Nigeria Ship owners Association, NISA, has accused the Federal Government of encouraging piracy through the neglect of the nation’s seafarers’ cadets who are left helpless after their training. Chairman of NISA, Capt. Niyi Labinjo, in a chat with media, said …
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The Anti- Corrupt arm of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has joined forces with the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police in the fight against corruption. This collaboration was sealed when the Founder of …
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The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Transport and in collaboration with the Inland Container Nigeria Limited (ICNL) would hold a one-day sensitization programme for stakeholders in the maritime industry at Hotel Seventeen, Kaduna …
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President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in a move to douse the tension over the 2016 budget controversy, fired the Director-General for Budget, Mr Yaya Gusau, and announced a replacement in the person of Mr. Tijjani Abdullahi. Similarly, Mr. Ben Akabueze was …
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Nigeria loses N1.5 trn on Mid-stream discharge There seems to be a stream of fraud running in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) with the latest discovery that the corporation fraudulently pays a whopping $900,000 (N180million) daily as war risk insurance …
Read More »DU&T Consulting, a reputable consulting company, is organising the 2016 maiden annual edition of logistics, transport and port management conference scheduled to hold on 25– 26 February with the theme:‘Improving Transportations, Logistics and Port Service Delivery and Effectiveness in West Africa’, in …
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Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) is set to organize another roundtable to sensitize industry stakeholders on Thursday 18th February 2016. The symposium will take place in Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos state and Nigerian Shippers’ Council has called on all stakeholders …
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Pirates have attacked two vessels in Bonny Island of Rivers State and South off Abidjan in Ivory Coast both within the Gulf of Guinea, last week. A company security officer alerted that one of his vessels has been attacked …
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The issue of port pass is one of the most pertinent worries of a freight forwarder in Nigeria and it was a recurring issue when the General Manager, Western Ports of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief Michael Ajayi yesterday paid …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday declared a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, wanted. The anti-graft agency, in an advertorial signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said it decided to …
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The Federal Government is projecting to improve the salaries of officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service to encourage them in the bid to raise the level of revenue generation for the nation. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi …
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The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has lamented at the inadequacy of safety regulations and enforcement by its regulatory body, the Council for the Regulation of Engineers in Nigeria (COREN). The president of NSE Engr. Otis Anyaeji made this known …
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The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF ) has been advised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to ensure compliance to organisational and business ethics in a manner that can help curb corruption …
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Jauro raises committee to generate N70bn monthly Ship owners lament dying NIMASA Operational activities in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) have been virtually grounded to a halt by on-going investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) into …
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The Western Ports chapter of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has created a new committee to check the alleged cases of extortion on truck drivers by security operatives at the Port entrances in Lagos. The new committee known as “Intervention …
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The Federal Court of Appeal, Lagos, has adjourned a case between the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and the Seaports Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) over reduction in port charges to May 23, 2016. The court also adjourned the case between …
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Freight agents have expressed apprehension over the slow but sure return of government agencies to the ports, at a stakeholder’s meeting in Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday. The agencies which were sacked and made to go …
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The House of Representatives has faulted the process of award of some contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of railway projects between 2010 and 2014. The lawmakers’ position came after a former Chairman of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) and …
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The Chairman of Senate Committee on Marine, Senator Ahmed Yerima commended the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for improved revenue generation. Senator Ahmed Yerima applauded the NPA during the committee’s visit to NPA headquarters on Monday when the …
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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello revealed that within the last five years NSC had saved the Nigerian economy over $2.7billion by blocking leakages. Hassan Bello made this disclosure while addressing the House Committee …
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