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SIFAX Group Celebrates IWD By Sharing Food Items To Ijora Residents

About 500 residents of Ijora community in Lagos have benefitted from free food items donated by SIFAX Group, a leading business conglomerate with business interests in maritime, aviation, oil & gas, financial services, and hospitality. The donation is part of the activities to mark this year’s International Women’s Day celebration. According to Mrs. Wunmi Eniola-Jegede,…

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Tin-can Customs Generates Over #230b In 11 Weeks, Intercepts Illicit Drugs, Fire Arms, Other Items

By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Tin-can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it has generated a whooping sum of two hundred and thirty billion, three hundred and two million, seven hundred and forty-three thousand, twenty three Naira, forty seven kobo (N230,302,743,023.47) for the period of 11 weeks covering January 1 to March 13,…

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WISTA Nigeria, Ezeoke To Sponsor BEGMASA Cash Prizes At 2024 AMSAY Conference

Foremost women group in Nigerian maritime sector, the Women’s International Shipping And Trading Association (WISTA Nigeria) has offered to sponsor a Hundred Thousand Naira (#100,000) Cash Prize for the winner of Best Graduating Female Maritime Student in Nigeria at the forth-coming 8th Annual Maritime Students And Youth Conference (AMSAY) scheduled for May 27 this year….

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IWD: WISTA President, Ezeoke Celebrates Strength, Endurance Of Women In All Spheres

The Nigerian President of Women’s International Shipping And Trading Association (WISTA Nigeria), Mrs Eunice Ezeoke wishes all women around the world a happy women’s day as she celebrates the strength and endurance of women in all spheres of life and most especially in maritime. In a press statement issued in Lagos on Friday in commemoration…

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NIMASA To Boost Digitalization Efforts With Sternula MoU On VHF Data Exchange System

 The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA today signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with Sternula Denmark on full-scale Very High Frequency (VHF) Data Exchange System (VDES) space capabilities between the Agency and Sternula. The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR, who signed on behalf of the Agency noted…

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WISTA Nigeria Donates Fishing Boat, Signs MOU With Osoroko  Community To Export Crayfish

By Monica Uzenwoke In furtherance to its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria has donated a fishing boat to the women of Osoroko community in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. This is even as the association also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the community in a bid to support…

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Platforms Communications Appreciates Individuals, Organisations That Supported 2023 AMSAY Conference As It Begins Preparations For 2024 Edition

The 2023 AMSAY Conference Planning Committee and the Management of Platforms Communications have once again expressed their special appreciations and commendations to some individuals and corporate bodies who in one way or the other supported the 2023 Annual Maritime Students And Youth Conference (AMSAY). This is even as the organisers have announced commencement of plans…

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SIFAX Group Chairman Joins In Commissioning Newly-Acquired NPA Patrol Boat

The Chairman of SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi (CON), recently joined other maritime big wigs such as Gboyega Oyetola, Honorable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy; Mohammed Bello-Koko, MD, Nigerian Ports Authority and Adewale Adeyanju, PG, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria to commission the newly-acquired patrol boats by the Nigerian Ports Authority. In a press…

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Customs Boss Unveils 2024 Budget, Promises To Boost Staff Welfare

… Projects Exceeding Revenue Goals The Comptroller-General of the Customs, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, presented the Service’s 2024 budget on Monday to the Nigeria Senate Committee on Customs at the National Assembly. The CG, while defending the 2024 budget of 706.43 billion naira, focused attention on consolidating carried-over projects, increasing staff welfare by improving…

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