Maritime

Adisa Yusuf Area Comptroller of Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Godwin Otunla, has handed over 2,693 parcels of cannabis sativa, weighing 1,450kg and valued at N172,920,000, to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Idiroko Area Command. The seized contraband was intercepted on June 29,…

Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has generated N847,058,879.30 in revenue for April while cautioning the public about fraudsters posing as customs officers. The command’s boss warned against individuals claiming to offer customs auctions or services via social media platforms, advising the public to verify authenticity before engaging…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed strong opposition to the Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA) proposed 15% increase in port charges, warning that it will exacerbate the challenges faced by the real sector. In a position paper, MAN Director General Segun Ajayi-Kadir emphasized that the manufacturing…

      Stanley Ihedigbo   2024 Role Model Ambassador of Face Of Maritime International (FOMI), Mrs. Eunice Ezeoke; Former Assistant General Manager, Tariff and Billing, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Pastor Mrs Olotu Funmilayo and President, Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA Nigeria), Dr Mrs Odunayo Ani are set…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Former Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barrister Hassan Bello, has been announced as the chairman of the Primetime Reporters’ 10th Anniversary, Lecture and Awards ceremony. The event is scheduled to take place in Lagos on December 4, 2024.…

        Stanley Ihedigbo   Immediate past Face Of Maritime International Queen, Adaeze Charlyn Udom, has offered a scholarship to Miss Eniola Aduniyi, a Kogi-state indigine who emerged as 2024 FOMI Miss Intellectual during the just concluded 9th edition of the Face Of Maritime International (FOMI) beauty pageant…

      Stanley Ihedigbo     Miss Eunice Damilola Adebisi, a standout student from the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology (FCFMT), Victoria Island, Lagos, has made history by emerging as the Best Graduated Female Maritime Student in Nigeria for the 2022 academic session. Eunice, who hails from…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   National Association of Maritime Transport Operators (NAMTOP), has announced their readiness to join the national protest in Nigeria to demand an end to bad governance and lamented over double taxation on truckers by the Lagos State government through the Ministry of Transport. The group said…

MD/CEO, Kontz Engineering Limited Dr. Mustapha Kazeem Lusty (middle) with the staff after receiving the prestigious National Evergreen Merit Award recently.     Stanley Ihedigbo   Despite the precarious security situation the country is going through, Nigerians are yet to embrace globally used security engineering technology to fight crime and…

  Stanley Ihedigbo National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), has created and established a technical support group cargo logistics and customs facilitation to undertake specific functions. According to the  founder, NAGAFF, Dr Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam, they are to facilitate and ensure that multi modal transport system and customs…