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Customs intercept live parrots, hawk worth N6m

  The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, has intercepted live endangered species of African Grey Parrots, Green Parrots and a hawk with a combined value of about N6,859,832. Comptroller…

Reps probe poor implementation of Cabotage Act 

  The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the poor implementation of the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act 2003 also known as the Cabotage Act. The poor implementation of…

Seafarers get wage increase

  Seafarers’ unions and maritime employers have signed a four-year agreement that includes significant wage increases and workplace protections for over 250,000 seafarers. The International Bargaining Forum (IBF) has agreed…

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…

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,…

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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…