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17 Jan
Fifteen days into the year, the country has recorded three boat mishaps with over 25 deaths.On January 15, a boat conveying 100 passengers including goods, grains and other valuables capsized in Niger State.
17 Jan
Managing Director of Kaystone Global Resources Limited, Benita Afolabi has predicted seamless operations in the Maritime sector in 2024, following innovations from Customs and the Nigerian government.
10 Jan
The European Union’s (EU) new customs pre-arrival safety and security system - Import Control System 2 (ICS2), is set to introduce a new process for the entry of goods by maritime, inland waterways, road and rail from June 3, 2024.
10 Jan
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has lamented the low trade volume in Africa and the stagnant growth in the continent’s trade.
10 Jan
The Lagos State Committee on Cargo and Transport Operations (LASTCOC) has raised the alarm over attempts to tarnish the image and reputation of the committee.
10 Jan
Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) has advised that the extension of the nation’s maritime domain by an additional 20 Nautical Miles (NM) should strengthen the monitoring of fishes, which are poached due to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
10 Jan
Admiralty Lawyers Society of Nigeria (ALSN) has called for the amendment of section 251 of the 1999 Constitution to create flexibility in the management and control of maritime.
27 Dec
The Lagos State Truck and Cargo Operators Committee (LASTCOC) has called on the Federal and State governments to provide security backup to support the committee’s efforts to sanitise the ports access roads of indiscriminate parking of trucks and resistance by hoodlums.
27 Dec
The Maritime Researchers and Authors Association of Nigeria (MARASSON) said the road ahead of the port industry would be ‘rougher and bumpier’ in 2024, while calling for a total overhaul of the industry.
27 Dec
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML), Abdulkadir Ahmed, said the organisation is committed to training and equipping Nigerian seafarers with the certificates of competency (CoC) required to trade on vessels globally.
20 Dec
Stakeholders have increased calls towards the fixing of eastern waterways and ports to decongest Lagos ports and recover revenue lost to the diversion of cargoes to neighbouring countries due to poor infrastructure.
20 Dec
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said it remains committed to ensuring that shipping in the country is run in line with global best practices.
1 hour ago
Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Friday that its profits more than doubled in 2023, a year that saw the company defy US sanctions with the release of a high-end smartphone.
3 hours ago
Tokyo markets closed higher on Friday after the Dow and S&P 500 hit new highs on Wall Street, while investors awaited US economic data due later in the day.
6 hours ago
Disconnected Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards as a result of unverified National Identification Number (NIN) may hit 50 million from the second phase of the disconnection of unlinked SIMs to NIN exercise, which begins today, March 29.
6 hours ago
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has auctioned N1.64 trillion worth of treasury bills.
6 hours ago
In lieu of the increase in passenger traffic this season, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) has assured safety, security, and better customer experience for travellers using the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) facility in Lagos.
6 hours ago
Amidst several challenges confronting the power sector, including limited access to critical resources, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has unveiled plans to liaise with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
6 hours ago
To streamline operations and enforce parity across its workforce, the Board of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) yesterday affirmed recent management changes and its decision to harmonize salaries and conditions of service for all employees.
6 hours ago
Nigeria’s Terms of Trade (ToT), for all commodities, recorded a decline of 0.22 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2023.
6 hours ago
Succour may be on the way for power generation in the country due to the collaboration between Daystar Power and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI).
6 hours ago
Heirs Technologies has expressed readiness to make Nigeria a leading Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) destination in Africa.