News Feature – Page 8 – Shipping World News Magazine

Aug212025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

TINCAN ISLAND PORT RECORDS ₦16.4 BILLION IN A SINGLE-DAY VIA BODOGWU PLATFORM. ……A clear win for Technological efficiency and collaboration…-Comptroller Onyeka.

1.⁠ ⁠The Tincan Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service is pleased to announce a landmark revenue collection of ₦16,411,402,227.27 on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, which was made possible through the effective deployment of the Unified Customs Management System (UCMS) known as Bodogwu. 2.⁠ ⁠In a statement made available to the press on Thursday in Lagos by the Public Relations Officers of the Command, Superintendent of Customs Oscar Ivara, the Customs Area Controller Frank Onyeka was quoted as saying that this achievement is a strong indicator of the efficiency, transparency, and responsiveness of the Bodogwu system in streamlining port operations. According to him, the Bodogwu system has drastically improved the ability of licensed Customs agents and stakeholders to ac...

Aug212025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Multiple Port Charges and its Effect on Trade Facilitation: BY ASU BEKS. An Open Letter to Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.

News Feature, Port News

My dear Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs, I hope this letter meets you in in sound and perfect condition of health . On behalf of the Maritime Media Group, i send you my warm felicitations on your election as Chairperson of the World Customs Organization, WCO. This global recognition couldn't have come at a better time given your unprecedented commitment and support towards the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In just two years , you have demonstrated uncommon leadership traits that has endeard you not only to Nigerians , but to the global community. This election is nothing but an endorsement of your sterling performance which remains unprecedented in the history of the Nigeria Customs Service. Your game changing reforms and transformati...

Aug212025 by adminNo Comments

Creek Haven 2027: Why The Odds Favour Sen Heineken Lokpobiri. By Pius Mordi

News Feature

Unlike the situation in Aso Rock where the incumbent, President Bola Tinubu, is poised for a ride back to Aso Villa, Bayelsa State is on the cusp of activating her long respected principle of rotation among the senatorial zones. From the birth of the Fourth Republic, the state has been able to institute a rotational tradition that has engendered harmony and fairness among the component local government areas in senatorial districts. However, that applies mainly to other levels of public office, save Creek Haven, official home of the governor of the state. Since the creation of Bayelsa State on October 1, 1996, all the three senatorial zones have had a shot at Creek Haven. But unlike Bayelsa West and Bayelsa Central which have produced a governor once each, Bayelsa East has had the distinc...

Aug142025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Amid defection rumours, PDP Inaugurates Diri Chair of Zoning Committee *It’s Huge Responsibility, Says Bayelsa Gov

News Feature, Politics

Nigeria’s major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, inaugurated its National Elective Convention Zoning Committee at the national headquarters in Abuja. The 46-member committee is headed by the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, with his Zamfara and Plateau counterparts, Dauda Lawal and Barr. Caleb Mutfwang as vice chairman and secretary respectively. A statement issued by Diri’s spokesman, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the Acting PDP National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum, who inaugurated the committee, as saying that it had the onerous task of repositioning the party to make it stronger. Damagum, who expressed confidence in the leadership of the committee, said the inauguration was the first step ahead of the party’s convention slated for Novemb...

Aug132025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Fears Mount Over Seeming Delay in Presidential Assent to Port and Shipping Economic Regulation Agency Bill ..By Asu Beks.

News Feature, Port News

Maritime Stakeholders are becoming increasingly apprehensive over the seeming delay in the Presidential assent to the Ports and Shipping Economic Regulation Agency Bill which was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly over a year ago. The Bill seeks to repeal the existing Nigerian Shippers' Council Act and aims to establish a more robust and effective regulatory framework to support the growth of Shipping and Ports sectors ,while safeguarding the interest of Nigerian Shippers. In the main, the Bill proposes the creation of the Nigerian Shipping and Ports Regulatory Agency, which is tasked with achieving an ambitious objective to create a more efficient and competitive environment for both the public and private sector in the shipping and Ports sector. One of the key provisions...

Aug92025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Ekiti-born Olubolade Was A Bayelsan, Says Gov Diri Names Civil Servants Quarters After Late Military Administrator

News Feature

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has described the late former Military Administrator of the state, Navy Capt. Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade (rtd), as an indigene due to his love for the state and its people. Governor Diri also said the retired Naval officer and former Minister of Special Duties, who died on May 15, 2025 at the age of 71, served the state and Nigeria with a lot of dedication and selflessness. Olubolade was appointed as the third military administrator of Bayelsa from June 27, 1997 – July 9, 1998 after the state was created by the late military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, on October 1, 1996. Speaking during a service of songs held in his honour at the St. John Military Protestant Church, Bonny Cantonment, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday, the Bayelsa govern...

Aug22025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Stop Press! President Bola Tinubu to CGC Wale Adeniyi: Don’t Quit now, you still have more to offer Nigeria

News Feature

Just as this column was going to best, news filtered in from the Presidency extending by one year the tenure of Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi was due to retire by the end of August after a meritorious career to his fatherland. In a terse statement signed by Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu said he decided to extend Adeniyi's tenure given his laudable Customs Modernisation project at Customs House, which include the implementation of the National Single Window Project; Nigeria's Obligation under the African Continental Free Trade Area, among others. Congratulations, CGC Wale Adeniyi

Jul312025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

DANTSOHO FRONTLINES PRESIDENT TINUBU’S NIGERIA FIRST POLICY AS NIGERIAN-OWNED CONTAINER VESSEL CALLS AT ONNE PORT.

News Feature, Port News

Abubakar Dantsoho Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has restated the readiness of the NPA to promote the indigenous ownership of shipping vessels in line with the 'Nigeria First' policy of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR. Speaking during the maiden call of wholly Nigerian-owned container vessel "MV OCEAN DRAGON" at the West African Container Terminal Onne Port Port Complex on Thursday 31st July, 2025, Dantsoho said "apart from the high loading capacity of 349 TEUs and several other distinctive features of this vessel, we are fascinated that MV Ocean Dragon is wholly Nigerian which speaks to the Renewed Hope “Nigeria first” policy of His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR and the Nigerian Ports Authority’s renewed orientation towards Nigerian content development". ...

Jul302025 by adminNo Comments

Otuaro: Building Enduring Peace in the Niger Delta. By Our Reporter.

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Building on the successful intensive leadership and technical skills development training for Phase 1 stakeholders and leaders that took place two weeks ago, the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Chief Dennis Brutu Otuaro, PhD, earlier today launched the programme for the Phase 2 stakeholders and leaders from across the Niger Delta. Both training sessions are part of a strategic initiative to strengthen leadership and foster lasting peace in the Niger Delta. Held in collaboration with the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC) in Abuja, the three-day program, themed "Leadership, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Mediation," is designed to equip key stakeholders with the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for effective peace-building and conflict m...

Jul292025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

African Must Translate Marine Comparative Advantages To Economic Prosperity- Dantsoho

News Feature, Port News

The President of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, on Monday said there is an urgent need for African countries to translate their marine comparative advantages into opportunities for the collective prosperity of their respective countries. Speaking at the PMAWCA Board of Directors and Ports Statisticians Network Meetings in Luanda, Angola, Dantsoho who is also the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), stated that the sustainability of Africa countries rests heavily on the sustainability of their seaports. According to the PMAWCA boss, apart from being linked by water, countries in West and Central Africa are linked by challenges and opportunities. "The need to translate our marine comparative advantages i...