Just in: NDA calls off ceasefire, declares IOCs, installations persona non-grata
Anxiety has engulfed the oil-rich Niger Delta region which has witnessed relative peace since this year. This is coming on the heels of an announcement by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), Friday afternoon on its website, that it has called…
Experts see Niger Rep as first neighbour to link by rail
Though the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Wednesday announced plans by the Federal Government to build international rail lines that would connect Nigeria with neighbouring countries without mentioning any country, industry experts have fingered Niger Republic. Maritime analysts who…
Pressure to reduce on highways as containers’ move to north by rail
It was breaking news for maritime stakeholders who gathered in Sokoto for this year’s National Council on Transportation when the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi announced that containers are now being transported by rail from Apapa port in Lagos…
Has Amaechi forgotten committee report on new national shipping line?
More than five months after a technical committee set up by the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi submitted its report to his office; it is becoming clear that the dream has been killed by lack of political will and…
FG set to concession Onitsha port, postpones delivery of others to election year
Indications emerged in Lagos during the recent 2017 National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) International Conference and Exhibition that all the pleas made by South East top business operators and importers during the visit of the Acting president on the need…
Amaechi avoided issues on national fleet but pledges to harness seas, oceans potentials
Expectations of critical maritime stakeholders were dashed between Monday and Tuesday as the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, avoided discussions and the highly needed updates on the level of planning for the new national fleet to drive maritime hub…
Weeks after strike on state of Lagos Ports access roads, light appears in the tunnel
…Dangote, Flour Mills and FG raise N4.34bn There have been signals that the suspended strike action by major business operators at the Lagos ports including Apapa and Tincan may be resumed very soon as the fresh 21 days ultimatum given…
Amaechi dumped committee’s report on new national fleet 12 months after– Akinsoji
A top member of the federal government’s implementation committee constituted last year by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi to screen shipping operators interested in acquiring part of the 60 percent holding for Nigerians in the proposed national fleet, Engineer…
Confusion over which ministry should fix Ports access roads delaying repairs—Amaechi
A clear picture of what has been frustrating the take off of reconstruction works on the failed Apapa ports access road had been made public by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Speaking as a guest of honour at the…
Growth in Transportation ministry is crawling because the minister is a learner—Amiwero
Living encyclopedia in the nation’s transport ministry and maritime industry in particular, Lucky Amiwero has given insights on why developments in the transportation ministry and particularly the Maritime sector are crawling. Explaining more in an interview, the the National President…
