Author: Saint Augustine

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that ensuring a good security in the maritime industry requires careful planning and stringent implementation. The DG stated this during the closing ceremony of a of a five-day training programme tagged “train the trainer”, facilitated by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in conjunction with NIMASA on ISPS code compliance in Lagos. Dr. Peterside also said that the agency was very committed to improving the fortunes of Nigeria by creating an enabling environment for a business friendly and secured environment for Stakeholders in the…

Following the appointment of a Governing Board for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Executive Directors have assumed their respective duties. In their letters of appointment signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh is the Executive Director Finance and Administration, Mr. Joseph Oluwarotimi Fashakin is the Executive Director Maritime Safety and Shipping Development while Mr. Gambo Ahmed is the Executive Director Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services. The Executive Director Finance and Administration, Mr. Jamoh was until this appointment the Assistant Director in NMASA in charge of…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Seme Area Command has arrested a smuggler by name Moses Degbogbahun in possession of smuggled imported rice concealed as a dead body in a Volvo Ambulance car. A release signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Selechang Taupyen stated that the regular road user who concealed the smuggled imported rice as a dead body in a Volvo ambulance car (740GLE) with registration No. DV 74 EKY was arrested along Aradagu Tollgate road on the 31st August, 2016 by 0600hrs. According to Taupyen, the frequency of the said ambulance patronizing the international route with…

By Dr. Ephraim Okwuosa There is no doubt that Fejiro Oliver has been treated so generously by some politicians that patronize his type of awful journalism. In fact, Fejiro’s media participation as a journalist has thrived primarily because of the weakness of politicians and spinelessness top ranking public officers to confront his misdemeanor and erratic attitude as a blackmailer. Recently, Fejiro is known to have been exposed over an unsuccessful transaction and sad encounter in an attempt to extort fifty million naira from the past Niger State Governor as narrated in the story and link, “Niger State Gov’t Releases Evidence…

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has condoled with the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Senator Stella Oduah on the death of her son whom he said was plucked at his prime. In a condolence message to the Senator, Governor Obiano stated, “I received with deep regret the report of the death of your beloved son late Maxwell Omabuwa Chinedu Etoromi, in rather tragic circumstances.  The news came to me as a shock and source of grief.  On behalf of my family and Ndi Anambra please accept my sincerest condolences”. Said Obiano: “Maxwell left us in the…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has called on the Hon. Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to create an enforcement unit for the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) with the backing of the relevant enforcement agencies to apprehend and bring to book those who breach the provisions of the Act setting up the Council as a commercial regulator of the ports. This was contained in a letter addressed to the Minister by the Deputy National President, Headquarters of NAGAFF, Chief Increase Uche and copied to President Muhammadu Buhari and five others and made available to…

Shippers Association of Lagos State ( SALS )  has called on the Federal Government to mandate the government agencies earlier expelled from the ports in 2012 who have returned to the ports to leave the ports immediately. In a press release issued in Lagos Tuesday by the the President of SALS, Rev. Dr. Jonathan Nicol, the association expressed its surprised to see the unauthorized return of the agencies which includes; the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), the Nigerian Agriculture and Quarantine Service (NAQS) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to the ports arguing that…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has highlighted his Management’s determination to make the agency a world class, high performance organisation. Dr. Peterside who said this during the Management Performance Review (MPR) of the agency held in Lagos said that the agency’s repositioning initiative was all encompassing and when concluded would be beneficial to the entire maritime sector. The NIMASA DG also said that the MPR was an avenue to assess the progress being made by the agency viz-a-viz its reform, restructuring and repositioning drive to ensure that the agency’s mandate…

The appointment of the media-savvy Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) may yet instigate a rejig of the Public Affairs Department in content and character, in order to align it with her ideals of the media, according to investigations. Notably, Usman, it was learnt, is an aficionado of new media, bearing in mind that online publications are the global favourites for real time news and other information. However, it was gathered that the NPA boss was dismayed, on assumption of office, to discover the NPA’s backwardness concerning the adoption and…

…To fully enforce the implementation of ISPS Code The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) has again restated its position in ensuring the full implementation and enforcement of the International Ships and Ports Facility Security (ISPS) code in the nation’s ports. The Director General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside stated this at the opening ceremony of a five-day training programme facilitated by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in conjunction with NIMASA on ISPS code compliance in Lagos. Dr. Peterside observed that skilled, efficient and talented workers were critical to the growth of the maritime sector assuring NIMASA would continually equip its…