World Bank names Nigeria’s ports among top 20 globally

The World Bank has named Nigeria’s ports among the top 20 improved ports globally.

Word Bank disclosed this in its 2025 Container Port Performance Index, released June 2026.

According to the data, Nigeria’s ports, Tincan Island and Apapa, maintained number 10 and 12, respectively, on the World Bank’s CPP1 for 2025.

Commenting on the report, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Abubakar Dantsoho, attributed the development to improved investment in port infrastructure by President Bola Tinubu’s government.

“With the investor-friendliness of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu providing the gravitas needed for increased investment to implement our port infrastructure and equipment modernization drive coupled with the unflinching support from the Honorable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola,” he said.

World Bank names Nigeria’s ports among top 20 globally