Maritime – City Business News

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 the Service.The approvals were made at...

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...

August 24, 2026 No Responses

NPA Intervention Clears Abandoned NDPHC Power Equipment, Averts Billions In Losses

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has facilitated the recovery and clearance of critical power equipment belonging to the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC) that had been abandoned and left idle at various Nigerian seapor...

August 23, 2026 No Responses

Kano/Jigawa Customs Receives First PTML Transit Container, Deploys E-Cargo Tracker

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Area Command, has recorded a major milestone in its transit operations with the arrival of its first transit container from the Ports and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Terminal, monitored with an electroni...

August 20, 2026 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Rebrands As NPERA, Vows New Era Of Port Regulation

By ebosele@hotmail.com – Nigeria’s port sector has entered a new regulatory era, with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council formally transitioning into the Nigeria Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA).The transition follows President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&#...

August 19, 2026 No Responses

Ezekwesili Faults £746m Ports Deal, Urges Tinubu To Cancel

By ebosele@hotmail.com – Former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has called on President Bola Tinubu to terminate the £746 million ports financing deal signed between Nigeria and the United Kingdom, describing the agreement as opaque and ...

August 17, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Probes $73,000, £15,957, 827,800 SAR Intercepted By Customs

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation of a suspect, Haruna Yusuf and multiple undeclared foreign currencies, , $73,000( Seventy Three United States Dollar) £15,957 ( Fifteen Thousand, Nin...

August 16, 2026 No Responses

NPERA Act: Between Economic Regulation And NPA’s Statutory Mandate

The new Ports Economic Regulatory Agency could bring discipline, transparency and competition to Nigeria’s port economy.But, unless its powers are carefully separated from those of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the legislation could open a new front in...