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Shippers’ Council Instructs Shipping Lines To Publish Rotation Numbers Of Vessels

Shippers’ Council Partners Oyo State Govt on Dry Port Development

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council(NSC) has entered into partnership with the Oyo State Government for the development of Inland Dry Port (IDP) and Truck Transit Park (TTP) in   conjunction with some Chinese investors in the state. The partnership arrangement was unfolded …

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NIMASA Partners NHF To Raise N100m To Fight Heart Diseases

NIMASA Signs MoU With WMU On Capacity Building

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Maritime University (WMU), Malmo Sweden to develop human capacity for the Nigerian maritime sector. Speaking shortly after the signing of the MoU, …

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FRSC Partners NIMC For National Identification Number

FRSC Partners NIMC For National Identification Number

  The Director General National Identity Management Commission Engr. Aliyu Aziz has proposed a collaboration with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the area of inclusion of the National Identification Number (NIN) in the biometric data capturing during the …

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ANLCA BOT Chairman Indicts President Over N35million Biometric Fund

ANLCA BOT Chairman Indicts President Over N35million Biometric Fund

By Kenneth Jukpor The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Mr. Henry Njoku has admonished the outgoing ANLCA President, Prince Olayiwola Shittu to do an audit of his administration and account for …

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IATA records 7.6 per cent traffic upsurge

IATA records 7.6 per cent traffic upsurge

International Air Transport Association (IATA) has disclosed a 7.6 per cent rise in global traffic movement for the month of February 2018, compared to the same period in 2017. The result shows a rebound in traffic growth following the slower …

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Russian Superjet100, MC-21 airplanes debut in Nigeria

Russian Superjet100, MC-21 airplanes debut in Nigeria

Russian Export Centre (REC) on Wednesday showcased new Sukhoi Superjet (SSJ)100 and MC-21 aircraft to the Nigerian market, wooing airline operators to emerging opportunities. The new equipment were designed with latest technology for efficient domestic and regional services, carrying between …

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SAHCOL Constructs Ground Support Equipment

SAHCOL Begins Handling For Two Additional Global Airlines

The Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) has been chosen as the preferred Aviation Ground Handling partner to two international airlines operating into the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The airlines; Badr Airlines and Tarco Airways shall each be …

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FG To Deploy  20 Train Coaches In Kaduna Dry Port

FG To Deploy  20 Train Coaches In Kaduna Dry Port

The Federal Government is to  deploy 20 coaches of train to enhance service delivery at the Kaduna Inland Dry Port. The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’Council(NSC), Hassan Bello, who confirmed  this on Wednesday   in an interview in Abuja, said the …

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Customs Intercepts Pangolin Scales Worth N10billion

E Money Visits FOU Ikeja To Negotiate Car Release

…As Customs FOU Rakes In N1.46b, Intercepts 77 cars, 6003 bags of rice The Managing Director of a popular 5-star Record label ‘E Money’, Mr. Emeka Okonkwo, visited the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday allegedly …

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Tin Can Island Customs Nets N76.7 Billion In Q1

Tin Can Island Customs Nets N76.7 Billion In Q1

By Kenneth Jukpor Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Tin Can Island Command has generated seventy six billion, nine hundred and forty-nine million, eight hundred and ninety-five thousand, six hundred and thirteen naira, forty-three kobo (N76,789,721,107.34) in the first quarter of 2018. …

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L-R: The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Acting Director-General of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Engr. Chidi Izuwah, when the ICRC helmsman paid a working visit to the NPA Managing Director, this week.

NPA To Ensure Efficient Channel Management For Optimal Deep Seaports

By Kenneth Jukpor Realizing that the maintenance of the channels leading to proposed deep seaports may become an impediment to the efficiency of such ports, the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman has reiterated the determination …

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Police Set-up Innocent Citizens To Meet IG’s Target

People tortured to own up crime – eyewitness ICPC gives tips to trap Police culprits As part of efforts to please the Inspector-General of Police, IG, Ibrahim Idris with revenue targets, Nigeria Police have devised new schemes to blackmail citizens, …

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Ugwuanyi and the challenge of Southeast PDP

APC Chieftains Laud Ugwuanyi’s Humility And Good Governance

Several chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Enugu State, as well as other stakeholders have poured encomiums on Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his uncommon leadership qualities anchored on vision, humility and good governance, during the flag-off ceremony of Nkwo …

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SIFAX Haulage Gets New General Manager

SIFAX Haulage Gets New General Manager

SIFAX Haulage & Logistics Limited has announced the appointment of Aderibigbe Adewale Adetayo as the new General Manager to head the subsidiary. Adetayo holds a Masters degree in Financial Management from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso as well …

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FRSC Cautions Drivers Against Hazards Of Rainy Season

Special Easter Patrol: FRSC Rescues 1071 Persons From 160 Crashes

By Kenneth Jukpor Following the just concluded 2018 Easter special patrol, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that it recorded a total of one thousand and seventy-one (1,071) people rescued from a total of one hundred and sixty …

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5% fuel levy: ‘Nigerians won’t accept another price hike’

5% fuel levy: ‘Nigerians won’t accept another price hike’

Any increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirt as a result of the five per cent levy on the product as stipulated in the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill that was recently passed by the National Assembly will not be …

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Nigeria Customs Introduces Additional Uniform

Nigeria Customs Introduces Additional Uniform

The Management of the Nigeria Customs Service has approved a new additional uniform to give officers and men variety of uniforms that can be worn depending on the weather and assignment to be executed. The additional wear which was officially …

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MMS WoFHoF Initiative Mourns Winnie Mandela

MMS WoFHoF Initiative Mourns Winnie Mandela

It is with deep sorrow that MMS Woman Of Fortune Hall Of Fame (WoFHoF) Initiative  mourns the demise of Winnie Madikizela – Mandela, a leading figure at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. MMS WoFHoF Initiative, …

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NDDC, Local Content Taxes Are Major Challenges of Oil Industry, Says Baru

NDDC, Local Content Taxes Are Major Challenges of Oil Industry, Says Baru

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has said the major complaints of operators in Nigeria’s oil industry were more about multiple taxes levied on them. Baru said these taxations include payments made …

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PIA: Okowa rejects three per cent allocation to host communities

Okowa, Uduaghan Mull Revival of Warri, Koko Seaports

Despite the huge financial outlay of making them functional, a comprehensive dredging of the Warri river to pave the way for the revitalisation of Koko and Warri Ports came to the fore at the town hall meetings held by the …

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