LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Bola Tinubu met top officials of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to negotiate a “multi-billion dollar infrastructure finance facility” to help build ports and power plants, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. Tinubu held talks with IsDB vice president Mansur Muhtar late on Monday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) has raised the alarm that 28 containers of export products from Minna, the capital of Niger State have been detained at the ports since September, 2020, and are still languishing away due to unworkable Federal Government import and Export Adjustments policies. In a statement made…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the establishment of Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) and Automated System for Customs Data plus, plus (ASYCUDA++) designed to facilitate trade and block revenue loss at the ports and borders, one of the biggest challenges facing Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is lack of compliance by some importers and agents, investigation has revealed. Non-compliance,…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dolapo Badru has reaffirmed the committee’s commitment in returning Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) not only to Nigerian ports, but also to the nation’s land borders. Badru, who made this affirmation during the oversight function of the committee in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice-Chairman, Dry Cargo Unit of Nigeria Association Of Road Transport Owner (NARTO) Lagos State branch, Alhaji A. Abdullahi Mohammed Inuwa has accused both the Nigeria Ports Authority ( NPA) and Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) for contributing their own quota to the current failure in ports. Inuwa who revealed that the shipping…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the agency to return to the ports immediately. The order came less than three weeks after the NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, partly ascribed the drug abuse among youths to the unlawful importation of certain banned…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives from the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have busted a six-man goods diversion syndicate alleged to have successfully diverted a consignment from Lagos ports and disposing them at giveaway prices in Imo state. .They were nabbed after the owner of a truck carrying a 40ft container containing 608 pieces of imported…