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Managing The Nation’s Security Offshore, Onshore

By Kingsley Anaroke Security is everything!  This captures perhaps the essence of effective security across all spheres of life. In Nigeria, however, managing the spiraling insecurity situations in the sea, land and borders have been an uphill task for successive …

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Hamas-Israel War: For How Long Will The Price Of Crude Oil Be Cucumber Cool?

By Nduka Uzuakpundu Crude oil, it’s been, rightly, argued, is intolerant of crisis. It ranks first in that conduct well ahead of diamond, cocoa and wheat. The last major global crisis about diamond, called gems of war, was back in …

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EPTs: How NPA Rekindled Hope On AGOA And Intra-African Trade

The licensing of five Export Processing Terminals (EPTs) in 2022 by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) was a game-changer in the nation’s drive for increased non-oil export and the export value chain which has grown in different dimensions.  Establishing and …

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Dr Ajani: Reanimating Old ‘Super- Permanent Secretary’ Spirit In Civil Service

By Kingsley ‘Anaroke Before the Nigeria civil war erupted in 1966, there was a group of Permanent Secretaries who earned the sobriquet, ”Super” to their position and therefore were called Super- Permanent Secretary in the federal civil service. Chief Philip …

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Stakeholders Mark World Customs Day With Purpose

By EKPO, ERI The agencies and stakeholders of the maritime industry converged at the Customs Training College, Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, last week, to mark the International Customs day with the theme: “Customs Engaging Traditional and New Partners With Purpose” The annual …

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2023: NPA’s Performance Review And New Year Projections

With Nigeria struggling to meet revenue targets at the start of 2023, there was widespread anxiety across the nation, with many concerned that the country might hit the precipice. Amid the downturn in the economy, government agencies were expectedly confronted …

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Who’s Thwarting War Against Crude Oil Theft?

When the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) entered into a security agreement with Tantita Security Services Limited to tackle crude oil theft in the Niger Delta, very few Nigerians had expressed support for the deal. It was widely believed …

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Former Presidents’ Remuneration: Can Obasanjo, Buhari, Others, Emulate America’s Richard Nixon?

Nigerians were alarmed with the news that N13.8 billion out of N27.5 trillion was budgeted for the remuneration of former Presidents and heads of states as well as the vice-presidents. This is obviously part of the recurrent expenditure profile in …

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Evaluating African, Asian DFIs’ Drive for Climate Funding

The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently noted that Africa needs to spend $250 yearly to meet its climate finance needs not only to comply with a greener world nicety but as a strategy for to grow its economy Climate spending …

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Balancing Employment Opportunities Between Citizens And Expatriates

By Sufuyan Ojeifo Whereas needs attract investments, a 2019 National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) report showed that the natural resources and the economic opportunities in Nigeria have continued to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) by investors across the world, which culminated …

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Can Cost-reflective Tariffs Be Panacea For Nigeria’s Electricity Woes?

To say that the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) is in a mess currently, would be stating the obvious. A nation of over 200 million people, the citizens depend on just 4,000mw of electricity supply to power their homes and …

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Many Odds Against Nigeria’s Annual $296billion Blue Economy Expected Revenue

In Nigeria, Blue Economy has been gaining traction since President Bola Tinubu’s administration created a Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.  But the challenges it presents to leadership are numerous and seemingly more difficult to track and confront than its amorphous …

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Tracking NPA’s Operational Performance Since 2021

Prologue Thoroughly equipped with a track record of excellence in Nigeria’s private sector led financial system combined with a hands-on public sector experience as Executive Director Finance and Administration who was responsible for leapfrogging the Nigerian Ports Authority’s revenue to …

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Why AfCFTA Nigeria Is In Abeyance

It became clear last week that Nigeria has not presented any operational strategy for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement(AfCFTA) since the initiative took off in the country in 2021. A member of the National Action Committee on AfCFTA, Mrs. …

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Tinubunomics  And Nigeria Customs Service

By Okey Ibeke The parlous state of Nigeria’s economy and means of addressing the multifaceted challenges, among other pressing issues, constituted the elaborate manifesto on which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rode on to pitch for the votes of Nigerians during …

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Indefinite Industrial Action: Can NLC Reinvent Itself, Now?

By Kingsley Anaroke The nation’s seaport, airports and other important economic locations and terminals in public space are expected to be shut indefinitely beginning from Tuesday October 3,2023, to enforce the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and …

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CRFFN’s Guide For Business And Career Opportunities In Freight Forwarding

By Franklin Ogude Making a career in cargo brokerage or its extended meaning of freight forwarding is a rewarding one that has employed millions of people directly and indirectly.  Over the years, it is one profession where people with limited educational …

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Unveiling Aniebonam @65: He Was Not Born

Compt. Dera Nnadi, CAC, TinCan Island Port Customs Command and Dr. Boniface Aniebonam Existential realism has posited that there are two types of human creations-those Born on one hand and those Designed on the other hand. These creations are found across the known formal …

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How Data-Driven Compliance To SOP Can Foster Effective, Efficient Maritime Sector

By Babajide Okeowo With annual losses recorded in the maritime sector running into an estimated $7bn, and other myriads of challenges facing the sector, data-driven compliance to Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been identified as the solution to these challenges. …

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Exit Of 10 Multinationals: Why They Left Nigeria

By Babajide Okeowo “We’ll treat fairly, respectfully and with care, meeting all applicable legal and consultation requirements” those were the sugar-coated, subtle but damning verdicts that employees of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria Plc were subjected to after they were unceremoniously dumped …

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