Maritime: Olotu wins outstanding woman in port operations award. Former Assistant General Manager, Tariff and Billing at Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mrs Olufunmilayo Olotu has won an award as the most outstanding woman in port operations in Nigeria. Olotu, who is also a former Port Manager of the Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa and Calabar […]
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The Port Harcourt Polo Club is an the international polo event striven to encourage horse riding, equestrian sporting activities. This year’s polo tournament theme: “Bonding Beyond Challenges.” will start off from 14th -20th January 2024 and will hold at the New GRA Polo Ground in the Garden City Here are the tournament categories and the […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday defeated the squad of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in the final to win the 2023 edition of the Maritime Cup. In a keenly contested football match, the authority won by 5-4 on penalty shootout after the match ended 1-1 draw in the 90 minutes of the game. […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola on Thursday commissioned the Mission to Seafarers Centre reconstructed by the Nigerian Ports Authority. The facility will enhance best practice requirements for Seafarers in the maritime sector. Speaking at the event, the Minister commended the NPA Management’s prompt intervention in rehabilitating the Seafarers […]
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The annual trade volume of Nigeria and Japan now stands at about N7.6 trillion 10 billion US dollars. The Japanese Ambassador and Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, said this when he hosted to the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko on Tuesday. Bello-Koko was at the Embassy of Japan to […]
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by Mitchelle Uzorka The Ministry of Transportation has reiterated the Federal Government’s determination to reposition the Onne Port to maximise its capacity and huge export and import trades potentials. Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, who gave the assurance at Onne in Rivers State Thursday at the commencement of his three-day fact-finding tour, said that […]
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by Mitchelle Uzorka The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has reiterated it’s commitment to fix Calabar Port for the benefit of Nigerians. The Managing Director, NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko, disclosed this during a tour of Calabar Port, he said; he will soon sit with the major stakeholders to work out the incentives for operators and the […]
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by Mitchelle Uzorka The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari, Lauded the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Nigerian Ports Authority on the successful berthing of the first ship at Lekki Deep Sea port. The vessel, ZHEN HUA 28, delivered three Ship to Shores (STS) and 10 Rubber Tyre Gantries (RTG) cranes. Their arrival, according to […]
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by Mitchelle Uzorka The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Mohammed Bello-Koko on Thursday played host to members of the Women in the Logistics and Transport (WILAT) at the Corporate Headquarters of the Authority. The reason for the visit was to congratulate the MD on his appointment as the substantive MD and to officially invite […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commissioned its Dockyard Training School in Lagos. This is even as the agency said that plans are in the works to partner the World Maritime University (WMU) the Nigerian Navy Hydrography Department, the Nigerian Institute of Marine and Oceanography Research, the University of Lagos and other […]
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