Buhari unhappy, to sign N9.1tr 2018 budget Wednesday
President Buhari BY FRANCIS EZEM The Federal Government has said that plans have been concluded for President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2018 Appropriation Act into law on Wednesday, insisting…
Rice smuggling: Why we plan to shut border-Minister
Ogbeh BY F RANCIS EZEM Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said that the decision of the Federal Government to shut the land border between Nigeria…
Cosco bows to pressure, refunds N3.5m arbitrary demurrage charge …Pledges allegiance to Shippers Council
Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council, Mr. Hassan Bello BY FRANCIS EZEM Strong indications emerged that Cosco Shipping (Nigeria) Agency Limited has succumbed to pressure by the Nigerian Shippers Council, the…
Nigeria’s inflation drops further to 11.61% in May …As consumer Headline Index increases by 1.09%
BY FRANCIS EZEM Nigeria’s inflation has further recorded a decline in the month of May, 2018, dipping declining from per cent in April to per cent in May. The Nigerian…
NIMASA pledges better living conditions for dockworkers … As STOAN, MWUN others hail agency
From left: Executive Director, Maritime Labour & Cabotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Mr. Gambo Ahmed, , Chairman Ports Consultative Council PCC, Otunba Kunle Folarin and Director,…
NIMASA’s modular floating dock arrives Lagos waters?
BY FRANCISEZEM Strong indications emerged that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, has taken delivery of its long awaited modular floating dock, touted to be the fifth largest…
Nigeria’s shipping industry scary, foreign -dominated-Gov. Obaseki …Commends Starzs Group on delivery of MV Osanyamo
MV OSANYAMO; while on sail from South Africa to Nigeria BY FRANCIS EZEM Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that Nigeria’s shipping industry has remained largely foreign-dominated…
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…
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…
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…
