The National Assembly may be on its way to open investigations on the three calibre mobile scanning machines belonging to the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, worth USD120 million (approximately N48 billion) currently rotting away at the Apapa port.

RECENTLY the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, during his budget defense at the National Assembly, revealed that the National Carrier will start dotting the airspace by 2021. Good news.

THE Chairman of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) 100% Compliance Team, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko has dismissed speculations of disunity in the NAGAFF hierarchy.

THE Lagos State Wharf Landing Fees Collecting Authority, LSWLFCA, has warned military personnel and the Nigerian Police personnel to desist from offering get-away services to importers and their clearing agents, an act the authority said is robbing the state of projected revenue.

DESPITE the Coastal and  Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act 2003, which seeks to protect Nigerian seafarers and the shipping industry, foreign seafarers are still being smuggled from neighbouring Togo and Benin Republic to board vessels on the nation’s waters in contravention of the law.

STAKEHOLDERS in the management of the marine environment have advocated for a concerted effort by the Nigerian government to step up action against plastic pollution of the marine environment.

CHAIRMAN of Port Harcourt Chapter of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Chide Madu, has said that the gains at the Port Harcourt port in 2019 have been eroded by the Covid-19 pandemic.

THE Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, and the Senate Committee on Customs and Excise have canvassed for reopening of Nigeria’s land borders especially with the expected commencement of the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, next year.

A MAJOR gas project set to transform the nation’s energy infrastructure is underway in Imo State. ANOH Gas Processing Company (“AGPC”) is building the $700m ANOH gas plant.

FORMER Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Temitsan Omatseye, has stressed the need for investment in shipping infrastructure as a platform for employment generation in the maritime sector.

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of Nigeria  Customs Service, NCS, has impounded 117 units of vehicles and general goods for various offences with a Duty Paid Value, DPV of N 17.5 billion between January and September 2020.

Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh, has said that a developed shipping industry has potential to contribute about five percent to the nation’s economy.

There is an indication that the five faulty scanners at the Apapa ports have been abandoned as the Federal Government rejects proposal to repair them at a cost of N753 million.

KANO state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said that the state intends to attract cargo from neighbouring countries as well as grow its Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, through the development of Inland Dry Port, IDP, and the Special Economic Zone, SEZ, in the state.

THERE are indications that a fresh port congestion era is looming following a build up of un-cleared cargoes that arrived the country in the last two weeks.