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Ports concession has been a tremendous success, says NPA MD
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has lauded the Federal Government’s ports concession programme, describing it as a...
Obasanjo predicts ‘Rwanda-type genocide’ in Nigeria
Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted four imminent calamities, including a “Rwanda-type genocide”, if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to...
Maersk’s one hundred years in the USA
The first Maersk company in the United States was established on 7 July 1919 by ship-owner A.P. Møller. One hundred years. From steamships with a capacity equal to 325...
Nigeria’s Inflation rate drops by 0.18 percentage points
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday released the consumer price index, which measures inflation with the index dropping year on year from 11.40 per cent in...
Candidates lament delay in Customs recruitment exercise
Candidates who applied for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) recent recruitment exercise have lamented the delay in the release of shortlisted candidates. Recall that...
Customs seizes $50m cash at Lagos airport
The Murtala Muhammed Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has handed over the sum of $50 million seized by its officials for lack of proper...
N68bn worth of cargo exported through Tin Can port in six months
The Tin Can Island Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it recorded a total of 150,930.7 metric tonnes of export with Free on Board (FOB) value of N68...
Anti-piracy law will not end maritime crimes in Nigeria — Ogbeifun
The immediate past President, Ship owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN), Engr. Greg Ogbeifun, in this interview, speaks on the recent signing of the anti-piracy bill...
15 Nigerians arrested in Malaysia for fraud
Malaysian police have arrested 15 Nigerians in one fell swoop on suspicions of being engaged in the business of swindling people. Of the 15, three are women. The...
Ghana, Sao Tome and Principe get visa-free entry to South Africa
The Department of Home Affairs says the country’s new eVisa system will launch in November 2019, and it has added new nations to the list of countries that can enter...
FG orders 200 wagons, 63 coaches for Lagos-Ibadan rail
The Federal Government has ordered massive rolling stock ahead of the commencement of commercial operation on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge project. The rolling stock...
Buhari directs NSPMC to produce Nigerian passports in-country
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the production and personalisation of all Nigerian e-passports and related documentation shall be the sole responsibility of...
