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The state of affairs at the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, MAN, Oron, Akwa Ibom State divides opinion among many stakeholders in the maritime industry. The institution has been undergoing infrastructural development for ages, yet it is characterized by several unfinished …

The Southeastern Asia is known as a major piracy hotspot, but it has recorded a 50% drop in maritime crime in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. Meanwhile, the Gulf of Guinea is quickly …

A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. Policies are generally adopted to make things better but the foreign exchange policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have brought colossal damages to …

The Ports and Harbour bill is regarded as one of the most crucial bills to Nigeria’s maritime sector. The bill was designed to provide adequate framework for the private sector participation and to promote efficiency based on the principles of …

Following the decision of the National Assembly to redraft and pass the age-long Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), there is hope for other numerous maritime bills to be reviewed, restructured and passed into law soon, but what does the PIB stand …

The dust following the scrapping of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko was yet to settle before the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi revealed that the federal government had plans to establish a Nigerian Transport University. Rotimi Amaechi announced the establishment …

The growing trend in the Nigerian maritime is the move by the Minister of Transport, Hon. Rotimi Achebe to enforce mergers between related associations and agencies and it is a case of “take it or leave it” for the Transport …

“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.” -Alan Lakein China is the world’s largest ship-building nation, providing the majority of the global bulk tanker fleet, with an order backlog worth …

  “To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn’t know what one doesn’t know, there lies true wisdom” – Confucius According to this apt adage by Confucius, wisdom is not only found in knowing …

  While we bask in euphoria at the substantial compliance by fuel marketers in most parts of the country with the directive to dispense Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at N87 per litre, more joyous news have been released as the …

These are indeed trying times for the global oil and gas industry, but the current context also presents a great opportunity for change. Opportunity to take a whole new evaluation at the way West African countries are doing things, with …

Midstream discharge can be described as the loading and off-loading of shipping cargo offshore as opposed to the ports. Over the years, the increase in mid-stream activities in Nigeria had resulted to increase in sea pirates and other illegal vices …

The Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos is a road that leads to the two most viable ports in the country; however the road has brought unending tales of woe to motorists and commuters. Millions of Lagos residents and others who ply …

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― R. Buckminster Fuller In these wise words put forward by Buckminster Fuller, we see that to create …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been very busy in its quest to track down corrupt fellows lately and the immediate past Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko is the latest to come under the EFCC’s radar following his …

A Lesson For Nigerian CEOs The expression “things fall apart” has been popularized since Africa’s literary giant and master storyteller Chinua Achebe published his first and most sought-after book titled, “things fall apart” in 1958. Achebe had mirrored his Igbo …

The Nigeria shipping sector today is seen as a veritable tool for the growth of the nation’s economy. The sector could be harnessed to provide jobs, create wealth, promote skills acquisition and encourage entrepreneurship. The shipping industry also provides an …

Barely a few weeks to Christmas and the New Year, tackling smuggling remains an uphill task for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The more the operatives of the enforcement unit of the agency strategize to nip the criminal activities of …

Directs Staff give N20, 000 thanksgiving “God is complete. He doesn’t need you or me to be God. So, whether you thank Him or not He will remain God. But to get more blessings from God, you just have to …

There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our economy- Robert Brady In our last edition, we established that the roads to Nigerian ports would fare better when we employ intermodalism for our …