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Language Barrier: NACCIMA, WARTU Push Shippers Council To Fund Multilingual Staff At Borders
By Roland Ekama
The National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has urged the Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) management to fund multilingual personnel to tackle language barriers at…
President Tinubu Approves Extension Ban On Raw Shea Nut Export
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the extension of the ban on the export of raw shea nuts for a further one year, from February 26, 2026, to February 25, 2027.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on (Information and…
CROSS BORDER TRADE: Shippers’ Council Urges Traders To Latch On Border Info Centre Benefits
By Roland Ekama
The Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) on Wednesday , called on traders in cross border business to seek assistance from its Border Information Centre (BIC) office, at Seme border post towards promoting seamless operations…
Lagos – Abidjan Corridor: Seme Customs Announces Plans On Checkpoints Reduction To Two
By Roland Ekama
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, on Wednesday announced N4.1 billion in revenue collected between February 1 and 25, 2026.
Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, disclosed this…
Israel’s Zim Sale To Hapag-Lloyd Hits Political Wall
Israel's political showdown over the $4.2 billion sale of national shipping giant Zim to Germany's Hapag-Lloyd kicked off in earnest this week, as the Knesset’s Economic Affairs Committee grilled stakeholders on the deal's national security…
MLC Turns 20: ILO , IMO Renew Vow To Seafarers’ Rights Amid Global Shipping Challenges
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Maritime Organization (IMO) are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) , a groundbreaking treaty adopted on February 23, 2006,…
NAF, NIMASA Boost Unmanned Aerial Surveillance For Nigeria’s Maritime Security
On February 20, 2026, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, Director-General/CEO of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), visited Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), at Nigerian Air Force Headquarters in…
IMO Advances Zero Plastic Pollution From Ships By 2030
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is ramping up its fight against plastic pollution from ships, with its Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response finalizing a draft 2026 .
This was disclosed during the Strategy and…
Customs One-Stop Shop Reform Gains Ground, As Zone ‘B’, ‘D’ Holds Stakeholders Sensitization In Kano
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has advanced the implementation of the Nigeria Customs Service’s One-Stop Shop platform, with Zones ‘B’ and ‘D’ jointly conducting a sensitization in Kano to deepen stakeholder…
NIMASA Gets New Maritime Guard Commander
The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas has approved the appointment of Commodore Reginald Odeodi Adoki as the Commander of the Maritime Guard Command at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).…