The Senate, on Thursday, refused to grant the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), audience, describing the dressing of the NCS boss as “improper.” The lawmakers asked Ali to reappear on Wednesday next week in the uniform …
Read More »Aero Contractors sacks 60 percent of workforce
Aero Contractors Airline, which is under the management of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, has sacked 60 percent of its workforce. Letters of redundancy were issued to the affected employees during the week. Media Consultant to the airline, Mr …
Read More »Reps to probe Customs ban on auction of seized goods
The House of Representatives on Thursday in Abuja mandated its Committee on Customs and Excise to investigate the failure of the Nigerian Customs Service to auction confiscated goods. This followed adoption of a motion on the “Need to Investigate the …
Read More »Customs suspend import duty payment on old vehicles
The Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday announced the suspension of the implementation of the payment of import duties on old vehicles. The suspension is in compliance with an earlier directive by the Senate that the policy, which has generated controversies, …
Read More »Duties on old vehicles: Customs CG makes a U-turn, to honour Senate summons
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), has dropped his earlier plan not to honour the summons of the Senate. A reliable source close to the leadership of the Senate told one of our correspondents on …
Read More »Ecomarine, Seaview Properties Partner MMS Hall of Fame On Mentorship
Ecomarine Terminals Limited and Seaview Properties Limited have joined the host of other private and public sector institutions as Corporate Partners for the novel mentorship introductory programme of MMS Plus Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WofHof) Initiative billed to …
Read More »Monopoly, Debt Crises: INTELs Fires Mr. Bird
Denies Owing NPA Accuses LADOL of Complicity The commercial face-off between the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Port Harcourt based oil and gas giant, Integrated Logistics Services Limited (Intels Nigeria Limited) has taken a new twist, as Intels has …
Read More »Don’t Believe Shipping Is For Men- Orakwusi Tells Female Students
The Chairperson, Ship-Owners Forum, Barr. Margaret Orakwusi has advised young females not to believe in the fallacy that shipping is only men’s business. Barr. Orakwusi was speaking during a conference organized by Womens’ International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria …
Read More »Airport road: FG not frustrating Lagos, says Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday declared that his ministry was not in any way frustrating Lagos State Government with respect to the reconstruction of the Lagos International Airport Road from Oshodi. The Lagos …
Read More »Pandemonium At Tin Can Port As Police Kills Truck Owner
There was pandemonium at mid-day at the entrance of the Tin Can Island Port when a reckless officer of the Nigerian Police shot a truck owner simply identified as Alhaji Dan Jos for allegedly cautioning the officer who urinated on …
Read More »Marine Surveyors, Boat Operators Tackle NIMASA Over Water Craft Policy
The Centre for Marine Surveyors in Nigeria and the Association of Tourist Boat Operators and Water Transporters of Nigeria (ATBWATON) have set up a committee to tackle the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency over the new policy …
Read More »SOAN, NNPC Set Up Committee On Crude Affreightment
…As Engr. Greg Ogbeifun Is Re-elected As SOAN President In a bid to resolve the problems reduced indigenous participation in crude affreightment, the Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN) in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has set …
Read More »Old vehicles: Customs defy Senate on duty payment
The Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday defied the directive of the Senate that it should suspend the planned clampdown on vehicles without correct duty papers, insisting that the one-month ultimatum for owners of such vehicles to pay the appropriate duties …
Read More »New Lagos-Ibadan rail project for completion in 2018 – Osinbajo
Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday said the Federal Government would deliver a fast and efficient rail service between Lagos and Ibadan by December 2018. Osinbajo, who spoke at the Nigerian Railway Corporation compound in Ebute-Meta, Lagos, during the …
Read More »Customs ultimatum on old vehicles arbitrary, unlawful – Senate
The Senate on Tuesday asked the Nigeria Customs Service to suspend action on the plan to clamp down on vehicles without correct duty papers. The upper chamber of the National Assembly asked the leadership of the NSC to appear before …
Read More »Customs seal warehouse containing 23,000 bags of rice
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’, has disclosed the seizure of 23,000 bags of 50kg imported parboiled rice and that the importers owe the Federal Government N149.5m in import duty. The Public Relations Officer of the command, …
Read More »Nine NCAA inspectors become ICAO instructors
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says nine of its inspectors have qualified and duly certified as International Civil Aviation Organisation instructors. According to the NCAA, the officers got the qualification after a successful completion of the ICAO Trainair Plus Training …
Read More »FG begs foreign airlines to use Kaduna airport
The Federal Government on Monday announced that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would be closed in the early hours of Wednesday. It said that adequate preparations had been put in place to secure passengers who would be travelling from …
Read More »MWUN Election: Dahiru Declares Interest, Offered N5Million To Step-Down
*“How I Was Thrown Down From A 2-Story Building” In spite of the alleged repeated attempts to stop him from contesting election in the forth coming National Delegate Conference(NDC) of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Dahiru Abubakar, on Friday …
Read More »NIMASA’s Synergy With Customs Will Guarantee Economic Progress – Dr. Peterside
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has stated that NIMASA and the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) are partners in progress in bringing the desired growth and development to the Nigerian maritime …
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