ON THE SPOT MANAGER

  According to the newly released 2022 Lloyd’s list of top 100 busiest ports in the world, none of Nigeria’s ports made it in the century countdown. While Nigeria was absent Togo, Egypt, Morocco and South Africa were present as …

The magnitude of false hopes churned out in the ministry of transportation is enough to erect another mountain Gangirwal in Nigeria. Just recently, the latest gaffe by the Ministry is the promise to yield 21 million jobs by 2025 for …

The discourse on Nigeria having a national carrier has been hovering from past governments to the current administration yet it is still elusive. The President Mohammadu Buhari administration is even at a full throttle to give Nigeria a national carrier …

Between the last four months, the Nigerian inland waterways have witnessed consistent boat mishaps claiming lives, properties, displacing families and inflicting injuries on victims. The data on the number of victims who have lost their lives and affected by the …

  On October 11th the Federal Government approved 3,500 hectares of land in  the Lekki-Epe axis of  Lagos state for the construction of the Lekki International Airport. This was spearheaded through  the Ministry of Aviation, Hadi Siriki at the Lagos …

  The full commencement of operations at the Lekki Deep Sea Port may be another fantasy tale told by the government to the people. The Lekki Deep Sea Port said to have been up to 96% ready to begin port …

For some time now, the nation has been plunged into a major blackout with the collapse of the national grid that has forced businesses and homes to rely on alternative sources of power, with its attendant cost implications. The last …

By Malachy Onummadu JUST as economic turbulence is exacerbating in Nigeria, grand oil theft in the Niger Delta by local vandals and international criminal networks is gaining momentum. Essentially, Nigeria, the 11th largest oil-producing country in the world, cannot meet …

By Malachy Onummadu The halting of the  Eastern Rail project by the Federal Government , has generated lots of reactions and concerns from Nigerians  as well as other  major stakeholders in the transport industry . The only reason given by  the …

The recent jailing of 23 Pirates by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency ( NIMASA), has sent a signal to pirates , particularly within the Gulf of Guinea that it can no longer be business as usual. The Agency …

The recent announcement by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), over the weekend, that enterprises in the country’s Free Trade Zones (FTZ) will not pay customs duty on locally sourced raw materials, has been classified has a welcome development by the …

The rush to swell revenue without giving consideration to the economic implications on the  already overburdened citizens smacks off gross insensitivity on the part of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS.) As argued by experts, it’s like robbing peter to pay …

  One peculiar trait with most government policies is the absence of integrity of purpose. In most cases, the policies are conceived on political grounds and are hurriedly implemented to gain the desired political attention. A number of these policies …

The increasing importation of illicit and hard drugs into the country is becoming worrisome and should be declared as a national emergency. Nigeria is already being challenged with myriad of troubles to allow expired, illicit and hard drugs saturate the …

Reacting to The Guardian online publication titled “Despite delays, ministry insists on July take-off date for Nigeria Air”, an American Len Hobbes wrote “A serious question for Hadi Sirika: today is July 28, 2022…there is no ‘Nigeria Air’ anywhere on …

The total collapse of the national grid on the 20th of July is one collapse too many in 2022 alone. The recent one which occurred at about 12:23pm makes it the sixth  time the country would be experiencing such a …

By Sabastine Mbah The build-up that led to Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) recently deactivating Five Star Logistics Limited from its portal should be seen as one of the many inefficiencies of the agency.  That Customs suddenly woke up to discover that …

  The reality of the Calabar Port miracle in the last five months is a bundle of hope rising from the seeming years of hopelessness in the Eastern ports. The Calabar Port defied the age-long odds against it and erupted …

  At the weekend hope that the $1.5bn Lekki Deep Seaport will begin commercial operations in September was rekindled with the delivery of three Ship to Shores(STS) and 10 Rubber Tyre Gantry(RTG) cranes at the port facility by a vessel, …

  Following the resignation of the former Minister of Transportation Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi in compliance to the presidential order and the new electoral act requesting all appointed Public Servants who aspired for political positions to resign from their current …