NPA tasks owners of underground cables as road reconstruction begin in Apapa
As main contractor handling the reconstruction of port access road mobilizes to the site, General Manager, Western Ports of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Chief Michael Ajayi has appealed to all...
View ArticleCustoms begins consultations ahead of CEMA Act review in Lagos, others
…As NAGAFF accuses FG of confusion STAN OKENWA The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has begun stakeholders’ summit on the review of Customs & Excise management Act (CEMA) starting with Lagos and...
View ArticleSifax Terminal launches roro operation at Tincan port
Terminal operator at Tincan Island Port, Sifax Group, has launched roll-on-roll-off (roro) operations. Addressing the press shortly after the launch, Managing Director, Sifax Group, John Jenkins, said...
View ArticleAdeosun defends stoppage of export grant by FG
After months of silence, the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said the stoppage of the policy on export grant was justified. According to her, the policy was stopped because it was seriously abused....
View ArticleStakeholders differ on development of deep seaports
Stories by STAN OKENWA Deep seaports are ports developed by massive dredging of a shallow waterfront for the development of seaport to boost shipping and related operations. Many states and their...
View ArticleApapa Customs exceeds September target, rakes in N33bn
For the second time in two months, the Apapa Command of Nigeria Customs Service has surpassed its monthly target with the collection of N32,947,903,912.38 for the month of September 2016. The Command...
View ArticleFOU Ikeja impounds contraband goods worth over N130m in September
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja has disclosed that in the month of September alone, it intercepted various prohibited items with a duty paid value (DPV) of...
View ArticleWhy FG, operators were allegedly lukewarm over World Maritime Day celebration
STAN OKENWA The 2016 World Maritime Day has come and gone without the usual pomp and panache that characterized previous celebrations, both within the public and private sectors of the nation’s...
View ArticleFG moves to ratify Rotterdam rules on shipping
Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi has restated Federal Government’s readiness to demonstrate improvement in foreign trade between Nigeria and other nations through the ratification of a new...
View ArticleAdesoye, new board chairman of NPA restates commitment to due process
STAN OKENWA The new Chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Board of Directors, Emmanuel Olajide Adesoye, has restated the commitment of the board to adherence to due process in the discharge of...
View ArticleWharf landing fees in trouble, as FG seeks refund
STAN OKENWA Federal Government has gone to Court seeking the abolition of Wharf Landing Fee instituted by the former administration of Babatunde Fashola administration in Lagos few years ago, as...
View ArticleNIMASA denies report of ejection from Lagos office
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has refuted news making the rounds that it is indebted to the landlord of one of its offices located at the Atlantic House on Wharf Road...
View ArticleFOU’s anti-smuggling unit seizes goods worth N250m in two months
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service said it intercepted various contraband goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N186 million between July and August. A statement...
View ArticleNavy arrests MT SEA EUNICE, destroys more illegal refinery sites
The operatives of the Nigerian Navy (NN) deployed by NNS PATHFINDER have arrested MT SEA EUNICE for alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkery activities. Preliminary investigation revealed that, while...
View ArticleNigerian Navy embarks on sea inspection exercise
Nigerian Navy is embarking on a sea inspection exercise, christened ‘Exercise Eagle Eye’, which is aimed at assessing its operational capacity in the fight against internal and external aggression...
View ArticleNavy raids 23 illegal refineries in Delta
The Nigerian Navy has intensified the ongoing clampdown on illegal crude oil thieves, illegal refineries and other related crimes in the maritime areas.According to a statement by Rear Admiral...
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Customs DG blasts SSS boss, accuses him of unprofessionalism
The heads of two key federal agencies who are also close allies of President Muhammadu Buhari have been sparring over allegations and counter allegations of unprofessionalism and illegality. The...
View ArticleNavy swoops on oil bunkerers
The Naval patrol team deployed by NNS Pathfinder has again arrested two barges at Taraba Jetty in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering.According to a statement...
View ArticleCustoms redeploys spokesperson, 245 other officers
In a bid to strengthen operations and reposition the Service to meet the challenges of the new year 2017, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved the...
View ArticleDock workers protest non-payment of 10 years wages
IBRAHIM KADIRI About 30 dock workers on Tuesday protested against an alleged hardship meted to them on the account of the failure of the management of ENL Consortiun Limited to fulfil its obligation to...
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