Stakeholders caution Amaechi over collection POF by CRFFN
STAN OKENWA If signals from the office of the Minister of Transport are anything to go by, the Minister is set to direct the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), to...
View ArticleImperative of private sector-driven National Shipping Line
The ongoing debate on the proposed re-establishment of another new National Shipping Line (NNSL), has continued to agitate the minds of stakeholders in the maritime sub-sector. However, experts and...
View ArticleOgun/Oyo Customs impounds trucks, bus laden with contraband goods
STAN OKENWA The Headquarters Compliance team ‘C’ Ogun/Oyo axis of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), has arrested two trucks and bus loaded with banned goods. The team has been involved in series of...
View ArticleNASS to track NPA’s 2016 budget implementation, performance
STAN OKENWA The joint committee of the National Assembly, comprising of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport and the House of Representatives Committee on Ports, Waterways and Harbours has assured...
View ArticleCustoms FOU presents Jan-May 2016 report on seizures, hosts Reps members
STAN OKENWA The Federal Operations Unit of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja Command has released its January to May 31st operations report, saying it significantly reduced smuggling...
View ArticleAdegboyega Sanni appointed PTML Customs Area Controller
STAN OKENWA Comptroller Adegboyega Jelili Sanni has been appointed as the new Area Controller at the Ports and Terminal Multi services Limited (PTML) command of the Nigeria Customs Service. He replaced...
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Why ‘white trash’ Americans are flocking to Donald Trump
When J.D. Vance was a boy, his beloved grandmother “Mamaw” told her boozer husband that if he ever came home drunk again, she’d kill him. When he did, and passed out on the couch, she got a gasoline...
View ArticleTasks ahead of Hadiza Bala-Usman, new NPA MD
The recent appointment of Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman as the substantive managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) by President Muhammadu Buhari on the recommendation of the Minister of...
View ArticleNavy offers Medical Rhapsody to 2,500 Bayelsans
CHINEDU WOSU, Yenagoa Authorities of the Central Naval Command, CNC, Nigerian Navy, Bayelsa State has offered free Medical Rhapsody to over 2, 500 indigenes of Agudama community. Agudama Epie and...
View ArticleNavy destroys more illegal refineries, arrests vessel
The Nigerian Navy has continued its crackdown on the activities of illegal crude oil thieves and pipeline vandals with the raiding of an illegal refinery site at Ikoh Imoh Community in Akwa-Ibom State....
View ArticleReview of port concessions imminent
… As operators bemoan decline in cargo throughput Stories by STAN OKENWA The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Usman, has given a clear indication that her leadership...
View ArticleDrop in import volume: Shipping lines, Agents to lose job
There is serious lull in the activities of the nation’s shipping sector following geometric drop in imports barely two months running, findings by experts have revealed. Business and economy analysts...
View ArticleCustoms CG signs MoU in Benin, reveals seizures at Apapa
STAN OKENWA The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and its Beninoire counterpart, have reviewed progress made so far, in the implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on interconnectivity...
View ArticleANLCA decries cost of doing business on Nigeria-Benin border
STAN OKENWA President of Association of Nigeria Licensed Custom Agents (ANCLA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu has drawn the attention of the Nigeria Customs Boss, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) to the expensive...
View ArticleLagos Airport Customs Command hits half year revenue target of N22.7bn
STAN OKENWA The Nigeria Customs Service, Mutarla Mohammed Airport Command in Lagos has met its half-year revenue target of N22.7billion. It would be recalled that Comptroller General of Customs, Mr....
View ArticleNPA sets aside N14.3bn tripartite fund for Lekki deep seaport
STAN OKENWA Indications emerged weekend, that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has set aside N14.3billion as part of its financial commitment to the ongoing construction of Lekki Deep Seaport in...
View ArticleNPA budgets N14.3bn for Lekki deep seaport
Indications emerged weekend, that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has set aside N14.3 billion as part of its financial commitment to the ongoing construction of Lekki Deep Seaport in 2016. The...
View ArticleANLCA decries cost of doing business on Nigeria-Benin border
President of Association of Nigeria Licensed Custom Agents (ANCLA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu has drawn the attention of the Nigeria Customs Boss, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) to the expensive nature of doing...
View ArticleCustoms FOU Ikeja sues importer of banned furniture
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit has charged Mr. Roland Uche Ogbonna, Managing Director of Elgusto Classic International before Hon. Justice Abdulazeez Anka of Federal High Court,...
View ArticleNigeria remains our biggest market, but… Jenkins, Sifax Group boss
STAN OKENWA Managing Director of leading player in the nation’s maritime industry, Sifax Group, Mr. John Jenkins has revealed that whereas his group is a global company with business interests and...
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