Author: Saint Augustine

Following the leadership situation that played out in the succession plan of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as result of the sack of the former Director-General, Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Deputy Director and Head Public Relations of NIMASA, Hajia Lami Tumaka has said that peace and calm now prevail in the agency. It will be recalled that President Buhari had last month ordered the removal of the former DG of NIMASA, Dr. Akpobolokemi without giving reasons for his removal directing him to hand over to the most senior officer in the agency…

The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki has said that in spite of all the challenges Nigeria had gone through in the concession of the ports, the port reform had been a resounding success. Dikki made this observation at a one day conference on “Review of the Port Concession Agreement with focus on Rights and Obligations of the Lessor and Lessee, Role of the Economic Regulator, Effect of Persistent Gridlock on Port Access Roads on the Concession exercise” organized by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) in collaboration with the International Maritime Exhibition and Conference Limited in…

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has harped on the need for a periodic review of the concession agreement so as to bring it in consonance with the realities of the ever changing world. The Executive Secretary of the NSC, Mr. Hassan Bello made this observation at a one day conference on “Review of the Port Concession Agreement with focus on Rights and Obligations of the Lessor and Lessee, Role of the Economic Regulator, Effect of Persistent Gridlock on Port Access Roads on the Concession Exercis” organized by the NSC and the International Maritime Exhibitions and Conference Limited in Lagos last…

…Isah as Special Assistant on Public Affairs Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has appointed Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi as his Special Adviser (SA) on Legal Matters. He also approved the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Isah as Special Assistant on Public Affairs. El-Sudi comes to the job with a great wealth of experience having started his career as legal practitioner in Kano in 1990 and served as Special Adviser on Legal and Legislative Matters to the Governor of Taraba State between 2002 and 2003. In 2007, he was made the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). He was again appointed…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday renewed the appointment of Joshua Okpo as the Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) Oron for a second and final term of four years, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Okpo was appointed Rector of MAN Oron in 2011 by former President Goodluck Jonathan but his appointment was not confirmed until April 16, 2012. Okpo, a Director at the Transport Ministry, was posted to the academy as Administrator with the sole mandate of revamping the institution. Send your news, press releases/articles to…

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has pledged to train the three surviving children whose parents and elder brother died recently in accident at Agu Awka, to University level. Governor Obiano gave indication of the government support for the surviving children while speaking at the burial Mass for Joseph Mary, Celestina and Richard‎ Odinigwe at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Enugwu-Ukwu. Governor Obiano who consoled the Odinigwe family for the tragic loss observed that,” the survival of the three children of the Odinigwe family is a miracle.‎There is no doubt that God’s mercy was at work. Anyone who visited…

The Acting Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro has approved the redeployment of some senior management staff of the Agency. According to the Acting DG, the new postings are expected to reposition the Agency towards meeting its statutory mandate as enshrined in the NIMASA Act and other enabling instruments. The deployment exercise has Mr. Ibrahim Jibril as the Director of Administration and Personnel Services department, Mr. Felix Bob Nabena is Director of SERVICOM, Mr Olayemi Abass takes over as the Head of Financial Services department, Mr. Suleman…

The National President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero has called on the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to as a matter of urgency commence the process that will lead to establishment of National Dry Port for economic development of the northern states in Nigeria. In a letter addressed to the Managing Director of NPA, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero and copied to President Muhammadu Buhari and two others, Amiwero observed that the land locked states of the north faced the challenge of physical isolation related barriers from the seaports and high cost of…

The 2015 edition of the Nigerian Maritime Expo (NIMAREX) may have come and gone but its memories will still linger for a while in the minds of the stakeholders in the maritime industry in Nigeria owing to the fact of the uniqueness of this year’s event. What made this year’s NIMAREX event unique and in what sense was the event unique will be the question in the mind of my readers, I guess? Yes! This year’s NIMAREX event was unique in so many senses but before I go on reeling out what made NIMAREX 2015 unique, it will be appropriate…

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero has enjoined youths in the country to champion the vanguard of positive change in the society rather than engaging in social vices which always tarnish their image and dampen their potentials. Stressing that the future and greatness of the country lies in the vibrancy and resourcefulness of its youths, the Managing Director urged the youths as future leaders of the country not to engage themselves in the vices of cultism, violence, alcoholism or tribalism. Mallam Lamido Ado Bayero was speaking in Lagos yesterday when he received dual merit…