Author: Saint Augustine

Platforms Communications, Publishers of Platform Reporters Online and Producers of the popular Maritime Platform weekly Radio Programme is organizing a Maritime Students and Youth Conference tagged, “A DAY WITH NIGERIAN MARITIME STUDENTS”. In a press statement issued after a meeting of the Planning Committee held in Lagos on Monday, the Convener of the Conference and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Platforms Communications, Mr. Sylvanus Obasi said the event which was the first of its kind in the maritime sector would hold on a Children’s Day, 27th May 2016 at Ace-Olivia Hall, Lagos City Mall, Onikan – Lagos by 9.00 am prompt.…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has vowed that the agency under his leadership will take all necessary precaution to ensure that all national assets under its care are used for the benefit of all Nigerians. Peterside said this while responding to questions from reporters at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at the weekend on the agency’s plans to safeguard the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) from suffering the same fate as the Ship Building and Ship Acquisition Fund (SBSAF). The DG explained that the current management was bent on…

As Nigeria continues to reel from the shocks of falling oil prices in the international market, James Eze, a critical thinker and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Anambra State on Media has advised governments at all levels to reprioritize education with a view to helping the country make a swift transition to “knowledge economy.” Delivering a lecture titled, “Education as a Panacea for Self and National Development”, at a formal inauguration of the National Executive of the National Union of Anambra State Students (NUASS) at Nnamdi Azikiwe University at the weekend, Eze who is also a writer argued…

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said that Nigeria ought to be a great country among the maritime nations as it has everything to become one. Peterside who stated this on the sideline of the just concluded two-day Maritime Stakeholders’ Conference organized in Lagos last week by the Federal Ministry of Transportation with the theme,” Building a Sustainable Maritime Industry in Nigeria” regretted that it was unfortunate that the nation was not there . He pointed out that Nigeria was endowed with the ocean that could take even the heaviest of…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command has said that it collected a total of N3, 265,335,939.89 (Three billion, two hundred and sixty-five million, three hundred and thirty-five thousand, nine hundred and thirty-nine naira, eighty-nine kobo) for the period between January and April, 2016. According to a press release issued in Lagos by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Selechang Taupyen, the command also recorded a total of 221 (Two hundred and twenty-one) seizures with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N180, 847,967.60 (One hundred and eighty million, eight hundred and forty-seven thousand, nine hundred and sixty-seven…

…Says dedicated fishery terminal a necessity The Federal Department of Fisheries has called for the exemption of the fish trawling industry from the payment of the 2% Cabotage fee presently charged by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on behalf of the Federal Government. The Director, Federal Department of Fisheries, Mr. Mohammed Muazu made these observation in a goodwill message he presented at a two day Maritime Stakeholders’ Conference held in Lagos between the 16th and 17th of May, 2016 which was put together by the Federal Ministry of Transportation. Represented by the Deputy Director of Fisheries and…

The 2016 edition of the World Conference of the International Federation of Customs Brokers’ Association (IFCBA) with the theme,” Facilitating Trade through the Customs – Business Connection”, has opened in Shanghai, China with the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) attending. The Conference which commenced on the 17th of May, 2016 and will span through to the 21st of May, 2016 comprises topics such as:- Customs Brokers: Your Partners in Trade, Presentation on World Customs Organization (WCO) Priorities and Trade Facilitation, Set up of Ecosystem of Customs Clearance Service to Facilitate Connectivity and Common Development, A global Perspective on…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said that the agency is set to review its maritime security strategy to enhance its capacity to combat piracy and illegal activities on Nigerian waters. Peterside who said this during the defence of the agency’s 2016 budget before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport explained that the strategy would be built on three core pillars of achieving safety of lives at sea, protection of goods/products in voyage and securing maritime assets in Nigerian territory. In achieving this, the DG said that a multifaceted approach including cooperation and coordination among security forces of all the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the operation a Single Window platform for all the government agencies operating in the nation’s maritime sector of the economy. This was disclosed by the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi at the just concluded Maritime Stakeholders’ Conference with the theme,” Building A Sustainable Maritime industry in Nigeria”, organized by the Federal Ministry of Transportation in Lagos. Amaechi who observed that corruption was the bane of the Nigeria’s maritime sector however stated that with the introduction of the Single Window platform, corruption would stop in the maritime sector as according to him,…

The National Industrial Court, Abuja Division presided over by Hon. Justice Babatunde Adeniran Adejumo (OFR), President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Suit No. NICN/ABJ/179/2016 between Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General of the Federation versus Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress (TUC) this morning granted an order of interim injunction restraining the defendants/ respondents, their agents, privies, employees, workmen or servants from embarking on industrial action, demonstrating or engaging in any action that may disrupt the economic activities of the country pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The Federal Government was…