The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts is investigating the Federal Ministry of Agriculture over the award of contracts worth about N18.9bn to several companies to clear bushes during the COVID-19 lockdown. Chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke, …
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Reps summon NPA boss, vow to recover debts The Office of the Auditor General for the Federation has queried the Nigerian Ports Authority over the failure of 18 port terminal operators to remit total sums of $753m and N1.61bn to …
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*Sambo visits Lagos ports, directs concession agreement ready in 45 days *Says his priority attention is on infrastructure Almost three years after the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) decommissioned BUA Ports and Terminals Limited in Port Harcourt over safety concerns in …
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The chartered Institute of logistics and Transportation(CILT) Nigeria is organizing a two- day programme in Nigeria. This is to enable them proffer solutions for effective national logistics, transportation and Innovation. It is also to encourage multidisciplinary networks and provide platforms …
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The Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has inaugurated Nigerian Shippers’ Council Governing Board with the charge to foster an economy that is robust, transparent, accountable and in line with international best practices. Sambo who performed the inauguration last …
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By Frank Odinukaeze Shippers’ Association of Lagos State (SALS),has threatened to take the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),and the Central Bank of Nigeria,( CBN) to court for non compliance and contravention of Act 20 of 2002,and the General Agreement on Trade …
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An international advocacy group, Global Citizen, organisers of Global Citizen Festival, said it will raise $500m to help African farmers respond to the global food crisis and provide urgent relief from crushing debts to end extreme poverty. The group said …
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The Federal Government on Thursday received the International Organisation for Standardisation accreditation certificate on behalf of the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, an agency under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. With the receipt of the ISO certification, …
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The Association of Maritime Truck Owners has written to the Controller General of Customs, Col Hammed Ali (Rtd), threatening to withdraw services from the ports due to the continued seizure and detention of trucks belonging to its members by …
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The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents has lamented poor road infrastructure at Onne port, urging the Federal Government to fix the roads. The Onne Seaport chapter chairman of ANLCA, Mike Ebeatu, in a statement on Monday, urged the …
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has urged the Society of Petroleum Engineers to join in the protection of Nigeria’s oil assets using their expertise. A statement by the Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, Osagie Edward, said the Director-General …
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Shippers, under the auspices of Delta Shippers Association, are wondering why the ports in Edo and Delta states are abandoned by the Federal Government. The president of DELSA, Austin Egbegbadia, said this recently during a one-day sensitisation workshop on ports’ …
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The federal ministry of industry, trade and Investment, has set up a committee to begin concessionary arrangements of the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex on Mile-2 Badagry expressway in Lagos. The move, according to the ministry, is to revitalize …
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The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, has inaugurated the re-constituted National Steel Council to drive the growth of the steel industry in Nigeria. Speaking at inauguration ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of …
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The Senate Public Account Committee has given a 48-hour ultimatum to the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency to show a document involving payment of $5 million in legal fees for service not rendered. The panel had invited the management of …
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The hike in diesel price has forced the Nigeria Railway Corporation to reduce the number of trips on the Lagos-Ibadan Train Service by about 66.67 per cent, it was gathered on Tuesday. It was also learnt that the corporation had …
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The National Inland Waterways Authority has said the Onitsha River Port area management is currently engaging technical partners from Port of Antwerp. The Managing Director, NIWA, George Moughalu, while addressing journalists in Lagos on Friday, said that the agency was …
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· ‘It is not a political decision or policy’ · Stakeholders seek 30 % rebate across board Inundated with concerns from shippers and stakeholders at the eastern ports over low ship traffic, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has reiterated …
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China said, Friday, it was ending cooperation with the United States on key issues including climate change – a move Washington decried as “fundamentally irresponsible” as relations between the two superpowers nosedived over Taiwan. The damaging rift, which carries significant …
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The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has charged the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to join in the protection of Nigeria’s oil assets using their expertise. Jamoh stated that the SPE have a …
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