It has almost become like a periodical; quite predictable. That is the frequence of threats of…
Category: Editorial
Of an overdue NPA 25-year master plan
In the bustling Nigerian comedy industry, there is this particular joke that has made the rounds,…
As Nigeria passes America’s ISPS Code test
Nigeria may have impressed the United States of America (USA) enough to have got respite from…
Tin-Can Port, and an undeserved bad reputation
When on October 14,1977, the then Federal Military Government headed by General Olusegun Obasanjo commissioned the…
So much hopes on Nigeria Trade Hub Portal, but …
The official launch of the Nigeria Trade Hub Portal (NTH) and the Nigeria Import, Export and…
NNS Thunder and a junket to Australia
The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Thunder, recently departed Nigeria through Calabar, the Cross River State capital,…
Nigerian ports, cargo clearance, and 79 signatories
The Ports Reforms Programme of the Federal Government, which was initiated by the administration of then…
Of parochial interests and the Nigeria Customs
The story is told of a then Minister–to-be-of-the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who took a “night…
The roles of government and other stakeholders roles in reviewing the Cabotage Act
Nine years after it enactment, the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act of 2003, otherwise called the…
NIMASA and dockworkers’ ID cards again!
The issue of the proper identification of dockworkers came to the fore once more recently during…
Beyond NIMASA’s arrest of vessels over illegal activities
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) may now be alive to one of its…
As ICPC plans a bad trip to the ports
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okono-Iweala, yet again recently…