Photo: Dignitaries at the 2015 Ships & Ports Maritime Cup competition opening ceremony.

L-R: Managing Director, Fender Care Limited, Nick Newton; Ships & Ports CEO Bolaji Akinola; Chairman Nigeria…

Photo: Sifax Group vs NAGAFF

Sifax Group players trade tackles with their NAGAFF counterparts during the opening match of the ongoing…

Italy says 10 migrants dead, 4,800 rescued in Mediterranean

About 4,800 migrants were plucked from boats off the coast of Libya over the weekend and…

Pirates hijack tanker in Malacca Straits, cargo stolen

Another small tanker was hijacked and its cargo stolen in the Straits of Malacca at the…

Barge carrying ammonium nitrate sinks off Costa Rica, sparking health alerts

A public health emergency was declared in Costa Rica this weekend after a barge carrying ammonium nitrate sank off…

Maersk says no progress in vessel dispute after meeting in Iran

Maersk Line said yesterday that it had met again with the Ports & Maritime Organization (PMO)…

What’s the lasting solution to the endemic fuel scarcity we face in the country?

The reason for the scarcity is obvious. We are not refining our crude here in Nigeria.…

Maritime Cup 2015: Sifax beats NAGAFF 3-0 in opening match

  Goals from Steven Maduka, Peter Omowele and Collins Otokito propelled SIFAX FC to victory in…

Who embezzled our $20 billion, na ghost?

I was flabbergasted, befuddled and dumbfounded to read that someone in NNPC had forgotten to remit…

Oceans are worth $24tn, says WWF

Vast economic worth of world’s oceans includes fishing, tourism and shipping but is declining due to…

Need to guard against the looting of maritime agencies

As a new government takes over the affairs of the country come May 29, 2015, there…

Flour Mills sacks 3,000 workers

Flour mills Nigeria Limited (FMNL) has sacked about 3,000 of its staff due to the current…