Has the ‘banana peel’ syndrome spread to NPA?

The firing and hiring of chief executives of government organisations in the Nigerian maritime industry is…

Storm over CRFFN accreditation of freight forwarding associations

For industry watchers, cases of disagrements between persons within a particular feight forwarding association and persons…

The truth in Customs’ sermon on zero tolerance for corruption

When Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi was appointed the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), promoting…

Between the Presidential Committee on Port Reforms and Customs agents, who is lying?

For a couple of weeks now, the issue of the purported return of evicted agencies from…

UMAR AND SULEIMAN: Who copied who?

All through last week, from Monday to Friday, the Port Management Association of West and Central…

How NIMASA could do real good with the current re-jigging of NSDP

Obviously disenchanted by the lukewarm attitude by most state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)…

Now that the trucks are off the Lagos Ports access roads, what next?

Motorists, especially port users, have been having a nice time plying the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and other…

Finding real solutions to trade facilitation

Good governance exists only when there is synergy and symbolic relationship between the government and the…

On 75 % of agents being unprofessional

Invasion of the maritime industry by non-professionals has been a major cry of practitioners in the…

Ensuring just and equitable disbursement of CVFF

Ships & Ports reported months back that the names of six indigenous companies have been forwarded to…

Repositioning MAN, Oron

In 2008, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) launched the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme…

The need to fast-track the emergence of the national carrier

The issue of getting a national carrier in Nigeria came to the fore again penultimate Tuesday…