While Private Terminal Operators (PTO) are groaning over the failure of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Lagos Channel Management (LCM) to dredge the Lagos ports channel to between 13 to 14 metres as contained in the concession agreement, the NPA/LCM are smiling to the bank with over $100 million being collected annually from pilotage and towage services.

Managing Director of Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), Mr. Yahaya Adetayo Rabiu, has called for the harmonisation of service providers risk management systems with ASYCUDA selectivity module of the Nigeria Customs Service.

Fifty years on, the nation’s maritime industry has played a pivotal role in the development of Nigeria’s economy. Recently, Ports and Habours caught up with the unassuming and youthful Chief Executive Officer of Ships & Ports Communication Company Limited who spoke on several issues affecting the industry and proffer solutions on ways of improving the sector.

The Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Hafiz Rigim, has ordered the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, to take over further investigations into the alleged criminal activities of the six militants arrested in Agbor, Delta State, recently

Managing Director of Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), Mr. Yahaya Adetayo Rabiu, has called for the harmonisation of service providers risk management systems with ASYCUDA selectivity module of the Nigeria Customs Service.

Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Temisan Omatseye, has said that Nigeria is the immediate future destination for African Maritime activities.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan said Wednesday in Lagos that celebrating the nation’s 50th anniversary was worth the while as the essence was to “see how far we have gone as a nation, identify where we are lagging behind and proffer solution.”

Director General of Ithihibekpe Campaign Organization for Uduaghan 2011, Mr. Ambby Okuhor, has called on other governorship aspirants, irrespective of party affiliation to drop their ambitions and support the Uduaghan candidacy.

BARELY 24 hours to the nation’s golden independence anniversary, organised labour, activists and a cross section of Nigerians, Wednesday in Lagos, said Nigeria had become a continental embarrassment.

The lawmaker said the circumstances under which both individuals were murdered were such that should automatically confer on them the status of national heroes.