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MWUN gives FG June to fix failed Tin-Can Island end of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway or…

In view of the endless rhetoric of the federal government in fixing unmotorable Tin-Can Island Port end of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, the leadership of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), has handed down a one month ultimatum to the…

NPA boss, new Ports Authority Police Commissioner, Anas seal partnership

As part of renewed efforts to ensure that matters concerning safety and security at the Nations Seaports and environs are prioritized forthwith, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) played host to the new Commissioner of Police, Ports…

NPA boss, Hadiza Usman bags award for Corporate Governance, National Development

Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), HadizaBala Usman receives Award of Recognition For Corporate Governance and Contribution to National Development from the Chairman, Board of Governors of Vivian Fowler Memorial College For Girls, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, to the right…

Namibian envoy visits NPA, seeks maritime partnership

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (left) presenting a plaque to the High Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia, Dr. Peingeondjabi T.Shipoh during a courtesy call to NPA at the Authority’s Corporate Headquarters in…

Customs gives inchoate reasons for continued checks at seaport exit gates

…As NPA, port users’ see act as anti ease of doing business There are strong indications that the insistence of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to continue mounting checkpoints at Nigerian seaports is further frustrating the presidential executive order on…

NNPC set to redeem N2.1bn owed NPA before end of this week

All debts owed the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) between 2017 to date, amounting to about 2.1 Billion Naira for services rendered to the Corporation are to be settled this week. This is coming…

FG’s maritime policies in 2017 caused massive loss of jobs, drawbacks—Amiwero

Leading maritime industry analyst and National President of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero has opened on the performance of the sector since last year to date, saying “The sector was adversely…

NPA reiterates non inclusion of SON at Ports, lists 8 confirms MDAs

As speculations on possible return of Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) to the Nigerian seaports thicken, the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), weekend restated and revalidated the list of Government Agencies Domiciled at Port Locations. Late last week, a…

NPA meets port users, stakeholders in Apapa, assures ease of doing business

Representative of the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Executive Director, Marine & Operations, Dr. Sokonte Huttin Davies (2nd Right); the General Manager Engineering, Ahmed Rufai Mohammed (Right); the General Manager, Corporate & Strategic Communications, Abdullahi Goje (2nd…

Shippers’ decry rising volume of leaking, dirty, outdated containers coming from EU, Asia

Fresh challenge frustrating ease of doing business at the Nigerian ports has been identified by the Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) following the observation that Nigerian ports are gradually becoming a dumping ground for aged outdated containers. The group’s…