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Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has received the prestigious Zik Leadership Prize in Public Policy for 2020. The organisers of the award, the Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC), said Dr. Jamoh was honoured for his giant strides in repositioning the Agency with initiatives that had ...
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The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has raised an alarm over the continued detention of seventeen seafarers by National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over drugs discovered on two vessels that berthed at Greenview Development Nigeria Limited (GDNL) a terminal inside Apapa Port, Lagos. In a press release issued on Monday and signed ...
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...APFFLON condemns incessant attacks on Customs personnel The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has lamented that no fewer than three officers were killed by suspected rice smugglers during the anti-smuggling war in the month of October 2021. Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, who made the disclosure in a statement signed by the Customs Public Relations ...
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There indications that Indigenous shipowners under the aegis of the Nigerian Shipowners Association (NISA) has abandoned Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) as it has commenced moves to create a $500million maritime fund in collaboration with foreign financiers to empower operators acquire assets and help them grow their fleet. Disclosing this in a chat with journalist, ...
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...Investigation still ongoing — ATBOWATON The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), waterways safety task force, was absent at the recent boat mishap of GT water line 4 in Lagos despite its mandate to protect and safe guide waterways in the country. On the heels of NIWA absences during a rescue mission, the President of the ...
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The Niger State Government will partner with the Management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to improve rail transportation and reduce dependence of truck operations on the roads, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has said. The Governor of Niger State made the disclosure when he led some top dignitaries of the State to the NRC Headquarters ...
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Despite Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) investment on the Blue Economy project, Maritime security expert said the sector contributes less than three per cent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Speaking to Nigerian NewDirect, Rear Admiral Francis Akpan said that Maritime security is becoming a major issue from statistics and Maritime sub sector should ...
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To catch them young and reduce water phobia among Lagosians, the Lagos State Waterways Authority LASWA on Monday commenced a week-long water safety class and swimming Training for pupils in the riverine communities of Lagos. In a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect, the General Manager of LASWA, Mr. Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, stated that the swimming ...
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In a bid to resolve the impasse surrounding the releases of five per cent allocation from NIMASA to Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, the Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gemisola Saraki, had said that Federal Government would take a holistic look at the remittances of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to ...
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The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is poised to ensure optimal utilisation of its facilities across the nation’s seaports with a view to position the ports on a competitive edge in the West and Central African sub region. The Acting Managing Director of the NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko made this assertion while on ...
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The Chief Executive Officer of Bricks Murstern Mattoni Limited, Mr. Emmanuel Maiguwa has been elected as President of Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria (MASPAN). Maiguwa was elected unopposed at the 2021 Annual General Meeting of MASPAN at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, earlier today. Emmanuel Maiguwa who is also the President of the Alumni ...
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Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) has refuted claim that it is in crisis due to a revolution aggrieved ex-workers of Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL). In a meeting which had in attendance the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Chairman of SAHCO, the bureau resolved that the benefits of ...
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Maritime experts are set to converge from the public and private sectors in a bid to proffer a holistic approach via partnership to address the security constraints in the sector as the Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria (MASPAN) organizes its 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM). The event themed: “Maritime Security Efforts in Nigeria: Government ...
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that shipping lines are now being compelled to evacuate at least 80per cent of the amount of containers they import into Nigeria, as well as containers of exports on their return voyages. Acting Managing Director of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko in a statement attributed the elimination of the Apapa ...
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Customs Service have agreed on modalities for seamless and timely delivery of the Deep Blue Project assets currently at the ports. The agreement was reached in a meeting between the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh and Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs ...
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...We will continue to reward professionalism – Jamoh The Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has approved the appointment of three new Directors, Mr. Eric OJI, Mr. Dimowo Heaky, and a former spokesman of the Agency, Mr. Isichei Osamgbi. Nigeria’s Alternate Permanent Representative at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. ...
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Barely eight months after the Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), George Moghalu, announced plans by the agency to move 1,000 containers from Lagos to Onitsha via barges after licensing eight firms, the agency is yet to move a single container. Investigations show that despite the over flooding of the Lagos ports ...
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The Council For the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria(CRFFN) has urged the freight forwarding operators in Rivers State to pay their operational fees through their online portal. The Director Regulation of Enforcement for CRFFN, Mr Basil Opara gave the advice during a sensitisation programme organised by CRFFN on Simplified Practitioners’Operating Fee(POF) Payment Process in ...
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The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has confirmed one death while sixteen passengers were rescued when an Ikorodu bound boat capsized shortly after it departed CMS Ferry Terminal at 4.35 p.m. The NIWA, Lagos Area Manager, Mrs Sarat Braimah, made the disclosure in a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect in Lagos on Monday. Braimah ...
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The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) last week commissioned three patrol boats that will be deployed on the Lagos inland waterways to enforce safety. The Authority inaugurated a task force team, that will guide the patrol boats and comb the Lagos waterways to ensure operators key into the Federal Government directive on safety. Speaking after ...