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Smoldering Tankers

Smoldering Tankers

The recurring news in the country of tankers with petroleum products exploding into ragging inferno and destroying lives and properties in its wake is no longer new. Is it the Onitsha accident where no fewer than 69 persons were burnt …

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Did you know….?

It is a common maxim that nobody is an island of knowledge; that is why we have brought these uncommon tips to serve as guides to you in your every dealings. Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice …

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Nigeria Breaks Another Record 

Nigeria Breaks Another Record 

The surge in the cost of petroleum products occasioned by scarcity this week created a record within the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. For the first time in the history of petroleum sales in Nigeria, pump price went as high …

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Lagos fuel tanker drivers suspend strike

Back To The Old Way?

The government of Lagos state has again done another wonder as they cleared the road of the petroleum tankers that have constituted nightmare on the road since last year thereby rendering the road impassable. The forty eight hours ultimatum given …

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Molu VS Brt

Molu VS Brt

Before the advent of the BRT buses that were brought into Lagos by the state government, the most popular means of transportation for the middle and lower class citizens were the long buses also known as “Molue.” For what it …

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New NPA Boss: Can You Swim?

New NPA Boss: Can You Swim?

In a space of about  twenty years, five people from Kano state have emerged as the Managing Directors of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) though with some Southerners in-between the period. This does not take anything from the efficiency achieved …

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The fear of Buhari, the beginning of…

The fear of Buhari, the beginning of…

It is not yet May 29 but already the wind of change blowing across the oil and gas sector has sent jitters to dubious stakeholders in the maritime sector and left them  scampering like scared rats and making unsuccessful attempt …

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Lagos State: Living In Bondage

Lagos State: Living In Bondage

It is barely a month now that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the presidential ticket to rule the country in the next four years as well as in Lagos State. This is the first time the party at the …

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Remembering Chibok Girls One Year After

Remembering Chibok Girls One Year After

Exactly a year ago, about 300 school girls were abducted from their dormitories in chibok, Borno State by the dreaded sect Boko Haram. There were clamourings and protests from almost every part of the world to bring back the girls. …

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The Pains of Consumers

The Pains of Consumers

Price of products and services are being jerked up by producers and service providers at will and without recourse to the feelings of the end-product users. This is so alarming that people go to the market without being able to …

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ELECTION PROMISES

ELECTION PROMISES

Now that the main opposition party has won the presidential election, what is next for the country especially the maritime industry? The Nigerian maritime industry and indeed the ports have struggled over the years to stand on its feet as …

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Election Fever In The Port

Election Fever In The Port

The air is electric and the atmosphere charged as a result of the election. Nigerians are caught up with the election fever. The immigration service has closed both land and sea borders. People are panic-buying and selling in anticipation and …

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Power: NERC Issues 126 Licences For 36,040MW

WINDOW DRESSING

In January 2015, the National Electric Regulatory Commission (NERC) increased electricity tariff by 100%. The increment started off immediately for commercial users but would wait till June before it will start for domestic users. The news was greeted with dismay …

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Who Blinks First?

Who Blinks First?

The last has not been heard of the ongoing feud between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Fresh damming facts have continued to emerge as both parties engage in verbal war and the …

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Lagos Roads Death Purchase

Lagos Roads Death Purchase

The rate at which vehicles are knocking down unsuspecting road users these days is becoming an unbecoming situation. Harping on the road blocks at the Mile 2 axis of the Apapa/Oshodi Expressway, commercial vehicles now ply the road by driving …

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How Customs Target Is Killing Business

How Customs Target Is Killing Business

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) as the government agency saddled with collecting of duties on imported goods into the country, has due to the targets given to each command of the service not only hindered trade facilitation, it has also …

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A Nation without a Back up

A Nation without a Back up

The gradual depletion of our foreign reserve is an indication that the country is on the brink of economic collapse. The foreign reserve is the country’s backbone; our contingency, our back up, but now we have all but spent them …

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Executive Errors

Executive Errors

It is appalling that the Federal Government just approved some of the transport bills that were supposed to have been passed long before now. Some stakeholders have even referred to non-passage of the bills as being embarrassing considering their importance …

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BEARS: New Year, More Tales Of Woes

Travesty Of Hope

Few days to the presidential elections, a chunk of the society has not been able to collect their Permanent Voter Card (PVC). The inability of the people not have collected their PVCs is partly owned to the fact that some …

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Actors Called Legislators

Actors Called Legislators

In the midst of the political heat and campaigns in the country, jitters are beginning to set into the hearts of stakeholders who can see where the country’s economic pendulum is swinging. As the oil fortune is fast dwindling with …

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