Nigeria Customs, Madmen and Specialists

  “Madmen and Specialists” is the title of one of the popular plays of Nigeria’s Nobel…

Who pays for IMO 2020?

  The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) implemented its low-sulfur fuel mandate on January 1,…

Dakuku owes Nigerians apology over N50bn floating dock mess

  At a recent press conference in Lagos, the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and…

Of CVFF and disbursement

  Baring another whimsical change of mind, the Cabotage Vessels Financing Fund (CVFF) will soon be…

The hidden culprits of Apapa gridlock

  To the average Nigerian, the traffic nightmare notoriously known as the ‘Apapa gridlock’ is caused…

Maximising gains of border closure through import duty reduction

  There is no doubt that Nigeria’s border closure, especially the Benin-Seme border, has dealt a…

Pandor’s audacious Insult on Nigeria

  Amidst the brewing diplomatic row between Nigeria and South Africa sparked by the latest massive…

Are seafarers becoming more unhappy?

The Seafarers Happiness Index platform from the Mission to Seafarers charity was originally founded in 2015…

The raging controversy over withdrawal of forex for food imports

There has been considerable controversy regarding the recent directive by the President, Mohammadu Buhari, to the…

Curbing the tramadol menace

The Nigeria Customs Service and the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) among…

National shipping carrier: Revisiting another failed venture

Former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, stirred the hornet’s nest as he was leaving office early…

How to stop pirates plaguing West Africa 

Remember those Somali pirates? Earlier this decade, they brazenly hijacked giant oil tankers, demanded ransoms in…