New Seaports Underway To Ease Apapa Gridlock, NPA Says Nigeria is building a new deep-seaport and considering two additional facilities to ease congestion at Apapa seaports, which currently handle about 80 per cent of all shipping traffic in the country. A new facility is already under...

Senators Disagree over Alleged Non-remittance of NPA’s N177bn Operational Surplus   Senators were sharply divided Wednesday over the authenticity or otherwise of the alleged non remittance of N177billion operational surplus made by the Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA) into the consolidated federation account. As the Senate resumed...

FG Agencies Defy Presidential Order at Ports The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is seeking the intervention of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over non-compliance by some government agencies with the Presidential Order on the Ease of Doing Business at Ports. The Managing Director of NPA, Ms...

  NPA Secures N2.1bn NNPC’s Debt Payment   The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has promised to pay off all debts which the corporation owes the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). NNPC group managing director, Maikanti Baru made this disclosure while playing host to the Managing Director, NPA, Hadiza...

35 Ships with Petrol Underway -NPA Thirty-five ships carrying petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive at the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports in Lagos from Thursday to May 6. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication, `Shipping...

The disagreement between the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and INTELS Nigeria Limited deepened as the agency said it would soon begin bidding for the withdrawn pilotage contract. The Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman has said the company was trying to prove to be above...