Togo, Nigeria Pirate Convictions boost Law Enforcement in GoG
Source: The Maritime Executive New convictions of pirates caught in the Gulf of Guinea since last year are boosting the chances that law enforcement in West African waters is on…
River Niger Bridge at Onitsha Under Threat by Sand Miners?
A recent video seen on Youtube about sand mining activities at the Asaba end of River Niger Bridge Onitsha suggests that the bridge piles may be threatened if their foundations…
Book on NNSL, BSL Out Now
Grab your print copy in Nigeria The Rise, Fall and Liquidation of Africa’s Pioneer Carriers: Nigerian National Shipping Line and Black Star Line Hard cover N5,000.00 Soft cover N3,000.00…
NPA MD, Hadiza, Terminated?
Various media reports, including in The Punch, allege that the appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman, long suspended as the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, has been terminated following a…
NIWA has no appropriating powers over lands along waterways – Court judgment
The Federal High Court, Awka Judicial Division, presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, on Monday, told National Inland Waterway Authority, NIWA, that it has no right to interfere with proprietary…
NPA Channel Management Options: Beware of Going Backwards
By Dr. Edmund Chilaka Preamble The recent reported pronouncement by the Federal Ministry of Transport (FMOT) on the Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA) management of seaport channels deserves the closer attention…
Collapse of Nigerian shipping lines
The Collapse of Nigerian Shipping Lines: What Loss! What Remedies? by Edmund Chilaka (first published 1st Quarter 2009 edition) The fortunes of Nigerian sea trade today are hanging in the…
NPA and Badagry’s Deepwater Port
The Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) recently retraced its steps on the proposed construction of a deep-water port at Badagry citing the ill-advised concentration of such facilities in one section of…