…Reiterates commitment to PPP arrangement to create jobs for Nigerians …Commends NIMASA Management …As Jamoh declares Minister’s appointment unique By Seun Ibiyemi The Honourable Minister of the Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola, has stated that tackling illegal,…
Economic activities at the Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports of the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) have been disrupted as the Marítime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN), shut workers out of the port. The shutdown was in response to the two-day…
As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the unbundling of the Ministry of Transportation by creating Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. In this report, SEUN IBIYEMI examines task of harnessing economic benefits from Nigeria’s $296 billion blue economy before the…
By Seun Ibiyemi Between 2020 and 2023, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has brought the country to speed in the maritime world with ratification of 6 conventions. Under the Dr Bashir Yusuf Jamoh OFR, led Management NIMASA…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has handed over the leased site at the Continental Shipyard Ltd (CSL) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to the technical partners, Melsmore. Dr Bashir Jamoh, the Director-General, NIMASA, confirmed the development…
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on Wednesday in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to advance safety on Nigerian waterways. The NIWA Managing Director, Dr George Moghalu, said, in his remarks, that information…
Chairman, Seaport Terminal Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup and former Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Adebayo Sarumi were among dignitaries that graced this year’s Sea Sunday service held at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina,…
…We will continue to prioritise safety — Jamoh By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA working with officials of Total Energies EP Nigeria limited rescued occupants of a distressed fishing vessel belonging to a national of…
By Seun Ibiyemi Barely four years after President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned N6 billion Baro River Port complex in Niger state, the facility, according to Nigerian NewsDirect investigation, has been abandoned and ports equipment rotting away. The Baro River Port that…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has kicked off the evacuation of overtime cargoes to help decongest the port. The NPA spokeswoman Josephine Moltok in a press statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect said, “Following the inspection tour,…
