Category: News

SIFAX Haulage, SAHCOL get Nigerian Transport Award
May 20, 2017 No Responses

SIFAX Haulage, SAHCOL get Nigerian Transport Award

Two subsidiaries of SIFAX Group; SIFAX Haulage and Logistics Limited and Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) won two major awards at the 5th Nigeria Transport Awards held in Lagos. SIFAX Haulage and Logistics Limited won the Haulage & Logistics...
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Six crew kidnapped from cargo ship off Nigeria
May 19, 2017 No Responses

Six crew kidnapped from cargo ship off Nigeria

Six crew members have been kidnapped from a general cargo vessel off Nigeria, according to ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) report. Pirates boarded an unidentified ship while it was underway around 21 nautical miles south of Nigerian Coast on May 1...
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BPE, NPA renew commitment to ensure review of seaport concession agreement
May 19, 2017 No Responses

BPE, NPA renew commitment to ensure review of seaport concession agreement

 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 Directo...
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WFE responds to EC’s consultation on operation of european supervisory authorities
May 18, 2017 No Responses

WFE responds to EC’s consultation on operation of european supervisory authorities

The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”) has responded to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on the Operations of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs).   While the consultation has an EU focus, there are some items that are relevant t...
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ICRC lauds NPA’s PPP initiatives
May 18, 2017 No Responses

ICRC lauds NPA’s PPP initiatives

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) on Thursday commended the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the success it had recorded in the areas of Public Private Partnerships (PPP).   Led by Gabriel .T. Aduda, Director Civil Service Transform...
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Obaseki implores NDDC on management of resources
May 18, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki implores NDDC on management of resources

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to help in the management of resources for the Niger Delta states, adding that individual member states accounts should be operated to facilitate appropriation of fund...
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Africa needs new financing models to bridge development gaps, says Osinbajo
May 17, 2017 No Responses

Africa needs new financing models to bridge development gaps, says Osinbajo

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has advocated a new paradigm in financing infrastructure projects in Africa in order to close the huge infrastructure gap in the continent.   He stated this on Tuesday at a forum to mark Africa Finance Corporation’s...
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Safety experts hing prevention of accidents on adequate management system
May 17, 2017 No Responses

Safety experts hing prevention of accidents on adequate management system

How to best use Safety Management Systems (SMS) in accident prevention was the topic of an International Transport Forum (ITF) Roundtable held in Paris recently.  According to ITF, an unusually large and diverse group of more than 40 experts from all...
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Nine ministers present mid-term report as Audu Ogbeh blames high cost of local rice on interest rate
May 17, 2017 No Responses

Nine ministers present mid-term report as Audu Ogbeh blames high cost of local rice on interest rate

Not less than nine Ministers attended a special edition of the Federal Government’s town hall meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. They are Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh; Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Minist...
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FRSC, Seaport Truckers bicker over alleged extortion
May 17, 2017 No Responses

FRSC, Seaport Truckers bicker over alleged extortion

Seaport truck owners under the aegis of Joint Council of Seaport Truckers (JCOST) on Tuesday in Lagos threatened to sue the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) over alleged extortion.   But, in a swift...
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Edo to boost forex with rubber
May 17, 2017 No Responses

Edo to boost forex with rubber

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has declared his administration’s readiness to reposition the state at the vanguard of rubber production and processing in order to increase foreign exchange earnings.  This was as he received the management of the Rub...
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Edo to construct central bus terminal in Benin
May 16, 2017 No Responses

Edo to construct central bus terminal in Benin

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has, in continuation of the decongestion process to clean up Edo State, inspected the city centre, Ring Road and its environs, where he moved to recover government properties and promised to build a central...
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‘Indigenous languages may go into extinction’
May 16, 2017 No Responses

‘Indigenous languages may go into extinction’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the country’s indigenous languages are endangered and could go into extinction in no distant future if urgent steps are not taken to reverse the trend. In his address at the 2017 A...
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Apapa access roads: NPA, Dangote, Flour Mills, to raise N4.5 b
May 16, 2017 No Responses

Apapa access roads: NPA, Dangote, Flour Mills, to raise N4.5 b

As part of measures to fast-track the re-construction of Apapa seaports access roads in Lagos State, the  Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is to raise  N4.3 billion.    Addressing maritime stakeholders in Lagos on Monday, the Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza...
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