The Lekki deep seaport has been hailed as a strategic addition to the nation’s network of ports; needless to add that many of them have remained underutilised. Studies have shown […]
Editorial
Nigeria missing in the global maritime space
Container shipping, which is the use of containers to load, transport, and unload goods, has become an integral part of the shipping business worldwide. It is perhaps the most globalised […]
Making a case for tilapia
It is no news Nigeria is majorly an import dependent nation with fish imports featuring prominently. However, in a bid to diversify the economy, the current administration has been vocal […]
Revisiting NPA’s dodgy dredging contracts
The shallow depth of much of Nigeria’s waterways was last Monday, the focus of a probe by the House of Representatives into alleged malpractices in the Nigeria Ports Authority, (NPA). […]
Nigeria’s stock market spiral fall
The spectacle of how the Nigerian stock market fell from grace to grass in less than six months should attract the attention of serious minded economic observers in the country. […]
Why barges, wagons must be used for cargo evacuation
By Bukola Lawal Emerging issues in the Nigerian Seaports requiresall-inclusive approach and will-powerto resolve. The evacuation of cargoes recently initiated by the management of Nigerian Ports Authority is a welcome […]
On the revival of Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line
It appears the transport sector is on the brink of some positive news. After over 30 years since it was conceived without hope of its completion, it seems the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri […]
A case for urgent action on the anti-piracy bill
A recent global maritime report on Nigeria has been damning; for the second consecutive quarter, Nigeria clinched the number one spot in the number of recorded pirate attacks on vessels […]
Ogbeh’s ambitious $10bn yam export plan
Last month, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, reiterated Nigeria’s plan to earn a minimum of $10 billion annually from yam exports in four years. He had […]
Why Buhari must act on Kemi Adeosun’s NYSC certificate scandal
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and her boss, President Muhammadu Buhari have continued to maintain sealed lips on the former’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate forgery scandal in […]
A case for holistic solution to Apapa gridlock
At the 2018 Third Quarter Town Hall meeting held at the Community Primary School, Iberekodo in Ibeju-Lekki Local Council Development area of Lagos State, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode expressed the helplessness […]
AMCON’s N5.4tn debt burden
Recently, the media was agog with news about the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) threatening to publish a list of debtors. According to AMCON’s Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, the […]