Maersk backs out of US military contracts
Danish shipping giant Maersk, which is a principal commercial transportation partner for the U.S. military, is divesting its U.S. flagged tanker fleet along with select U.S. military contracts to…
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Customs FOU Zone ‘C’ intercepts explosive devices worth N1.6bn
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ’C’ Owerri has intercepted cannabis sativa, raw materials for production of explosive devices, as well as other contraband with a Duty…
Customs officers’ working conditions do not promote health — Adeniyi
The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, weekend decried the working of customs officers in the country. “Our operatives work under conditions that do…
Russian air strike damages Ukraine’s Odesa port
Russia launched a major aerial attack on southern Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian military said Monday, hitting Odesa port and destroying grain stores. Russia “attacked the south of the country…
Navy Hydrographic Office cleans up Apapa
Personnel of the Nigerian Navy Hydrographic Office in Lagos weekend carried out environmental sanitation exercise in Apapa. It was learnt that the clean up exercise was part of the…
JTF seizes eight vessels with stolen oil in Rivers
The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe has intercepted eight barges smuggling over 100,000 litres of adulterated diesel in Rivers. Commander of the JTF, Real Admiral Olusegun Ferreira,…
Taiwan to deploy two new submarines by 2027
Taiwan hopes to deploy at least two new, domestically developed submarines by 2027, and possibly equip later models with missiles, to strengthen deterrence against the Chinese navy and protect…
Adeniyi vows to sanitise operations of licensed customs agents
The Acting Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has hinted that the Nigeria Customs Service will take necessary steps to sanitise the operations of licensed customs agents. “We…
Era of weapon mishandling in Customs over, says CG
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi, has said that the era of mishandling weapons and ammunition by officials of the service is over. Adeniyi said…
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Hadiza Bala Usman’s book of 99 errors
I finally found the time last week to read Hadiza Bala Usman’s polemic titled “STEPPING ON TOES: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority”. It is a small book…
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Merging NIMASA with Customs, FIRS dangerous
By Dr. Ade Dosunmu My attention has been drawn to speculation purported to have emanated from the Presidential Policy Advisory group erroneously classifying the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety…