Passing the petroleum industry bill

It was cheering news when the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, while speaking recently on Nigeria’s Petroleum Sector Outlook…

Need to automate cargo clearance at our ports

The rapid rise in shipping container traffic in sub-Saharan Africa over the past two decades underlines…

Balance ports revenue drive with competitiveness

Any country’s ports system that is properly and efficiently run is a veritable area for government…

A welcome ban on land border car importation

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Customs Service, last week issued a directive banning the importation…

Ban of imported rice in Ebonyi

Last week, reports filtered in that the Ebonyi State Government has put on top gears its…

Why we need national single window and not controversy

Minister of Transportation, RotimiAmaechi is somebody that will never hide his feelings regardless of the person…

Free trade zones and viability theory

In 1991 the federal government established the Export Processing Zone Act, and established the Calabar site.…

Building capacity in the maritime industry

The world is a global village and driven by knowledge and multiple inventions, it is moving…

CVFF and official dishonesty

The twin evils that have cast dark clouds over officialdom in this country are profligacy and…

That delay in passing the Nigerian Ports and Harbour Bill

One of the draft bills that have lingered at the Legislature is the Nigerian Ports and…

Influx of small and light weapons into the country

Small and light weapons (SALWs) in the hand of miscreants and infidels have never done any…

Winding down the Niger Delta amnesty programme

The Federal Government penultimate Friday signified its intention to wind down the Presidential Amnesty Programme for…