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NPA cuts agencies at seaports to seven

The Federal Government has streamlined the number of agencies operating at the nation’s seaports, permitting only seven agencies at the ports. The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Usman, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos on Wednesday. In 2011, there were 25 agencies at...

Ports: 29 Ships with Petrol, Food expected

Twenty-nine ships, laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods, are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos between now and June 3rd. According to “Shipping Position’’’, a publication of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the ships contained buck wheat, bulk...

BPE Pledges Synergy With NPA to Develop Maritime Sector

The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex A. Okoh, has pledged the Bureau’s seamless collaboration with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for a sustained development of the maritime industry. Receiving the Managing Director of the NPA, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, who...

Cleaning the MDAs through Forensic auditing

The Federal Government has ordered all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to prepare an inventory of all fixed assets held as at 31st December 2016 to facilitate physical verification of all assets owned by the MDAs by its project team. As a matter of...

Nigeria Witnesses Low Import and Export

...‘Why economy won’t recover soon’ ...Clearing agents, LCCI blame exchange rate, high duties Efforts at job creation and price stabilisation are proving very little in the face of dwindling seaport operations. Statistics from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) showed nine-month low of import and export estimates....

NIMASA DG Canvasses Readiness Against Oil Spill

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said described preparedness and core training as the panacea for handling oil spills in the maritime environment. The Director General said this while addressing participants at the eight day...