Calabar Port comes alive, receives four shiploads of PMS, others
Calabar Ports Francis Ezem A total of four shiploads of Premium Motor Spirit PMS, also called petrol, among other cargoes have been declared for the Calabar Ports Complex, an indication…
Shippers’ Council, NCDC move to check COVID-19 spread at seaports
Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council, Hassan Bello Francis Ezem The Nigerian Shippers' Council has said it is collaborating with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in its efforts to…
Eight ways to rebuild stronger ocean economy after COVID-19
Almost no facet of our global economy has been immune to the COVID-19 crisis. Much has been said about the disruption in more familiar sectors such as airlines, restaurants, and…
COVID-19 pandemic threat to SMEs’ survival in Nigeria, says SMEDAN …As operators seek one-year tax holiday
Francis Ezem Despite the N50billion special intervention fund created by the Federal Government to cushion the impact of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses in Nigeria, the…
Nigeria’s journey through COVID-19 virus
Francis Ezem Though the coronavirus also called COVID-19 started sometime in early December 2019 at Wuhan, a city in Central China with about 11 million population, Nigeria effectively began her…
COVID-19: Ports asked to speed up release of goods
The government has asked the authorities concerned to take effective measures for speedy release of imported goods–especially key essential commodities–from different ports amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. It has…
COVID-19: Adopting automated port systems to check community spread
By Okey Ogoke The entire world is under lock, quarantined, using the most popular words. Social distancing has also become the new paradigm, as people are compelled by the restriction…
Over N800bn goods trapped at borders nine months after …MAN says COVID-19 stalled implementation of border closure report
Some cargo -laden trucks at the border (file) Francis Ezem More than nine months after the Federal Government shut its land borders with neighbouring West African countries, export products belonging…
Over N800bn goods still trapped at borders nine months after …MAN says COVID-19 stalled implementation of report on border closure
Some export cargo Francis Ezem More than nine months after the Federal Government shut its land borders with neighbouring West African countries, manufactured export products belonging to Nigerian firms including…
Over 40% of Nigerians live below the poverty line-Report …As Sokoto State leads pack with 87.7% poverty rate
More than 82 million Nigerians live on less than $1 a day, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. This indicates that 40 per cent of the 200 million people…
