency charges as hgh as N5000 per kilo of goods. They disclosed that due to the ridiculous …

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‘Vehicle prices to increase next year’

Automotive council laments $8b yearly import of used vehicles

Seals pact with Volkswagen, scripts financing scheme The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has vowed to put a stop to yearly importation of more than 400,000 used vehicles, estimated at $8 billion, as such practice negates efficiency, safety and …

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