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By Okuneye Moyosola The problem of flight cancellation has become a bane in the aviation industry. This has also led to economic losses in the aviation sector as well as disruption in the plans of passengers. Experts have also said …

By Kenneth Jukpor The 2019 United Nation’s International Women’s Day (IWD) was celebrated flamboyantly around the world on March 8th, but the MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WoFHoF) Initiative chose to take the festivity a step higher with …

By Okuneye Moyosola Following the recent Ethopian airline crash, Boeing 737 the world’s best-selling aircraft Next-Generation 737 has become a dreaded death-trap for the flying public rather than a tool that guarantees aviation safety. Over the years, the aircraft manufacturer, Boeing …

By Okuneye Moyosola It has become the norm for foreign airlines operating in Nigeria to always charge exorbitant sums as air fares and Nigerian passengers travelling to other parts of the world have suffered this fiscal burden without relieve. While …

By Kenneth Jukpor Users of the Ebute-Ojo jetty managed by SIFAX Group has accused SIFAX of masterminding a monopoly which has seen the jetty users spend long hours outside the facility as penalty for not patronizing SIFAX ferries. While the …

By Okuneye Moyosola In 2013, thirteen airports were designated as perishable cargo terminals to transform the aviation sector into a major revenue earner for Nigeria. Six years after these airports were designated as perishable cargo airports by the Federal Airports …

By Kenneth Jukpor Like every sector of a nation’s economy, the success of transportation can be attributed to the quality representation and contribution of the professionals to the growth and development; however, Nigerian transport experts have been guilty of been …

By Kenneth Jukpor & Okuneye Moyosola MMS Plus x-rays the activities of transport agencies in the third quarter of 2018. Parastatals in the sector were crippled by the financial constraints with indebtedness even on the most negligible amount of money …

MMS Plus x-rays the activities of transport agencies in the third quarter of 2018. Parastatals in the sector were crippled by the financial constraints with indebtedness even on the most negligible amount of money earlier but the funds were finally …

By Kenneth Jukpor MMS Plus presents the 2018 fourth quarter rating of transport agencies in the country based on their performance with regards to their core functions. This appraisal covers; Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) …

MMS Plus presents the scorecard of transport sector agencies based on their performance in the last quarter of 2018 with regards to their core functions. In this week’s appraisal we x-ray the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Nigerian Shippers Council …

By Kenneth Jukpor It’s already a fortnight into the year 2019. Where there successes in the Nigerian maritime sector in 2018? Who did what? To what effect and what where the overt and covert reasons one may ask? While these …

By Kenneth Jukpor Nigerians have described the annual fuel scarcity in the country especially at Christmas as an act of cruelty that could not be justified. Indeed it has become a frightening trend expected to occur in December every year …

By Kenneth Jukpor Nigeria is regarded as the giant of Africa, albeit in terms of geographical landscape and size of its population, however in the maritime sector several stakeholders have expressed optimism that the country could become the hub of maritime …

By Kenneth Jukpor Many challenges responsible for the stark economic underdevelopment quagmire that defines Nigeria’s economy can be linked to the uncoordinated and unregulated state of the transport industry. The mismanagement of the sector has been obvious in the disjointed …

By Kenneth Jukpor Despite the high expectations placed on the reconstructed Apapa-Wharf road, the Concrete road has been completed but the gruesome traffic occasioned by long queues is yet to dissipate and the situation at the sister port in Tin …

Kenneth Jukpor While the Nigerian government pushes for stronger liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) utilization through various incentives, Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) along with other government agencies and organized private sector has revealed intentions to clamp down on unlicensed gas …

By Kenneth Jukpor Although trade facilitation has been central to the growth and development of many thriving economies around the world; it has been grossly under-exploited in Africa, whose population of over 1.2billion has combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $2 …

By Kenneth Jukpor Following the unveiling of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Nigerian haulage industry, truck owners, drivers, freight forwarders and transport professionals have expressed conflicting views on the new initiative expected to transform trucking business in the country. …

By Kenneth Jukpor Here is the last trench of the MMS Plus 2018 third-quarter rating of transport agencies in the country based on their performance with regards to their core functions. This appraisal covers; Nigeria Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Accident Investigation …