LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate-past Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, has said that one of the reasons why she was persecuted by a former minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, was her failure to give him a birthday present. She revealed this in her new book released on Tuesday, titled…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Thursday, presented operational licenses to five Export Processing Terminal (EPT) operators. The licenced terminals are Messrs. Diamondstar Port & Terminals Ltd; Messrs. Esslibra Terminal; Messrs. Sundial Global Trade & Service Ltd; Messrs. Bellington Cargo Ltd and Messrs. Tenzik Energy Ltd. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Managing Director/Chief…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said it is shopping for multilateral agencies that would fund the reconstruction of the Tin Can Island and Apapa ports in Lagos. The Acting Managing Director of NPA, Muhammed Bello-Koko who stated this in Lagos, said the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi had directed the agency…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority has stated that deliberate measures and investments are being undertaken to create a fully digital ecosystem in all the country’s port locations by 2025. The Acting Managing Director of NPA, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Nasiru, Assistant General Manager Corporate and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Retired General Manager of the Nigeria Port Authority, NPA, Bashir M Abdullahi, has been kidnapped. Abdullahi was abducted from his farm located at Sumaila Local Area of Kano State Wednesday afternoon. Details about the abduction of the retired NPA GM are still sketchy at the moment, however, DAILY POST gathered that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has joined the list of high-profile individuals implicated in the ongoing revelation by the Pandora Papers. Termed the “Pandora Papers”, it is considered as one of the largest ever global media investigations, by over 600 journalists who together analysed some…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has frowned on the persistent extortion of truck drivers through multiple illegal roadblocks by uniformed security operatives from government security agencies, unions and associations along the port corridors, hindering the ease of doing business. The authority said investigations revealed that the combined team of the police, Navy,…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has issued seven queries on the audited accounts of the Nigerian Ports Authority in 2017. The queries include standalone financial statements, non-current assets (depreciation, addition to fixed assets, property, plant and equipment, and interest in joint ventures), current assets (cash and cash equivalent, trapped…