The Nigerian Navy has foiled an attempted hijacking of a merchant vessel some 16 nautical miles…
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SON seals Samsung for failing to register imported products
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Tuesday sealed the premises of Samsung West Africa in…
N1.45 trillion goods smuggled from Cotonou into Nigeria yearly, says Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday decried the high level of smuggling of goods from Cotonou,…
International tennis star Boris Becker loses N40bn to shady Nigerian oil deal
Forty-nine-year-old international tennis and Wimbledon legend, Boris Becker, has claimed that he lost a huge part…
282 vessels ‘disappeared’ from seaports in six years, says Uzodinma
The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, on Monday accused the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)…
Cotonou slashes charges on transit vehicles to attract more Nigerian cargo
Despite Nigerian government’s ban on importation of vehicles through land border, the volume of cars smuggled…
Physical examination of containers is not efficient, says Customs Controller
The Controller, Port Harcourt Area II Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Onne, Comptroller Abubakar Bashir,…
Customs: What will agents come to do at night when cargo cleared during the day have not gone?
The realization of 24-hours clearance of goods at the port and implementation of Acting President Yemi…
Why progress eludes maritime sector
By Bolaji Akinola We’ve been here before. We’ve gone through this motion over and over again…
Tax amnesty and the other side of the coin
By Lakin’ Goodluck In the past few months there appears to be an unusual vitality behind the…
Dearth of northern female journalists
By Lami Tumaka For starters, pursuing any career path in Nigeria or even other developing nations…
Buhari has done nothing to grow Nigeria’s economy, says Financial Times
Financial Times of London says President Muhammadu Buhari has practically done nothing to grow Nigeria’s economy,…