Greece understands the economic and military power derivable from shipping. Little wonder Greek vessels are all…
Category: Columns
Government’s smuggler-friendly policies
Countries ban importation of certain items mostly to protect their local industries but in Nigeria, the…
Repugnant
The Customs Area Controller, Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Willy Egbudin…
Before we set up another national carrier
As the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), plans to float…
Leadership lesson from South Korea
Nigeria has so much going for it as a country. Our tsunami is bad leadership. The…
A symbol of monumental corruption
A Kogi State delegate at the ongoing National Conference, Hajia Ladi Ibrahim, last week called on…
Nigeria’s GDP and the maritime sector
I am not an Economist and I do not lay claim to any form of expertise…
What does Elochukwu want?
I am not a member of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) but I…
A needless N26 billion loss
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been unusually quiet of…
Armstringing the Navy
The federal government is making the fight against piracy and other criminal activities on the nation’s…
The undercover boss
Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dikko Abdullahi, is pragmatic and frank to a fault.…
The days of yore
I read with nostalgia, an article reproduced in Daily Sun newspaper of Friday 21st February, 2014.…