A consortium, comprising Bollore Africa Logistics and PowerChina International Group, has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the Ibom Deep Seaport Project (IDSP) in Akwa Ibom State, while China Harbour Engineering, emerged the reserve bidder for the project. IDSP …
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The Baro River port project may have been stalled as the deplorable condition of the access road has stopped mobilisation of necessary equipment to the site. Media source gathered that the N2.5 billion port project in Niger State, which was …
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*Strike Force to be overhauled *Amaechi convenes maritime agencies’ CEOs meeting ahead of NTC bill passage Rattled by the damning report of convoluted corruption in Nigeria Customs Service(NCS)which went viral last week in the media, the Comptroller General(CG),Col. Hameed Ali(rtd) summoned …
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In line with its anti-smuggling operations, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ Owerri has intercepted a truck loaded with two pump action rifles, 4375 rounds of ammunition and military camouflage all neatly concealed to deceive …
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Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has admonished the Federal Government to take critical look at the policies regulation the nation’s maritime sector, describing them as obsolete policies thus hindering port efficiency. NACCIMA’s National President, …
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A consortium comprising Bollore Africa Logistics and PowerChina International Group has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the Ibom Deep Seaport Project (IDSP) in Nigeria. Ibom Deepsea Port is located in Southeast Nigeria and is to be developed on …
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The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has threatened to sue Sahara Reporters, an online news medium, over a published report alleging that she was involved in bribery to circumvent the results of the primary …
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There is a growing agitation among freight forwarders plying their trade at the Lagos ports over what they described as the proliferation of Customs units which they alleged are being used for extortions and to encumber the clearance procedures at …
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South African firm, Transnet, to take over Weather hampers completion of Lagos – Kano line The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has clarified that the federal government did not sign any agreement with General Electric (GE) on the planned …
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Nigeria and other African countries, as well as their entrepreneurs, would soon enjoy a first treat of their projects and investment ideas, aimed at making them attractive and feasible, courtesy of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The bank unveiled the …
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Air Peace airlines has blamed aviation politics for the delay in starting its long-haul flights to London, Guangzhou, Houston, Mumbai, Johannesburg, Dubai, and Sharjah. The airlines got the Federal Government’s approval to operate the seven international, and 17 regional routes …
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The Senate yesterday said it again uncovered illegal multiple withdrawals of $1.151 billion from the dividends accounts of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This is apart from the $1.05 billion NNPC Group …
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The Alumni of Maritime Academy of Nigeria Oron (AMANO) has decried the problems faced by cadets concerning sea time training, stressing the need for comprehensive approach to finding solution to the problem. President of AMANO, Austin Umezurike, at the second …
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By Kenneth Jukpor As part of efforts to mark its 20th anniversary, the Virtuous Women Tuesday Fellowship, a non-governmental organization (NGO), organized a free medical examination exercise for over 100 women in Apapa, Lagos, last week. The Group also called for …
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· Why Police, Customs use syndicates · 90% of Nigeria’s import is fraud–Aniebonam Strong indications have emerged that President Mohammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption battle is being compromised by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) headed by Col. Hammed Ali (rtd), the Comptroller General of Customs (CG) following series …
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As part of efforts to promote the activities of terminal operators as concessionaires at all the nation’s seaports, the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has directed that henceforth all operators should participate fully in Trade Fairs and Exhibitions. …
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SIFAX Group, a multinational corporation with diverse interests in Maritime, Aviation, Haulage & Logistics, Oil & Gas and Hospitality, has appointed Mariam Abiola Afolabi as its new Group Executive Director, Compliance. Mariam Afolabi, a Solicitor and Advocate of the Nigerian …
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Threatens resumption of hostility Presidency insists no figure has been approved The organised labour Thursday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to send to the National Assembly, without any delay, a bill fixing N30,000 as national minimum wage or risk resumption of …
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By Kenneth Jukpor The Founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has urged the new Chairman of the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) to …
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The Federal Government has faulted a report credited to the United States Department of Agriculture, World Markets and Trade where Nigeria was said to have imported three million metric tonnes of rice this year. Specifically, the document had stated that …
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