The consensus endorsement of Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu as the sole aspirant against the incumbent governor of  Edo state governor, Mr Godwin obaseki for the forthcoming governorship primaries  is a welcome development.    

CHAIRMAN, National  Seafarers Welfare Board,  NSWB, Nigeria, Otunba Kunle Folarin, has unveiled a template that could see about 5,000 Nigerian seafarers placed onboard ocean-going vessels annually, a development that could make Nigeria competitive in the global marine crew supply.

Customs Area Controller, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, KLT, Mrs. Nike Oladunni recently said that false declaration of importation is the single greatest threat to trade facilitation, noting that the Customs service under the leadership of Col. Hameed Ali (retd), does not derive any pleasure from cargo delayed at any entry point, owing to procedural correctness.
Oladunni notes that the job of the Nigeria Customs Service is essentially to foster trade and security, people and environment. She believes that despite KLT command suffering a locked-in challenge in respect of the Mile 2/Julius Berger/Coconut axis traffic snarl, efforts remain upbeat to ensure that the strategy of continuously raising government revenue profile is explored. She also explained the instructive factors responsible for non seizures of cargo since taking over control of the command.

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has sent food items and other materials to the 18-man foreign crew onboard MT ORYX TRADER vessel stranded for over three months at the Lagos Anchorage. The crew onboard is made up foreign nationals, with a Pakistani as its captain and an Ukrainian as chief officer.

THE seizure of a large quantity of Cannabis Sativa, otherwise locally known as Indian Hemp by operatives of the Western Marine Command, WMC, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, may have been enmeshed in controversy following the escape of the smugglers, believed to have negotiated their escape at with some NCS officials.

ONE week after a supply vessel,‘M/T DEVISA’ ran into the rocky moles of the Escravos channel, the vessel is still stuck waiting to be rescued.

AT the backdrop of the on-going curfew imposed by the government to curtail spread of coronavirus, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has designated Nigerian seafarers and dockworkers as essential duty workers for the purposes of unrestricted passage to and from the seaports or jetties.

THE Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies, SSASCGOC, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA branch has empowered its members and other staff with Personal Protective Equipment, PPEs, worth N9.5 million as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic in the port industry.

By Victor Young Former workers and retirees of the defunct Nigerian Airways Limited, NAL,  have pleaded with the Federal Government to pay their outstanding pension entitlement, to enable them to cope with difficulties and consequences of the rampaging coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. Speaking in Abuja at the National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, […]

Group known as Niger Delta Renaissance Coalition, Wednesday advised National Assembly to ignore lies and propaganda emanating from some faceless groups, as it threw its weight behind it.