So politics change people or is it people that change politics. I was taken aback…
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The real problem with Nigerian ports
Private terminal operators have inadvertently become the whipping child of Nigerian ports. Nigerian Ports Authority…
A case for shipbuilding and repair yards
The maritime sector provides very interesting and exciting prospects for economic growth. A strong and…
A wasteful $8 billion project
The Suez Canal took 10 years to build and cost thousands of workers their lives.…
Case for forward-looking approach to port development
Cross River State indigenes were full of delight on Monday when President Muhammadu Buhari flagged…
Of Presidential spokesmen and poor public relations skills
Femi Adesina trended last week for the wrong reasons and with many Nigerians lashing out…
Where are Aganga’s Made-In-Nigeria cars?
Former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga will be remembered as the man…
Now that Buhari’s noisemakers are here
The President called Ministers ‘noisemakers’ but he is bound by the Constitution to appoint at…
This uncertainty is too weighty
A friend called on Thursday to lament bitterly about her container, which the shipper refused…
We must dump rationalization to fight the rot at our ports
Written By Bolaji Akinola Trapped in the morass of a thieving and an uncaring governing elite…
Ban of 113 oil tankers and Nigeria’s crude oil trading terms
Written by Bolaji Akinola The decision by the federal government to ban some 113 vessels from…
Adieu Captain Solomon Omoteso
Writtten By Bolaji Akinola I have fond memories of Captain Solomon Abiodun Omoteso who died at…