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Unions protest airport concession, sue minister, FAAN

In Dramatic Twist, FG Suspends Nigeria Air Project

NCAA: Aircraft leasing companies may blacklist Nigeria In a move that jolted local and international investors, the federal government Wednesday suspended the implementation of the national carrier project, Nigeria Air, which was scheduled to commence operations in December. The Minister …

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Customs urged to reward officers’ gallantry

Customs urged to reward officers’ gallantry

Following the seizure of about 50,000 jerry cans of petrol by the officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja recently, stakeholders have called on the management of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), to reward the officers with …

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NPA’s Sanctions On Shipping Companies Have Been Ineffective – Umeadi

NPA’s Sanctions On Shipping Companies Have Been Ineffective – Umeadi

By Kenneth Jukpor Two months after Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) sanctioned some shipping companies over the absence of holding bays, port operators lament more grievous fiscal challenges as a result of the burden as all shipping companies extort about N50,000 …

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FG to conclude ports concession review agreement by December

FG to conclude ports concession review agreement by December

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has disclosed that the review of ports concession agreements have reached advanced stage and would be signed in by December. This may engender a new regime that will herald improved ports efficiency in the country’s …

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Buhari Orders Construction of Rail Infrastructure in Major Seaports

Buhari Orders Construction of Rail Infrastructure in Major Seaports

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hinted that his administration is committed to rebuilding infrastructure that supports multimodal means of transportation from the ports to the hinterland, even as he directed the linking of major seaports in the country to rail …

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Airlines lose over N400 million to MMA2 closure

Unease over ‘stolen’ jets at Lagos airport

• Parties in presidency allegedly remove, share aircraft • Court slams contempt order on NCAA, FAAN, Aero, others • We’ll meet in court, says apex regulator Two Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 aircraft formerly used by Topbrass Aviation Services Limited, a …

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NPA boss advocates enhanced cargo clearance framework

NPA Steps Up Inspection of Ships Calling Nigeria’s Territorial Waters

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has pledged to step up inspection of ships calling at the nation’s territorial waters to ensure they discharge their ballast waters in order to protect the marine environment from invasive species. The move, the NPA …

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Tukur, Danjuma, Iheanacho Clear Ship Acquisition Loan

Tukur, Danjuma, Iheanacho Clear Ship Acquisition Loan

· Ship owners tackle NIMASA over CVFF wrong declaration · NISA threatens court action Contrary to the belief that the local ship owners who were the beneficiaries of the defunct  Ship Acquisition and Ship Building Fund(SASBF) are still indebted to the Federal Government, …

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Customs Reopen Clarion Bonded Terminal After Shippers' Council Intervention

Shippers Council To Hold Sub-Regional Conference On Port Concession

Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and the Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) in collaboration with United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) would hold a two-day Sub-Regional workshop and joint standing committee meeting of UASC on Tuesday and Wednesday …

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

SIFAX Partners NGOs To Train 120 Physically Challenged Kids

One hundred and twenty physically challenged children have benefitted from the new partnership SIFAX Group entered with twonon-governmental organizations (NGOs), Initiative for National Growth and Mo Rainbow Foundation, to train physically-challenged children in Lagos. The initial beneficiaries of these trainings …

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Illicit Arm Dealers Dread Tin Can Ports- Custom

Illicit Arm Dealers Dread Tin Can Ports- Customs

By Kenneth Jukpor As Nigeria’s polity heats up whilst the 2019 General Elections edges closer, the Tin Can Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has assured Nigerians that the Command had become dreaded by illegal arms importers. Recall …

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Buhari To Commission First ICD In South-South

Buhari To Commission First ICD In South-South

Nigeria’s President, Mohammadu Buhari is expected to inaugurate first Inland Container Dry (ICD) Port in the South-South region of the country, cited in Benin City, Edo State on Monday, next week. The Managing Director/CEO, Atlantique Marine Engineering Services (AMES), initiators …

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FG Targets N762.5bn Earnings from $2.5bn Eurobond to Finance Treasury Bills

Buhari Accepts Adeosun’s Resignation, Appoints Zainab Ahmed As Replacement

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, as the replacement for Kemi Adeosun who resigned as the minister for finance on Friday. Adeosun resigned earlier on Friday, more than 60 …

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2021: Over 36,000 Containers Evacuated By Barges, Tin Can Customs Collect N493bn

Tin Can Customs Commissions One-Stop Treatment To Curb Multiple Alerts

Generates  N31.8bn in August  As part of efforts to curb frivolous alerts in Customs procedures at the Tin Can Island Port, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)  recently commissioned a “One Treatment Area” to enhance the operations of the Query and …

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Buhari Orders Construction of Rail Infrastructure in Major Seaports

Buhari To Commission First ICD In South-South Next Week

Nigeria’s President, Mohammadu Buhari is expected to inaugurate first Inland Container Dry (ICD) Port in the South-South region of the country, cited in Benin City, Edo State on Monday, next week. The Managing Director/CEO, Atlantique Marine Engineering Services (AMES), initiators …

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BULLS: WISTA’s Ghana-Must-Go

WISTA Gets Seat At IMO Council

By Kenneth Jukpor Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association  (WISTA) has secured a seat at the apex regulatory body for maritime activities in the globe, the International Maritime Organization  (IMO). The President of WISTA Nigeria, Mrs. Mary Hamman revealed this …

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NIWA To Train, Licence Boat Operators In Lagos

Lagos woos investors with latent water transport opportunities

• Takes delivery of seven ferries before year-end The Lagos government yesterday wooed the private sector and investors with the latent opportunities in the state’s water transport system. During a breakfast meeting organised by the Nigerian-Belgian Chamber of Commerce/Nigerian-Belgian Commercial …

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Naira depreciation, inflation erode workers’ N25tn salaries

Labour talks tough over new minimum wage

Gives FG 14 days to raise panel on pay Industrial harmony cannot be guaranteed nationwide if the Federal Government fails to approve a new national minimum wage for workers, according to organised labour. It therefore gave the government a 14-day …

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MTN pays N71.6bn to renew spectrum licence

MTN Sues AGF, CBN over Tax Arrears, Funds Repatriation

Group CEO: We will overcome challenges in Nigeria MTN Nigeria has dragged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) before the Federal High Court to challenge a directive that the telecoms company should …

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Explain role in alleged N33bn NEMA fraud, PDP tells Osinbajo

LADOL Terminates Agreement with Foreign Partner

A few weeks after the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) visited and commended LADOL for recording giant strides in the Egina Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) unit, which was built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), in conjunction with LADOL, …

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