Maritime – City Business News

September 13, 2026 No Responses

NPA Mourns Bamanga Tukur, Hails Legacy In Trade Facilitation

By ebosele@hotmail.com – The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has joined the global trade facilitation community in mourning the death of distinguished elder statesman and international businessman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.Tukur, who died on Saturday,...

September 11, 2026 No Responses

247 AEO Companies Account For 43% Of Customs Revenue, Generate N3tr in 2025

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has disclosed that the 247 companies admitted into its Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme collectively generated more than N3 trillion in Customs revenue in 2025, accounting for about 43 per ce...

September 10, 2026 No Responses

Maritime Journalists Celebrate Controller Gambo Aliyu

By ebosele@hotmail.com Maritime journalists under the Network of Nigerian Maritime Journalists (NNMJ) have honoured the outgoing Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’, Comptroller Gambo Aliyu, for his outs...

September 9, 2026 No Responses

NIMASA To Revamp Maritime Training Curriculum, Seeks Global Recognition For Seafarers

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced plans to review the curriculum for maritime training institutions in Nigeria, with a view to aligning seafarer training and certification with globally accepte...

September 8, 2026 No Responses

Nigeria, APM Terminals Sign MoU To Develop Badagry Deep-Seaport

By ebosele@hotmail.com – The Nigerian Government has taken a major step towards the development of the proposed Badagry Deep-Seaport following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with APM Terminals in Copenhagen, Denmark.The MoU was signed...

September 8, 2026 No Responses

SAHCO MD Visits Warri Station, Reaffirms Commitment To Operational Excellence

By ebosele@hotmail.com – The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO), Mrs. Adenike Aboderin, has visited the company’s Warri Station at Osubi Airport, where she held a Town Hall Meeting with employees a...

September 6, 2026 No Responses

Customs Board Confirms One DCG, Five ACGs

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has approved the confirmation of one Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs (DCG) and five Assistant Comptroller-Generals of Customs (ACGs), following the statutory retirement of some members of th...

September 6, 2026 No Responses

Customs Boss Bags Daily Times Heroes Award

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has been presented with the prestigious Times Heroes Award in recognition of his significant contributions to public service and national development.The honour was conferred on on the Customs Boss at ...

September 4, 2026 No Responses

NPERA Boss Honoured In London For Advancing Investment, Economic Development

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA), Dr. Pius Akutah, MON, has received a Sustainability Award for Investment and Economic Development in London.The award was presente...

September 3, 2026 No Responses

Oyetola Directs Transfer Of Inland Dry Port Functions To NPA

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has directed the transfer of the Inland Dry Port (IDP) functions of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), as part of efforts to...

September 2, 2026 No Responses

NSIB, Ministry To Strengthen Safety On Nigerian Waterways

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has engaged the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy on measures to strengthen safety protocols and reduce accidents across Nigeria’s marine transportation sector.The engagement, l...

September 2, 2026 No Responses

CGC Warns Wildlife Traffickers, Vows Stronger Crackdown

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has warned individuals and criminal networks involved in wildlife trafficking that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will intensify efforts to disrupt their activities through intellig...

August 30, 2026 No Responses

IMION, Admiralty University Forge Strategic Partnership To Transform Nigeria’s Maritime Sector

The International Maritime Institute of Nigeria (IMION) and the Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN) have formalised a strategic technical partnership aimed at strengthening professional capacity, research, innovation and practical expertise in Nigeria’s m...

August 28, 2026 No Responses

Customs FOU ‘A’, Navy Strengthen Synergy

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’, and the Nigerian Navy have strengthened operational collaboration to enhance surveillance, secure the maritime domain and safeguard Nigeria’s national territory.The renewed partne...