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FG completes concession of Abuja, Kano airports

FG completes concession of Abuja, Kano airports

… Corporacion American Airport Consortium to make upfront payments of $7m for NAIA and $1.5m for MAKIA …. As Ministry of Aviation becomes Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace   The Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace has announced that the concession …

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Why We Need Abuja Office For NIMASA-Sambo

Why We Need Abuja Office For NIMASA – Sambo

  The  Minister of Transportation,  Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has  explained that the new Abuja Zonal Office of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) is strategic to achieving the nation’s economic potentials in years to come as he commissioned the zonal office.. …

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Jamoh Recognized  Public Servant Of The Year, 2022

Jamoh Recognized As Public Servant Of The Year 2022

  The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, has emerged as the Public Servant Of the year 2022. The latest award is coming from the Champion Newspapers Nigeria Limited.  Jamoh, alongside …

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MARITIME CONTRACT MESS: My Enemies Are At Work- Sambo

MARITIME CONTRACT MESS: My Enemies Are At Work- Sambo

The Minister of Transportation, Alh.Muazu Sambo has described his alleged involvement in contract scandal in a parastatal under his ministry as an orchestration to smear his image and kill his political prospects in the incoming administration and therefore called on …

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How Export Processing Terminals, Call-up Systems Will Facilitate Cargo Shipment

How Export Processing Terminals, Call-up Systems Will Facilitate Cargo Shipment

With the effort of the federal government to diversify the economy gaining momentum, it has emerged that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), established the Export Processing Terminals (EPTs) and introduced Electronic Call-up system for export cargo to expedite the federal …

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Transport minister debunks maritime contract scandal

Transport minister debunks maritime contract scandal

  The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has denied allegations of his involvement in the hijack of a maritime contract at the Nigerian Ports Authority. His rebuttal comes following reports of his involvement in a maritime contract scandal two weeks …

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Foreign airlines blame fare hike, N582/$1 RoE on Central Bank, instability

Foreign airlines blame fare hike, N582/$1 RoE on Central Bank, instability

Foreign airlines, yesterday, pushed back on the recent upward review of Rate of Exchange (RoE) and attendant spike in the cost of international air travel, saying they were induced by the Central Bank’s exchange rate and local market volatility. The …

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Nigeria imports N2.7tn sugar as government master plan stalls

Nigeria imports N2.7tn sugar as government master plan stalls

Despite committing over N170bn to boosting self-sufficiency in sugar production, Nigeria spent about N2.7tn on raw sugar imports during the decade-long period of the National Sugar Master Plan. The National Sugar Master Plan has its origin in a 2008 Federal …

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Lekki Port to improve ports operations

Lekki Port to improve ports operations

  The management of the Lekki Deep Seaport has said that the port will serve as a trans-shipment port for cargoes going to eastern ports. The Chief Commercial Officer of Lekki Freeport Terminal, Kehinde Olubi-Neye, said this while addressing journalists …

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FG Inaugurates Committee On Over Time Cargo Clearance

FG Inaugurates Committee On Over Time Cargo Clearance

  The Federal Government on Thursday inaugurated a committee composed of the representatives of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Ministry of Transportation and others to address lingering issues of overtime cargoes at the nation’s seaports and …

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Bello-Koko Wins Champion Newspapers Maritime Icon Of The Year Award

Bello-Koko Wins Champion Newspapers Maritime Icon Of The Year Award

  The managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has been awarded the 2022 maritime icon of the year by Champion Newspapers. This is in recognition of his fast track of the approval processes leading to the …

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Judiciary Has Role To Pray In NIMASA’s Fight Against Piracy, Says CJN

Judiciary Has Role To Pray In NIMASA’s Fight Against Piracy, Says CJN

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON has stated that the judiciary has a role to play in all legal forms of fight against piracy, noting …

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TinCan Island Port Receives Largest Ever Container  Vessel

TinCan Island Port Receives Largest Ever Container  Vessel

The Nigerian Ports Authority recorded yet another milestone with the berthing on Tuesday at the TinCan Island Port Complex of the largest ever container vessel to call at the Lagos Pilotage District. The vessel MSC Maureen Length Overall (LOA) of …

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FG Approves Ratifications Of Six Maritime Conventions, Protocols

$20trillion Ocean Economy: NIMASA Urges Investors To Tap Opportunities

  The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR, has called for collaboration between the tourism and maritime sectors in Nigeria, stating that with the enormous resources inherent in the maritime sector, the tourism …

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High duty: Vehicle imports crash by 128%

High duty: Vehicle imports crash by 128%

Vehicle imports into Nigeria crashed by 128 per cent between the first quarter of 2023 and the corresponding period of 2021, findings have shown. A document obtained exclusively from the Nigeria Customs Service by the paper showed that in the first …

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FG Approves Ratifications Of Six Maritime Conventions, Protocols

Invest in maritime, NIMASA advises Nigerians in diaspora

  The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Bashir Jamoh, has urged Nigerians in diaspora to invest in the country’s maritime sector. According to a statement from the agency, Jamoh made the call in Abuja …

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NSC Board, Management Condoles With Orakwusi Family

NSC Board, Management Condoles With Orakwusi Family

The Board and Management of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) have paid a condolence visit to the family of late Barr. Mrs. Margaret Orakwusi. In a condolence letter presented by Mallam Samaila Abdullahi the Chairman of the Council’s Governing Board, …

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Subsidy Deprives Govt Revenue That Can Improve Nigerians’ Lives - Iheanacho

Subsidy Deprives Govt Revenue That Can Improve Nigerians’ Lives – Iheanacho

Babajide Okeowo   As the debate rages on the removal or otherwise of the controversial fuel subsidy, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Oil and Gas, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho has disclosed that the huge amount of money used by …

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Stakeholder Calls For More Indigenous Participation In Shipping

Stakeholder Calls For More Indigenous Participation In Shipping

Babajide Okeowo   Frontline Master Mariner and Chairman of Integrated Oil and Gas Limited, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho has called for more participation of Nigerian players in shipping to improve the country’s economy. He lamented the foreign domination of the sector …

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How Margaret Orakwusi  Saw Tomorrow

How Margaret Orakwusi  Saw Tomorrow

  The maritime industry has been thrown into a mourning mood again following the sudden death of Barrister Margaret Onyema-Orakwusi. This came after the death of another cerebral maritime icon, Otunba Kunle Folarin who gave up the ghost shortly after …

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