At the conclusion of a two-day working visit by the director-general and senior officials of the customs service of the Benin Republic, Adewale Adeniyi, acting comptroller-general of the NCS, ...

Pirates have kidnapped nine crew members from a Norwegian shipping vessel named the MV Bonita off the coast of Benin in West Africa.MV Bonita was anchored and awaiting berth at the Cotonou port to ...

Stakeholders have predicted that more Nigerian-bound cargoes will inevitably be diverted to the port of Cotonou following the outsourcing of the management of the port of Cotonou to the Port of ...

The current closure of Nigerian land borders especially the Lagos, Nigeria/ Benin border seen as the most busy as far as imports and exports are concerned in West Africa has thrown up questions as to ...

Can you give an overview of your work at the Nigerian Ports Authority? I joined the NPA about 24 years ago and served in different capacities. My point of entry was personnel, and I served as Chief ...

African nation’s new president is banking on Chinese investment to help fix its infrastructure gap with large-scale ...

Imports of goods to Benin’s main port of Cotonou increased 27 percent to 7 million metric tons this year after the harbor underwent renovations to enable it to handle more traffic. The West African ...

The measure was taken "in view of the substantial improvement in the operational conditions for handling goods at the port of Cotonou" the port's director general Bart Van Eenoo said on Wednesday. The ...

Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu and officials of the Republic of Benin have commenced discussion on the establishment of a dry port on the Nigeria-Benin border. This followed a meeting between ...

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The Bulgarian captain of a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship who was kidnapped along with seven other sailors by pirates off the coast of Benin last month, has been freed, Bulgaria’s foreign ministry said ...