Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been unusually quiet of…
Category: Columns
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.…
The scam of the affluent
Import duty waivers, exemptions and concessions are used by governments in various parts of the world…
Delays in cargo clearing
The Cargo Defence Fund (CDF) of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) did well last week to…
MINT and the shipping sector
MINT is a neologism referring to the economies of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey. The term…
Does President Jonathan understand?
Over the past one month, President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken three times in defense of the…
Stuck in ice
I started writing this piece at a most unusual place; the licensing of the Federal Road…
My Man of the Year
The Federal Government’s port reform of 2006, laudable as it was, did not come without its…
The crude carrier that never was
It baffles many that despite the huge revenue it derives from sale of crude oil, Nigeria…