NIMASA seeks stakeholders input in port reforms
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called on Maritime stakeholders to make input in the ongoing Port Reform Agenda of the...
View ArticleCustoms seizes 661 rifles at Lagos Port
.Arrests 3 suspects In a major seizure, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday intercepted a truck with 49 boxes containing 661 pieces of pump action rifles in Lagos.The Comptroller General of the...
View ArticleNigeria Customs targets N1.1 trillion revenue in 2017
The management of the Nigeria Customs Service, NSC, has set a revenue target of N1.1 trillion for 2017.The Comptroller-General of the agency, Hameed Ali, made this known during a strategy meeting with...
View ArticleNigerian Navy to establish War College
The Naval Council has approved the establishment of a Naval War College in Akwa Ibom, the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has said.Mr. Dan-Ali, a retired brigadier general, made the disclosure on...
View ArticleNIMASA 2017 budget targets strategic growth of maritime industry – Dakuku
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has disclosed that the Agency’s 2017 budget is tailored towards the strategic growth and...
View ArticleFG commissions ‘Falcon eye’ to tackle illegalities on Nigerian waterways
The Federal Government has commissioned the operation Falcon Eye, Eastern Regional Control Centre in Cross Rivers state, for an over the horizon maritime surveillance from defection to intervention....
View ArticleCustoms Duty: NCS gives deadline for clearance of vehicles
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), has approved a grace period of one month, between Monday ,13th March to Wednesday 12th April, 2017 for owners of all vehicles within...
View ArticleNigerian Navy intercepts 80 bags of smuggled rice – Official
The Nigerian Navy said it has intercepted a boat carrying 80 bags of rice allegedly smuggled into the country from Benin Republic through water ways.A statement by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Navy...
View ArticleNIMASA orders owners of abandoned ships to remove or lose them
In a bid to ensure safe and secure shipping on the Nigerian territorial waters, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has warned all owners of abandoned ships/vessels to...
View ArticleNigerian ports , reforms to boost trade
UGO AMADI, Business Editor Globally, the productivity of ports operation of a country is its main driver of trade and economic activities. In Nigeria, revenues from ports are about the third highest,...
View ArticleNigeria, Denmark to explore investment opportunities in maritime sector
UGO AMADI Nigeria and Denmark have commenced negotiation targeted at increasing investment in the maritime sector in both nations. The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mrs Hadiza Usman,...
View ArticleNPA increases staff gratuity to 280%
UGO AMADI THE management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has raised its staff gratuity to 280% of total emolument, from 180% after long negotiation with the staff union. Hadiza Bala Usman...
View Article16TH Aret Adams’ annual memorial lecture holds February 28
UGO AMADI Emerging Middle-Level Producers in Oil & Gas: Challenges and Opportunities will be the main focus as the management of Aret Adams Foundation set gear to hold the 2019 edition of the Aret...
View ArticleNigerian downstream sector received 19bn litres of petrol in 13 months
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that in the last 13 months, it supplied a total of 19,437,894,096.66 billion litres of petroleum products into the Nigerian downstream...
View ArticleNigeria’s oil output currently as low as 1.1m bpd – NNPC official
Nigeria’s crude oil and condensate production has fallen almost 50% from the start of the year to around 1.1 million b/d, an official from state oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said after...
View ArticleFG Orders IOCs to pay $20bn taxes , as fear of divestment looms
…Shell, Chevron Exxon Mobil To Pay About $2-$5Bn Each The federal government has directed international oil companies to immediately pay nearly US$20 billion in taxes they owed to local states,...
View ArticleShell inducts 30 graduates for industry internship
Thirty engineering graduates have been inducted to the fifth batch of the Shell Nigeria internship programme, a four-year old scheme designed to help young graduate engineers upscale their skills in...
View ArticleEvidence indicates Aiteo notified NOSDRA of Nembe Well head fire
Contrary to some reports in the media, oil company, Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCo) notified the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) of the fire at its...
View ArticleNembe Creek Well Explosion: More than meets the eye
The predicament that played out on Friday, 1st March 2019, in Bayelsa is indeed a disaster like the others before it in the different parts of the country. The Mile 1 community and others within...
View ArticleCISLAC raises fresh concerns over Ogoni clean-up
as oil firms contributed N64.8bn into Escrow account UGO AMADI Worried about the slow pace of work on Ogoni clean up , the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has raised fresh concerns...
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