THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, may be mulling sanctions against terminal operators that have failed to comply with the waivers on demurrage and storage charges it ordered following the advent of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic in Nigeria.

A UNIVERSITY lecturer, Professor Bamidele Badejo, has called on the Federal Government to consider setting up a committee on Deep Blue Economy to assist Nigeria in getting out of the woods after the Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic.

AFTER a careful appraisal of what can be regarded as a show of shame, total disregard to human health and embarrassment to the nation, a group under the aegis of the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers, LOMEP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately dismiss the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hammed Ali (retd) for donating  920,000 bags of contaminated rice for sharing to some states in the South West as part of the palliatives over the ravaging coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of  Ekiti has directed that salaries of all political appointees in the State be slashed by 50 per cent with immediate effect. Fayemi gave the directive in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Chief Muyiwa Olumilua in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday. He said the development was due […]

OPERATIONS across most sectors of Nigeria’s economy have been suspended as part of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus; but Nigerian ports remain operational to aid the evacuation of essential items such as food, petroleum products, medical equipment and safety materials to combat the pandemic.

Germany has granted Nigeria a debt relief worth €22.4 million (N8.9bn) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Germany also noted it has pledged a total of €12 million (N4.8bn) in additional support to the West Africa Health Organisation, the regional health institution of the ECOWAS. In a statement on Tuesday, Germany, Europe’s largest economy, said the […]

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has signed 2 executive orders in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus in the state. The governor, on Tuesday, signed Executive Order No 001 of 2020 and the Bauchi State Infectious Diseases Prevention Regulation 2020, both geared towards ensuring that the pandemic is […]

THE Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, Hassan Bello, has said that the country must focus more on ramping up export cargoes for a post-Coronavirus, COVID-19, economic recovery. But he also stressed the need for government agencies operating at the ports to reduce their levies and charges to further boost business in the port industry.

AN attack by some smugglers against operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, in Yewa Local Government Area of Ogun State, has led to the death of a smuggler whose identity is yet to be ascertained.

THE National Seafarers Welfare Board, NSWB, Nigeria, has said that seafarers who have their stay on board ships extended as a result of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic would receive wages due them for the extra days.