The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi has reaffirmed the Nigeria Customs Service’s (NCS) commitment to enhancing collaboration with the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to ensure environmental safety, trade efficiency and regulatory compliance. Speaking during a courtesy visit by NESREA’s management team to the Customs Headquarters in Abuja, Adeniyi described inter-agency […]
Goaded by the need to bring Nigerian Ports to international standard so that they could compete with their peers in terms of infrastructure and equipment, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has secured necessary approvals for an upward review in its tariffs which were last reviewed in the year 1993. The 15% upward increase which is […]
A foremost freight forwarder and Chairman/CEO, of Widescope Logistics Group, Dr. Segun Musa, has stated emphatically that the International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) is a fraud. Speaking during an interaction with the leadership of the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) who visited him at the headquarters of his company at Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, he […]
The appointment of Dr. Charles Okaga as Technical Adviser to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Engr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has been described by the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) as the beginning of good things for the maritime sector. The President of MARAN, Mr. Godfrey Bivbere, while congratulating Okaga, described the appointment as […]
… Ratifies Expulsion of Kwankwanso, Galadima The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has given automatic tickets to its members in the state houses of Assembly and the National Assembly to contest the 2027 general elections. The implication is that all the current law makers who are members of NNPP will not go through primary election […]
The Registrar/CEO, Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Mr. Kingsley Igwe, has recommended a National Single Window Proficiency Certification for freight forwarders in Nigeria. Harping on the need to latch onto the benefits of the National Single Window for efficient trade facilitation, Igwe, who was a panelist at the recent National […]
The Oyo State Government has converted One Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety one (1,591) Local Government Ad-hoc workers across the state into permanent staffs. It would be recalled that Governor Seyi Makinde, approved the conversion of ad hoc staff in the service of the 33 Local Government Councils in the State to permanent staff in […]
Oando PLC, Africa’s leading integrated energy company listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Grpup (NGX) and Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), announced a strong financial performance for the Full Year (FY) 2024 with a 45% growth in revenue to N4.1 Trillion compared to N2.9 Trillion in FY 2023 results. The company’s 2024 performance showcases a consistent […]
The appointment of Dr. Charles Okaga, General Manager, Operations, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) as the Technical Adviser to the Marine and Blue Economy Minister Adegboyega Oyetola has been lauded by the Association of West African Exporters and Maritime Professionals (AWAEMaP). In a statement made available to newsmen, the association noted that it was delighted and […]
Managing Director of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho has said that the implementation of a national single window (NSW) will promote Nigeria’s standing in the Committee of Maritime Nations and provide the reputational capital necessary for actualizing the case for the admittance of Nigeria into the Category ‘C’ of the International Maritime […]
