Maritime stakeholders oppose ceding 1% of NIMASA’s revenue to Navy
President Muhammadu Buhari Operators in Nigeria’s maritime industry have strongly opposed moves by the Nigerian Navy seeking an amendment to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety NIMASA Act 17 of…
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…
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…
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…
Apapa gridlock: Dangote Group decries reliance on single transport mode …Canvasses dredging of Apapa-Ikorodu waterways
Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote The Dangote Group, a fully diversified indigenous corporation has said that the myriads of challenges associated with transportation in Nigeria, especially around…
Storm: Over 25 merchant ships sank off Lagos not salvaged 7 years after, laments Navy
The Nigerian Navy has raised serious concerns over the inability of the Nigeria’s relevant port agencies and authorities to salvage over 25 merchant vessels that sank seven years ago as…
