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The 2015 Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) hosted by the European island nation of Malta was a big event in all respects and an outstanding one in the business calendar of the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Beyond elaborate opening …

Nigeria’s maritime industry has suffered poor policy implementation, inconsistent administrators, lack of skilled manpower, corruption, among other factors; these have resulted to failure in actualizing the enormous potentials available in our maritime sector. After the appointment of the long awaited …

Leadership is sweet when a good leader calls the shot. And the followership never stops asking for more. This seems to be the case at the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central African Region (Abuja …

It is rather disinteresting to Nigerians and the international community that a system meant to curb corruption is found enmeshed in corruption of an unprecedented type. Earlier this year, on February 15 2015, marked the beginning of the full implementation …

In a bid to sustain its steady growth, reflected in its Third quarter 2015 result released last week, Union Bank launched a refreshed brand identity, designed to rekindle public confidence and attract increased customer patronage across the country. “As we …

There is no doubt that Nigeria needs a national airline that can be identified with the country; that can be given the prerogative to carry out diplomatic and other duties for the nation and also to inherit critical air routes …

Most businesses in Nigeria still acts strictly in terms of profit and loss alone, this is not so strange since corporate organizations in Nigeria are hardly familiar with the concept of community relations or are they aware of what their …

In the port system there has been incessant debates on the most effective and well thought out plan to achieve best port practices and efficiency in the ports as well as increase revenue for the Federal Government without digging big …

In a bid to build the maritime industry in Africa and to encourage indigenous participation in trade facilitation within the continent of Africa, the African Shipowners Association (ASA) has keyed into the African Union (AU) proposed agenda for the Africa …

Safety is often the point of emphasis at any work environment. Depending on the nature of the work, the environment as well as the technicality of the activities involved, safety rules and regulations differs from one company to the other. …

That the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restricted access to foreign currency for the importation of 41 categories of items into the country, in a move to stop the slide of the Naira, is no longer news. As the …

With the rising level of discrimination, violence and outright lack of jobs in many developing countries, pay disparity, suppression of entrepreneurship initiative and punitive culture, the unequal gender treatment, which is currently taking a global dimension, is taking a toll …

Over the years, concerned stakeholders in the maritime industry have kept calling attention of the government to the corruption in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), this context refers to serving customs officers owning clearing licenses, this unwholesome practice among senior …

In attempting to decipher the direction that a country is headed politically and economically, one must take into account the caliber of people placed at the helm of affairs of key government ministries, departments and agencies. Thus, as the administration …

  Over the years, the Nigeria-Niger Joint Commission (NNJC) has been at the forefront of championing the course for landlocked Niger Republic cargoes to transit through Nigerian Ports, in an attempt to boost the economy of the Republic of Niger …

With the widening scope and volume of international trade and the requirement by countries to enhance their economic well-being and GDP, there is no better time than now for the bottlenecks that hampers the free-flow of bilateral and multilateral trade …

President Muhamadu Buhari last week issued a directive to the Federal Ministry of Aviation to expedite action towards refloating the Nigeria national carrier. The President gave the directive after he was briefed on the activities by its permanent secretary, Mrs. …

This is unbelievable! It is still surprising the kind of trouble that could have led Chief Mrs. Vivian Amadife, Chairman, VAC International Ltd into being duped by a conman. Amadife is one of the names that called the shots in …

It was the accidents of 2005 and 2006 that prompted the federal government to revamp the aviation industry to bring an end to the yearly carnage of Nigerians. To end the recurrent accidents, the regulatory authority has to be autonomous …

The Nigeria Maritime Expo (NIMAREX) 2015 has come and gone. The realities that eclipsed the expo are still hunting the participants and organizers. The success of the event is a thing that gives room for shades of interpretations, owing to …