Barely a month after United Airlines disclosed plans to quit the Nigerian airspace, more foreign airlines are already weighing their stay options. The development is not unconnected with fall in passenger demand and inability to repatriate funds in the last …
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The Comptroller General, CG, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Col. Ahmed Ali (Rtd) has begun a sensitization campaign to communities in border towns aimed at enlightening citizens in such communities on the dangers and adverse effects of smuggling on …
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Shippers , under the aegis of Shippers’ Association Lagos State, on Friday advised the Federal Government to do a complete restructuring of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The President of the association, Mr Jonathan Nicol, gave the advice in an …
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African Circle Pollution Management Limited (ACPML) has procured new specialized garbage trucks and mini oil spill response stores to improve the operational environment at the ports. Acting Co-ordinating Manager, ACPML, Fidi Ahmadu who revealed this, said it was in addition …
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· Tension grips President’s aides over sack · NPA EDs to go month end · MWUN seeks probe of Oduntan As President Mohammed Buhari resumes work, Monday this week, after a 10 day medical trip to London, seven serving Ministers …
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The House of Representatives has disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), a subsidiary of the NNPC were owing the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety …
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Apparently worried by the challenges facing the aviation sector in particular and economy in general, airline operators have urged the Federal Government to come up with a clear policy direction for the industry’s development and growth. The operators, under the …
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The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of maritime, Mr. Musa Katsina has decried the increased cases of stowaways on Nigeria waters which he attributed to the porosity nation’s maritime boundaries. AIG Kastina emphasized this in Lagos last week when …
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Counters Sarumi’s submission The intrigues, politics behind The World Bank has been said to be responsible for the delay in concession of the Onitsha River Port, the Acting Managing Director of the National Inland Water- Ways Authority (NIWA) Barr. …
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APM Terminals has unveiled new Truck Safety programme featuring what the company described as “carefully researched and tested standard operating procedures for outside truck drivers delivering or picking up containers” The company in a statement explained that the initiative would …
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… Shippers’ Council To Instigate Punitive Laws For Terminal Operators President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to launch the Standards Operating Procedures for all agencies operating within the ports, when the programme kicks-off on June 23rd. SOP is a document that …
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Recently, the Nigerian chapter of the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) was flagged off as the executives were elected into various positions and inaugurated by the IIMS Regional Director for West Africa, Mr. Monday Ogadina. The inaugural meeting was to …
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…As the world marks Ocean Day The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called on Nigerians especially those living in the coastal regions to protect the marine environment as it is …
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Checks by the media have revealed that some Nigerian airlines are unable to bring back their aircraft taken abroad for routine maintenance due to their inability to pay outrageous maintenance bills, which have tripled because of the low value of …
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The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has declared the Agency’s support for the vision of International Maritime Organization Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS) for Nigeria. The DG said this during …
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– Buhari, Dogara, endorse shippers council as port regulator – Battle for the soul of Maritime Industry begins The Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has said that one of the challenges of restructuring the maritime industry is that …
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Senate has passed a resolution to probe the loss of N1trn from the nation’s oil sector contained in the recent report of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI. This was also as the lawmakers extended an invitation to the …
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The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has reiterated the one year imprisonment penalty for persons involved in illegal assemblage for the purpose of contravening any of the provisions of the Customs and Excise Laws. NAGAFF made its …
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Following complaints that terminal operators have become increasingly responsible for loss, damage or delay of cargo, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has been urged to initiate legislations to cover liability of terminal operators for such delay or damages using the …
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Maritime Advocacy Group (MAG), a coalition of Industry Journalists, Ship owners and Critical Stakeholders, has frowned at the malicious statements of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu on the former DG Nigerian Maritime Administration …
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