By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. SIFAX Group, one of the leading business conglomerates in Nigeria with investment in Maritime, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Haulage and Logistics, Financial Services, and Hospitality, has appointed Basil Agboarumi as its new Executive Director, Corporate and Intergovernmental Affairs. Agboarumi recently completed his term as the Managing Director/CEO of the Skyway Aviation…
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…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos In its resolve to end illegal trade and trafficking in wildlife, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is perfecting arrangements to extend capacity building in this area to all officers and men of the service. This is as a team of international partners, including the United States promised assistance, particularly in training…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos In a second leg of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for year 2024, the Nigerian chapter of Women’s International Shipping And Trading Association (WISTA Nigeria) has donated another fishing boat to the women of Sagbokoji, a fishing community in Amuwo-Odofin LGA of Lagos state. Recall that earlier last week, WISTA Nigeria…
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…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, on Wednesday handed over the ultra-modern complex housing the Institute of Marine and Transport Technology to the Management of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to Jamoh, the building which is a donation from NIMASA to the University,…
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…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group has resumed normal operations after disruptions caused by fire incident which occurred last weekend at its terminal located at the Tin Can Island Port, Apapa, Lagos. Speaking to Platform Reporters on Wednesday morning via the telephone, the Assistant Head of…
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…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The International Transport Workers’ Federation UK has approved a grant to Nigeria through the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, to build a Seafarers Recreation Centre in partnership with the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. The Head ITF Seafarers Trust Fund, Katie Higginbottom, who announced this during a meeting with…
