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NSiB , LASWA Agree Strategic Partnership To Boost Lagos Waterways Safety
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) and Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has agreed to work closely towards ensuring safe waterways activities.
Both agencies made this known when NSIB paid a courtesy visit to the LASWA…
IMO Announces Evacuation Of 11,000 Seafarers From Strait Of Hormuz After US–Iran Agreement
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) said on Tuesday it will begin a large-scale evacuation of about 11,000 seafarers stranded in and around the Strait of Hormuz, following a new Memorandum of Understanding between the United…
Tinubu’s Six-Month Extension For Customs Chief “Progressive,” Says All Round Cargo MD
Managing Director and CEO, All Round Cargo Company Limited , Alhaji Lawal Hammed has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s six-month extension for Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, as a “progressive”…
CRFFN Restored To Marine & Blue Economy Budget After Ministerial Budget Code Error
By Roland Ekama
The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has been restored to the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy’s budget allocation after a budget-code error left it out of the…
Apapa Command Turnaround: How Comptroller Oshoba Is Shutting Down Drug Smuggling At Nigeria’s Busiest Port
By Roland Ekama
They call it “Canadian Loud” — a high-potency strain of cannabis that transnational smugglers try to slip through busy ports in cleverly concealed consignments. Over the past six months, Apapa Port has seen…
Parts Central Ltd To Lead NIWA-Supported Inland Waterways Clean‑Up
Parts Central Limited has been appointed to provide strategic oversight and implementation support for a major inland waterways clean-up initiative backed by the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA).
Launched under the immediate…
Sanwo Olu Hails European Investment Bank Support For Omi Eko Project
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has applauded the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its support towards the Omi Eko Project, describing the intervention as a transformative investment that will improve urban mobility,…
Dock Worker Crushed To Death Aboard Ro-Ro Vessel
A 54-year-old dock worker died in a tragic accident aboard a Ro-Ro freighter at the Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
Georges Van Troostenberghe, a signalman from Blankenberge, was trapped between a stack of…
BOOK LAUNCH : Customs Chief Lauds Authors For Documenting Cargo-Clearance Reforms
By Roland Ekama
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has praised Chief Timothy Okorocha and Mr. Francis Ugwoke for documenting institutional reforms that have strengthened…
Apapa Customs Intercepts 1.8tonnes Of Cannabis Sativa , Seizes Expired Pharmaceuticals In Major Intelligence-Led Operations
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has recorded yet another significant breakthrough in its sustained fight against transnational organized crime, illicit trade, threats to national security and public health.
Acting…