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 Fuel Subsidy Removal Good But Hasty- Aniebonam

NAGAFF Founder Urges Freight Forwarding Groups To Quit Unhealthy Brawl

ANLCA withdraws law suit on POF collection By Kenneth Jukpor The Founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has called on the five registered freight forwarding associations to quit the injurious struggle for …

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CRFFN Sharing Formula: APFFLON Laments Gang-Up Against Ministry's Directive

Nweke Commends NAGAFF For Re-Scheduled CRFFN Elections

…As NAGAFF Founder offers advice to independent candidates By Kenneth Jukpor As the rescheduled Governing Council elections of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) is set to hold on Saturday, July 7th 2018, Chief Eugene …

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NEC Directs NNPC, Finance Ministry to Audit Daily Petrol Usage

NEC Directs NNPC, Finance Ministry to Audit Daily Petrol Usage

IOCs: Investment confidence back with payment of JV cash call debts The National Executive Council (NEC) has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Ministry of Finance to undertake an audit exercise to determine the actual volume of petrol …

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SON designs system to maintain high standard of Nigerian products

SON designs system to maintain high standard of Nigerian products

To ensure that Nigeria manufacturing companies do not compromise the standards of their products, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has designed a system of getting feedback information from consumers of various food products to enable them know whether standards …

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Nigeria showcases $48 billion upcoming oil, gas projects to investors

NNPC says Nigeria will increase crude oil reserves by one billion barrels yearly

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the country will increase crude oil reserves by one billion barrels yearly to meet 40 billion barrels target by 2020. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, who spoke yesterday …

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Outrageous Lies about Nigeria’s Refineries

Outrageous Lies about Nigeria’s Refineries

Recently, the media was awash with reports that Nigeria is the only member country in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that still imports petrol. The country currently imports one million tonnes of premium motor spirit (PMS) every month, …

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Temile Signs $120m Ship Building Contract

Temile Signs $120m Ship Building Contract

Temile Development Company Limited, an indigenous shipping company operating in the Nigerian oil and gas industry, has signed a ship building contract with South Korean shipbuilder; Hyundai Heavy Industries Limited, to build an optional Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carriers. Both …

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Shippers’ Council Boss Encourages Staff To Join Co-operative Society

Shippers’ Council Boss Encourages Staff To Join Co-operative Society

By Kenneth Jukpor The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Barr. Hassan Bello has advised all members of staff at the Council to become members of the NSC Staff Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society. Hassan Bello who was speaking during the …

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MMS Mentorship: WILCEP Africa Trains 50 Nigerian Females

MMS Mentorship: WILCEP Africa Trains 50 Nigerian Females

· Participants exposed to blue economy prospects and digital media skills · Parents liable for financial recklessness of Nigerian children – OceanDeep CEO By Kenneth Jukpor Over 50 Nigerian females ranging from senior secondary schools to undergraduates in tertiary institutions as well …

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Port Stakeholders Deliver Scorecard On ‘Ease of Doing Business’ Directive

Port Stakeholders Deliver Scorecard On ‘Ease of Doing Business’ Directive

· Urge FG to fix port access roads, set-up single window By Kenneth Jukpor One year after the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo issued an executive order on transparency and improving the business environment in Nigeria, stakeholders in the …

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CRFFN Sharing Formula: APFFLON Laments Gang-Up Against Ministry's Directive

Freight Forwarders Express Shock Over CRFFN Election Postponement

Following the sudden postponement of the election into the Governing Council of the CRFFN earlier scheduled for Friday, June 29, 2018, the five registered Associations,  National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Association of Registered Freight Forwarders of Nigeria …

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Dakuku Charges Blue Economy Group To Attract Investments, Boost Employment

Maritime Silk Road Will Boost China- Africa Economic Partnership- Dakuku

…Charges Africans to protect economic interest The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Dakuku Peterside, has said the Maritime Silk Road initiative promoted by China to develop international shipping connectivity across South East Asia, …

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

NCS: 70% of Transactions at Ports Not Compliant with Trade Rules

The Customs Area Comptroller of Tin-Can Customs Command, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Musa Baba Abdullahi, has disclosed that only 30 per cent of transactions at the ports comply with the requirements for trade. Abdullahi, who made this known during a …

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‘Why we are supporting MSMEs with various intervention schemes’

Government Agencies, Customs Agents Trade Blame over Delays at Ports

Following declaration by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo that some government agencies were frustrating the federal government’s Ease of Doing Business policy, licenced customs agents and government agencies operating at the ports are trading blames over delays in cargo …

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Shippers’ Council Holds 15th International Maritime for Judges Next Week

Shippers’ Council Holds 15th International Maritime Seminar For Judges Next Week

Nigerian Shippers’ Council in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute (NJI) will be holding the 15th edition of the International Maritime Seminar for Judges at the Sheraton Hotel Abuja from Tuesday July 3rd – Thursday July 5th, next week. The …

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W’Bank, Others Raise $1.57bn for Grid Expansion

W’Bank, Others Raise $1.57bn for Grid Expansion

• TCN budgets $65m to procure new SCADA for national grid • Clears 655 out of 800 stranded power project containers at ports The World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and French Development Agency are …

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ICPC Seeks Joint Vessel Inspection By Maritime Agencies

ICPC Recovers 17 Vehicles from Ex-FAAN Officials

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday received 17 official vehicles recovered from the agency’s ex-officials by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). ICPC had disclosed that some of the ex-workers of FAAN wanted to …

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Electricity tariff hike will push cost above 40%, MAN warns

MAN kicks against Nigeria’s ratification of African free trade agreement

Nigeria’s’ possibility of ratifying the free trade agreement –African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – before the end of the 180 days deadline set by African Union (AU) member-countries, after the deal was signed on March 21, may suffer another …

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Clearing agents’ strike grounds activities at Lagos airport

Clearing agents’ strike grounds activities at Lagos airport

Clearing agents at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, yesterday embarked on industrial action in protest against a new policy introduced by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lagos Airport Command. The protest, which began in the afternoon, grounded activities at …

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How Govt Encourages Corruption In Agencies - Ex-CRFFN Chairman

CRFFN  Governing Council Elections: Chairman Emerges Ahead Of Election

More facts have  continued to emerge on why  some candidates were denied screening  for the forthcoming Governing Council  elections  of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria(CRFFN). Dr. Zebulon Ikokide, Dr. Eugene Nweke, among two other registered freight …

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