Author: Saint Augustine

…To position NIMASA as African foremost maritime Agency The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has disclosed that the Agency’s 2017 budget is tailored towards the strategic growth and other developmental initiatives of the maritime sector. The DG who said this recently during the 2017 budget defence session at the National Assembly in Abuja before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Chaired by Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima stated that the Agency was committed to actualizing its core mandates and to grow the maritime sector for the benefit of indigenous operators and the…

…IMO Secretary General, Kitack Lim to lead International Stakeholders In a bid to continue to improve on its role as a global player in the comity of maritime nations, Nigeria would be hosting the 3rd Conference of the Association of Heads of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) Conference in Abuja, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, from 19th -21st of April,2017. The meeting which will be hosted by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in conjunction with International Maritime Organization (IMO) according to the Director General NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, will bring together all the major Maritime Administrators and leading…

The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has agreed to the proposal made by the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) to set up an SON-NAGAFF joint committee to tackle issues affecting freight forwarders/SON relationship particularly as it bothers on tariff. NAGAFF’s acting National President, Chief Increase Uche had earlier in a speech he presented while leading top officials of NAGAFF on a courtesy visit to the Director-General of SON at the SON’s Lagos office requested that a committee which would comprise of members of the association and officials of the agency be set up to address issues ranging…

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has emphasized the fact that citizens of the State are truly the Light of the Nation being a special breed of humans who excel in virtually every field. Obiano made the statement while welcoming guests to the funeral service in honour of late Pa Sir Godfrey Egbuniwe Okwuosa at St Jude’s Anglican Church, Nkwo-edo, Oraifite earlier Friday. While enjoining visitors from outside the State to enjoy all the desirables inherent in Anambra, the governor explained that the ability of Ndi Anambra to excel in all areas of human endeavour made them “the most hospitable…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has stated that NIMASA and the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) are partners in progress in bringing the desired growth and development to the Nigerian maritime industry and by extension the Nigerian economy. The DG who made this statement when he led NIMASA top Management on a courtesy visit to the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.) at the Customs Headquarters in Abuja described both leaderships of the two Agencies as sticklers for transparency while doing things that would serve…

The Certified Institute of Shipping Nigeria (CISN) on Friday graduates a total of 554 students and matriculated a total of 451 students in its 17th Matriculation and Convocation ceremony held at the institute’s main campus in Magbon, along the Lagos-Badagry expressway in Lagos Friday. A breakdown of the graduating students showed that a total of 58 students had their Post Graduate Diploma (PGD), 183 had their Higher National Diploma (HND) while a total of 313 had their National Diploma (ND)/Shippers Technician Diploma (STS) whereas the breakdown of the matriculating students showed that 69 students were admitted to study Marine Engineering…

…Marine Engineers, Surveyors needed in maritime development The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that professionalism has a key role to play in the development and growth of the maritime industry in Nigeria. Dr. Peterside who made this assertion when members of the Association of Marine Engineers and Surveyors (AMES) paid a courtesy visit to the Headquarters of NIMASA in Lagos, described the role of the body to the sector as indispensible and called on them to bring to the fore their expertise in helping the Agency actualize its core…

The Wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano has restarted tour of the one hundred and eighty-one communities in the state with a call on the women-folk not to lose hope in the face of the economic recession currently plaguing the country. The wife of the governor stated this on Wednesday during interaction with women in Orumba South Local government Area including Owerri-Ezukala, Umuchukwu, Ogbunka, and Eziagu. Mrs. Obiano had earlier Tuesday visited Ihite, Umunze, Ezira, and Isulo communities where she assured the women that there was hope for them and their families amidst the economic…

Air Peace airline on Tuesday took delivery of its twelfth aircraft, a 114-capacity Boeing 737-500. In a related development, the airline has opened a new office at Plot C, Block 12E, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State to bring its services closer to its customers. The aircraft, which landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos at about 2.15pm, threw staff of the airline into an ecstatic mood. The airline said the arrival of the aircraft would greatly boost its expansion drive. The carrier commenced its daily Lagos-Accra-Lagos flight operations on February 16 even as it had earlier entered…

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA)’s Presidential Retreat 2017 has ended in Lagos with a call on License Customs Agents to challenge the discretionary powers exercised by customs officers as it had no place in customs laws and trade facilitation. The retreat which was packaged principally to sensitize political appointees of the National President of ANLCA, Prince Olayiwola Shittu, was arranged to appraise in the main, performances and challenges of appointees of the National President in the course of discharging their official responsibilities. The retreat which also featured a lecture on the Role of Customs Brokers in Customs…