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 The Nigeria Customs Service has said it has not carried out any fresh disengagement of its officers. Reacting to a report of a recent disengagement of 59 officers, the Public Relations Officer of NCS, Mr. Joseph Attah, in a statement …

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said the Agency will revisit the procedure of wreck removal from Nigerian waterways. The Director General, who made this declaration while addressing journalists in Abuja, …

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has donated a Toyota Hilux patrol van to the Marine Police Command to aid their operations at the nation’s ports. The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, while handing …

 The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday stated that the Federal Government had released N72bn as its counterpart funds for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway line. The minister said this at the Second Presidential Business …

EFCC Petitioned over his sources of income Security Report Chilly There are indications that the forthcoming National Delegate Conference (NDC of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) will throw up crisis in the maritime industry, this is even as …

 Experts in the aviation industry on Sunday said the rehabilitation of the runway and taxi ways of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja might exceed the six-week period scheduled for the exercise judging by the statement of the contractor assigned …

The Federal Government has extended the deadline given to airlines operating in the country to automate their remittance/payment systems to aviation agencies to February 28th. Mr. Sam Adurogboye, General Manager, Public Relations, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), told journalists on …

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Group Executive Vice Chairman of SIFAX Group, has urged the Federal Government to put mechanisms in place to ensure the implementation of the Nigerian Cabotage Law. Dr. Afolabi said the non-implementation of the law has negatively affected …

Lagos State University (LASU) School of Transport is set to mandate professional courses of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Nigeria as part of the requirements before graduating students from the school. This decision was reached when delegates …

 The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has promised to disburse $100m (N30.7bn Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, made the promise during a forum organised by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. He …

 The Senate on Tuesday backed down on its opposition to the planned closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for six weeks in order to effect the repair of its only runway. The closure is scheduled to start on …

The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency  (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has endorsed the Nigeria Ship Finance Conference and Exhibition (NISFCOE) as a credible initiative set to positively influence the shipping industry. Peterside made this remark on Friday when organizers …

The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has urged the Federal Government to suspend the ban on the importation of vehicles through the land borders. The Committee said it came to this resolution after series of deliberations on …

 * His worries for transport sector * CTN to recommence operation  this January Apparently worried that no concrete achievement has been recorded in the last one year of his tenure, the Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi is exerting …

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA); Ms Hadiza  Bala-Usman has appealed to the Nigeria  Police to intensify efforts to find and arrest killers of an official of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA); Mr. Surajudeen Bakare, …

 …Commissions Study On Port Charges In West Africa The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA); Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman has assured that the Authority will introduce quarterly stakeholders meetings in order to interact more with stakeholders in 2017 so as to be …

The British High Commission and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) yesterday resolved to work together in order to improve port development in Nigeria. The resolution was made during a courtesy visit to NPA’s head office in Marina, Lagos by the …

 There are indications that the recent reorgnaisation carried out by the  management of the Nigeria Customs Service is aimed at cutting down the powers of Customs Area Controllers assigned to oversee various commands. The Comptroller General of the NCS, Col. …

 The Senate has called for the reversal of the Federal Government policy banning the importation of vehicles into the country through land borders. According to the Senate, the ban, which took effect on January 1, 2017, will lead to the …

 The planned closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja by the Federal Government for six weeks from March 8 will cripple the Nigerian economy beyond that period. On January 5 this year, the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator …