Infrastructure Deficit Responsible For High Cost Of Doing Business In Ports - Bello         The Executive Secretary Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, has blamed the high cost of doing business in the country on failure of Infrastructure Speaking during a routine visit to some shipping companies...

Maritime Security: FG Plans To Spend N8.9bn On Boat Rentals         The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Transportation is proposing to spend a whopping N8.7billion annually as rentals for fast intervention boats with which it hopes to tackle maritime crimes on the nation’s coastal...

Deep Blue Project: Minister Threaten To Withhold Contractor’s Fee         The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has threatened to withhold the balance of the contract fees of the Deep Blue Project if all the terms of the project were not met. Speaking during an inspection tour...

Fed Govt To Begin $195m Maritime Security Project Q1 2021       The federal government has disclosed that barring any unforeseen circumstance, the $195 million Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also called the Deep Blue Project, which has suffered many delays will commence in the...

Senate To Auditor-general: Stop Shielding NNPC, NPA, Others       The Senate has challenged the acting Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr Adolphus Aghughu, to focus more on the financial transactions of big revenue generation agencies instead of beaming searchlight only on smaller agencies. The Chairman, Senate Public Affairs...

Transport Ministry Proposes N205bn Budget For 2021         The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has proposed the total sum of N205.1 billion as capital budget for the ministry in year 2021. Making his presentation before the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on...