…We Will Sustain Momentum – NIMASA DG. The United States Coast Guard has commended Nigeria, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), for what the Coast Guard described as considerable progress in the implementation of the International Ships and Ports Facility Security (ISPS) Code. This was made public by Joe Prince Larson…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Federal Government of Nigeria through its Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has continued its advocacy for the formal designation of seafarers as key workers. This, the government explained, would ensure legal protection, and a harmonized framework between the International Labour Organisation…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has called on officers and stakeholders to embrace the spirit of service, discipline, and charity as essential values during the holy month of Ramadan and beyond. He made this known on Wednesday, 19 March 2025, during the grand Iftar organised by Trade Modernisation Project (TMP)…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority Police (Western) Command, CP Ibrahim Balarabe Maikaba has pledged the command’s support for the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) and the Godfrey Bivbere led executives of the association. CP Maikaba also commended the oldest maritime journalists beat association for its responsible reportage of the maritime…
…We Must Prioritise Sustainable, Responsible Maritime Practices – Mobereola Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has called on Maritime stakeholders across Africa to leverage the continent’s renewable energy potential to become a global leader in green shipping. The Minister made the remark at the maiden Africa Strategic Summit on Shipping Decarbonization, held…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it has seized contraband goods with Duty Paid Value of Four Hundred and Sixty-Eight Million, Seven Hundred and Six Thousand, Six Hundred and Two Naira (₦468,706,602.00) only within the last 17 days. In a press briefing held at the command recently, the…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Apapa Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service has achieved a daily revenue collection of ₦18.9bn on Friday, March 14, 2025, which stands out as the highest in history of the command. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that the new record breaks the existing highest daily collection of ₦18.2b which was achieved in October…
By SYlvansu OBASI The Customs Area Controller of the Lillypond Export Command, Comptroller Ajibola Odusanya has said that the command handles nothing else than 70 percent of the tonnage value of export going out of Nigeria. Odusanya who disclosed this during a Roundtable with the members of the Maritime Reporters’ Association Of Nigeria, MARAN at…
By Sylvanus OBASI To the dismay of maritime stakeholders and indigenous shipowners, the rhetoric surrounding the actual disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CFVV) continues endlessly. This time, it is coming from the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, who once again has rhetorically reaffirmed the commitment…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a total of $1,154,900 (One Million, One Hundred and Fifty-Four Thousand, Nine Hundred US Dollars) and SR135,900 (One Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand, Nine Hundred Saudi Riyals) undeclared foreign currency at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA). The seizure was made recently during a routine baggage check…
