NPA MD hails formation of CILT Youth Chapter…Assures on attainment of hub port status
NPA MD, Hadiza Bala-Usman The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman has commended the youths of the organisation over the formation of the youths chapter of…
Vacuum at WTO stalls global trade activities
US President, Joe Biden About five months after the disengagement of the former Director General of the World Trade Organisation WTO, Roberto Azevêdo, the organisation has remained, a development that…
Oil falls on COVID-19-induced demand worries, stronger dollar
Oil fell on Thursday on fresh fuel demand worries because of travel curbs to prevent new coronavirus outbreaks and delays with vaccines and a stronger dollar weighed on prices. West…
IMF lifts global growth forecast for 2021, still sees ‘exceptional uncertainty’
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2021 and said the coronavirus-triggered downturn in 2020 would be nearly a full percentage point less…
Buhari bows to pressure, appoints new service chiefs
Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari at last on Tuesday appointed new service chiefs for the country, thus ending years of calls for the sack of the old service chiefs as part…
Again, MPC retains interest rate at 11.5% …Worried over worsening inflation
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele The Monetary Policy Committee MPC of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN concluded its first meeting for the year 2021, Tuesday in…
SIFAX Group appoints Group ED, Head Legal
Group Executive Director, Corporate Services, Oyebode Ojeniyi SIFAX Group, a group of companies with investment in maritime, aviation, oil & gas, haulage & logistics, financial services and hospitality, has announced…
NIMASA partners Presidential Amnesty office to boost maritime security …Mulls empowerment for coastal communities
From right: Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh and interim Sole Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme PAP, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd.), in an elbow greeting…
NPA begins electronic truck call-up system …Seeks stakeholders’ cooperation
Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman The Nigerian Ports Authority NPA has made good it promise to commence the implementation of its electronic call-up system code named ‘Eto’…
Expert seeks concerted action on AfCFTA implementation …Warns against making Nigeria dumping ground
National President, ANLCA, Hon. Iju Tony Nwabunike Sequel to the effective takeoff of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement AfCFTA, a trade and shipping expert has called for concerted action…