Dubai mulls $1bn shipping investment fund

Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) is considering setting up a USD 1 billion fund to boost investments…

Shipping lagging behind in CO2 reduction, says IEA 

The shipping industry will have to commit to more ambitious policies, and fast, if it wants to get on…

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Pastor Osinbajo says fasting and prayer won’t grow Nigeria’s economy

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria’s economy will not grow by fasting and prayer but by…

Maritime Cup: Customs, Navy set up epic final match 

The Nigerian Navy and the defending champions, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have qualified for the finals…

Amaechi seeks less government involvement in port operation, economy

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has called for total reforms of the Nigerian economy by reducing…

NDDC has failed Niger Deltans – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has criticised the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), saying the agency has…

Ban on overland rice import remains – Customs

The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) insists the ban on rice import over land borders remains in…

Okonjo-Iweala: You can’t achieve growth if you have forex distortions

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says growth and development cannot be achieved when a…

UK deports 35 Nigerians

The Government of the United Kingdom on Wednesday deported 35 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in…

Court grants ex-NNPC boss Yakubu permission to travel abroad for medical check-up

Ahmed Mohammed, justice of the federal high court in Abuja, on Wednesday granted Andrew Yakubu, former…

Over 30 drown as hundreds fall from migrant boat off Libya

More than 30 people have drowned after about 200 people fell from an overcrowded migrant boat…