Ease of doing business: Customs replies NPA, insists double -checking containers statutory
BY FRANCIS EZEM The Nigeria Customs Service has said it would not cancel its policy of double checking of containers even after they have been duly inspected and released at…
Seafarers’ welfare: NIMASA hails ILO’s amendment to MLC 2006
From left: Executive Director Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Mr. Gambo Ahmed, Director General of the agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Minister Of Labour…
ONE joins big 3 lines in levying emergency bunker surcharges
Japanese liner company ONE is the latest to impose an emergency bunker surcharge, joining industry giants Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM which all imposed surcharges last week. The charges, which…
Lagos promotes water transport, builds nine jetties
Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode BY FRANCIS EZEM As part of efforts to enhance the movement of persons and goods through the inland waterways and reduce pressure on…
2019: AMCON proposes exclusion of loan defaulters from public offices …Threatens to publish names of bad debtors
MD/CEO, AMCON, Mr. Ahmed Kuru FRANCIS EZEM Ahead of the 2019 general elections, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON has made a strong case for the exclusion of bad loan…
Human capital crucial to shipping growth, says NIMASA DG …Canvasses geopolitical consideration in Labour Convention review
BY FRANCIS EZEM The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stressed the importance of human factors to successful shipping, stating…
We saved over 15, 000 jobs in Nigeria’s financial sector, says AMCON …Promises hell for loan defaulters
From left: Chief Finance Officer, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON, Mr. Olugbenga Ataiyero, Managing Director/CEO of the corporation, Mr. Ahmed Kuru, Executive Director Operations, Mr. Aminu Ismail, Head, Real…
Appeal Court discharges, acquits ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi over N2.6bn fraud
Akpobolokemi BY FRANCIS EZEM Reprieve at last came the way of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, as the Court of…
Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax ‘to stop gossip’
Uganda's parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. It imposes a 200 shilling daily levy on people using internet messaging platforms…
Uncertainties trail Customs’ patrol boats three years after …As bandits, smugglers take over waterways
File BY FRANCIS EZEM The inability of the Nigeria Customs Service to effectively deploy the two security patrol boats acquired at the cost of over $500million (), over three years…
