Before we dredge Calabar Port again…

In the twilight of General Yakubu Gowon’s administration in the mid-1970s, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)…

MV Abuja: Time to bring the culprits to book

The story of the last Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL) ship known as MV Abuja is a reflection…

The grandstanding and hypocrisy of Customs

Some top shots of the Nigeria Customs Service are often too quick to point accusing fingers…

Nigerian ports and Rep. Jibrin’s faux pas

I was in Abuja last week when a friend drew my attention to a story in Daily…

Stakeholders ‘fault’ Customs bill? Hellooo..!!!

I read an article in one of the newspapers sometimes last week that ‘stakeholders in the…

Bonded terminals: The End is Nigh

“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” Herbert Stein The above quote from the…

Indeed, There Was a Country

I have just finished reading my copy of Chinua Achebe’s controversial book and civil war memoir,…