IMF raises Nigeria’s 2019 GDP growth forecast to 2.3%
As against its earlier forecast of per cent, the International Monetary Fund IMF has projected per cent Gross Domestic Product GDP growth for Nigeria in 2019. The fund had in…
Heads may roll in Customs over four missing transit containers
BY FRANCIS EZEM The Nigeria Customs Service has launched an investigation into the whereabouts of four containers on transfer from Apapa Port to the Inland Container Depots ICD in Kano…
Why NPA suspended Maerskline, Cosco, two others
BY FRANCIS EZEM Sequel to earlier warnings, the Nigerian Ports Authority has made good its threat by slamming a ten-day suspension of the services of four multinational shipping companies operating…
Holding bays: NPA’s axe dangles over shipping firms, terminal operators
MD NPA, Hadiz Bala Usman BY FRANCIS EZEM The Nigerian Ports Authority NPA has warned that it would apply severe sanctions and penalties on all shipping companies and terminal operators…
Senate backs AMCON’s plan to publish debtors list …Proposes Executive Order to seize debtors’ assets
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki BY FRANCIS EZEM The Senate, Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber has thrown its full weight behind the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON over its plans…
Tin Can Customs intercepts over 300, 000 rounds of ammunition
Customs Area Controller, Tin Can Island Port Command, Comptroller Musa Abdullahi BY FRANCIS EZEM The Nigeria Customs Service Tin Can Island Port Command has again impounded two containers laden with…
Group petitions FG over extortion by APMT, shipping firms
Founder, NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam BY FRANCIS EZEM Stakeholders under the aegis of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders NAGAFF have written the National Assembly, the Nigerian Shippers Council…
We’re satisfied with CRFFN Council election results, says ANLCA President …Tips Henry Njoku as chairman
Hon Iju Tony Nwabunike BY FRANCIS EZEM The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents ANLCA has said that its leadership and the entire members of the association are satisfied with…
CMA CGM Pulls Out of Iran due to U.S. Sanctions
French shipping major, CMA CGM said on July 7 that it was exiting Iran after the Trump administration imposed sanctions on companies operating in the country. The company’s Chairman and…
IMO: World Maritime Day 2019 to Focus on Women
“Empowering Women in the Maritime Community” has been selected as the World Maritime Day theme for 2019, the International Maritime Organisation IMO informed. As explained, this will provide an opportunity…
