LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government through its newly constituted Traffic Management Enforcement Team to resolve Apapa gridlocks and the Nigerian Port Authority Security Team has identified 7 parks as holding bay for trucks around the metropolis. This is as they set out to put an end to the indiscriminate parking of trucks and…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under the aegis of Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN) has congratulated Hadiza Bala Usman on her re-appointment as the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), for a second term of five years. Speaking on behalf of the Association, The President of MAJAN, Comrade Ugochukwu described her re-appointment as an…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- The President also approved the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), for additional five-year tenure. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said that the President also approved the reconstitution of the Non-Executive membership of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Maritime Stakeholders on Thursday brainstorm on the effect of Apapa gridlock on the economy of Nigeria. The event took place on Thursday at Apapa, Lagos during a special congress organized by the Powerful Pen Media Chapel, owned by Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN), under the leadership of Comrade Ray Ugochukwu,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)has earmarked N807 million for the rehabilitation of a portion of its building that was burnt during the #EndSARS protests. Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman made this known in Abuja during the agency’s 2021 budget defence before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport. According to the NPA Boss,…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stakeholders from the coastal and riverine communities in Niger Delta region have warned against the abrupt dismantling of Secure Anchorage Area SAA in Lagos being handled by a capable and competent indigenous company. The stakeholders also faulted the plot by the Ministry of Transportation and Nigerian Port Authority NPA to terminate the…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has said that the recent television interview granted the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, in which he took responsibility for the cancellation of Captain Hosa Okunbo’s maritime security contract, validates Governor Godwin Obaseki’s letter that…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged secret account being kept by the Nigerian Ports Authority with a balance of over $1bn. The move followed the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Mr Kolawole Lawal at the plenary on Thursday. The motion was entitled,…