Maritime security: NIMASA canvasses sectoral reforms, capacity building in Gulf of Guinea
DG NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA has said that capacity building initiatives and sectoral reforms are crucial elements that can address maritime security…
Training of first female RTG operators excites NPA
From left: One of the female RTG crane operators, Taiwo Oni, Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman and Managing Director of Tin Can Island Container Terminal, Etienne Rocher…
SIFAX Group wins Lagos’ Ebute-Ojo ferry terminal concession
Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi SIFAX Group, a multinational corporation with diverse interests in maritime, aviation, haulage and logistics, oil and gas and hospitality, has been given…
Dangote’s $300m Congo Cement Plant to provide over 1,000 direct jobs
Chairman/CEO of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote The Dangote Group, a diversified indigenous corporation Thursday commissioned its newest cement plant in Mfila, Congo, which is expected to provide in…
Shippers Council holds stakeholders’ appreciation night, canvasses synergy
Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council, Mr. Hassan Bello The Nigerian Shippers Council, the apex economic regulator for the nation’s seaports in Lagos Thursday, held the send edition of its annual…
Senate forecloses December passage of 2018 budget …Blames CBN, NNPC, Customs for delay
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki The Senate, Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber has said that the projected passage of the 2018 Appropriation Bill before the end of December this year might…
EFCC can’t probe financial transactions in DSS, says security expert
Former Director General of the DSS, Mr. Ita Ekpenyong A security expert and former Director of the Department of State Security DSS, Mr. Mike Ejiofor has said that the Economic…
Gridlock: FG targets Dec. 2018 completion of Apapa, Tin Can Ports’ rail project
President Muhammadu Buhari The Federal Government has said it is targeting the completion of the extension of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail Line to connect Apapa and Tin Can Island…
FG reads riot act to shipping lines, agencies over illegal arms imports
The Federal Government has warned it would no longer tolerate the complicity of multinational shipping lines and their agencies operating in Nigeria in the repeated illegal shipment of arms and…
Yobe State Govt. hails AMCON’s interventions on IDPs
Managing Director/CEO, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru The Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu has said a lot still needs to be done in the areas of rehabilitation, reconstruction, resettlement…
