Maritime – City Business News

January 13, 2026 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Orders Suspension Of Port Charges Review

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has directed all shipping companies, shipping agents and terminal operators in Nigerian ports to immediately suspend and refrain from implementing any review or upward adjustment of their charges until full stakeholder engagement has been carried...

January 12, 2026 No Responses

Oyetola Renews Call For Ban On Wooden Boats

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola has renewed his call on state governments across the federation to urgently ban the use of wooden boats for commercial water transportation and instead invest in safer, modern fibre and...

January 12, 2026 No Responses

Nigeria Drives Digital Reform In Vehicle Import Clearance

By Moses Eboseleebosele@hotmail.com For decades, clearing imported vehicles in Nigeria followed a familiar — and notoriously winding — path: towering stacks of paperwork, long queues at port terminals, frantic phone calls to clearing agents, and the anxiet...

January 7, 2026 No Responses

Apapa Customs Records ₦2.93tr Revenue In 2025

By ebosele@hotmail.com For the year 2025, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Port Command, generated a total revenue of ₦2.930trillion, representing an increase of ₦573,295,266,571.10 over the ₦2,357,213,560,539.22 collected in 2024, represent...

January 7, 2026 No Responses

Seme Customs Command Attains ₦15.5b In 2025

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has recorded unprecedented revenue milestones in 2025, achieving its highest monthly and annual collections since the Command’s inception.In December 2025 alone, the Command generat...

January 7, 2026 No Responses

Maritime Sector Enters New Growth Phase Under Oyetola

Nigeria’s maritime sector has entered a decisive phase of renewal following a series of far-reaching reforms and interventions initiated by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola.According to the Minister’s Special Adviser, Dr Bolaj...

January 7, 2026 No Responses

Adeniyi Charges Officers On Intelligence-Led Operations

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has charged officers of the Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to place intelligence at the core of their professional conduct, stressing that no modern security or re...

January 6, 2026 No Responses

IGP Deploys New Commissioners To Railway, Maritime Commands, Others

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has approved the deployment of new Commissioners of Police to the Railway and Maritime Commands as part of a broader redeployment of senior officers aimed at strengthening s...

January 6, 2026 No Responses

SIFAX Group Unveils Growth Plan For 2026

By ebosele@hotmail.com SIFAX Group has kicked off the 2026 business year with a bold declaration of intent, unveiling an innovation-led growth strategy designed to strengthen operations, deepen technology adoption and expand its footprint across West Africa.Th...

January 5, 2026 No Responses

Hadiza Kuta Backs Journalists’ Award For Ex-NIWA MD, Oyebamiji

The Niger State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Hadiza Idris Kuta, has thrown her weight behind the planned visit and award presentation to the immediate past Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and Osun State APC governo...

January 2, 2026 No Responses

Customs, NDLEA Intercept 30kg Cocaine On Foreign Vessel At Apapa Port

Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, working in synergy with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted 30 slabs of cocaine weighing 30.1 kilograms aboard a foreign vessel at the Apapa Port, Lagos.A state...

December 31, 2025 No Responses

SCAN President Appreciates Members, Stakeholders

The President, Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria (SCAN), Mr. Moses Ebosele, has commended members of the association for their support, resilience and professionalism throughout 2025, while assuring them of a more rewarding year ahead.In his New Y...

December 30, 2025 No Responses

Oyetola Presents Revalidated Ondo Deep Sea Port Certificate To Aiyedatiwa

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola, has formally presented the revalidated certificate for the Ondo Deep Sea Port to the Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, at his office in Abuja, marking a major milestone in...

December 28, 2025 No Responses

SON Intensifies Stakeholder Engagement With Courtesy Visits to Customs, NPA

ebosele@hotmail.com. – As part of renewed efforts to strengthen port operations, deepen inter-agency collaboration and enhance regulatory efficiency across maritime corridors, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has commenced a series of courtesy...