While many African countries have yet to realize the potentials in horticultural and vegetable exports, Kenya…
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Where did the trucks go?
By Enyeribe Anyanwu This was the question on the lips of Lagosians as they woke up…
IDPs, impounded rice and the cycle of wastage
In 2018, the United Nations classified North East Nigeria as an area at high risk of…
Cabotage fund: 15 years of blame games and still no ships
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) last Monday blamed ship owners for the agency’s…
Cargo examination and the scanner dilemma
On July 7 2018, truck drivers in Nigeria under the aegis of the Association of Maritime…
Attacks on Customs officials
Shulammite ‘Foyeku, in this report, reviews recent attacks on officials of the Ogun Area Command of…
Potential impact of Brexit on the maritime industry
Negotiations for Brexit have been a long time in the making and Britain is still uncertain…
Between Nigeria’s $1.2bn smuggled textiles and China’s $2bn investment
China, the world’s biggest textile producer and exporter, recently announced its intention to revive Nigeria’s dying…
CRFFN: Task before Tsanni Abubakar
Tsanni Abubakar, a retired Army Colonel was on October 31, 2018 appointed Chairman of the third…
The struggle for a new national minimum wage
Nigeria is the world’s poverty capital, where 152 million people live on less than $2 per…
How Hadiza Warriors conquered foes to win 2018 Maritime Cup
It was a grand finale to reckon with at the recently concluded 10th edition of the…
NSDP, MAN Oron cadets in sea-time limbo
About 50 placard-carrying youths, cadets of the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme, (NSDP) recently protested a three-year…