Exceptional women leaders in public and private sectors will meet under the umbrella of 2021 MMS Plus Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame(WoFHoF) induction programme and lecture come Thursday,December 9th, in Lagos under the distinguished chairmanship of Dr. Princess Vicky Haastrup, …
Read More »Terminal Operators Lead Agencies, Stakeholders On Automation To Town Hall Meeting
Stakeholders in the maritime industry are set converge for the Town Hall Meeting being organized by the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers(LOMEP) to discuss automation in the logistics and the supply chain as well as the maritime in Nigeria. Players …
Read More »WIMAFRICA Gets New Continental President, As Anishere Passes Baton To Yvonne
By Kenneth Jukpor A new Continental President has emerged at African Women in Maritime (WIMAFRICA) following a blissful transition which saw the immediate past President, Barr. Jean-Chiazor Anishere (SAN) handover to Madam Yvonne Lawson. This change in leadership took place …
Read More »CIoTA, CILT Presidents Collaborate To Enshrine Professionalism In Transport Sector
By Kenneth Jukpor The leadership of the two leading transportation institutes in the country, Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIoTA) Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Nigeria have opened talks to address Nigeria’s transport sector woes. …
Read More »NARTO Exits COMTUA Over Breach Of Agreement
The leadership of the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has announced its withdrawal from Council of Maritime Transport Unions and Associations (COMTUA) with immediate effect, following what it described as breach of agreement. Barely five months the Maritime …
Read More »Shipping Companies Sponsoring Fracas Among Freight Forwarders – ANLCA, NAGAFF
By Kenneth Jukpor Two of the leading freight forwarding groups in the country, Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) have accused shipping companies of sponsoring the rift among freight …
Read More »Nigerian Navy to get landing ship 2022 – Firm
Damen, an international shipyard group, has said it has launched a new 100-metre Landing Ship Transport 100 for the Nigerian Navy and will deliver it in 2022. The company said in a statement that the LST 100 was launched a …
Read More »Businesses groan over cargo clearance, Customs reject blame
As businesses continue to lament the challenges faced during cargo clearing at the ports, the Nigerian Customs Service has said it is not to blame for the delays importers suffer in clearing their goods. Private sector operators, including foreign and …
Read More »Nigeria, eight others top African countries with high airport charges – Report
Nigeria and eight others have been ranked as African countries with high airport taxes, a new report has revealed. Niger, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Bangui, Sierra Leone, Republic of Congo, and Nigeria topped the list of African countries with high …
Read More »#EndSARS report: HURIWA wants Lai Mohammed sacked, says minister lied to Nigerians
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has called for the dismissal, arrest, and trial of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, for alleged falsehood as to what transpired at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos State on October …
Read More »Five killed as gas explosion rocks Ladipo in Lagos
A gas explosion occurred on Tuesday morning on Ojekunle Street in the Ladipo area of Mushin in Lagos State. Media learnt that the explosion happened around 8am. An official of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed the incident to …
Read More »Singaporean, French firms, Bi-Courtney, 10 others jostle for Nigeria’s four int’l airports
A total of 13 airport consortia, comprising local and foreign companies, have submitted bids to be prequalified for the planned concession of four Nigerian international airports, media has learnt. This came as the Independent Concession and Regulatory Commission last week …
Read More »Excess Taxation: 16,000 Water Producing Firms Shut Down
By Kenneth Jukpor · Proposed excise duty regime negates FG’s ERGP – Manufacturers · Nigeria doesn’t have sugar problem – Producers insist As a result of a harsh fiscal environment and excruciating government tax regime, over 16,000 water producing companies, mostly …
Read More »Haastrup Chairs, Anenih, Tallen To Speak At 2021 MMS Hall of Fame Induction
Exceptional women leaders in public and private sectors will meet under the umbrella of 2021 MMS Plus Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame(WoFHoF) induction programme and lecture come Thursday,December 9th, in Lagos under the distinguished chairmanship of Dr. Princess Vicky …
Read More »NAGAFF Demands 14-Day Demurrage Free Period From Shipping Companies
As part of efforts to minimize revenue losses by importers and their freight agents, the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) is a seeking 14-day demurrage-free period for containers from shipping companies. The National Coordinator of the NAGAFF …
Read More »Osinbajo To Chair 3rd CIoTA National Transport Summit
By Kenneth Jukpor Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), would lead transport industry stakeholders as the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIoTA) Nigeria holds its 3rd Annual National Transport Summit in Abuja, next month. The event themed; ‘Regulating the …
Read More »Benin’s transit duty hitting Nigerian businesses hard – CPPE
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, a private sector advocacy group, has decried the transit duty imposed on trucks coming from Nigeria by the Benin Republic Customs, saying it is hitting businesses hard. A statement signed by the …
Read More »GoG Security: Jamoh Calls For Uniform Laws
The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has appealed for the standardisation of the legal frameworks of countries in the Gulf of Guinea to aid effective prosecution of maritime crimes. Jamoh made the …
Read More »CRFFN Has Derailed From Establishing Act – Usoro
By Kenneth Jukpor The President of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Nigeria, Barr. (Mrs.) Mfon Usoro has lamented that the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has lost focus and derailed from its major …
Read More »Journalists Float NGO To Curb Corruption, Violence In Nigeria
A group of journalists, in collaboration with other concerned Nigerians, have come together to advocate against corruption and violence in the country. To achieve these twin objectives, the group has floated a Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) called Media Anti-Corruption Initiative …
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