Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) is set to develop curriculum for Admiralty law in collaboration with the Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA) in order to enhance the availability of knowledge in the discipline. The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mr. …
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The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says that Federal Government has made provision of N1 billion in the 2017 budget for the development of Ibaka deep seaport in Akwa Ibom. Osinbajo disclosed this in Uyo on Thursday last week while …
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The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Friday recently inaugurated a Joint Technical Committee on the Transport Sector Reform Bills to ensure technical inputs for efficiency and effectiveness. Saraki said the Senate the inauguration of the committee has …
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Following the takeover of Arik Air by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria and a reduction in its flight operations due to fleet reduction, some workers of the carrier may soon lose their jobs, as published on PUNCH’s website. A …
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The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.) has approved a grace period of one month, which will end on Wednesday April 12, 2017, for owners of all vehicles whose Customs duties have not been paid to do so. The …
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Akwa Ibom State University AKSU Ikot Akpaden, has been described as a high rising university of destination in Nigeria in terms of structural facilities, academic programmes and up-to-date equipment made available barely one year of Prof. Eno Ibanga as the …
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NIMASA to become Africa’s foremost maritime Agency The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has disclosed that the Agency’s 2017 budget is tailored towards the strategic growth and other developmental initiatives of …
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The Publisher of MMS Plus Weekly newspaper, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke has been nominated in the Nigerian Journalists for Change (NJC) National Merit Awards as the “Creative Maritime Journalist of the Year 2016”. The award is in recognition of Mr. Kingsley …
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-IMO Secretary General, Kitack Lim to lead International Stakeholders In a bid to continue to improve on its role as a global player in the comity of maritime nations, Nigeria would be hosting the 3rd Conference of the Association of Heads …
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The Federal Government has approved the appointment of five new directors and one general manager for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. Those appointed are Group Captain Edem Oyo-Ita as the Director of Air Transport Regulations; and Ahmed Sanusi as the …
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The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has defended the agency’s 2017 budget before lawmakers, saying that it is tailored towards the strategic growth and other development initiatives of the maritime sector. Peterside said …
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Two Chinese nationals, Taolung Shen and Xu Jing Yau, are now telling the police in Lagos all they know about the over N5billion sub-standard tyre stuffing business which they have been running in the country. The two Asians were paraded …
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Few days after the unscheduled tour of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos by the acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, has given a marching orders …
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Auto Makers Seek Govt Intervention On Patronage FG Acknowledges 90 days Grace Period Barely three months after the new Federal Government fiscal policy restricting the importation of vehicles to the sea ports, the Tin Can Island Port and the Ports …
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The House of Representatives Committee on Ports, Harbour and Waterways has said that the recent extension granted some concessionaires was an under the table deal vowing to probe it and correct any anomaly. In exclusive interview with MMS plus, Committee …
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In a bid to enforce compliance to standards on imports, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has set up a working committee in collaboration with the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF). This committee was set up to …
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Against the backdrop of a recent audit report revealing that private terminal operators in Nigerian ports lost about N58.9bn to the foreign exchange scarcity, Consumer Price Index, among others, in eight years, a one-day town hall meeting on “Cargo Handling …
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The Federal Government has named eight primary response centres and 10 governmental and non-governmental organisations to provide emergency medical services in case of accidents. The eight health facilities which are situated in Kaduna and Niger states include Umar Yar’Adua Specialist …
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FG adopts 60-day national action plan on ease of doing business Acting President Osinbajo joined by Saraki, Dogara, at 6th PEBEC meeting The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) chaired by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has displayed commitment in …
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The Federal Government is currently working towards streamlining the number of agencies operating in the nation’s ports to only six from about eight. This is part of the decisions reached at an expanded meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment …
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