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NIWA Police arraigns two in Lokoja for negligence

07.03.2025
The National Inland Waterways Authority’s Police Command has arraigned two suspects in a Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State Capital, for alleged conspiracy and negligence leading to a boat mishap in the town. The agency announced this in a statement over the weekend, which was obtained by The PUNCH. The statement explained that the defendants,...
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NPA vows to tackle poor port infrastructure

07.03.2025
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, says six Nigerian ports are grappling with decrepit infrastructure. While determined to ensure that the Nigerian ports take advantage of the intra-African trade that is expected to increase with the coming into operation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Dantsoho said the NPA...
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AfDB plans $230m trade finance package for Access Bank

07.03.2025
THE African Development Bank has announced plans to provide a $230m trade finance package for Access Bank Plc to support trade finance activities and ease foreign exchange liquidity constraints for small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria.This was contained in a Project Summary Note seen by The PUNCH on Wednesday, detailing the facility’s structure and expected...
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Smugglers now establish storage facilities at borders – CGC

06.03.2025
The Nigeria Customs Service has said that smugglers now establish small, distributed storage facilities within border communities, serving as transit points for onward movement across the border. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this to journalists at the Customs Training College in Ikeja. He explained that operational data reveals several emerging trends in smuggling...
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FAAN grows revenue to 343bn

06.03.2025
Despite infrastructural deficit across Nigerian airports, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has improved its revenue generation by over 100 per cent, raking in N343,870,721,789.31 between January and November 2024, against its N155,487,786,012.29 realised in the year before. Sources close to the authority in the aviation industry told our correspondent that the bulk of the...
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Firms collaborate to empower vulnerable children

06.03.2025
Pinnah Foods Limited, the parent company of The Ice Cream Factory and Yin Yang Express, has announced a strategic partnership with The Destiny Trust Children Foundation to support the education, shelter, and empowerment of vulnerable children in Nigeria. At a formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ceremony held recently at Pinnah Foods’ head office...
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Passenger tackles Virgin Atlantic Airways in court

06.03.2025
A Virgin Atlantic Airways passenger, Ahmed Rabiu, has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that Virgin Atlantic Airways has neither compensated him for his lost luggage nor replaced it, contrary to the airline’s claims. Rabiu, who made the claims in his response to Virgin Atlantic Airways’ Statement of Defence, said that his lawsuit was...
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Ground handling firms urge FG for duty waivers

06.03.2025
The ground handling companies in the Nigerian aviation sector have appealed to the Federal Government to grant them duty waivers and concessionary loans for effective ease of doing business and growth. The operators also warned that the low margin profit for operators in the sector made business toxic and unattractive, saying that they needed the...
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