The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has hinted of its plans to immediately flag-off of an intensive wreck removal exercise in Nigerian waters as part of its statutory responsibility of making the waterways business-friendly and environmentally clean. The agency’s Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, made this disclosure during a ministerial retreat organised by […]
The Federal Government has unveiled plans to inaugurate the ongoing Funtua Inland Dry Port project, Sokoto State, in November this year even as the French Government assured its support for the multi-billion Naira project. The Executive Secretary/CEO Nigerian Shipper’s Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello, gave this hint on Thursday in Abuja during a meeting between […]
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has set up an 11-man investigative panel to probe alleged misappropriation of over N165 billion by the suspended Hadiza Bala-Usman-led management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Bala-Usman was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday following allegations of non-remittance of N165 billion surplus revenue to the coffers of […]
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amechi, has announced that commuters would pay transport fares ranging from N3,000 per trip to N6,000 on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail service when it kicks off next month. Specifically, the minister hinted that passengers on Economy Class would pay N3,000 per trip, while passengers in the Business Class […]
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi , on Thursday assured that the federal government would commence work on Port Harcourt-Bonny-Maiduguri railway project on completion of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge. The Minister, who gave this hint in Ibadan, Oyo State, during an inspection tour on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project to ascertain the level of work done […]
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that the Federal Government is targeting about N300 billion from the maritime sector if ongoing infrastructure interventions in the sector are completed. Listing some of the projects as including the Deep Sea Project, Amaechi said that government’s current intervention in the sector would in addition to […]
Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday disclosed that the Federal Government had approved for the execution of Ibadan-Kano standard gauge rail project the sum of $5.3 billion. The disclosure was contained in a statement issued by minister’s Special Assistant Media, Israel Ibeleme, shortly after the 3rd Maritime Stakeholders Interactive Forum held in Lagos. […]
The National Council of Managing Directors of Licenced Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has appealed to the Federal Government to take urgent steps towards stopping additional shipping charges being levied by shipping companies on imported cargoes in the country. The group stated that by the imposition of the charges called “the government and port taxes”, the shipping […]
The Federal Government on Thursday confirmed that approval to the tune of $195 million had been granted for execution of projects critical to ensuring security of the nation’s waterways and by so doing, boost the performance of the maritime sector. The Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who gave this hint in Abuja at a press […]