Last week, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, again stunned the maritime sector with some…
Category: Reports
FG’s ten new airports and movement of agric products
About a fortnight ago, the Federal Government disclosed its intention to build ten new airports…
The Buhari administration and a new shipping carrier
For the past nearly one and half years, Nigerian maritime sector operators did not hear…
Prince Shittu: The quintessential leader and role model at 70
Dorothy Thomson, America’s 20th century author and journalist, once wrote, “Age is not measured by…
Deficit budget and why Nigeria should take the maritime sector serious
President Mohammadu Buhari last week Thursday unveiled to the nation N13.08 trillion budget proposal for…
Nigeria@60: Lamentation, not celebration
Nigeria is 60 years old today. Naturally this should be a time to roll out…
CBN’s ‘coup’ against overpricing, forex fraud
In a deft move last week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ambushed the perpetrators…
The senate’s ridiculous bill on import and sale of generators
The 9th Senate of the national assembly is gradually, but relentlessly cutting the image of…
Shipping not immune to a pandemic
By Peter Sand, BIMCO Chief Shipping Analyst The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak of the…
The ‘camp boys’ syndrome and Customs officers
The ‘camp boys’ phenomenon is one of the oddities of the goods clearance process at…