…As Apapa command collects N1.175trn in 2023 The Controller of Apapa Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller BA Jaiyeoba, has tasked newly promoted officers of the command to justify their promotion with hard work. Speaking during the decoration of officers at the command last week, Jaiyeoba noted that promotion does not come from man […]
The academia has a major role to play in the development of the Blue Economy in Nigeria, the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR, has said. According to Jamoh, the agency believes that there is urgent need to deepen studies in Blue Economy, especially in the area […]
The Supreme Court Judgement that reaffirmed the Authority of the Federal Government through the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) to control activities in Nigerian Inland Waterways has been hailed by the Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh who described it as a win-win judgement. Reacting […]
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has increased the number of Ballistic Enforcement Vessels in its kitty to seven as it took delivery of two new ones. Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh made this known through his X-handle, adding that the delivery of the boats would further improve maritime safety administration […]
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has increased the number of Ballistic Enforcement Vessels in its kitty to seven as it took delivery of two new ones. Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh made this known through his X-handle, adding that the delivery of the boats would further improve maritime safety administration […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Executive Directors in two agencies under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. The two agencies are Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Three new executive directors were appointed for NPA. They are: * Ms. Vivian C. Richard […]
11 nations have joined with the United States to send a final warning to Yemen’s Houthi militant faction, which has attacked Red Sea shipping two dozen times since November. The small coalition warned that the attacks are “illegal, unacceptable, and profoundly destabilizing,” and that the Houthis themselves would be responsible for the consequences if they […]
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has appointed Sylvester Othuke Egede as the substantive Port Manager of the Tin Can Island Port Complex, Lagos. Egede takes over from Akin Leoso who has held the position in acting capacity since November 2023 after the retirement of the former Port Manager, Jubril Buba. Tin Can Island Port is […]
Nigerian seaports nationwide will be shut down from Tuesday, 9th January, 2024 barring any intervention from government. The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) under the leadership of Comrade Adeyanju Adewale is already warming up to shut down all the nation’s seaports, jetties, and oil & gas platforms; given the continued refusal of the International […]
By Benson Ewedafe President Bola Tinubu has thrown his weight behind Dr. Paul Adalikwu, Secretary General, Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) with a fresh directive that the planned investigation and recall of Adalikwu initiated by the Federal Ministry of Transportation be stopped immediately. In a letter signed by the President’s Chief of […]