— Says IOCs compliance remarkable — Receives Maritime Labour Icon Award By Asuquo Nuwak The President-General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria ( ( MWUN), Prince Adewale Adeyanju has disclosed that the Union has ended the issue of Casualization of dockworkers which over the years were treated like orphans andContinue Reading
President-elect Bola Tinubu • Air fares go up, hotels packed full, tight security in metropolis BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the inauguration of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice-President, Kashim Shettima on Monday, lobbyists and politicians angling for different positions have besieged Abuja, the nation’s capital. Tinubu who was declaredContinue Reading
By Asuquo Nuwak The Apapa Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed is making frantic effort to give Apapa Customs Command a new lease of life. The Apapa Area One Customs Command which is a flagship of Nigeria Customs Service, had in the first quarter of the year 2023, taken giantContinue Reading
By Asuquo Nuwak In demonstration of the Federal Government commitment to revitalize and ensure sustainability of the on-going railway modernization project President Buhari has commissioned the Kajola Locomotive Assembly Plant in Ogun State. President Muhammadu Buhari who commissioned the project, coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Transportation, expressed great pleasureContinue Reading
By Asuquo Nuwak The Minister of Transportation; Alhaji Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has commissioned 13 boats, an Administrative Building, Search and Rescue Clinic, belonging to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The boats include: 5 new Search and Rescue/Pollution Control Boats, 4 staff ferries and 4 refurbished boats. TheContinue Reading
The League of Maritime Editors (LME) has concluded arrangements to honour the Transportation Minister, Alhaji Muazu Sambo and his Minister of State counterpart, Mr. Ademola Adegoroye.The honour for the two Ministers is in appreciation of their hard work and landmark achievements within a short space of their stay in theContinue Reading
–NIMASA committed to sustainable maritime leadership role in Africa-Jamoh. BY GODWIN OBIThe Minister of Transportation, Engineer Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, in Lagos commissioned five enforcement boats and four ferries for staff of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. Also commissioned were newly acquired gadgets to enhance communication between NIMASAContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Five hundred and eleven (511) Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered following a recent offensive by troops of the Nigerian Army in the North-East regio The figure comprises 99 adult males, 161 adult females, and 251 children who surrendered to troops at different locations withinContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The military, in partnership with a security outfit, Tantita Security Services, has impounded a barge in Warri, Delta State loaded with over 600 barrels of crude oil from illegal bunkering. The firm is a security consultant engaged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) toContinue Reading
Director Cabotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Rita Uruakpa (middle) with some operational staff during the commemoration of the 2023 World Safety Day at the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos BY GODWIN OBI In commemoration of the 2023 World Safety Day, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASAContinue Reading