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The electricity ‘minus’ in socio-economic development
When the incident of the death of two children, aged 2 years each, who died in…
NPA unions may paralyse port operation today
The Senior Staff Association of Communications Transportation and Corporation (SSACTAC), Maritime branch and the Maritime Workers…
Lilypond Container Depot revives operation
About one year after it considered the option of shutting down its operation, Lilypond Container Depot…
Warri to host 8th Annual Shipping Career Summit
The 8th edition of the Annual Shipping Career Summit organised by Ships and Ports Communication Company Limited…
Police arraign five over N3.2m oil theft
A gang of five suspects with others at large were on Friday arraigned before a Federal…
NIMASA, NAF host sensitisation conference, counsels on Ebola
As a measure of prevention, ship owners and their employees were advised to ensure that sanitisers…
‘Nigeria imported $4bn vehicles in 2012’
Nigerians imported vehicles worth $4 billion in 2012, out of which 67 per cent were fairly…
FG to invest N7.4trn in developing inland water transport infrastructure
As part of its determination to bridge the infrastructure gap in Nigeria’s inland waterways sub-sector, the…
Shippers’ Council seeks new regulatory powers
Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) may soon acquire new powers, far beyond what it has been noted…
No Ebola virus at Seme, says NIS boss
The Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service, Seme Command, Comptroller Domyil Barko, has said that there is…
Owner of overloaded Bangladesh ferry arrested on murder charges
A special Bangladesh anti-crime unit on Wednesday arrested the owner of a ferry that sank in…