After the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released outstanding backlogs of $64.44 million of foreign airlines trapped funds, the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agents (NANTA), on Thursday, called for opening of lower inventories in order to reduce ticket fare ...
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have pledged to work together to deepen trade facilitation and drive exports as part of measures to support the federal government’s economic diversification effort. They made the pledge yesterday ...
Read More »Largest-ever Container Vessel To Visit Nigeria Berths At Lekki Port
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on Sunday, stated that the largest vessel to ever visit Nigeria territorial waters has berthed at Lekki deep seaport. LEADERSHIP reports that Lekki deep seaport is the first deep seaport ever developed in Nigeria. The ...
Read More »Shippers’ Council Act Obsolete, Needs Review – NIMASA
The director general, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh has told the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to work towards reviewing its enabling law, which he says is not in tandem with modern reality. Speaking when the executive ...
Read More »45 Visa-free Countries Nigerian Passport Covers In 2024
The Henley Passport Index has listed the most powerful passports in the world, saying Nigerians now have about 45 visa-free countries enabled with their passports. HPI is a global passport-ranking website with an original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s ...
Read More »Detained Vessel: 23 Arrested, Tinubu Orders Probe, Hails Tantita
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered a probe into the arrest of an oil bunkering vessel, MT Kali, in the offshore location of the Anglo-Dutch energy giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Bayelsa State. The investigation team is headed ...
Read More »Ministers Meet Customs CG Over Physical Examination Of Cargoes At Seaports
As part of efforts to ensure ports efficiency and competitiveness, the Ministers of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, Transportation, Senator Ahmed Alkali and the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, on Monday, agreed that physical inspection of cargoes at ...
Read More »Wike Expresses Disappointment Over State Of Abuja Metro Rail Stations
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, has expressed disappointment at the state of the Abuja Central Metro Rail Station and the Kukwaba stations, saying that no excuses would be tolerated. The minister stated this when he inspected ...
Read More »Tinubu Appoints New Executive Directors For NPA, NIMASA
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Executive Directors in two agencies under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Thursday evening, the new executive directors are ...
Read More »Stakeholders Divided Over Proposed Import Ban On Used Vehicles
The country’s automotive landscape is primarily shaped by imported vehicles. The proposal to ban the importation of used cars that are over 20 years old has drawn mixed reactions, Justice Okamgba writes The National Automotive Design and Development Council has ...
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