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Lack of funds halts Eastern railway project —FG

Sambo Rates  Buhari High On Interventions In Transportation Sector

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has rated President Muhammadu Buhari high while reading the scorecard of the President on what he described as “Strategic interventions” designed in the transportation sector. The Minister presented the 2015 till date scorecard …

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Scanner Challenge Is A Teething Problem Associated With New Products - Bomodi

Scanner Challenge Is A Teething Problem Associated With New Products – Bomodi

By Frank Odinukaeze The Nigerian Customs Service has said it is still having teething problems regarding the operation of the new scanning machines at the ports. Although the challenges are not peculiar to the NCS, everyone involved in the delivery …

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Customs Detains Officer In Viral Video, Says He Needs Medical Evaluation

Customs Detains Officer In Viral Video, Says He Needs Medical Evaluation

Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) has detained officer in a viral video alleging smuggling of petroleum products across the Nigeria and Cameroun border in trucks by marketers with the aid of  the Customs Area Controller of Federal Operations Unit, FoU Zone D in …

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FG commits $21m to build pilots’ capacity

FG commits $21m to build pilots’ capacity

  The Federal Government, on Thursday, said that it had committed the sum of $21m to acquire a Boeing 737 simulator to further build the capacity of pilots. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while giving the scorecard …

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

Truckers seek Lagos govt’s intervention to end extortion

Truckers operating at the nation’s maritime domain have written an open letter to the Lagos state, Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on the need to urgently intervene to checkmate the activities of miscreants extorting truckers in the state. The group under the …

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Reps okay $700m fund disbursement to maritime operators

Reps probe MDAs over illegal N600bn spending

  The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has commenced a full-scale investigation of 115 ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government for spending over N600bn outside their approved budgets on salaries and allowances. Office of the Auditor …

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Aviation training school births in Lagos

Aviation training school births in Lagos

Harris Air Training School has made history as the first accredited aviation training institute on the Lagos Island Metropolis. Following necessary accreditation and approval by relevant Nigerian and international aviation authorities, including the International Air Transport Association and the Nigeria …

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FG commits $21m to build pilots’ capacity

Stakeholders divided over airport preferred bidders

  Key players in the aviation industry are divided over the list of the airport concession preferred bidders released recently by the Federal Government. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had, at a media event held on October 26, 2022 …

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Airlines record 24 emergency returns in five years

Airlines record 24 emergency returns in five years

  No fewer than 24 emergency air returns occurred in the country between January 2018 and October 2022, media has learnt. Majority of the reasons for the emergency returns were attributed to engine failure, bird strikes, bad weather and others. …

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FG, World Bank Train 61 Persons On Jewelry Crafting

FG, World Bank Train 61 Persons On Jewelry Crafting

By Genevieve Aningo     Dr Oluwatoyin Akanlade, Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development  has disclosed that the ministry in collaboration with World Bank is carrying out a Jewelry crafting training for 61 Individuals in order to resuscitate …

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Nigerian Fleet Implementation: Transport Minister To Change Committee’s Leadership

Nigerian Fleet Implementation: Transport Minister To Change Committee’s Leadership

  ·  3 names in contention ·  NNPC signs contract with indigenous ship owners ·  VAT rebate underway, Zero duty on vessels granted The Minister of transportation, Engr. Muazu Sambo may have concluded plans to change the leadership of the …

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NPA Dockyard Is Another 'Ejigbo' Disaster In  Waiting- Capt Iheanacho

NPA Dockyard Is Another ‘Ejigbo’ Disaster In  Waiting- Capt Iheanacho

  Unless urgent and pragmatic measures are taken to address the looming catastrophy on NPA Dockyard road,the nation might just witness another replication of the Ejigbo disaster,in which scores of people lost their lives,the Nigerian Ports Consultative Council ( NPCC) …

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NIWA Lagos Area Manager Braimah, Decorated With   FNSE Fellowship

NIWA Lagos Area Manager Braimah, Decorated With   FNSE Fellowship

  The Nigerian Society of Engineers(NSE) has honoured the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Lagos Area Manager, Mrs Sarat Braimah  with a Fellowship. Braimah, the authority’s Lagos Area Manager, stated  this in a statement issued in Lagos on Last week.. The …

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Nigeria, Cameroun Commission Border Bridge To Facilitate Bilateral Trade

Nigeria, Cameroun Commission Border Bridge To Facilitate Bilateral Trade

The governments of Nigeria and Cameroon have inaugurated the newly constructed border bridge linking both countries and a joint border post for seamless trade and migration between the two countries. President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Paul Biya of …

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FG To Stop Multiple Taxation By Jetty Operators 

FG To Stop Multiple Taxation By Jetty Operators 

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has said that the Federal Government would stop multiple taxes paid by jetty operators to promote ease of  doing business in the country. Mu’azu who stated this in Abuja, last week, while in …

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Transport minister debunks maritime contract scandal

65 % Transport Ministry’s 2022 Budget Yet To Be Released As National Assembly Kick

  With less than three months to the end of 2022 fiscal year,more than 65 per cent of the 2022 budget of the Federal Ministry of Transportation and its agencies has not been released let alone utilized. This budget under …

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Calabar Port Woos Shippers With Incentives

Calabar Port Woos Shippers With Incentives

Sunny Edemenang – Uyo   The Eastern Port of Calabar has been launched  into limelight  in the comity of busy Ports in Nigeria under the operational leadership of the Port Manager,Mr. Iyke Olumati. Barely few months in office, Mr.Olumati has …

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FG Inaugurates Flood  Prevention Committee

FG Inaugurates Flood  Prevention Committee

Worried by the spate of flood disasters that have wrecked havoc in Nigeria,killing thousands and displacing millions,the Federal Government has inaugurated a presidential committee for the  development of a comprehensive plan of action for preventing flood disasters in the country. …

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Why I Abandoned NTC, Ex-Transport Minister

Sambo Seeks To Reposition Transport Sector For Foreign Partnership

By Frank Odinukaeze   The Minister of Transportation,Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo,has stated that  improved infrastructure, efficient and productive transport sector will  attract foreign investors’ patronage in the sector. Engr.Sambo who  stated this  at the Ministerial Retreat held at IBOM ICON Hotel …

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Nigeria Air: Sirika, Daughter Charged With N2.7bn Fraud

N92bn Abuja airport runway ready 2023 – Minister

  The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, on Thursday, assured the National Assembly’s joint committees on aviation of the completion of the second Abuja International Airport Runway before the exit of the current regime. Speaking during an oversight visit …

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