By Martins Uba Nwamadi SOMETIME in 2005, Nigeria Shippers Council, NSC, conceptualised an idea of a dry port project in Nigeria. According to the template, Dry Ports in Asia, North America, Pakistan, UAE and some African countries have contributed tremendously to the economic growth of those countries. Armed with statistics and intimidating profile, the management […]

Extending delivery of new CBN diaspora remittance rules whilst offering customers another convenient and flexible payout option LAGOS, Nigeria  WorldRemit, a cross-border digital payments service, today launched a service for customers in Nigeria to receive international transfers in their bank accounts in USD ahead of the Christmas celebrations. This further demonstrates WorldRemit’s ongoing commitment to […]

By Jerome-Mario Utomi IN 1978, Public Relations professionals across the globe gathered in Mexico to, among other aims chart a course, and stir the ship of public relations practice. The gathering proposed and adopted a highly influential definition of public relations which it tagged; The Mexican statement. It says: “Public relations practice is the art and […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory message to Joe Biden after the U.S. Electoral College confirmed the latter as winner of the U.S. presidential election, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The Russian leader noted that U.S.-Russian  bilateral cooperation would serve the interests of the whole world. “Russian Federation President Putin sent a congratulatory […]

Ranks dismal 48 in global merchant shipping fleet By Godwin Oritse LESS than two weeks to the end of the year, there are indications that Nigeria’s shipping industry may have declined as registered vessels dropped to 412 with 524,978.58 tonnage in 2020 as against 607 with 1,278,041.75 tonnage registered in 2019. Meanwhile, the World Merchant […]