LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Terminal ‘C’ managed by Port and Cargo Limited at the Tin-Can Island of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, is currently burning with cargoes worth millions of Naira destroyed. Although, details on the cause of the fire mishap are still sketchy, Vanguard gathered that emergency responders had been mobilised to the scene…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soaring exchange rate has made some importers and agents to abandon some of their cargoes at the seaports. It was learnt that some vehicles had been abandoned immediately government introduced new exchange rate. Because of high import duty, findings from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)’s Shipping Position indicated that only three vessels…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and prosecute all heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs of the Federal Government under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, known to have abused their offices through corrupt tendencies….
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has flayed the Nigeria Customs Service, Nigerian Ports Authority and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council for the congestion of the nation’s ports. Dangote slammed maritime sector stakeholders in his remarks at the third ‘Race to US$200bn In FX Repatriation’ Non-Oil Export Summit of the Central…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group, Convention on Business Integrity (CBi), has said that its collaborative efforts with Federal Government agencies has resulted in a drastic reduction in the cost of birthing ships in Nigerian ports from $150,000 to $20,000. This was disclosed by a delegation of CBi led by Mr. Olusoji Apampa which paid a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has threatened to shut down all the nation’s seaports by March, 2022 MWUN has also issued a 14-day strike notice to the Federal Government over the alleged refusal of International Oil Companies (IOCs) to allow Stevedoring Companies and dockworkers access to their platforms…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite being on suspension for the past eight months as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2021, suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, informally met with the President on Friday. Bala-Usman might have met with President Buhari previously behind closed-door and off the cameras but this…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Briefing Journalists after the FEC meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi explained that the N2.8bilion contract would facilitate sitting of some of the Deep Blue Projects in the coastal towns. Amaechi said: “Another one that was approved is the licensing of Oracle E Business Suite in the sum of N955.5…