The Lagos State Waterways Authority has commenced a week-long water safety and swimming training programme for schoolchildren in Badagry Local Government Area. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Blue Economy, Mr Damilola Emmanuel, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos. Emmanuel said the initiative…
The US and China started charging new port fees on each other’s ships on Tuesday, as trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies increase. China says its levies aim to safeguard the country’s shipping industry from “discriminatory” measures and apply to US-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels but not Chinese-built ships. It comes in…
NPA says Tinubu has approved a $1 billion total reconstruction of Apapa, Tincan, Calabar, Warri, and Port Harcourt ports. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has said President Bola Tinubu has given the go-ahead for work to commence on the $1 billion total reconstruction of the Apapa, Tincan Island,…
