LAGOS — The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has begun the movement of cargoes in containers from Lagos to Dala Inland Dry Port in Kano state and Kaduna Inland Dry Port. Ismail Yusuf, managing director of Inland Containers Nigeria Limited (ICNL), confirmed this in Lagos. According to him, about 40 containers have been moved so far and an additional 40 empty containers have been returned through the same mode to Lagos from the Kano and Kaduna...

KANO — The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, has said the pressure on the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), to make money is misdirected, adding that the agency was a regulatory body rather than a revenue-generating agency. Ameachi asked that the pressure be directed to the Nigeria Ports Authority as it is their responsibility to generate funds. He said the mandate of NIMASA was to act as a regulator of maritime safety and...

ABUJA — 158 projects were incorporated into the public-private partnership (PPP) pipeline projects within 2020 by the federal government according to the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC). ICRC is an agency responsible for the regulation and implementation of Public-Private Partnership which is focused on promoting the provision of infrastructure services. The projects were incorporated across different sectors of the private-public partnership. This was indicated in the commission’s annual report and accounts for 2020. “These projects...