The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commended the leadership of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) for its commitment to the welfare of the workers, especially in ensuring increases in salaries of the employees. The NPA’s Managing Director, Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, who gave the commendation to the union in a statement issued on Tuesday, […]
The Centre for Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), one of Nigeria’s private sector advocacy groups championing the cause of policy-driven economic policies and initiatives, has canvassed a 10-point strategic agenda needed to strongly position the nation’s economy on the path of sustainable growth in the years ahead. The Centre, in a Note signed by its […]
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives on Monday has called on the Federal Government to immediately commence full investigation of an alleged misappropriation of over N165 billion of operating surplus and the diversion of billions of Naira by the suspended Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, and her top […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) as part of its collaborative initiatives with stakeholders in the nation’s political economy to enhance the nation’s statistical system. In his remarks during the pact with the NPA, the Statistician General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi […]
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the Department of State Security Service (DSS)and other relevant agencies on Thursday harped on the need for collaboration on boarding, inspection of vessels calling at Nigeria seaports. This proposal was among the key considerations during the agencies’ meeting […]
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said it is making every effort to restore normalcy to the chaotic transportation situation along Lagos ports access roads. The Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, said this on Monday in Lagos, at a colloquium organized in honour of the former President, Association Of Licenced Customs Clearing Agents, […]
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, on Tuesday hinted that the ongoing review of ports concessioning agreement would be completed in the next three months. Bala-Usman, who disclosed this in her presentation titled ‘Ports Governance Models- Our Experience’ at the ongoing First Regional Conference of IAPH in Abuja, said also that […]
Barely two weeks after deploying the Egina Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) unit for operations, LADOL, one of the builders of the vessel, has terminated its agreements with the foreign partner, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), over allegations of untoward activities, including contractual and ethical breaches. Specifically, LADOL, a logistics company and operator of the Free […]
Apparently jolted by the raging controversies generated by its award of Excravos Bar dredging contract, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that all processes enumerated in the Procurement Act, 2004 were followed in the contract. A statement issued by Isah Suwaid on behalf of NPA, the authority explained that it decided to provide critical information on the contract award […]
The Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Life Saving Appliances being prosecuted by the maritime authorities of the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central African region (Abuja MoU) is expected to be finalised by November 2018. The Abuja MoU head office in Lagos, which gave this hint, stated that the aim […]