National Sports Commission (NSC) chairman Shehu Dikko has charged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to ensure the Super Eagles qualify for the 2026 World Cup. This comes as Nigeria sit in fifth place with just three points after four matches in their qualifying campaign, four points behind leaders Rwanda, with six games left to play in the series. Dikko made …

National Sports Commission (NSC) boss Shehu Dikko has vowed to revive the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, and other sporting facilities across the country through public-private partnerships. Dikko made this known after an unscheduled visit to the National Stadium in Lagos, as part of ongoing efforts to concession the facility to the private sector for rehabilitation and transformation into a multi-purpose …

The re-establishment of the Nigeria Sports Commission (NSC) has been welcomed by various stakeholders in the nations sport, and President Bola Tinubu is upbeat about the new prospects for the growth of the sector, even as he has expressed implicit confidence in the competence and capacity of the NSC leadership, led by Shehu Dikko; and the Director General, Bukola Olapade, …

An Assistant Director and Head of the Complaints Unit of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Bashir Alhassan Ambi-Mohammed has recently earned Ph. D in Mass Communication and Media Technology at the Lead City University, Ibadan. A trained mass communicator, international transport professional and a certified alternative disputes resolutions professional, Dr. Ambi-Mohammed holds degree in Mass Communication from the University of …

Nigeria’s football living legend, Kanu Nwankwo has expressed optimism in the ability of Malam Shehu Dikko to turn the fortunes of the country’s sports around as the Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC). Last week, President Bola Tinubu scrapped the Federal Ministry of Sports Development and appointed Dikko as NSC Chairman. Considered one of Africa’s greatest players of all …

Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), said it is set to partner with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), to automate port operations processes in the country. Executive Secretary/CEO of the NSC, Pius Akutah, who stated this when he led the agency’s management team on a 2–day working visit to Port Harcourt and Onne ports, said automation will reduce human contacts as well as make …

Clearing agents under the Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) have rejected the new haulage rates for Eastern seaports approved by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). In a recent statement, the National President of APFFLON, Frank Ogunojemite, said that the newly approved rates do not reflect the current reality. NSC had recently disclosed that it …

The director general, of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh has told the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to work towards reviewing its enabling law, which he says is not in tandem with modern reality. Speaking when the executive secretary of NSC, Pius Ukeyima Akutah, paid a working visit to NIMASA, Dr Jamoh, noted the role enabling …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, over the weekend, said over 57 checkpoints on the Badagry-Seme expressway of the Lagos- Abidjan corridor are frustrating intra-African trade. The executive secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hon. Emmanuel Jime, however, noted that more than 400 trade obstacles have been reported along the trade corridor. Speaking at the sensitisation …

Stakeholders under the aegis of Women in Maritime Africa (WIMA) have called for a reduction in the cost of doing business at the nation’s seaports from the minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola. Speaking to journalists over the weekend, during a press conference themed, ‘The Marine & Blue Economy ministry-A call for heedfulness,’ chairman of WIMA, Rollen Macfoy, …