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SIFAX Group wins Next Bulls award
Another accolade has gone the way of SIFAX Group as the company recently bagged the prestigious Next Bulls Award of Nigeria’s premier business newspaper, BusinessDay.According to Mr Frank Aigbogun, Publisher/CEO, BusinessDay, the award…
60% of dockworkers prone to cancer — MWUN
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has revealed that 60 per cent of dockworkers who work in hazardous port environment without being well kitted are prone to cancer ailment in the nearest future.Disclosing this to newsmen…
NPA suspends operations of IOC’s over indebtedness to MWUN
Following the refusal of the International Oil Companies (IOC) to pay maritime workers under the aegis of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) outstanding stevedoring entitlements which has running into billions of Naira, findings…
Ineffective rail infrastructure affecting Nigeria’s port operations —Hadiza Bala Usman
Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala Usman has cautioned that no country should contemplate establishing ports without the complement of adequate rail transportation. This is even as the NPA boss explained that rail…
How Turkish ship was attacked by Nigerian pirates — Ghana Navy
The Ghanaian Navy has shed light on how Turkey flagged ship; MV PAKSOY-1 was attacked recently by Nigerian pirates.Recall that, daredevil pirates attacked the cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria more than one week ago. In the…
Green Energy gets FG’s approval to develop Otakikpo Phase 2 field
Federal Government has approved full Field Development Plan (FDP) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to Green Energy International Limited (GEIL) for phase 2 development of Otakikpo marginal field in Oil Mining Lease OML 11.…
Truckers shunning lifting of Hapag Lloyd’s containers —ANLCA
FRESH indications have emerged that truck drivers at Nigerian ports are now avoiding importers with Hapag Lloyd containers, even as those agreeing to lift such containers have hiked their charges by 500 per cent.Confirming this to…
Oil drilling operations: Court order will create more jobs – Dakuku
THE Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has commended the judgement of the Federal High Court in the case involving Seadrill Mobile Unit Nigeria Limited and the Federal…
Tin Can Customs generate N179.3bn in seven months
THE Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated a total of N179.3 billion between January and July 10, 2019. This is against the N172.5 billion recorded in the comparative period of last year, representing an…
ICRC set to conclude FDD for $3.9bn Warri seaport project
THE Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) is set to complete the Financial Due Diligence (FDD) for the $3.9 billion Warri deep seaport.Disclosing this to the Board of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) during its…