Shippers’ Council moves to stop proposed $400 congestion surcharge …As Group condemns arbitrary charge
BY FRANCIS EZEM Worried by the hues and cries generated by a recent notice given by CMA CGM to relevant stakeholders of its plan to impose the controversial $400 congestion…
ICD: Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Gambia rallies support for SIFAX Group
From left: Nigeria’s High-Commissioner to The Gambia, Ambassador Oluwasegun Ibidapo-Obe, Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi during the visit in Banjul, recently. BY FRANCIS EZEM Nigeria’s High-Commissioner to The…
Africa’s economy can be deepened through free trade, says Dangote
Aliko Dangote BY FRANCIS EZEM President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has made a strong case for the deepening of Africa’s economy by investors and governments through the region’s…
CJN, Appeal Court President propose ADR for AMCON’s N5.4tr debt recovery
From left: Managing Director/CEO, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON, Mr. Ahmed Kuru President, Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen at…
Apapa gridlock: Group proposes $1,000 fine on Maerskline, others over empty containers
BY FRANCIS EZEM Worried by the worsening gridlocks on seaport access and adjoining roads and street, the Shippers’ Association Lagos State has proposed stringent punitive measures including a $1,000 fine…
Nigeria may remain world’s poverty capital, Emir Sanusi warns
Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II BY FRANCIS EZEM THE Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, has warned that…
Customs committed to strict policy implementation, says TCIP Command
FRANCIS EZEM The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said that it is more than ever before committed to strict implementation of Federal Government’s fiscal policies,…
Egina FPSO: Samsung misrepresented facts, defrauded Nigeria, says LADOL
Managing Director/CEO, LADOL Group, Dr Ami Jadesimi, BY FRANCIS EZEM The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics LADOL, Base, which incorporates the LADOL Free Zone has taken a swipe at the management…
FG’s Silence on Economic Recession Alert by CBN Worrisome, Say Shippers …Predicts Acute Food Shortage Next Year
Rev. Jonathan Nicol, President, Shippers' Association Lagos State BY FRANCIS EZEM Importers and exporters under the aegis of Shippers’ Association Lagos State have expressed a deep concern over Federal Government’s…
Oil price hits $84 per barrel, as Nigeria experiences glut
Brent crude, the international oil benchmark on Monday extended its gains, rising to all time high of $84 per barrel, which remains the highest since November 2014. Recall that…
