United States Admiral Michelle J. Howard, who is the commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, commander, US Naval Forces Europe and commander, US Naval Forces Africa, is meeting with Nigeria Chief of Naval Staff. Vice Admiral Ibom Ete Ibas and other senior Nigerian civilian and military officials to discuss maritime collaboration and the enhancement of […]
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Speaker of the Nigeria House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday, urged African maritime administrations to close ranks and tackle the perennial challenge of illegal and unregulated maritime activities, which rob the West African sub-region a whopping $1.3 billion annually. Speaking in Abuja at the opening of the 3rd Association of African Maritime Administrations’ (AAMA) conference […]
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The President-General, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Tony Emmanuel Nted, in this interview with journalists says the union will have no other option than to embark on street protest, if government fails to heed its plea to stop implementation of some its alleged anti-people policies. STANLEY IHEDIGBO brings the excerpts You were quoted […]
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The World Bank has indicated its willingness to assist Nigeria’s maritime sector with $40 million. The Nigerian Shippers Council said the fund is expected to be used to clear the traffic gridlock along ports access roads in Apapa, Lagos. The Executive Secretary of the Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, who spoke in Abuja yesterday at a […]
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Maritime activities closed on Friday with the President, Shippers Association Lagos State, Mr Jonathan Nicol, saying that the floating exchange rate might shed three million staff strength in the maritime sector. Nicol said that the new forex regime had distorted import projections which had now been on decline, reports by News Agency of Nigeria. According to […]
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FEDERAL Government expects the maritime sector to contribute at least one quarter, or 25 per cent of the total funding of the national budget next year. The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi who spoke yesterday in Lagos, said the government has set N500billion revenue target for agencies in the maritime sector to be able to achieve […]
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