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Eastern Ports Neglect and Rotimi Amaechi’s Culpability
Business and Maritime West Africa Analysis
The renewed agitation for the rehabilitation of Nigeria’s Eastern ports has reopened an uncomfortable question of why has the...
2nd C-PACT Summit: Adeniyi’s Customs Reforms, African Trade Integration and President Tinubu’s Economic Vision
By Okey IBEKE
For decades, Nigeria’s quest for economic diversification has followed a familiar cycle of policy pronouncements that have fallen short of tangible results....
NPERA Act: Oyetola Unveils New Port Regulator as Questions of Independence, Accountability and Infrastructure...
The Federal Government has unveiled the gazetted Nigeria Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) Act, 2026, and the agency’s official logo, marking a new phase...
Lagos Ports’ Access Roads: When Entrenched Interests Defy Government Interventions
Business and Maritime West Africa Analysis
The latest dispute over toll collection on the Lagos port corridors is not simply another quarrel between truckers and...
NIMASA to Host Webinars on Automation of Nigeria Ship Registry
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) will host a two-part stakeholder webinar on 6 and 8 October 2026 to showcase the ongoing...
Eastern Ports: The Long Years of Neglect and President Tinubu’s Latest Intervention
By Okey IBEKE
The proposed $7 billion Gateway Deep Seaport at Ogun Waterside has reopened another wave of agitation and debates over the alleged neglect...
Trade Expert Backs Customs Clampdown on EPZs, Bonded Terminals, Demands Their Performance Audit
LAGOS — Principal Consultant, International Trade Advisory Services Ltd, Okey Ibeke, has backed the Nigeria Customs Service’s suspension of further transire processing for bonded...
Customs, Trade Diplomacy and the Push to Expand Nigerian Export Markets
By Okey IBEKE
Nigeria’s export ambitions are increasingly being shaped not only by what the country produces, but by how efficiently its goods can cross...
NIMASA’s N25T Blue Economy Dream: Local Capacity and Limits of Abstract Projections
Business and Maritime West Africa Editorial
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency’s latest attempt to galvanise investment in Nigeria’s blue economy comes with an...
Eleme Healthcare Gets Boost as Nigeria Customs Commissions Rehabilitated Facility
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commissioned the rehabilitated Ebubu Primary Healthcare Centre in Eleme, Rivers State, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility...
