By: Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos In the year 2016 during the early reign of Right Hon Rotimi Amaechi as the Transport Minister, he organised a maritime submit where all the who is who in the Nigerian Maritime sector attended. Amongst all myraids of issues raised and discussed at the occasion, the need for Mentorship and Succession…
… Projects Exceeding Revenue Goals The Comptroller-General of the Customs, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, presented the Service’s 2024 budget on Monday to the Nigeria Senate Committee on Customs at the National Assembly. The CG, while defending the 2024 budget of 706.43 billion naira, focused attention on consolidating carried-over projects, increasing staff welfare by improving…
SIFAX Group and its aviation partner, Changi Airports International from Singapore have opened discussions on strategic collaboration with the Federal Government and Lagos State government to develop the country’s aviation sector. SIFAX Group, through one of its subsidiaries, SAHCO Plc, is already a major player in the aviation ground handling space. However, the consortium is…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. January 26 each year, is known as International Customs Day. This is a day set out by World Customs Organisation to celebrate the roles and contributions of customs to global trade facilitation. In Nigeria, the 2024 World Customs Day was well organised by the Nigeria Customs Service under the current Comptroller-General,…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers State joins Customs formations all over the World to celebrate International Customs Day in high spirit. This is even as the command has surpassed its January revenue target with 5 more working days to spare. Speaking in Onne while addressing stakeholders…
The Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC) at its Quarterly Meeting at Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday 25th January, 2024 unanimously elected Mr. Bolaji SUNMOLA as its Chairman to replace Otunba Kunle Folarin who passed on to glory on November 8, 2022, on a motion by Mr. A.O. Vincent of Maritime Researchers and…
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adewale MFR, has further deepened the collaboration between the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigerian Ports Authority. The CGC visited the MD of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, on Thursday, January 25, 2024, to explore areas of improving port efficiency to facilitate trade. According to the CGC,…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The year 2023 may have come and gone but the programs and activities of Platforms Communications still reverberate the entire sector with its impacts. Lets take a cursory summary look of these programes and how they impacted the Nigerian maritime sector in 2023. 1. Immediately after the 2023 Presidential and Gubernatorial…
Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman, SIFAX Group and the newly-appointed Chancellor of the Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-Ijebu, Ogun State, has commended the university for the quality of infrastructure at the institution’s campus. Afolabi, who was appointed the first Chancellor of the institution recently, expressed his delight that the university, which will welcome her…
