KILLED BY A PADDLE 4

Continued from last week The management of the shipping line rightly decided to acquire new ships…

KILLED BY A PADDLE 3

Continued from last week In 1961, the Nigerian government acquired the 49 per cent shares held…

KILLED BY A PADDLE 2

Continued from last week On Ships Nostalgia Forum, I stumbled on an interesting post by one…

KILLED BY A PADDLE 1

The story of the defunct Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL) is a fitting narrative of the…

If Jonathan had turned up

Could President Goodluck Jonathan, in spite of the much-touted Transformation Agenda of his administration, after all…

Jane Shoboki: Saint or Sinner?

Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Jane Shoboiki, is either a very good Customs officer or a very…

Welcoming Mr. Thief Catcher

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, was a…

A needless waste of life

“If you appreciate the value of life, you don’t joke about death.” -Anonymous I read with…

Before we dredge Calabar Port again…

In the twilight of General Yakubu Gowon’s administration in the mid-1970s, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)…

MV Abuja: Time to bring the culprits to book

The story of the last Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL) ship known as MV Abuja is a reflection…

The grandstanding and hypocrisy of Customs

Some top shots of the Nigeria Customs Service are often too quick to point accusing fingers…

Nigerian ports and Rep. Jibrin’s faux pas

I was in Abuja last week when a friend drew my attention to a story in Daily…